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Jul 3, 2017
Netherlands- based sustainable energy engine launches ‘all-year round’ support fund
Bioethanol News
Jul 3, 2017
US biofuels producer Pacific Ethanol has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Illinois Corn Processing, for $76 million (€66m), which includes $15 million in working capital.
ICP is a 90 million gallon per year fuel and industrial alcohol manufacturing, storage and distribution facility adjacent to the Pacific Ethanol Pekin facility and is located on the... [Read More]
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Jul 3, 2017
UPS has announced “aggressive” new sustainability goals to add more alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicles to its fleet while increasing its reliance on renewable energy sources.
The goals, available in the company’s 2016 Corporate Sustainability Report, support UPS’s commitment to reduce its absolute greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jul 3, 2017
US-based Blue Flint Ethanol has celebrated a successful ten years of operations during an onsite celebration at its ethanol biorefinery near Underwood, North Dakota.
“We are proud to be celebrating ten years of successful operations at our Blue Flint facility. This success has been a team effort driven by our dedicated employees and supported by our business partners... [Read More]
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Jul 3, 2017
US-based Envia Energy has produced its first gas-to-liquid product at its Oklahoma plant with the help of Velocys technology.
Fischer-Tropsch products are now being fractionated to produce premium, renewable waxes, diesel and naphtha, meeting customer product specifications.
The on-site operations team has completed the debugging of several units of the plant - activities... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jul 4, 2017
A team of scientists from Arizona State University are working to break through the innovation bottleneck for renewable bioproduction of fuels and chemicals, to create a renewable biofuel technology that would lead to a cheaper alternative to gasoline.
Reed Cartwright and Xuan Wang have focused on the manipulation of microbes as biocatalysts to convert biomass such as... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jul 4, 2017
EU sugar and renewable ethanol producers, sugar beet farmers and workers have called for no concessions on sugar and ethanol in the EU-Mercosur negotiations between the European Union and Brazil.
Globally, Brazil is the largest producer and exporter of sugar, and the second largest producer and exporter of ethanol. It is also the single biggest beneficiary of EU trade... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jul 5, 2017
In an interview with Reuters, the CEO of commodity trader Louis Dreyfus has said he is “confident” Argentina would prevail in fighting what he labelled an “unjust” biodiesel dumping case in the US.
Speaking at the Financial Times Commodities Americas Summit, Dreyfus’ Gonzalo Ramirez Martiarena told Reuters that Argentina does not sell the... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jul 5, 2017
According to a new study, Neste MY Renewable Diesel usage reduces particulate emissions in working machines by up to 60%.
The study, led by Tampere University of Technology, indicates that the usage of pure Neste MY Renewable Diesel in working machines such as street sweepers efficiently reduces particulate matter emissions resulting from fuel use. In a press release,... [Read More]
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Jul 6, 2017
The US Enviornmental Protection Agency (EPA) has signed a proposed rule setting the minimum amount of renewable fuels that must be supplied to the market in calendar year 2018 under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) programme.
This includes setting the renewable volume obligations (RVOs), along with the 2019 RVO for biomass-based diesel.
The agency proposed a total renewable... [Read More]
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Jul 6, 2017
Biomass-based diesel producer Renewable Energy Group (REG) has announced that Daniel J. Oh has resigned as president and CEO and as a member of the company's board of directors. The resignation was effective 3 July, 2017.
"The board appreciates Dan's work in guiding REG to its position as the industry leader with sales of over $2 billion in 2016, as well as his willingness... [Read More]
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Jul 7, 2017
France is set to end the sale of petrol and diesel cars by 2040. The move is part of the country’s renewed commitment to the Paris climate deal under the leadership of new President Emmanuel Macron.
Nicolas Hulot, France’s ecology minister, has hailed the move as a revolution, according to the Guardian.
Addressing concerns over how France’s automotive... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jul 10, 2017
The European Biodiesel Board (EBB) has heavily criticised what it deems unfairly low priced biodiesel exports from Poland, claiming they are causing serious harm to the EU internal market for renewable fuels, and to fuel operators in many countries.
For more than a year Polish ‘fuel market players’ have been deliberately exploiting a loophole in the country’s... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jul 10, 2017
Scientists have demonstrated how to design and genetically engineer enzyme surfaces to bind less with corn stalks and other cellulosic biomass, reducing enzyme costs in the production of biofuels such as ethanol.
A study detailing the research by scientists from Rutgers University-New Brunswick and Michigan State University, has been published in the journal ACS Sustainable... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jul 11, 2017
The National Biodiesel Board Fair Trade Coalition has filed a new allegation with the US Department of Commerce claiming that “critical circumstances” exist regarding biodiesel imports to the US from Argentina.
In US antidumping and countervailing duties laws, “critical circumstances” provision allows for the imposition of duties on imports prior... [Read More]
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