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Jan 17, 2017
UK to leave the European single market, Prime Minister May says
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Jan 17, 2017
Velocys, a UK-based gas-to-liquids (GTL) company, that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) establishing a strategic alliance with Morimatsu Jiangsu Heavy Industry, a subsidiary of Morimatsu Industry Co.
The AIM-traded firm said Morimatsu will be its preferred supplier of module engineering and fabrication services for its plants. It said the agreement... [Read More]
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Jan 17, 2017
US renewable chemicals and advanced biofuels company Gevo has announced that the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved the pathway for isobutanol produced at Gevo's Luverne, Minnesota plant to be an advanced biofuel under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Programme.
This is the first time that the EPA has approved a pathway for an advanced biofuel... [Read More]
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Jan 17, 2017
Neste and Bioenergy La Tuque have started R&D cooperation with the objective of studying the potential of using forest residues as a raw material in biofuel production.
Based in La Tuque, Canada, the cooperation supports Neste's goals to expand the raw material selection available and increase the use of waste and residues.
Currently, the company is capable of using... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jan 18, 2017
Car giant General Motors is providing more of its customers with choices to use car models that can use B20 biodiesel blends.
With eight new diesel vehicle options hitting the roadways in 2017 – 2018, General Motors now offers a full line-up of twenty different diesel models, from passenger cars, to pickups and SUVs, to commercial vans and low cab forward trucks... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jan 19, 2017
World Energy Biox Biofuels (WEBB), a joint venture between World Energy and Biox, has completed the commissioning of its 90 million gallon nameplate capacity biodiesel production facility in Texas.
The facility, located in Houston and operating two equal-sized production trains, started operating at full capacity in December 2016.
"The commissioning of the Houston facility... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jan 19, 2017
Flint Hills Resources (FHR) is making a multimillion dollar investment into its Nebraska ethanol plant to upgrade its co-product processing technology.
FHR will invest more than $50 million (€46.9m) in its Fairmont facility to install a new technology that will produce a high-protein animal and fish feed ingredient from a portion of the plant’s distiller’s... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jan 19, 2017
Figures reveal that FirstGroup, a British transport group, has increased its use of alternative fuels, such as biodiesel, gas, and electric engines.
In its North American businesses, alternative fuel usage increased by almost 3% in the first half of the 2016/17 financial year.
During this period, more than 63 million miles were travelled by vehicles running on biodiesel,... [Read More]
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]
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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]
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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]
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