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Dutch airline KLM is set to offer weekly transatlantic flights powered by biofuels in the near future.
The fuel, based on used cooking oil, will be provided by biofuels supplier SkyNRG and has the full support of KLM’s various partners. It is claimed the fuel will be used on flights between Amsterdam and New York.
‘This is the result of a joint effort and expanded cooperation between…
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The throughput of biofuels product has increased by 24% at the Port of Rotterdam last year.
The level rose to 5.9 million tonnes compared to 2011 and is mainly attributed to an increase in biodiesel handling. Both its import and export volumes increased by a total of 1.5 million tonnes.
In contrast, the throughput of ethanol dropped by 17% to 1.4 million tonnes and that of ETBE dropped by 8% to…
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US-based renewable energy company Global Clean Energy (GCE) has acquired Sustainable Oils, a biofuels producer in Montana, from biotechnology company Targeted Growth.
The deal saw GCE exchange a $1.3 million (€996,000) promissory note and 40 million common shares to take ownership of the business that works primarily with camelina seeds.
‘This transaction is in line with our plan to be…
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It has been reported that the Biofuels Association of Zambia (BAZ) described a move by China-based Kaid Biomass (KB) to pull out of the country as ‘unfortunate’.
KB, under the banner of Kaid Biomass Zambia, was due to undertake a $6 billion (€4.5 billion) investment programme in Nakonda and Isoka, but has called time on the project after four years.
‘This news is…
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Philippines-based Aseagas, a joint venture between Gazasia and Aboitiz Equity Ventures, has allocated funds for the construction of a new liquid biomethane plant.
It is believed around $30 million (€22.6 million) has been earmarked for the project and building could commence this summer, mostly likely in Luzon where approximately 70% of the market is to be found.
The fruits of the project…
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US-based Dynamic Fuels has become the latest renewable fuels company to achieve Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels (RSB) sustainability certification.
The RSB certification encompasses Dynamic Fuels' Louisiana plant where it uses its technology to turn animal byproducts, such as beef tallow and pork and chicken fat, into renewable diesel.
‘It is not easy to adhere to rigorous…
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A newspaper report in Canada printed on 23 February claims the government is to end biofuels production subsidises when the current programme ends in 2017.
A letter addressed to the industry by natural resources minister Joe Oliver outlined spending cuts to tame a deficit building in Ottawa.
The Globe and Mail reported that Oliver said the ethanol industry now produces necessary volumes for the…
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The National Biodiesel Board (NBB) has responded to the news that the EPA finalised its rule approving camelina oil as a new low-carbon feedstock under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS)
'This decision adds to the growing list of biodiesel feedstocks that meet the EPA's standards for advanced biofuel and gives us yet another option for producing sustainable, domestic biodiesel that displaces…
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The Spanish government has approved a lowering of the mandatory biodiesel consumption target according to a release from the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism.
The target will drop from 7% to 4.1%.
‘It is considered appropriate to revise the mandatory consumption targets for biofuels in 2013 and thereafter, setting targets that minimize the fuel prices and ensure some stability in…
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US-based Piedmont Biofuels (PB) has been certified under the Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels (RSB) programme following a third-party assessment conducted by SCS Global Services (SCS).
PB collects used cooking oil from restaurants in the Research Triangle Park area of North Carolina and uses it to produce biodiesel that is sold locally through seven filling stations.
SCS' assessment included an…
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An lliance between ethanol producer Calgren Renewable Fuels (CRF) and feedstock supplier Chromatin will open up a new local supply chain for sorghum in California, US.
The multi-year agreement will see up to 30,000 acres of sorghum grain being grown and supplied to CRF, which makes more than 55 million gallons of ethanol a year.
Chromatin will work with Californian growers that are…
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A new report by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) claims certain biofuel certification schemes are holding back small producers and developing countries from export drives.
The report, titled Biofuels and the Sustainability Challenge, outlays that current certification schemes are predominately designed to fit the large scale agro-industry, believing that the required costs…
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Portugal-based engineering company Incbio will work with a subsidiary of Green Energy Group to construct a new biodiesel plant in Malaysia.
Incbio and Biofuel Limited will construct and operate an 8,000 tonne facility in Kuala Lumpur via grease trap oil taken from municipal wastewater treatment plants, local councils and waste grease collectors.
‘This order is further proof that by ensuring…
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US-based Sequential Pacific Biodiesel (SPB) is to return supplying a B99 biodiesel blend to over 30 local retail outlets throughout Oregon and Washington.
The return to the higher blend ratio marks the conclusion of SPB’s winter blending period, where it produces a B50 blend as the fuel demands for effectiveness.
‘Our winter blending policy eliminates concerns about engine…
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An US biofuels plant owned by Bluefire Renewables has been described as ‘not dead, just dormant’ by Mississippi officials.
Itawamba County Development Council executive director Greg Deakle was quoted as saying that work on the Fulton-based plant has gone on ‘indefinite hiatus’ while Bluefire focuses on other projects.
The project, which has entered its fourth year and…
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The California Energy commission has injected a multi-million boost into a pilot ethanol plant from Mendota Advanced Bioenergy Beet Cooperative.
Mendota will use the $5 million (€3.8 million) to construct a plant that aims to produce 285,000 gallons of ethanol from 10,000 tonnes of beet feedstock. The plant is reported to be situated in Five Points.
‘Farmers need alternative crops that…
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