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Mar 19, 2020
Celebrating Biodiesel Day with a message loud and clear
Features
Mar 18, 2020
In light of today’s concerns about climate change and generating clean energy, there has been increased discussion involving alternative fuels such as biodiesel. Biodiesel, which is derived mainly from vegetable oils and animal fats, is taking the stage as a popular candidate for replacing petroleum diesel for a variety of well-supported reasons.
Perhaps the most... [Read More]
Other News
Mar 17, 2020
Since Covid-19 first made the news when it struck in a place in China most of us had never heard of, little did we suspect the global consequences three months later.
Normal daily life as we know it has been severely disrupted, thousands of people have died worldwide, borders between countries are being closed and the stock markets and our global economies have taken... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Mar 17, 2020
At the moment the vast majority of Europe’s renewable target is met with land-based biofuels like corn and alfalfa.
But critics have argued that such biofuels are not economically and environmentally sustainable.
The use of such land-based biofuels can lead to more intensive use of resources, a reduction in biodiversity and the increase in higher GHG emissions... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Mar 16, 2020
After years of fighting their own political battles, advocates of ethanol and electric vehicles are tentatively uniting against a shared enemy - fossil fuels.
More than two dozen organisations have come together for nearly two years in Minnesota to work on a "technologically neutral, policy proposal to decarbonise transportation, which has overtaken electricity production... [Read More]
Biomass News
Mar 16, 2020
Biomass fuels derived from various grasses could significantly mitigate global warming by reducing carbon, according to a long-term joint field study by researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and Michigan State University (MSU).
In a new paper published in Environmental Science and Technology, the researchers examined a number of different cellulosic... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Mar 13, 2020
A new report has found that despite current challenges, Iowa biofuel production continues to have a significant impact on Iowa’s economy.
The report found that its growing production currently supports more than 48,000 jobs and more than $2.4 billion (2.16billion euros) in household income.
The study that was put together by John Urbanchuk, of ABF Economics, and... [Read More]
Biomass News
Mar 12, 2020
Serbia is speeding up its move from fossil fuels to biomass with a multi-million euro injection.
Novi Pazar is the third municipality in the country to receive funds under the £26.7m euro (£23.6m) project, which was launched in mid-2017, its Ministry of Mining and Energy announced.
Priboj and Mali Zvornik received the money in October last year. In total, six... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 12, 2020
It’s a case of ice work for one Scottish company.
Mackies Ice Cream, which has been in production since 1986, has begun to install a new refrigeration system running on ammonia produced by biomass boilers.
The installation will be Scotland’s first large scale plant combining biomass heat and absorption chilling, enabling Mackie’s to target ambitious CO2e reductions... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Mar 12, 2020
Farmer leaders and biofuel producers from the Midwest states of America have expressed concerns about the news that the Trump administration has decided to side with oil companies in their court battle against biofuels.
The debate centres around a unanimous court decision that would halt the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) abuse of Small Refinery Exemptions... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Mar 11, 2020
The world's leading producer of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel produced from waste and residue raw materials has agreed to acquire a collector and recycler of used cooking oil in the United States.
The transaction by Neste for Mahoney Environment (Mahoney) is subject to the fulfillment of customary closing conditions and regulatory approval.
“This is... [Read More]
Features
Mar 10, 2020
This year is going to be a massive 12 months for biofuels in Brazil, with the launch on Christmas Eve 2019 of the government backed RenovaBio carbon credit programme, the country’s ambitious national biofuels policy, which has been in the making since December 2016, writes Colin Ley.
Following three years of heated debate concerning what impact the new policy will have... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Mar 10, 2020
A leading Australian firm has become a member of a national energy organisation.
Viva Energy Australia has linked up with peak national body BioEnergy Australia with CEO Scott Wyatt saying the decision supports the company’s existing investment in biofuels distribution.
He said: “We have ethanol and bio-diesel blending facilities in Queensland, NSW and Victoria,... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Mar 9, 2020
A new demo plant in Sweden will be the first in the world to produce a 2G platform for sustainable fuels, chemicals and materials from pulp and paper industry residues.
The plant in Örnsköldsvik, coined Goldilocks, will be built by the Swedish chemical and clean tech company Sekab alongside Dutch oil company Vertoro.
Sekab CEO Tomas Nilsson said: “We need to break... [Read More]
Other News
Mar 9, 2020
Teeside, UK-based Nova Pangaea Technologies (NPT) has signed a partnership contract with Pakistan’s JS Group to licence NPT’s technology, which converts waste plant biomass into natural platform chemicals and biofuels.
The deal includes a licence for the use of NPT’s REFNOVA end-to-end fractionation process, as well as a front end loading conceptual design package... [Read More]
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The decline in rapeseed meal exports has prompted the Union zur Förderung von Oel- und Proteinpflanzen e.V. (UFOP) to strongly oppose the proposed reduction of the cap on biofuels from cultivated biomass.
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