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Apr 15, 2016
Market study: Global biofuels market to grow to $246bn by 2024
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Apr 18, 2016
RenFuel and Nordic Paper have signed an agreement to build a production test facility in Sweden to test manufacture an advanced biofuel based on lignin.
The plant, to be located in the municipality of Bäckhammar in the region of Värmland, has been awarded a SEK71 million (€7.7m) grant by the Swedish Energy Agency.
RenFuel has developed and patented a method... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Apr 19, 2016
Mexican students from the Universidad del Valle de Mexico (UVM) Coyoacan Campus have created bioethanol using newspaper, according to media reports.
The group of students, based in Mexico City, are called Alexys Stephanya Nájera, Ariel de Jesús González, Roberto Carlos Muñoz and Delia Calderón Crespo, according to news website mexiconewsnetwork.com.
The... [Read More]
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Apr 20, 2016
Comet Biorefining, a Canadian cellulosic dextrose technology provider, has signed an off-take agreement with bio-succinic acid producer BioAmber for cellulosic dextrose from Comet's upcoming first commercial plant in Sarnia, Ontario.
The dextrose will be produced from agricultural residues using Comet's innovative technology.
The off-take agreement also includes provisions... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Apr 20, 2016
India's government is urging its ethanol producers to boost ethanol production, according to a media reports.
According to a report in the Times of India, the government has said it is ready to purchase the country's entire output.
The development comes in the wake of the Indian government raising the ethanol blending target from 5% to 10%.
"Government is ready to purchase... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Apr 20, 2016
The managing director from UK-based bioethanol producer Vivergo Fuels is urging the government to end uncertainty over targets to slash carbon emissions from fuel.
According to reports in the Hull Daily Mail, Mark Chesworth says the company is being held back from investing further in the region as a result of delays in meeting Renewable Energy Directive (RED) targets.
RED... [Read More]
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Apr 20, 2016
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has said it has played an integral role in development of new alternative, environmentally-friendly, bio-based jet fuel, bringing the total number of these approved products for use in air travel to five.
In a statement, the agency said that the newest fuel is known as ‘Alcohol to Jet Synthetic Paraffinic Kerosene’... [Read More]
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Apr 21, 2016
The UK has the potential to increase its production of biomethane in the future and improve resource efficiency, according to a report published by the Renewable Energy Association (REA).
In the report, the trade body said that the UK could produce the equivalent of more than 45 liquified natural gas (LNG) by tankers' worth of biomethane, or 40 TWh, per year by 2035.
By... [Read More]
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Apr 21, 2016
UPM Biofuels has extended sustainability certification to cover all of its output streams from the Lappeenranta Biorefinery in Finland under the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification Scheme ISCC PLUS.
UPM Biofuels produces renewable diesel and naphtha at the Lappeenranta Biorefinery in Finland.
Wood-based renewable diesel UPM BioVerno for transportation... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Apr 22, 2016
As Mexico works to implement energy reforms, the US Grains Council (USGC) is working to educate end-users and energy policymakers on the advantages of using ethanol as an oxygenate in fuel.
Last year, Pemex, Mexico’s state-owned oil company, announced its plan to introduce a first-ever pilot programme to blend petrol with ethanol.
Since then, it has awarded a few... [Read More]
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Apr 22, 2016
Air New Zealand and Virgin Australia has announced a partnership to investigate options for locally produced aviation biofuel.
The trans-Tasman alliance partners are issuing a Request for Information (RFI) to the market to explore the opportunity to procure locally-produced aviation biofuel.
Air New Zealand chief flight operations and safety officer Captain David Morgan... [Read More]
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Apr 22, 2016
The Iowa Senate passed a bipartisan resolution calling on the US Congress, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), President Obama and the next president of the US to continue to support the renewable fuels standard (RFS) through to 2022 in order to encourage American energy production and to strengthen rural communities.
The resolution calls the RFS one of the simple... [Read More]
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Apr 25, 2016
Canadian airline WestJet announced it has teamed up with Clean Energy Technology Centre (CETC), an Alberta-based research and development organisation, to accelerate the advancement of sustainable aviation biofuel in Western Canada.
"WestJet's collaboration with the CETC is an exciting first step in supporting the development and deployment of a sustainable... [Read More]
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Apr 25, 2016
The US state of Iowa’s Department of Transportation has released a new study that assesses potential risks of the transportation by rail of crude oil and biofuels around and through the state.
It also proposes measures to address those risks.
In a statement, the DOT said the year-long study is thought to be the first of its kind in the nation and covered four main... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Apr 26, 2016
Biodiesel used in transport is helping to increase Europe’s overall transport emissions by around 4%, according to a new study by environmental group Transport & Environment (T&E).
These extra emissions are equivalent to putting around 12 million additional cars on Europe’s roads in 2020, according to T&E. This analysis takes into account the 7%... [Read More]
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