Mar 8, 2013
SkyNRG earns RSB certification
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Mar 8, 2013
The Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, an independent university focused on advanced energy and sustainable technologies, presented details on the UAE's growth and export potential in the biofuels-from-algae sector in March.
The Algae Research Laboratory and Microbial Environmental and Chemical Engineering Laboratory (MECEL) has been undertaking research that... [Read More]
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Mar 7, 2013
During a radio debate on 6 March UK energy minister John Hayes said biofuels were part of an overall energy mix needed by the country, not a stand alone concern.
Hayes and former government chief scientist Sir David King were part of a BBC Radio Four debate on renewable energy. King, mirroring concerns over indirect land use change throughout Europe, said trees chopped... [Read More]
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Mar 7, 2013
US-based renewable fuels retailer Propel Fuels and renewable bioproducts company Solazyme claim a 30-day retail pilot programme saw positive results from the general public.
The project, which marked the first commercial availability of algal-derived fuels, offered SoladieselBD at a B20 blend to consumers through Propel’s Clean Fuel Points in Redwood City, San Jose,... [Read More]
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Mar 6, 2013
Researchers at Michigan State University (MSU) believe an engineered plant with oily leaves could improve biofuels production.
The results of the study show that researchers could use an algae gene, involved in the production of oil, to engineer a plant that stores lipids or vegetable oil in it leaves.
‘Many researchers are trying to enhance plants’ energy... [Read More]
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Mar 6, 2013
Australian research company Agritechnology has found a location as it further develops a biofuels demonstration plant.
A site for the plant has been chosen in Orange, New South Wales and it will aim to convert sweet sorghum, native grasses and sugarcane into high quality biofuel.
‘We are a long way off but ultimately we'd like to provide an opportunity for farmers... [Read More]
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Mar 6, 2013
Biodiesel provider Gulf Hydrocarbon, in collaboration with Akash Energy, is to supply biodiesel at the Buckeye Terminal in Illinois, US after the JV teamed up with Montreal-based trading and distribution company Targray Industries.
Gulf Hydrocarbon offered biodiesel at the terminal between 2010 and 2012 but shut down operations citing 'tough economic conditions in the... [Read More]
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Mar 5, 2013
The California Energy commission has injected a multi-million boost into a pilot ethanol plant from Mendota Advanced Bioenergy Beet Cooperative.
Mendota will use the $5 million (€3.8 million) to construct a plant that aims to produce 285,000 gallons of ethanol from 10,000 tonnes of beet feedstock. The plant is reported to be situated in Five Points.
‘Farmers... [Read More]
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Mar 4, 2013
An US biofuels plant owned by Bluefire Renewables has been described as ‘not dead, just dormant’ by Mississippi officials.
Itawamba County Development Council executive director Greg Deakle was quoted as saying that work on the Fulton-based plant has gone on ‘indefinite hiatus’ while Bluefire focuses on other projects.
The project, which has entered... [Read More]
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Mar 4, 2013
US-based Sequential Pacific Biodiesel (SPB) is to return supplying a B99 biodiesel blend to over 30 local retail outlets throughout Oregon and Washington.
The return to the higher blend ratio marks the conclusion of SPB’s winter blending period, where it produces a B50 blend as the fuel demands for effectiveness.
‘Our winter blending policy eliminates... [Read More]
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Mar 1, 2013
Portugal-based engineering company Incbio will work with a subsidiary of Green Energy Group to construct a new biodiesel plant in Malaysia.
Incbio and Biofuel Limited will construct and operate an 8,000 tonne facility in Kuala Lumpur via grease trap oil taken from municipal wastewater treatment plants, local councils and waste grease collectors.
‘This order is further... [Read More]
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Feb 28, 2013
A new report by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) claims certain biofuel certification schemes are holding back small producers and developing countries from export drives.
The report, titled Biofuels and the Sustainability Challenge, outlays that current certification schemes are predominately designed to fit the large scale agro-industry, believing... [Read More]
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Feb 27, 2013
An lliance between ethanol producer Calgren Renewable Fuels (CRF) and feedstock supplier Chromatin will open up a new local supply chain for sorghum in California, US.
The multi-year agreement will see up to 30,000 acres of sorghum grain being grown and supplied to CRF, which makes more than 55 million gallons of ethanol a year.
Chromatin will work with Californian... [Read More]
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Feb 27, 2013
US-based Piedmont Biofuels (PB) has been certified under the Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels (RSB) programme following a third-party assessment conducted by SCS Global Services (SCS).
PB collects used cooking oil from restaurants in the Research Triangle Park area of North Carolina and uses it to produce biodiesel that is sold locally through seven filling stations.
SCS'... [Read More]
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Feb 26, 2013
The Spanish government has approved a lowering of the mandatory biodiesel consumption target according to a release from the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism.
The target will drop from 7% to 4.1%.
‘It is considered appropriate to revise the mandatory consumption targets for biofuels in 2013 and thereafter, setting targets that minimize the fuel prices and... [Read More]
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Feb 26, 2013
A newspaper report in Canada printed on 23 February claims the government is to end biofuels production subsidises when the current programme ends in 2017.
A letter addressed to the industry by natural resources minister Joe Oliver outlined spending cuts to tame a deficit building in Ottawa.
The Globe and Mail reported that Oliver said the ethanol industry now produces... [Read More]
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Feb 26, 2013
The National Biodiesel Board (NBB) has responded to the news that the EPA finalised its rule approving camelina oil as a new low-carbon feedstock under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS)
'This decision adds to the growing list of biodiesel feedstocks that meet the EPA's standards for advanced biofuel and gives us yet another option for producing sustainable, domestic biodiesel... [Read More]
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