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Apr 27, 2017
Biodiesel tax credit bill introduced to US Senate
Bioethanol News
Apr 28, 2017
Nebraska-based, US ethanol producer Green Plains has announced that its subsidiary, Green Plains Cattle Company, has entered into an asset purchase agreement to acquire two cattle-feeding operations from Cargill for $36.7 million (€33.6m), excluding working capital. The transaction includes feed yards located in Leoti, Kansas and Yuma, Colorado and will add capacity... [Read More]

Biodiesel News
May 2, 2017
US advanced biofuels producer Renewable Energy Group (REG) has announced that it has secured financing of up to $20 million (€18.3 million) from First Midwest Bank for the $24 million capacity-expansion project at the company’s Ralston, Iowa biodiesel refinery. The upgrade project, announced last November, is expected to increase the annual nameplate capacity... [Read More]

Bioethanol News
May 2, 2017
The American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) has announced that it submitted a public comment focused on its ethanol priorities soon after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) formally began seeking input on existing regulations to be reviewed by its newly established Regulatory Reform Task Force. The Task Force was formed in response to Executive Order 13777... [Read More]

Biodiesel News
May 2, 2017
Pacific Biodiesel Technologies has hosted a Hawaiian blessing to mark the beginning of the company’s scaled-up farming demonstration to grow biofuel crops including sunflowers in Maui's central valley. The initial crop project on 115 acres will expand diversified agriculture by growing combine-harvested oil crops on land previously used for sugar cane production.... [Read More]

Other News
Apr 7, 2017
A new paper by researchers at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) describes a process that captures methane from natural gas and biogas and that uses photosynthesis to convert it into biomass feedstock. The new paper is called ‘A flexible microbial co-culture platform for simultaneous utilization of methane and carbon dioxide from gas feedstocks’,... [Read More]

Other News
Apr 7, 2017
The world's first research facility to grow both food and fuel, using desert lands irrigated by seawater, will begin its first harvest in June, according to Etihad Airways.  The biomass will be harvested and the oil extracted from the seeds. The plan is to have this oil refined to jet fuel and used on an Etihad Airways flight, a statement said. The announcement... [Read More]

Biodiesel News
Apr 7, 2017
Indonesia’s crude palm oil (CPO) and palm kernel oil (PKO) production declined by 8% to 2.2 million tons in February, according to the Indonesian Association of Oil Palm Producers (GAPKI). Exports of palm products, including oleo chemicals and biodiesel, dropped by 6% to 2.66 million tons between January and February.  “The drop in exports is more due... [Read More]

Other News
Apr 7, 2017
A protein used by common soil bacteria is providing new clues in the effort to convert aryl compounds, a common waste product from industrial and agricultural practices, into something of value. Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and Sandia National Laboratories working at the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI)... [Read More]

Other News
Apr 7, 2017
A new programme called the Born Global Slip-Stream Challenge has been launched to help to drive the development and commercialisation of products like biochar, wood ash, CO2, lignin, waxes and C5/C6 sugars. The aim of the project is to work towards a goal to improve the overall profitability of bio-based projects and create replicable models for deployment in the US and... [Read More]

Other News
Apr 7, 2017
AB Mauri, a well-known specialist in yeast and bakery ingredient products, has launched a new business unit that will develop yeast solutions for the biofuel, liquor and nutrition industries. The new division will be called AB Biotek.  “AB Mauri has a long history of providing leading-edge products to industrial customers outside of the bakery markets in other... [Read More]

Biodiesel News
Apr 7, 2017
The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) has published its monthly biodiesel production report for January 2017, revealing production during the month was 51 million gallons lower than in December 2016. According to the figures recently released by the EIA, US production of biodiesel was 93 million gallons in January 2017, while production in December was 144 million... [Read More]

Biodiesel News
Apr 10, 2017
The owner of a New Jersey feedstock collector and processor was sentenced today for his role in a scheme that generated over $7 million (€6.6m) in fraudulent tax credits and renewable fuels credits (RIN credits) connected to the purported production of biodiesel fuel, as well as his subsequent attempts to obstruct a Grand Jury investigation into the fraud, the US... [Read More]

Bioethanol News
Apr 10, 2017
US ethanol trade body Growth Energy has slammed a poll commissioned by the American Petroleum Institute (API), which claimed that consumers were concerned about the costs of supporting the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). API Downstream group director Frank Macchiarola released the poll on Friday (7 April). “Sixty-eight percent of registered voters are concerned... [Read More]

Biodiesel News
Apr 10, 2017
A corporation which pioneers environmentally friendly transport in India is struggling to find biodiesel for its buses, according to the Bangalore Mirror. The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) was the first in India to introduce buses which run 100% on biofuel. KSRTC has a fleet of 26 luxury buses which run on 100% biodiesel, and 1500 buses which are operated... [Read More]


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