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Jun 17, 2020
Renewable ethanol is a win for EU’s Farm to Fork strategy
Bioethanol News
Jun 16, 2020
The Renewable Fuels Association has called on President Trump to reject attempts to grant the oil industry more waivers from renewable fuel obligations.
The letter coincided with the President’s anniversary visit at an Iowa ethanol plant last year.
“One year ago today, you visited Southwest Iowa Renewable Energy in Council Bluffs to join us in celebrating a monumental... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jun 16, 2020
Posti will begin to use renewable Neste MY diesel in its light delivery fleet in line with its continued efforts to develop its emission-free e-commerce logistics.
The volume of parcels delivered by Posti has increased sharply in the last few years, with millions of parcels delivered every week this spring. Posti’s own fleet covers roughly 40% of the parcel deliveries... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jun 15, 2020
US ethanol producer Flint Hills Resources will not resume production at its 120 million gallon a year ethanol plant in Camilla, Georgia.
The plant has been idle since May as the COVID-19 pandemic hit fuel ethanol demand as the world went into shutdown.
Demand for fuel ethanol has since shown some signs of recovering, but it still remains about 20-30% lower when compared... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jun 15, 2020
The sustainable fuels technology company Velocys has welcomed the announcement from UK Secretary of State for Transport, Grant Shapps, on the formation of a new Jet Zero Council.
Shapps used his appearance at the daily coronavirus press conference last week to announce the moves, which he said would support the government's vision of a “greener transport future”.
During... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jun 12, 2020
Figures published by the German Federal Office for Agriculture and Food (BLE) revealed oil mills processed more rapeseed in March compared with the previous month.
The total is reported at 737,000 tonnes, up approximately 10,000 tonnes from the previous month. However, it is not so much the tonnage as the origin of rapeseed processed that is noteworthy. According to... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jun 12, 2020
Velocys, the sustainable fuels technology company, has revealed it has secured a further £500,000 (€557,000) grant funding for the Altalto waste-to-fuels project from the Department for Transport (DfT).
The proposed Altalto Immingham plant is planned to convert hundreds of thousands of tonnes per year of residual waste into sustainable fuels - mainly aviation fuel.... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jun 12, 2020
Five trainloads of US petrol pre-blended at an E10 rate arrived in Guadalajara in May – a direct success of the Grains Council’s (USGC’s) collaboration with the Mexican Association of Service Station Providers (AMPES).
The 14,500 gallons of ethanol (5,300 bushels in corn equivalent) helped to demonstrate the economic and environmental benefits of increased ethanol... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jun 11, 2020
Norsk e-Fuel has announced plans to industrialise power-to-liquid (PtL) technology in Norway to convert electricity into renewable fuels.
The joint venture, with the new European industry consortium headquartered in Oslo, consists of four partners - Sunfire, the world’s leading PtL technology provider; Climeworks, a pioneer in CO2 air capture technology; Paul Wurth... [Read More]
Features
Jun 11, 2020
In the port of Rotterdam the production, trade, storage and transhipment of biofuels come together.
The port is ideally situated for the supply of raw materials and biofuels from around the world. The same applies to the distribution of biofuels across Europe.
Four biofuel production facilities are located in the port (Alco Group, Biopetrol, LyondellBasell and Neste)... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jun 11, 2020
HollyFrontier Corporation has announced plans to convert the Cheyenne Refinery to renewable diesel production.
The company also plans to construct a pre-treatment unit (PTU) located at the Artesia Refinery. HollyFrontier is expected to have a combined capacity to produce over 200 million gallons per year of renewable diesel and pre-treat over 80% of its feedstock.
It... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jun 10, 2020
Ethanol Europe has welcomed the prospect of E10 becoming the standard fuel grade at UK filling stations from 2021.
The proposals, currently under consultation, have the potential to reduce CO2 emissions in the UK by 750,000 tonnes per year – the equivalent of taking 350,000 vehicles of the road.
The move is seen as a logical next step for UK motorists who have come... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jun 10, 2020
Leading ship owner UECC and the GoodShipping Programme have partnered with BMW to continue to test marine Bio Fuel-Oil (BFO) on car carrying vessels.
BMW joins UECC and the GoodShipping Programme where BFO is being tested on UECC’s 140 metre long 2,080-vehicle carrier M/V Autosky - a roll on, roll off (ro-ro) vessel.
The car company will be able to claim an emissions... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jun 9, 2020
Irish owned ClonBio Group recorded a 143% increase in profits before tax in 2019, increasing from €39 million in 2018 to €95 million.
Turnover in the period increased 26% to €361 million. The Group's primary asset is a biorefinery, Pannonia Bio, located in Hungary.
The increase reflects a 22% rise in average ethanol prices in the period as well as volume growth... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jun 9, 2020
US ethanol exports were 99.4 million gallons (mg) in April - a decline of 40.5 mg or 29% from March.
Lighter sales to its largest markets, Brazil (23.8 mg, -36%) and Canada (10.8 mg, -61% to the lowest volume since August 2010) accounted for the majority of that drop.
Exports to India also declined although to a lesser degree (15.8 mg, -19%).
However, shipments... [Read More]
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