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Aug 3, 2017
Oil and natural gas industry react to US court ruling on RFS
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Aug 4, 2017
A team of chemists have discovered a new way to produce carbon-based liquid fuels from CO2.
The new additive, identified by a team of scientists from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), selectively converts CO2 fuels containing multiple carbon atoms, a step towards producing renewable liquid fuels which are not derived from coal or oil.
"The results... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Aug 4, 2017
Minnesota is set to double its biodiesel standards to a 20% blend, following endorsement from the commissioners of the state's agriculture, pollution and commerce departments
From next summer the state’s biodiesel standard will be 20%, up from the current 10%, the administration of Governor Mark Dayton announced at the state’s recent Farmfest.
“Implementing... [Read More]
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Aug 4, 2017
Helsinki airport has been awarded the international Airport Carbon Accreditation certificate (ACA) to verify its carbon neutrality.
“The ACA certificate awarded to Helsinki Airport is an important milestone in the implementation of Finavia’s accelerated climate programme at our airports. Our climate programme comprises a number of different measures,... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Aug 7, 2017
A Jamaican biodiesel research programme is now in the vehicular trials phase, according to a press release from the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ).
PCJ has been working on the research with Jamaica’s Ministry of Agriculture, Bodles Agricultural Research Station and the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute. It aims to develop a B5 biodiesel... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Aug 7, 2017
Biodiesel production in Malaysia for 2017 is expected to be little changed from 2016, according to Reuters. According to the Malaysian Biodiesel Association (MBA), forecasts have been revised down since the start of the year due to delays in meeting biofuel mandates.
"(Last year) saw half a million tonnes of biodiesel production. Unless we move to B10 or B7 this year,... [Read More]
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Aug 8, 2017
Scientists from Sandia National Laboratories are working to see if one of California’s most polluted lakes can be turned into a profitable source of algae biofuel.
The 350-square-mile Salton Sea in Southern California has elevated levels of nitrogen and phosphorus due to agricultural runoff. Algae thrives in these conditions, something which causes a host of environmental... [Read More]
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Aug 8, 2017
Greenbelt Resources Corporation has received “Eco Friendly Technology” registration for its ECOsystem process.
Greenbelt claims that the certification gives the company a greenlight to offer its waste-to-energy process as a solution available to address Indonesia’s food waste challenge. Indonesia is the world’s second biggest ‘food waster’... [Read More]
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Aug 9, 2017
Algal biofuel production is “neither environmentally nor commercially sustainable”, claims a marine biologist from Swansea University in an article appearing on The Conversation.
Professor Kevin Flynn claims the hype surrounding the potential of third-generation algal biofuel has been ‘misplaced’. He notes that millions of dollars and euros have... [Read More]
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Aug 9, 2017
EU ethanol production is expected to grow in 2017 and 2018, according to the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service’s EU Biofuels Annual 2017. This growth will come despite bioethanol consumption being in decline since 2011.
“In 2014, the sector benefitted from low feedstock prices and restrictive measures on bioethanol imports, and as a result EU bioethanol production... [Read More]
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Aug 10, 2017
Former US Vice President Al Gore has arrived in the UK to address how the perils of climate change can be overcome as he promotes his new documentary An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power.
The film is a follow-up to his blockbuster 2006 global warming film, An Inconvenient Truth. It was a massive box office hit. His new film hammers home the same message as his first... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Aug 10, 2017
The UK Department for Transport has released its Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO) statistics for the period April 2016 to April 2017. The report shows 1,541 million litres of biofuels were supplied in the period.
Under the RTFO, transport fuel suppliers have to ensure that a proportion of the fuel they supply comes from renewable sources, i.e. biofuels. The legislation... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Aug 10, 2017
California-based biorefining company Aemetis is now producing cellulosic ethanol from orchard waste.
The company has announced the news after successfully completing the construction and commencement of an integrated demonstration unit. The company said it produced the material from technologies from itself, LanzaTech and InEnTec.
The plant is a continuously operating... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jul 24, 2017
The European biodiesel industry is urging the European Commission to stop its proposal to radically lower the anti-dumping duties on Argentinian and Indonesian biodiesel imports.
Member States are to decide on the Commission’s proposal to radically lower the anti-dumping duties on Argentinian and Indonesian biodiesel imports.
The European biodiesel industry warns... [Read More]
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Jul 25, 2017
US-based Washington State University researchers have developed a way to grow algae more efficiently — in days instead of weeks — and make the algae more viable for several industries, including biofuels.
Their work was reported in the journal Algal Research.
Environmental benefits
Researchers would like to produce algae efficiently because of its potential... [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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