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Feb 16, 2017
Next-generation technologies to push global biofuel output to 67 billion gallons by 2022
Bioethanol News
Feb 16, 2017
Argentina has the potential double its current 12% ethanol blending mandate in the next two to three years, according to a government official.
Nestor Roulet, secretary of added value at the Argentinian Ministry of Agriculture, told Reuters that the South American country’s annual ethanol consumption could rise to 2 million m3, which could help Argentina reduce its... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Feb 17, 2017
US ethanol company ACE Ethanol has received a pilot facility which uses patented cellulosic ethanol technology from D3MAX.
The pilot facility will be installed at ACE Ethanol’s Wisconsin plant in late February. Installation is expected to be complete by mid-March with start-up and testing at the facility taking place over the ensuing two months. “We are very... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Feb 17, 2017
Pacific Ethanol, a US renewable fuels producer, and Edeniq, a biorefining and cellulosic technology company, have announced that they have entered into a technology licensing and purchase agreement to enable the production of cellulosic ethanol at Pacific Ethanol’s Madera, California plant using Edeniq’s Pathway and Cellunator technologies.
The Madera plant... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Feb 20, 2017
Creditors of Abengoa Bioenergy US Holding, a unit of Spanish renewable energy company Abengoa, have reached an agreement over the distribution of asset sale proceeds, removing a key hurdle for the company to exit bankruptcy, according to Reuters
Abengoa Bioenergy was one of dozens of US Abengoa subsidiaries that filed for US bankruptcy protection last year while the Seville-based... [Read More]
Other News
Feb 1, 2017
Jeremey Roswell, a UK-based pilot and environmentalist, has made history by flying a light aircraft more than 500 miles from Sydney to Melbourne, Australia, using fuel made from plastic waste.
Conventional fuel was blended with 10% of fuel made from end-of-life plastic waste. UK-headquartered firm Plastic Energy manufactures the fuel.
The main aim of the ‘On Wings... [Read More]
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Feb 1, 2017
Finnish renewable diesel Neste has sold its terminal in Pietarsaari to the Swedish company Wibax.
The terminal has not been used for Neste's own operations for many years because the tanks and other facilities are not suitable for storing oil products without investments.
Neste has been offering terminal and operations services for chemicals to a third-party customer.
The... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Feb 1, 2017
A Washington man was sentenced this week for laundering more than $39 million for a company that bilked federal programs supporting renewable energy, according to Tri-City Herald.
Richard Estes, 77, was part of a conspiracy involving Pasco-based Gen-X Energy Group.
US District Court Judge Salvador Mendoza, Jr. sentenced him to eight years and nine months in prison after... [Read More]
Other News
Feb 1, 2017
US ethanol exports to China, which were at an all-time high in 2016, are likely to dry up in the coming year thanks to a 30% import tariff, industry sources told Platts.
“You’re not going to get the trade flow to happen,” an analyst at a biofuels trading company told the energy market information provider. “You’re not going to be able to export... [Read More]
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Feb 1, 2017
A new study shows Nova Scotia has strong potential to develop an innovative biorefinery that produces an advanced biofuels from renewable sources of fibre.
The liquid biofuel could be used to heat homes and power marine vessels, among other potential uses, according to a study done by Nova Scotia's Innovation Hub, an industrial, applied-research initiative. The study,... [Read More]
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Feb 1, 2017
US crude oil production is set to increase from an average of 8.9 million barrels per day (b/d) in 2016 to an average of 9.3 million b/d in 2018, primarily as a result of gains in the major US tight oil-producing states, according to US Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) January Short-Term Energy Outlook.
Texas, North Dakota, Oklahoma, and New Mexico... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Feb 1, 2017
Valero Energy Corp, the largest independent US refiner, reported a higher quarterly profit as lower corn and stronger ethanol prices boosted the company's ethanol unit results.
Net income attributable to shareholders rose to $367 million (€339m), or 81 cents per share, in the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, from $298 million, or 62 cents per share, a year earlier.
Operating... [Read More]
Other News
Feb 1, 2017
Hong-Kong headquartered Cathay Pacific will start to use biofuels on select long-haul flights in an effort to cut its carbon emissions, according to a media report in the South China Morning Post.
Cathay flights to Hong Kong from the US, where the new fuel is produced, will use a combination of conventional jet fuel and biofuels starting in 2019, the South China Morning... [Read More]
Other News
Feb 2, 2017
Swedish regional carrier BRA has operated a flight from Stockholm Bromma Airport to Umeå in northern Sweden with an ATR-72-600 using a fuel blend comprised 45% of used cooking oil.
Turboprop manufacturer ATR said it was the first biofuel-powered flight of an ATR aircraft.
“Sweden is currently debating a new tax on aviation,” BRA CEO Christian... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Feb 2, 2017
The publication of the European Commission’s renewable energy report shows that the EU is falling behind in its climate policies for transport, according to European renewable ethanol trade body ePURE.
The EC published its report entitled Renewable energy progress report yesterday (1 February, 2017).
The report stated: “Progress has been fastest in the electricity... [Read More]
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