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May 4, 2018
Ireland ups biofuel obligations (corrected)
Biodiesel News
Mar 16, 2018
Renewable Identification Numbers produced at Velocys’ ENVIA Energy plant have been verified by an independent third party auditor.
Auditing company Weaver has delivered the verification under the Quality Assurance Program approved by the US Environmental Protection Agency. Provided the Oklahoma City located ENVIA plant continues operating within the required efficiency... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Mar 19, 2018
Advanced renewable fuels and chemicals company Aemetis has announced that its Indian subsidiary has completed the construction of an advanced biodiesel pre-treatment unit to supply biodiesel to oil giant BP.
Constructed by Universal Biofuels, Aemetis’ Indian subsidiary, the new facility will process low-cost feedstocks supplied to it under the BP Singapore supply... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Mar 20, 2018
Few topics in business today stir more debate than blockchain and digital coins. It is important, however, to not get distracted by the hype and polarisation of that discussion. Blockchain and digital coins are technologies that can bring important changes to the commodities markets, and for that reason are receiving growing attention and investment from players in the... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Mar 20, 2018
Advanced biofuel producer World Energy has completed the purchase of a number of assets from Delek US Holdings. These include Delek’s interests in renewable jet and diesel producer AltAir Paramount.
World Energy has also acquired the Paramount Petroleum Refinery and adjacent tank farm from Delek, as well as ‘most’ of its California pipeline assets, according... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Mar 21, 2018
Toyota has debuted a prototype of what it calls the world’s first hybrid flexible-fuel vehicle, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The flexible fuelled vehicle can be powered by both gasoline and ‘alternative fuels such as ethanol’.
Key to the new vehicle, according to Toyota, is a new hybrid system that combines a combustion engine and an electrical powertrain.
The... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Mar 21, 2018
Enerkem has produced a new high-performance biofuel that it claims could improve the octane rating of fuels sold on the market as well as reduce their carbon footprint. The innovation has been achieved in collaboration with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in the US.
The Canadian waste-to-biofuels and chemicals producer announced its latest innovation at... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Mar 22, 2018
The EU has removed anti-dumping duties on biodiesel imports from Indonesia, according to Reuters.
It’s the latest development in what has been a long running controversy. Back in 2013, the European Union set import duties on biodiesel from Argentina and Indonesia, claiming that both nations were ‘dumping’ the renewable fuel.
The measures met legal challenges... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Mar 23, 2018
The US National Biodiesel Board has expressed its disappointment at the news Congress hasn’t renewed the biodiesel tax credit.
On 22 March, Congress passed a $1.3 trillion spending package to fund the federal government until September and prevent another shutdown. NBB campaigned for a renewed biodiesel tax credit to be included in the package, but it hasn’t... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Mar 23, 2018
Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) has announced that its biodiesel facility in Mainz is to temporarily cease production.
A representative for the company told Biofuels International over email that production was planned to come to a halt at the end of March, ‘once all sales have been satisfied.’
The original statement announcing the temporary cessation... [Read More]
Other News
Mar 26, 2018
The US Department of Energy Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkley Lab) have discovered an enzyme that enables the production of a renewable alternative to toluene, a petroleum-based octane booster in gasoline that sells 29 million tons per year.
According to the researchers, the enzyme enables the production of aromatic hydrocarbon... [Read More]
Policy News
Mar 28, 2018
A bipartisan plan is to be unveiled March 28 for support biofuels at a national level to address the country’s increasingly pressing energy security concerns and to systemically promote the development, production and use of biofuels.
The industry body Bioenergy Australia is throwing its weight behind Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack and... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Apr 3, 2018
The International Trade Commission (ITC) has voted that unfairly dumped biodiesel imports from Argentina and Indonesia have unfairly harmed US industry.
ITC voted 4 – 0 in favour of the National Biodiesel Board (NBB) Fair Trade Coalition’s position that the industry has suffered because of the imports. According to NBB, the ITC decision means antidumping orders... [Read More]
Policy News
Apr 4, 2018
The three smallest of Andeavor’s ten oil refineries are now exempt from US biofuels legislation. The ‘hardship’ waiver is meant to protect smaller refiners from being disproportionately impacted by the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Last year, Andeavor posted $1.5 billion in net profits.
The exemption allows Andeavor to disregard legislation requiring... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Apr 4, 2018
Scientists have created a genetically modified yeast that could quicken the path towards synthetic yeasts for a number of industrial applications, including the creation of bioethanol.
The Tufts University researchers have created a yeast that can more efficiently consume xylose, in turn enabling the yeast to grow faster and to higher cell densities, according to their... [Read More]
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