Jul 12, 2017
Queensland government throws support behind $60 million biorefinery
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Jul 7, 2017
France is set to end the sale of petrol and diesel cars by 2040. The move is part of the country’s renewed commitment to the Paris climate deal under the leadership of new President Emmanuel Macron.
Nicolas Hulot, France’s ecology minister, has hailed the move as a revolution, according to the Guardian.
Addressing concerns over how France’s automotive... [Read More]
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Jul 6, 2017
The US Enviornmental Protection Agency (EPA) has signed a proposed rule setting the minimum amount of renewable fuels that must be supplied to the market in calendar year 2018 under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) programme.
This includes setting the renewable volume obligations (RVOs), along with the 2019 RVO for biomass-based diesel.
The agency proposed a total renewable... [Read More]
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Jul 6, 2017
Biomass-based diesel producer Renewable Energy Group (REG) has announced that Daniel J. Oh has resigned as president and CEO and as a member of the company's board of directors. The resignation was effective 3 July, 2017.
"The board appreciates Dan's work in guiding REG to its position as the industry leader with sales of over $2 billion in 2016, as well as his willingness... [Read More]
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Jul 3, 2017
US-based Envia Energy has produced its first gas-to-liquid product at its Oklahoma plant with the help of Velocys technology.
Fischer-Tropsch products are now being fractionated to produce premium, renewable waxes, diesel and naphtha, meeting customer product specifications.
The on-site operations team has completed the debugging of several units of the plant - activities... [Read More]
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Jul 3, 2017
InnoEnergy, Europe’s sustainable energy innovation engine, is making its “Investment Round”, for supporting and launching revolutionary clean energy innovations, open year-round to offer flexibility to businesses to shorten the journey from lab to launch.
During 2017, the Investment Round has already supported seven new projects in the fields of renewables,... [Read More]
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Jul 3, 2017
UPS has announced “aggressive” new sustainability goals to add more alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicles to its fleet while increasing its reliance on renewable energy sources.
The goals, available in the company’s 2016 Corporate Sustainability Report, support UPS’s commitment to reduce its absolute greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions... [Read More]
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Jun 21, 2017
The government of Queensland, Australia has announced plans for a new biorefinery in the state. The new facility, which will be built and operated by US company Amyris, suggests the drive to attract biorefinery investors to Queensland is starting to pay off.
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, speaking in San Diego at the BIO2017 International Convention, said the... [Read More]
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Jun 19, 2017
Scientists in Germany have found a way to refine biodiesel so that it works in standard diesel car engines, according to an article appearing on Live Science.
Differences in molecular structure mean that biodiesel made from plant material burns at a different temperature to petrodiesel. As a result, only specially designed engines can run on pure biodiesel or blends that... [Read More]
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Jun 19, 2017
A decade ago, the production of renewable diesel began at the Neste Porvoo refinery in Finland. Since then, Neste’s renewable biofuels have reduced greenhouse gas emissions from traffic by more than 33 million tons. That figure is close to the total annual CHG emissions from road transport in both Sweden and Finland combined.
Neste’s MY Renewable Diesel has... [Read More]
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Jun 16, 2017
A waste to fuel start-up is preparing to move to the next level, following substantial investment.
British company Envirofuel has received a £250,000 loan from Lancashire Rosebud Finance. The funding boost will allow the company to expand its operations.
Envirofuel recycles household waste into fuel to minimise landfill. Aided by the new investment, the company plans... [Read More]
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Jun 15, 2017
Malaysian palm oil futures have recovered from a ten month low, following a stronger performance from soy oil on the Chicago Board of Trade and China’s Dalian Commodity Exchange, according to The Star Online.
Shifts and changes in the soy oil market usually have repercussions on palm oil, as both vegetable oils compete for a share of the global edible oils market.
One... [Read More]
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Jun 14, 2017
Alliance BioEnergy Plus has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, AMG Energy Group, has entered into a sublicensing agreement with California-based Earth's Renewable Energy.
The sublicense agreement permits Earth's Renewable Energy to use the company's patented cellulose to sugar (CTS) technology at a soon-to-be-built plant in Bakersfield, California.
Alliance... [Read More]
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Jun 13, 2017
The US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) has announced up to $6 million (€5.35m) in available funding for research to support the next generation of sustainable biofuels and biomaterials. Funding is made through USDA’s Biomass Research and Development Initiative (BRDI), a joint initiative... [Read More]
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Jun 6, 2017
MEP Bas Eickhout has proposed sweeping reforms to EU legislation regarding bioenergy and biofuels.
They come amid the Dutch politician’s proposals for increasing the EU’s renewable energy share target for 2030 from 27% to 45%.
"The entire energy sector must be sustainable by 2040 one hundred percent." Eickhout said, according to Groen Links. Just as significantly,... [Read More]
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Jun 6, 2017
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CTFC) has said it is not investigating biofuels credits, despite eight Democrat senators having called for Carl Icahn’s activity in the market to be scrutinised.
According to an article from Reuters, the news agency gained access to a letter saying the CFTC was not looking to investigate Icahn.
Icahn, an adviser to US... [Read More]
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Jun 2, 2017
Americans want to know when they’re power is coming from renewable sources, according to a new study from Washington State University (WSU).
Interestingly, this concern over energy use isn’t connected to political beliefs, the sociologists behind the research finding both Democrats and Republicans were interested in using non-fossil fuel energy sources.
The... [Read More]
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