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Oct 20, 2016
High Plains Bioenergy cuts ribbon at Missouri biodiesel plant
Biodiesel News
Oct 20, 2016
The Mayor of New York Bill de Blasio has signed legislation that will increase the amount of biodiesel in the city’s heating oil supply to 20%.
The bill, which passed by a 47-3 vote in September, will increase the biodiesel percentage from the current 2% level to 5% by 1 October, 2017, and eventually up to 20% by 2034.
The National Biodiesel Board (NBB) estimates... [Read More]
Other News
Oct 20, 2016
Five established research centres across the UK have formed a new alliance seeking to position Britain as a global leader in biorefining technology development and bio-based product manufacture.
The founding centres of the BioPilotsUK projects are BEACON (Wales), the Biorenewables Development Centre (BDC – York), the Centre for Process Innovation (CPI – Redcar),... [Read More]
Policy News
Oct 4, 2016
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released the Renewable Enhancement and Growth Support Rule proposing to update both its renewable fuels and other fuels regulations.
The EPA is proposing to make several changes to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) programme regulations that would align them with recent developments in the marketplace to increase production... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Oct 5, 2016
Struggling Spanish ethanol producer Abengoa has published the financial results for the first six months of 2016, recording revenues of €1.215 billion and EBITDA of -€51 million.
The company is in the course of obtaining the necessary accessions to the Restructuring Agreement of its financial debt, which was reached with a group of financial creditors and investors.
Obtaining... [Read More]
Other News
Oct 5, 2016
A new report by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) shows that in 2014, the biobased products industry contributed $393 billion (€350bn) and 4.2 million jobs to US economy.
The Economic Impact Analysis of the US Biobased Products Industry also indicates that the sector grew from 2013 to 2014, creating or supporting an additional 220,000 jobs and $24... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Oct 5, 2016
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have filed a complaint against NGL Crude Logistics (NGL) and Western Dubuque Biodiesel for violations of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).
Western Dubuque has agreed to pay $6 million (€5.3m) to resolve the RFS program violations for generating renewable identification numbers... [Read More]
Policy News
Oct 6, 2016
Canada’s biofuel policies have reduced greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, but subsidies to the industry should be terminated due to their cost, Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission (EFC) says.
In a report titled Course Correction: It’s Time to Rethink Canadian Biofuel Policies, EFC examines the extent to which biofuel policies have achieved their... [Read More]
Policy News
Oct 6, 2016
The Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) has released a white paper analysing data recently released by the US Environmental Protection Agency on compliance with the Renewable Fuel Standard between 2010 and 2013.
The newly available data challenges the widely accepted assumption that the blend wall – the point at which ethanol blending in gasoline exceeds... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Oct 7, 2016
The US Grains Council (USGC) recently hosted a team of car, fuel, and ethanol industry representatives from Southeast Asia to engage in a fact finding mission about higher blends of ethanol in the petrol pool.
As Thailand has already gone to a nationwide ethanol blending programme, with almost 50% of retail outlets offering E20, Thai automobile producers were central to... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Oct 7, 2016
Crimson Renewable Energy has completed the expansion of its ultra-low carbon biodiesel production facility that the company hopes will lead to a tripling of production.
The multi-million dollar plant upgrade was partially funded by a matching grant from the California Energy Commission’s Alternative Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program.
The upgrades included... [Read More]
Other News
Oct 11, 2016
A group of biofuel companies, NGOs and think-tanks have urged the European Commission (EC) to support advanced biofuels in its 2030 climate policy for transport.
In a statement, the group said it has become increasingly urgent to tackle emissions from the transport sector following the Paris climate change agreement. The transport sector has become the EU’s largest... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Oct 11, 2016
Plans to build Denmark’s first biorefinery near Holstebro, which was due to produce bioethanol and biogas, have come to a halt as a result of lack of political support and financing issues.
The parties behind the Maabjerg Energy Center project have now decided not to go ahead with the biorefinery, which was intended to generate green power, heating, biogas and second-generation... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Oct 11, 2016
Enerkem, a Canadian waste-to-biofuels and chemicals producer, has proposed a $200 million waste-to-fuel facility in Minnesota, US, according to a report by CanTechLetter. The proposal was done in partnership with US-based recycling company SKB Environmental.
Enerkem recently submitted rezoning and land use plan amendment applications to the municipality of Rosemount,... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Oct 11, 2016
Six Poet biorefineries in Ohio and Indiana are installing a new energy generation system using combined heat and power.
These systems will reduce reliance on the electrical energy grid, recover waste energy for additional use in the plant and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the US bioethanol producer said in a statement. The system will use steam in a turbine to generate... [Read More]
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