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Jun 2, 2017
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Biodiesel News
Jun 5, 2017
Biodiesel and bioethanol use is declining in the German oil industry, according to official mineral oil data published by the Federal Office of Economics and Export Control for the first quarter of 2017.
Even though German diesel consumption rose by 7.4% to 9.3 million tonnes by March, the share of biodiesel fell by 7% to around 500,000 tonnes. The bioethanol share also... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jun 6, 2017
Finnish advanced biofuels producer Neste is putting a large amount of resources into research on waste and residue raw materials and promoting the circular economy.
In addition to biofuels, also bioplastics can be produced from waste and residues in the future. The company is also focusing its raw materials research on waste plastics as a substitute for crude oil in the... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jun 6, 2017
Colombian biofuels company Bioenergy will begin selling bioethanol to Bogotá-based oil and gas leader Terpel, according to media reports.
According to a report in Finance Colombia, the move marks the beginning of the Bioenergy’s commercialisation process.
Bioenergy has the capacity to produce up to 504,000 litres of ethanol per day, which will increase... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jun 6, 2017
More consumers in the UK are purchasing petrol and electric vehicles and shunning diesel cars.
Diesel car sales fell by around 20,000 from just under 102,000 in May 2016 to 81,489 last month.
In the same period, sales of petrol cars increased slightly to 96,518. A total of 8,258 vehicles using hybrid and electric motors were sold in May 2017, compared to 5,630 the... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jun 6, 2017
Spanish renewables and engineering company Abengoa has completed the sale of its bioethanol operations in Spain and France to private equity firm Trilantic Europe.
The buyout firm has acquired the shares of Abengoa Bioenergy France , Biocarburantes de Castilla y Leoon , Bioetanol Galicia , Ecocarburantes Espanoles and Ecoagriicola for € 140 million, including... [Read More]
Other News
May 22, 2017
Clariant and Huntsman Corp. has announced that its boards of directors unanimously approved a definitive agreement to combine in a merger of equals through an all-stock transaction.
The merged company will be named Huntsman Clariant. On a pro forma 2016 basis, the combination of both companies will create a leading global specialty chemical company with sales of approximately... [Read More]
Other News
May 22, 2017
A subsidiary of the world’s second largest palm oil plantation company has cultivated a new palm planting material allowing an increase of oil yields to the highest levels in the industry.
Smart Tbk, a subsidiary of Golden-Agri Resources, has registered two clones of high-yielding oil palm plant material in Indonesia’s Catalogue of Seeds, receiving approval... [Read More]
Other News
May 22, 2017
Advanced Biofuels Canada (ABFC) has announced a significant expansion of its membership.
“Our new members bring a wealth of next generation biofuels technologies and knowledge to our association. Deploying both commercially proven and demonstrated technologies in Canada will change the paradigm of what advanced biofuels can accomplish in a low carbon future,”... [Read More]
Other News
May 22, 2017
A designer and a biofuels scientist from the Netherlands have teamed up to build a motorcycle powered by algae.
Peter Mooij researches biofuel production with microalgae. The scientist, who completed his PHD in biotechnology at Delft University of Technology in 2016, has developed a method to grow algae for oil production in salt water. Inspired by this, Mooij’s... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
May 23, 2017
A team of biologists and biochemists have successfully sequenced the genome of a green alga called Chromochloris zofingiensis. The single celled organism is one of the most prolific producers of a type of lipids called triacylglycerols, which are used in biofuel production.
In a statement, the genome is labelled a ‘goldmine of data’. The new insights into the... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
May 23, 2017
Two Iowa-based trade bodies have welcomed Kim Reynolds as Iowa Governor.
The trade body that represents the biodiesel industry in Iowa, Iowa Biodiesel Board and Iowa Soybean Association (ISA) welcomed the new governor.
ISA president Rolland Schnell of Newton and Grant Kimberley, ISA director of market development and executive director of the Iowa Biodiesel Board, issued... [Read More]
Other News
May 23, 2017
On 30 November 2016, the European Commission published its long awaited revised Renewable Energy Directive (RED) also known as RED II.
In its proposals, the EC made plans to minimise Europe’s Indirect Land-Use Change (ILC) impacts. The EC wants to reduce the maximum contribution of crop-based biofuels such as ethanol from a maximum of 7% of road and rail energy in... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
May 23, 2017
Sweden’s largest airport operator Swedavia has received its first volume of aviation biofuels for 2017 at Gothenburg Airport.
With this delivery, Swedavia takes a next step in reducing its entire business travel footprint from flying through its partnership with Fly Green Fund.
The aviation biofuel is produced by AltAir Fuels and supplied by SkyNRG together with... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
May 24, 2017
The US National Biodiesel Board (NBB) has testified before Congress on the harm caused by biodiesel imports from Indonesia.
At a public hearing at the US Department of Commerce, held in response to executive order 13786 calling for an omnibus report on high trade deficits, NBB described the damage done by the increasing volumes of unfairly traded biodiesel imports. NBB... [Read More]
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