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Feb 24, 2017
Don’t abandon conventional biofuels, ePure urges EU
Bioethanol News
Feb 27, 2017
Researchers at Egypt’s National Research Centre have produced a biofuel suitable for aeroplanes after successful semi-industrial experiments conducted last December, according to a media report from scidev.net.
The centre was officially commissioned by the Egyptian Ministry of Civil Aviation to find a local biofuel to power aircrafts. This was to support... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Feb 28, 2017
More than two thirds of citizens in EU Member States have a positive attitude towards plant-based biofuels, a Europe-wide opinion poll has revealed.
According to the poll, commissioned by the European Renewable Ethanol Association (ePure), 69% of the consumers surveyed in the 28 EU Member States think the use of biofuels should be encouraged, with 15% opposed and 16% with... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Mar 1, 2017
Spanish ethanol producer Abengoa has announced a €7.6 billion loss for 2016, six times more than the previous year, as the multinational attempts to restructure.
Abengoa shareholders last year approved a €1.17 billion rescue package from banks and investment funds, following years of frenzied, unsustainable expansion worldwide.
The company has recently published... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Mar 2, 2017
US biofuels lobby group Fuels America has disassociated itself with the counterpart Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) over plans to change the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).
Fuels America represents a diverse coalition, including farmers and companies such as Archer Daniels Midland and DuPont.
The tumult began after Bob Dinneen, chief executive of the RFA, issued a statement... [Read More]
Other News
Mar 2, 2017
Oil giant BP has announced that it will buy Clean Energy Fuels Corp.’s biomethane business for $155 million (€147m).
Clean Energy Fuels is a US provider of natural gas fuel for transportation in North America.
In a statement, BP said that the deal enables both companies to accelerate the growth in renewable natural gas supply and meet the growing demand... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Mar 3, 2017
US biofuels technology company ICM will build a biorefinery showcasing its technology.
The company said its plant will be called ICM Element.
In a statement, ICM said: “We see every individual as an integral element to the success of the planned 70 MMGY revolutionary plant estimated at a cost of $175 million (€166m) to build. ICM plans to be the majority... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Mar 3, 2017
California-based sustainable energy production company Greenbelt Resources Corp. has unveiled a new waste-to-energy interconnected system designed to produce half a million gallons of bioethanol from a variety of feedstocks.
The system is called Paso Robles ECOsystem (PRECO). PRECO utilises such feedstocks as waste trub from the nearby Firestone Brewery and winery wastes... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Mar 3, 2017
Spanish oil and gas firm Cepsa has formalised the purchase offer of Abengoa’s biodiesel plant in San Roque (Cádiz). The process concluded with Abengoa’s acceptance of Cepsa’s €8 million binding offer for the total purchase of the asset.
With this operation, Cepsa culminates the integration of the biofuels production unit at its San Roque plant... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Mar 7, 2017
Iowa Governor Terry Branstad has said that he has been assured President Donald Trump’s administration will support producers of ethanol and biodiesel fuels, according to media reports.
According to the Des Moines Reporter, Branstad was aware of reports to change the point of obligation in relation to the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS).
"I know the rumors and I can... [Read More]
Other News
Feb 7, 2017
In a historic first, Global Bioenergies has announced the production of ETBE from renewable resources. The breakthrough heralds a new opportunity for increasing the proportion of biofuels in gasoline, according to the French renewable fuels company.
Current standards limit the inclusion of traditional biofuels because of their physical and chemical properties. For example,... [Read More]
Other News
Feb 8, 2017
The Nigerian Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, has said that biofuels would soon become the West African country’s foreign exchange earner, if “we can apply both our mind and might into it”.
According to local newspaper Leadership, Kachikwu made the statement at a sensitisation workshop on biofuels development in Nigeria with the... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Feb 8, 2017
A new investigative report has been unveiled revealing more information about Nideria’s biofuels trading loss, often dubbed as one of the biggest scandals in the history of the Dutch market.
Last year, the Dutch grain-trading firm reported that it lost nearly $200 million over three years due to what it called “severe” irregularities by a single trader... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Feb 9, 2017
The National Biodiesel Board (NBB) has appointed Doug Whitehead as its chief operating officer. Whitehead joins the executive team after ten years in various roles with the organisation, most recently as the director of operations and membership.
“Doug has admirably served the biodiesel industry in his various roles at NBB over the years and his experience and expertise... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Feb 9, 2017
In a letter to President Donald Trump this week, the US Grains Council (USGC), Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) and Growth Energy are asking for help “in urgently addressing China’s recent implementation of protectionist trade barriers that are shutting out US exports of ethanol and distillers dried grains (DDGS).”
Specifically, the three... [Read More]
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