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Apr 4, 2017
White House petition launched for biodiesel tax reform
Biodiesel News
Apr 4, 2017
The emergency clean-up of a biofuels plant in Ferndale, Washington, could cost $1 million (EUR 939,000), according to the Environmental Protection Agency. The cleaning operation was started after regulators found hazardous substances leaking from containers at the abandoned biofuels processing plant.
TreOil Industries Biorefinery has long been a source of concern. It has... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Apr 4, 2017
Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have approved a resolution calling on the European Commission to phase out the use of vegetable oil for biofuels, ideally by 2020.
The resolution has received support from MEPs across the political spectrum. It calls for an end to incentives for rapeseed, palm oil and soy based biofuels, claiming the ingredients cause deforestation... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Apr 4, 2017
Growth Energy, a trade association for US ethanol producers and supporters, welcomed Bushmills Ethanol as its newest member. Bushmills Ethanol is located in Atwater, Minnesota and produces 49 million gallons of ethanol per year.
In response to the announcement, Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor, said: “Growth Energy’s membership is comprised of men and women who... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Apr 4, 2017
SOURCE: Renewable Fuels Association.
A new Department of Energy (DOE) study on employment in the US energy sector shows that America’s ethanol industry employs a significantly larger share of military veterans than any other segment of the energy industry.
Nearly one in five ethanol industry employees is a veteran (18.9%), compared to a national average of 7% across... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Apr 4, 2017
Ensus’ commercial director Grant Pearson is scheduled to speak at the tenth Biofuels International Conference, which will take place in Edinburgh, Scotland.
He will be discussing UK policy uncertainty, reintroducing E10 and the future of the bioethanol market.
Grant joined the bioethanol and animal feed producer shortly after the business formed and has responsibilities... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Apr 5, 2017
Renewable diesel supplier Neste has published information about all of its crude palm oil suppliers on its website. The data provided covers the palm oil supply chain used by Neste, including all companies, mills and estates involved.
Available on the Neste website’s dashboard, the new site gives information on suppliers, certification systems used by the company,... [Read More]
Other News
Apr 5, 2017
A Ph.D. organic chemist and a sailboat captain report that they are developing a process to reuse certain plastics, transforming them from worthless trash into a valuable diesel fuel with a small mobile reactor.
They envision the technology could someday be implemented globally on land and possibly placed on boats to convert ocean waste plastic into fuel to power... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Apr 5, 2017
Scientists in the US have shown that sugarcane can be genetically engineered to produce oil in its leaves and stems for biodiesel production.
As well as producing oil for biodiesel, the modified sugarcane plants also produce more sugar which could be used in ethanol production.
So far the ‘Plants Engineered to Replace Oil in Sugarcane and Sweet Sorghum’ (PETROSS) project... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Apr 6, 2017
A team of chemical and biological engineers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison has found a way to produce from biomass a valuable compound used in plastic production that they estimate could lower the cost of ethanol produced from plant material by more than two dollars per gallon.
The development is the latest in an ongoing effort at UW–Madison to create... [Read More]
Other News
Mar 17, 2017
More than 20 senators pressed President Donald Trump to reject requests from oil refiners to overhaul the Renewable Fuel Standard programme.
Oil refiners have requested that the US government change the programme to push the burden of meeting annual biofuels use requirements downstream, a move that has been met with criticism and backlash from ethanol producers,... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Mar 20, 2017
Spanish ethanol producer Abengoa has agreed to sell its bioethanol operations in Spain and France to private equity company Trilantic Europe for €140m.
The bioethanol plants are located in the Spanish locations of Cartagena, La Coruña and Salamanca, and the France-based Lacq.
The deal value includes debt to be assumed by the buyer, as well as the minority interests.
The... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Mar 20, 2017
The Sustainable Biodiesel Alliance, a non-profit organisation, has announced that it has given a sustainability certificate to US biodiesel producer SeQuential for its “innovative and nearly zero-waste production of renewable fuel”.
The SBA has developed and implemented an objective certification standard for measuring the sustainability of biodiesel production... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Mar 20, 2017
Petrochemical specialist Honeywell UOP announced that the Diamond Green Diesel facility in Norco, Louisiana, US, will expand its annual production capacity of renewable diesel from 10,000 barrels per day to 18,000 bpd, using Honeywell UOP’s Ecofining process technology.
Diamond Green Diesel, which is owned by Valero Energy Corp. and Darling Ingredients.,... [Read More]
Other News
Mar 20, 2017
US President Donald Trump unveiled a $1.1 trillion budget outline last week that makes good on a series of campaign promises, including cutting Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by about one-third.
According to CNN, Trump’s budget director made clear the administration has no intention of going back.
Asked at the White House about the cuts to climate change-related... [Read More]
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