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Jan 19, 2017
FirstGroup drives more miles on biodiesel in first half of 2016/17 FY
Policy News
Jan 19, 2017
Scott Pruitt, US President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to be the leader of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), says he is committed to biofuels, but remains open for tweaks.
The Oklahoma Attorney General said during his Congressional confirmation hearing on Wednesday that he will honour the Congress’ plan to increase the amount of renewable fuels in petroleum... [Read More]
Other News
Jan 20, 2017
The Prince of Wales has urged world leaders that the strategy to address climate change “must be urgently scaled up, and scaled up now”.
In the foreword for a new Ladybird book that he has co-authored on the subject, he said that long-term weather patterns were the greatest threat to the planet.
The Penguin-produced book entitled Climate Change will be published... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jan 20, 2017
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with corn-based ethanol in the US are about 43% lower than petrol when measured on an energy equivalent basis, a new study finds.
Carried out by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), the study – Life-Cycle Analysis of the Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Corn-Based Ethanol – reviewed how the industry and farm sectors... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jan 20, 2017
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has denied a request from oil refiners to waive some of their advanced biofuels use requirements from 2016.
The denial was published on Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) on website.
The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) programme was signed into law in 2005 and designed to boost a renewable fuel industry annually. It requires... [Read More]
Policy News
Jan 20, 2017
US President Donald Trump has selected former Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue to serve as the Secretary of Agriculture.
Perdue previously ran a grains and fertiliser company, and said he was chosen based on his business and governmental experience.
Iowa Renewable Fuels Association (IRFA) executive director Monte Shaw said the group would “obviously” work with... [Read More]
Other News
Jan 23, 2017
UK-based Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) has secured funding of £896,000 (€1m) for state of the art equipment to be installed within the industrial biotechnology and biorefinery facilities at Wilton, UK.
The targeted investment of £538K from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) is matched with £358K of UK Catapult funding to stimulate... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jan 23, 2017
Europeans overwhelmingly support the use of conventional biofuels made from crops and believe EU policy should encourage it, according to an EU-wide opinion survey released today (23 January, 2017).
More than 69% of Europeans surveyed say conventional biofuels should be encouraged, while just 15% think they should not, according to the EuroPulse poll of 11,283 respondents... [Read More]
Other News
Jan 23, 2017
Chinese and Cuban firms have teamed up to sign agreements in order to strengthen renewable energy ties.
The agreements were inked at a three-day renewable energy forum, which took place in Cuba. According to Xinhua.com, the form analysed cooperation strategies to expand the development of renewable energy in Cuba.
Both countries are interested in developing the renewable... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jan 23, 2017
The closing session of the National Biodiesel Conference & Expo provided an opportunity to celebrate the accomplishments of the past year while also taking a peek at how America’s Advanced Biofuel will fuel the country’s future in 2017 and beyond.
“There were a number of milestones reached in 2016 that will have a significant and very positive impact... [Read More]
Other News
Jan 23, 2017
A UK sustainable energy company is the first ever to have successfully converted actual landfill gas into usable diesel fuel with no fossil fuel additives, during recent trials.
Renovare Fuels, which has its headquarters in London, claims to have developed technology to produce middle distillate hydrocarbons with a selectivity of 55%.
The bi-products of flue gas... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jan 5, 2017
US biofuels trade body Growth Energy recently announced that the most tested fuel in history, E15, has reached a “remarkable” milestone.
Based on sales and consumption data reported over the past twelve months by major gasoline retailers, drivers across the United States have more than 500 million miles driven on E15, highlighting the fuel’s performance,... [Read More]
Other News
Jan 5, 2017
The BioAg Alliance, Monsanto’s and Novozymes’ collaboration to improve crop harvests through products containing naturally-occurring microbes, today announced results from its 2016 field trial program and shared an updated research pipeline.
Yield increases among top microbial strains averaged over 3 bushels per acre for corn and over 2 bushels per acre... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jan 6, 2017
Toray Industries, a Japanese synthetic fibres company, is looking to obtain sugarcane waste in Thailand to produce biofuels.
The company plans to spend 5 billion yen (€40m) to 6 billion yen on construction of one of the world's largest plants for processing bagasse, the fibrous remnant obtained from crushing sugar cane to extract juice for sugar production.
Thailand... [Read More]
Other News
Jan 6, 2017
US researchers have maintained that miscanthus, long speculated to be the top biofuel producer, yields more than twice as much as switchgrass in the US using an open-source bioenergy crop database gaining traction in plant science, climate change, and ecology research.
"To understand yield trends and variation across the country for our major food crops, extensive databases... [Read More]
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