Apr 11, 2013
Ethanol plant to disappear in North Dakota
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Apr 10, 2013
Zimbabwe has increased biofuel awareness by approving an E85 blend suitable for the country’s flexi-vehicles.
The blend will contain a 15% unleaded petrol content and is hoped to lower the price of fuel throughout the country, which at the moment stands between $1.51 (€1.15) and $1.59 a litre.
‘The quality specification of E85 conforms to Standard Association... [Read More]
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Apr 9, 2013
The US Environmental Protection Agency announced in April that 77.6 million gallons of biodiesel were produced in February.
Biodiesel in the US has exceeded targets under the Renewable Fuel Standard for two consecutive years and the new numbers show a total of more than 80.4 million gallons of biomass-based diesel for February, but that total also includes renewable diesel... [Read More]
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Apr 9, 2013
The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) is urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reduce competition between food and fuel as it implements the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).
The science group submitted its recommendation at the start of April with comments on the EPA’s proposed biofuel mandate volumes for 2013. EPA’s proposal calls for so-called... [Read More]
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Apr 8, 2013
Palm oil reserves in Malaysia took the steepest drop in number in more than two years this March.
A report by Bloomberg believes inventories declined by 7% to 2.27 million tonnes from February, the steepest monthly drop since January 2011. These details were pulled from estimates from two plantation companies and four analysts. Exports however went up by 2.1% to 1.4 million... [Read More]
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Apr 8, 2013
Papaya feedstock will play a role in a biofuels and animal feed project in Hawaii that has just received government funds.
The state has invested $200,000 (€153,800) into a conversion project with Florida-based Biotork Hawaii via its USDA Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Centre.
The conversion process, which can now move to pilot stage, takes two weeks and uses... [Read More]
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Apr 5, 2013
New government figures have revealed 2012 was a strong year for renewable energy generation in the UK.
A report released at the end of March put the UK’s generated electricity from renewables last year at 11.3% overall, and 12.5% in the fourth quarter.
It is believed much of this growth is due to new generating projects coming online across all renewable sectors,... [Read More]
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Apr 5, 2013
A study in Spain has pinpointed dinoflagellate microalgae as an ‘easy and profitable way’ of creating biodiesel.
The research was led by scientists from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), in collaboration with the Spanish National Research Council, and claims that the oft ignored type of marine algae is suitable for cultivation with biodiesel... [Read More]
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Apr 5, 2013
A new report from Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) reveals that Brazil, if recent trends continue, will be unable to meet its domestic light vehicle demand for fuel as soon as 2017.
The report states that demand could outstrip supply by as much as 9 to 12 billion litres per year by 2021, equivalent to 20% of Brazil’s demand, and that the country must either make... [Read More]
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Apr 4, 2013
Full details of the sentence received by Jeffrey Gunselman, the man behind over $40 million (€31.2 million) worth of RIN fraud, have been revealed.
The West Texas native has been sentenced to at least 15 years in prison and ordered to pay out $55 million in restitution by a federal judge.
In a story followed by Biofuels International, Gunselman started a bogus biodiesel... [Read More]
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Apr 3, 2013
Spain-based sustainable technologies provider Abengoa has seen operations at a demo plant that uses its waste-to-biofuels technology begin.
The facility, located in Salamanca, has capacity to treat 25,000 tonnes of municipal solid waste to produce around 1.5 million litres of bioethanol.
The infrastructure of the plant has gone through more than 6,000 continuous hours... [Read More]
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Apr 3, 2013
UK-based bioethanol producer Ensus has ‘temporarily’ taken its 450 million gallon capacity facility offline for the second time since it started operations in 2010.
In a statement the company says a ‘poor wheat harvest in the UK last year has had an adverse impact on the quality and price of the crop as a feedstock’ that is used within the plant.
‘Alongside... [Read More]
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Apr 3, 2013
Botlek Tank Terminal (BTT) has loaded the first train at its new loading/unloading station.
The new station entered service on 2 April and loaded around 1,000 tonnes of biodiesel for export to a Bavaria-based refinery in Germany. The fuel was transferred from one of the storage tanks. In addition to Germany, the station will also be used to load and unload biodiesel going... [Read More]
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Apr 2, 2013
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) believes its country’s farmers will grow the most corn since 1936 as growers look to take advantage of high prices driven by last year’s drought.
A forecast of 97.3 million acres of corn is set to be sown in 2013 to help boost dwindling supplies, while soyabean plantings have been placed at 77.1 million acres. Wheat crops... [Read More]
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Apr 2, 2013
SCS Global Services has announced the expansion of its biofuel certification services in south east Asia.
The third-party environmental certification body will now conduct audits under the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) programme, which will allow biofuel producers in south east Asia to meet the requirements for export into the European Union... [Read More]
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Mar 28, 2013
It has been reported that an ethanol company located in south Minnesota, US may have to sell its plant.
Denver-based Biofuel Energy was a victim of the long drought that affected US corn availability and prices last summer and it shut down the plant, which can produce up to 115 millions gallons a year, in September as it became ‘unprofitable’.
‘When those... [Read More]
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Mar 28, 2013
A new committee focusing on the future of biofuels in Canada has been formed by the Canadian Renewable Fuels Association (CRFA).
CFRA revealed the committee and its members will represent those involved in advanced biofuels, particularly focusing on technology and new projects.
‘Canada is building on the success of its established biofuels industry to create a new... [Read More]
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