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Oct 30, 2017
Neste releases interim report for January-September 2017
Bioethanol News
Oct 31, 2017
Speciality chemicals producer Clariant has announced approval from its board of directors to invest in a new full-scale cellulosic ethanol plant in Romania.
When complete, the new facility will produce cellulosic ethanol from agricultural residues using sunliquid technology. With an annual production capacity of 50,000 tonnes, the facility will be a flagship site to demonstrate... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Nov 1, 2017
Local media are reporting that the Beta Renewables cellulosic ethanol plant in Crescentino, Italy has been shut down.
The €250 million ethanol refinery has the capacity to produce 40,000 tonnes of bioethanol per year, from around 270,000 tonnes of biomass. Established in 2011, it was the world’s first commercial scale bioethanol refinery.
Financial restructuring... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Nov 1, 2017
US scientists have developed a new technique to accelerate the production of renewable jet fuel from corn cobs and wood chips.
Globally, air travel contributed 815 million US tons of CO2 emissions in 2016, 2% of the global manmade total, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA). It is predicted that by 2035, 7.2 billion passengers will travel... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Nov 2, 2017
Poet-DSM Advanced Biofuels has achieved a major breakthrough in cellulosic biofuels production at its Project Liberty plant in Emmetsburg, Iowa, US.
In a statement, the US-based advanced biofuels producer said it had solved the “critical challenge in pretreatment, overcoming what has been the number one hurdle to commercialisation for producers around the world.... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Nov 3, 2017
DuPont Industrial Biosciences has said it plans to sell its cellulosic ethanol plant in Iowa, US. The move comes almost exactly two years after the company celebrated the grand opening of the facility in October 2015.
In a statement, DuPont said: “As part of DowDuPont’s intent to create a leading specialty products company, we are making a shift in how we participate... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Nov 3, 2017
ExxonMobil and Renewable Energy Group (REG) have worked together to use REG’s patented fermentation technology to convert sugars from a variety of non-edible biomass sources into biodiesel.
The companies came together to produce research on this area.
"Our first challenge during the initial research was to determine technical feasibility and potential environmental... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Nov 6, 2017
US ethanol trade body Growth Energy has announced that in just five months, American drivers have surpassed another billion miles on E15, bringing the total miles driven across the US to 2 billion.
This comes on the heels of Growth Energy’s recent announcement that more than 1,000 stations across the country are currently offering E15 to consumers.
“This... [Read More]
Other News
Nov 6, 2017
A partnership between government-backed green finance initiatives in the UK and China have made a number of recommendations in a report that will help grow green finance across the globe.
The ‘Turning Green Momentum into Actions’ report is the latest contribution from the UK-China Green Finance Taskforce.
The Taskforce, setup by the Green Finance Initiative... [Read More]
Other News
Nov 6, 2017
US cellulose technology provider Alliance BioEnergy Plus has inked an exclusive brokerage agreement with Progressive Fuels, an independent interdealer broker specialising in wholesale physical and financial over-the-counter (OTC) biofuels.
The agreement is for five years and will automatically renew at the end of the initial term or any renewal term for successive one-year... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Nov 7, 2017
E10 fuel (a mixture of regular unleaded fuel and ethanol) has become the number one fuel in France after financial incentives made the biofuel more affordable and attractive, according to a report in Reuters.
France is the largest ethanol market in the European Union. According to statistics from trade group ePURE, France produced 2,375 million litres of ethanol in 2016,... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Oct 10, 2017
California-based biorefining company Aemetis has announced that its Universal Biofuels plant in India has achieved a major milestone in the commercial production of advanced enzymatic biodiesel by processing one million pounds of low-cost waste feedstock unsuitable for use in traditional biodiesel production facilities and achieving high biodiesel yields by utilising... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Oct 11, 2017
US ethanol trade body Growth Energy announced that more than 1,000 fuel stations around the country are offering E15.
In a statement, the trade body said that this number has doubled from the same time last year.
“This spectacular growth is a testament to the value E15 brings to fuel retailers and consumers,” said Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor.
Skor added:... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Oct 11, 2017
Republican Senator Chuck Grassley has joined biodiesel producers and agricultural leaders to urge President Trump to reject the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposal to cut biodiesel volumes under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).
On Tuesday (10/10/17), Grassley spoke about this issue and addressed his concerns to biofuel stakeholders at Renewable Energy Group’s... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Oct 11, 2017
German biofuels producer CropEnergies has reported strong first half of 2017/18 results.
In the company’s financial statement, CropEnergies said revenue increased by 31% to €460 million, compared to €350 million for the same period the year before. In the second quarter of 2017/18, they grew to €229 million, compared to €182 million the previous... [Read More]
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