Apr 5, 2017
Chemist and sailboat captain turn ocean-based plastic waste into fuel
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Apr 3, 2017
Butamax Advanced Biofuels, a 50/50 joint venture between BP and DuPont, has announced the acquisition of Nesika Energy and its ethanol facility in Scandia, Kansas. Butamax will now start engineering work to add bio-isobutanol capacity to the facility.
A cost-effective alternative to isobutanol, bio-isobutanol is derived from renewable feedstocks. It provides an option... [Read More]
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Apr 3, 2017
The long running controversy regarding palm oil is coming to a climax, with members of the European Parliament (MEPs) set to debate a report calling on the European Commission to phase out palm oil in biofuels. The controversial report also calls for a single certification scheme for the commodity to enter the EU market.
Czech GUE (Confederal Group of the European United... [Read More]
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Mar 31, 2017
A new study may have found a solution to the negative effects biofuel production can have on food production.
The use of sequential cropping – one crop sown after another has been harvested – may be able to provide foodstock for biofuel production without adversely affecting food production, according to the study by Ecofys.
Support for the biofuels industry... [Read More]
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Mar 30, 2017
Gevo has announced its financial results for the three months ended December 31, 2016.
The US renewable chemicals and advanced biofuels company announced a net loss per share of ($0.33) for the quarter.
The company announced that gross loss was $2.3 million (€2.14m) for the three months ended December 31, 2016, versus $1.7 million in the same quarter in... [Read More]
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Mar 24, 2017
Woodcote Media is delighted to welcome Daryl Worthington to the team as assistant editor of Fluid Handling, Bioenergy Insight, Biofuels International and Tank Cleaning Magazine.
Daryl will be working across Woodcote Media’s portfolio of publications, with a specific focus on Fluid Handling magazine.
Worthington has a wealth of experience in journalism. He joins Woodcote... [Read More]
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Mar 21, 2017
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is to implement renewable fuel volume requirements for 2017 as decided in November 2016.
According to a press statement from Finnish renewable energy specialist Neste, the Regulatory Freeze Pending Review by the new US administration, which was applied to the renewable fuel volume requirements for 2017, has expired.
Hence, the... [Read More]
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Mar 21, 2017
The Governor’s Biofuels Coalition has written a letter to President Trump urging him to enforce the renewable fuel standard (RFS) approved by Congress and helps to advance biofuels production in the US.
In the letter, they wrote: “Our states are the home to over 200 biorefineries that are producing tens of thousands of jobs, sequestering tons of carbon, saving... [Read More]
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Mar 21, 2017
Total US crude oil production in 2016 was below its 2015 level, despite increasing crude oil prices throughout most of 2016, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).
However, according to the organisation, monthly production began growing in the fourth quarter of the year after declining over the first three quarters.
Total 2016 production remained... [Read More]
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Mar 20, 2017
US President Donald Trump unveiled a $1.1 trillion budget outline last week that makes good on a series of campaign promises, including cutting Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by about one-third.
According to CNN, Trump’s budget director made clear the administration has no intention of going back.
Asked at the White House about the cuts to climate change-related... [Read More]
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Mar 17, 2017
More than 20 senators pressed President Donald Trump to reject requests from oil refiners to overhaul the Renewable Fuel Standard programme.
Oil refiners have requested that the US government change the programme to push the burden of meeting annual biofuels use requirements downstream, a move that has been met with criticism and backlash from ethanol producers,... [Read More]
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Mar 17, 2017
Using biofuels to help power jet engines reduces particle emissions in their exhaust by as much as 50 to 70%, according to a new study led by NASA.
The findings are the result of a cooperative international research program led by NASA and involving agencies from Germany and Canada, and are detailed in a study published in the journal Nature.
During flight tests in... [Read More]
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Mar 14, 2017
A team of researchers at the UK-based University of Cambridge has developed a way of using solar power to generate a fuel that is both sustainable and relatively cheap to produce.
The team used natural light to generate hydrogen from biomass.
In a statement, the researchers said: “One of the challenges facing modern society is what it does with its waste... [Read More]
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Mar 14, 2017
The government of Canada is investing CAN$43 million (€27m) in the clean technology sector to help create jobs and stimulate growth in the environmental sector.
Canada’s Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Navdeep Bains announced an investment of up to $20 million to support clean energy projects at the pre-commercialisation stage.
This... [Read More]
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Mar 13, 2017
Oil refiners contributed more than $2 billion (€1.87bn) to meet US biofuels requirements in 2016, a 70% surge that helps fuel a growing debate over who should shoulder the costs for meeting environmental regulations, according to a media report.
A Reuters review of regulatory filings from ten refiners, including Valero Energy Corp and CVR Energy Inc, showed that they... [Read More]
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Mar 13, 2017
Growing sustainable energy crops without increasing greenhouse gas emissions, may be possible on seasonally wet, environmentally-sensitive landscapes, according to US-based researchers who conducted a study on Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) land.
Debasish Saha, postdoctoral in plant sciences, Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences and colleagues, measured the... [Read More]
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Mar 10, 2017
US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt has said that he does not believe carbon dioxide is a primary contributor to global warming.
"I think that measuring with precision human activity on the climate is something very challenging to do and there's tremendous disagreement about the degree of impact, so no, I would not agree that it's a... [Read More]
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