Nov 22, 2013
EU imposes import duties on biodiesel from Argentina and Indonesia
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Nov 20, 2013
French retail group Les Mousquetaires has opened what it claims is the first biodiesel from non-edible waste factory in the country.
The group, which also owns the second biggest fuel distribution in France, has gone into partnership with German biomass processors Saria Group and the €40 million ($54 million) Estener project is situated in an industrial area of Le... [Read More]
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Nov 20, 2013
A blaze at a biodiesel manufacturing plant in Arizona, US broke out on 16 November.
It is believed a forklift punctured a 330 gallon tank containing an unidentified chemical which sparked the fire, which set off the plant’s sprinkler system.
Local firefighting crews and a hazardous materials team responded to clean up the leftover damage and to secure the site.
Gilbert... [Read More]
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Nov 20, 2013
US-based Renewable Energy Group (REG) cut the ribbon on a new barge loading facility at the company’s Illinois biorefinery in November.
The gathering, during the opening ceremony, witnessed the first barge shipment of 420,000 gallons of biodiesel from the multi-feedstock, 60 million gallon annual capacity plant located by the Illinois river.
The barge loading facility... [Read More]
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Nov 20, 2013
Biofuel developer LanzaTech has announced it is 'the first' to have its jet biofuel certified by the independent Roundtable on Sustainable Biomass (RSB).
The company's new biofuel plant near Beijing, according to airline partner Virgin Atlantic, has secured the certification by confirming the fuel does not negatively impact the food chain or contribute to... [Read More]
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Nov 19, 2013
Engineering and technology solutions provider China New Energy (CNE) has won two contracts to develop biorefinery projects in Hungary.
The value of the two contracts, signed with Visontai Bioetanol and Helvéciai, is worth €72 million ($97.2 million) over a four year period. CNE has already completed designs for both projects as part of the tendering process.
The... [Read More]
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Nov 18, 2013
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released its proposed figures for the amount of renewable fuels to be blended into petrol and diesel via the Renewable Fuels Standard.
Amid industry speculation that volumes required would be a lot lower than previously thought, the following figures were released on 15 November:
Cellulosic ethanol - 17 million gallonsBiomass-based... [Read More]
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Nov 18, 2013
Sugar producer Roxas has sold 31% of its 66% share in Roxas Holdings to Hong Kong-based First Pacific PHP2.23 billion (€37.8 million).
Pedro Roxas, executive chairman of Roxas, says the move ‘ends the group’s long search for a strategic partner and will accelerate our plan to be the dominant sugar company in the Philippines’.
The move reportedly... [Read More]
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Nov 18, 2013
Imperium Renewables will move ahead with plans to expand its business at the US Port of Grays Harbour despite the Shoreline Hearings Board’s decision to require additional permitting work.
Imperium Terminal Services submitted permit applications for the construction of new storage tanks, rail infrastructure and office space over 10 acres within the port and adjacent... [Read More]
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Nov 15, 2013
A report from a technical committee of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is, according to non-governmental organisations, under-estimating the amount of greenhouse gas emitted by palm oil grown on tropical peatlands by nearly 50%.
The low emissions estimate stems from a technical committee on wetlands of the Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories... [Read More]
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Nov 15, 2013
Boeing and GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes are to work together to speed the research, development and approval of new sources of sustainable aviation biofuel in Brazil.
Their collaboration will support GOL's plans to use this lower-carbon jet fuel on more flights during upcoming major sporting events, including the 2014 football World Cup, and also will benefit long-term... [Read More]
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Nov 14, 2013
The Tampa Port Authority has revealed the Tampa Gateway Rail has moved almost 4 million barrels of ethanol during its first year in operation.
The project, which cost $11 million (€8.1 million) and stretches two miles, moves product from ships to railroad tank cars while serving both the port’s cargo container facility and a Kinder Morgan Energy storage tank... [Read More]
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Nov 14, 2013
It has been reported biodiesel entering the US from Argentina could double reach double the amount recorded a year ago.
Figures released by Bloomberg Businessweek state 450,000 tonnes of the renewable fuel will appear on the US market through December, way up from the 221,000 tonnes recorded in 2012.
Despite this news, Argentina’s annual export figure is expected... [Read More]
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Nov 14, 2013
US-based Adkins Energy has been awarded a $500,000 (€371,945) Rural Energy for America Programme (REAP) grant to begin construction on a $4.5 million biodiesel plant on the east side of its Illinois campus.
The 2 million gallon facility is expected to begin production in spring 2014. The company’s ethanol arm currently produces 1.5 million gallons of distillers... [Read More]
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Nov 14, 2013
Ecopetrol reports it has been awarded a patent from the Colombian Superintendence of Industry and Trade for a technology which makes it possible generate biofuels by refining vegetable oils and heavy oil fractions (such as gas oils) in a single process. The development, called Process for hydrotreating vegetable oil mixed with heavy oil fractions is the third patent related... [Read More]
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Nov 13, 2013
Petrotec, a European producer of waste-based biodiesel predominantly from used cooking oil, announced revenues at group level of €144.6 million for the first nine months of 2013.
This new total is up €21 million for the same time last year. The company also generated an operating profit (EBIT) of €6.2 million in the first nine months of 2013 (up €3.1... [Read More]
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Nov 13, 2013
Deinove, a technological company which designs, develops and markets industrial processes based on Deinococci bacteria, has revealed its plant chemistry development programme has been chosen by the French Enivronment and Energy Management Agency (ADEME) and the General Investment Commission.
The programme, called Deinochem, will aim to produce a new generation of chemical... [Read More]
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