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Biofuels producer Gevo announced that gasoline blended with its isobutanol and marketed for use in automobiles has begun to be sold in Texas, Houston, US.
This marks the first time that Gevo’s isobutanol has been specifically targeted towards on-road vehicles, the company said in a statement.
Previously, Gevo and its partners have focused on specialty markets such as…
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A new competitor to biofuels may be creeping up from the left field in the form of hydrogen-powered vehicles, which are breaking into the UK market.
Arcola Energy, the UK’s hydrogen energy specialists, have sold or leased 32 of Renault’s Kangoo ZE-H2 electric vans with fuel cell range extender produced by Symbio FCell, making it the largest hydrogen vehicle fleet in the UK.
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Global carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels have seen "almost no growth" for three years in a row, despite economic growth, scientists have said.
Emissions did not increase in 2015 and are expected to rise only 0.2% in 2016, according to new data from the University of East Anglia (UEA) and the Global Carbon Project.
The figures, which come after a rise of just 0.7% in emissions in 2014,…
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Two men based in Florida, US, were each sentenced to more than a decade in prison in a more than $46 million (€41m) biodiesel fraud scheme, the US Department of Justice reported.
Thomas Davanzo of Estero and Robert Fedyna of Naples were sentenced on Monday for a scheme with co-conspirators at Gen-X Energy Group in Pasco, Washington, and subsidiary Southern Resources and Commodities in…
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Fulcrum BioEnergy and BP have signed a major strategic partnership that includes a $30 million (€27m) equity investment in Fulcrum by BP.
With Fulcrum's first plant under construction, the company says the partnership accelerates the construction schedule for its next renewable jet fuel plants.
Fulcrum and Air BP, the aviation division of BP, have also agreed to terms on a 500…
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Indian bioenergy crop research and development company Advanced Biofuel Center (ABC) has reached a breakthrough in the use of moringa oil in biofuel production.
ABC has developed a new variety of moringa tree seed, named Maru-Moringa (MOMAX3) after the location of its discovery, after several years research and trials.
The MOMAX3 cultivar is noteworthy for producing very high quality moringa oil…
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The European Commission (EC) has approved an investment package of €222.7 million from the EU budget to support Europe's transition to a more sustainable and low-carbon future.
The EU funding will spur additional investments leading to a total of €398.6 million to be invested into 144 new projects in 23 member states.
The support comes from the LIFE programme, the EU’s…
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The Paris agreement on climate change has come into force today (4 November, 2016).
This marks the first time that governments have agreed legally binding limits to global temperature rises.
Under the agreement, all governments that have ratified the accord, which includes the US, China, India and the EU, now carry an obligation to hold global warming to no more than 2C above pre-industrial…
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Crude oil prices have continued to fall after data showed the biggest weekly US crude surplus on record.
According to Wall Street Journal, the supply data prompted investors to reduce expectations that two years of oversupply in the oil markets is coming to an end. US prices immediately shed nearly $1 a barrel and losses spread into gasoline and diesel futures.
US crude futures fell $1.33, or…
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Renewable Energy Group reports a strong third quarter 2016, with revenues of $624.6 million (€562.8,) and 163.1 million gallons of fuel sold.
Net income attributable to common stockholders was $22.9 million, compared to a net loss of $15.7 million in the third quarter of 2015.
REG sold 36% more gallons of fuel, resulting in a 58.2% increase in revenue from $394.8 million in Q3 2015.
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A new report by IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, finds that Egypt’s cement producers could save money and lower greenhouse gas emissions by using waste, so-called alternative fuels, to power their production facilities.
The study, Unlocking Value: Alternative Fuels for Egypt’s Cement Industry, assessed the potential for producers to increase the use of alternative fuels…
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The National Biodiesel Board (NBB) has named Donnell Rehagen as the trade group’s CEO. Rehagen was named interim CEO in June after serving 12 years as NBB’s chief operating officer.
“We couldn’t be more excited to elevate Donnell to the permanent position of CEO,” said NBB chairman Ron Marr.
He added: “His detailed knowledge of our organisation and deep…
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EXCLUSIVE. The date for the publication of the post-2020 Renewable Energy Directive (RED) has been mooted by an industry expert speaking at a biofuels conference.
An industry expert close to the sector, who spoke at the Argus Biofuels conference and wished not to be named, said that he believed RED phase two was due to come out on 7 December, 2016.
However, in a statement to Bioenergy…
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Peru is the latest country to place anti-dumping tariffs on imports of biodiesel from Argentina for a period of five years, after complaints of unfair competition, the South American’s market regulator said.
According to Reuters, Peru, the second-largest export market for Argentine biodiesel, passed the measure "to prevent the imports of the biofuel to continue harming national production,"…
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The rapeseed oil industry was valued at $23.76 billion (€21.83bn) in 2014, and is expected to reach $35.39 billion by 2021 at a compound annual growth rate of 6.9%.
Rapeseed oil is extracted from rape crop which is the third largest crop cultivated in Europe.
Credence Research forecasts in a new market study that the global industry for rapeseed oil is anticipated to witness rapid growth…
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