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Compared to a year ago macroeconomic outlook globally has significantly improved, but the political risks have increased, an economics expert said at the S&P Global Platts EU Biofuels Seminar.
Jean-Michel Six, managing director and chief European economist at S & P Global Rating, made the statement during his presentation entitled ‘Global macroeconomics and oil fundamentals’…
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The CEO of Gevo will speak at Biofuels International 2017.
Patrick Gruber is the CEO of Gevo and has served as a director of the company since 2007. Previously, he was the president and CEO of Outlast Technologies Inc., a technology and marketing company primarily serving the textile industry. In 1997, Dr. Gruber co-founded NatureWorks, LLC (formerly Cargill Dow, LLC), and served as Vice…
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The price of Malaysian palm oil has hit its lowest value in eight months, according to Nikkei Asian Review.
The falling price has been triggered by an expectation of rising palm oil production. Good weather conditions in major palm oil exporting countries mean there is a good chance the trend will continue.
Malaysian palm oil futures dropped to around 2,490 ringgit ($566, EUR 520) a ton on 20…
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Children in the UAE have been recycling cooking oil to make biofuels as part of a new initiative.
The programme was set up by the Blue waste management company in Dubai, and involves pupils of all ages, from kindergarten to teenagers.
According to the National UAE, Delhi Private School in Sharjah has already collected an impressive 162 litres of used cooking oil as part of the scheme.
School…
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The US National Biodiesel Board (NBB) is to argue before the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia regarding the 2014-2016 Renewable Fuels Standards (RFS) statute. The NBB’s case will be presented on the morning of 24 April, at the Circuit E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse, in Washington DC.
NBB argues that advanced biofuel requirements in the Renewable Fuel Standard should be…
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Falling oil prices mean it is no longer viable to produce biofuels in Mozambique, according to an official with the country’s Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy.
In an interview with the Mozambican newspaper O País, the ministry’s deputy national director of Hydrocarbons and Energy, Almirante Dima, described the production of biofuels from jatropha as…
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The first US-Indonesia municipal waste-to-bioproducts project, known as JababECO, is officially underway after US vice president Mike Pence participated in a ceremony in Jakarta celebrating the signing of multiple Memorandums of Understanding.
Indonesian vice president Jusuf Kalla, Greenbelt Resources CEO Darren Eng and Jababeka Infrastruktur director Tjahjadi Rahardja were also in attendance at…
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A Japanese research team has revealed the oil synthesis mechanism in microalgae cells, a discovery which could aid in the development of biofuels.
The amount of biomass on earth is approximately ten times the amount of energy currently consumed on the planet, and half of that biomass grows in aquatic environments, according to a University of Kobe press release. Ocean based biomass such as…
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One of the first Iowa cities to offer E10 is now offering its first E15 station, according to the Iowa Renewables Fuel Association.
Clarence made history in 1978 when the first gallons of E10 in the US were sold commercially. It was one of five towns to introduce the new fuel at a local gas station.
Nearly 40 years later, that same town is getting its first E15 refueling site.
Sundstop, located…
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Enerkem, a Canadian waste-to-biofuels and renewable chemicals producer, has received the lowest carbon intensity value ever issued by the British Colombia Ministry of Energy and Mines. The award was given for Enerkem’s second generation ethanol product, under the Renewable and Low Carbon Fuel Requirements Regulation.
The carbon intensity of Enerkem’s waste-based ethanol has been set…
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Petróleo Brasileiro SA, aka Petrobras, has voiced strong opposition to the Brazilian government led initiative to increase the use of biofuels, according to Reuters.
The news comes shortly after state controlled Petrobras completely withdrew from the biofuels sector.
Following calls from the Brazilian government for public feedback and comment on its RenovaBio program to boost biofuels,…
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Abu Dhabi could soon start to turn waste into biodiesel under a new recycling scheme, according to The National UAE.
The Centre of Waste Management in Abu Dhabi, Tadweer, will provide permits to companies allowing them to produce biodiesel for use in buses and lorries. Leftover cooking oil, fat and grease from kitchens in homes and restaurants across the emirate could be collected and recycled as…
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Pharoah Le Feuvre, market analyst at International Energy Analyst (IEA), will speak at this year’s Biofuels International Conference in Edinburgh, Scotland.
The 10th anniversary edition of the leading Biofuels International Conference & Expo, for the first time held in partnership with Bioenergy Insight Conference & Expo, will focus on the latest developments in biofuels…
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