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Nov 28, 2016
Thai ethanol plant partly closed after toxic emissions leak
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Nov 29, 2016
Climate policies will continue chipping away at fossil fuels’ role as the mainstay of global energy use, despite Donald Trump's appointment as US president in 2017, according to a new report by The Economist Intelligence Unit.
The report expects that while the election of Trump as US president is not likely to halt the gradual transition towards cleaner energy... [Read More]
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Nov 29, 2016
Ecologist, environmental policy analyst and former Ontario Environment Commissioner Gord Miller has criticised Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission’s anti-biofuels report titled Course Correction.
Miller's report, Staying the Course, rejects Ecofiscal's data, methodology and conclusions.
According to the Ecofiscal report, provincial and federal production... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Nov 29, 2016
Finnish forest industry company UPM has announced that it has successfully tested Finnish wood-based diesel fuel both in laboratory conditions as well as in traffic.
According to the frim its renewable diesel called UPM BioVErno, works just “like the best diesel fuels”.
The laboratory tests of renewable UPM BioVerno diesel were conducted in the VTT Technical... [Read More]
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Nov 30, 2016
The UK’s Department of Transport has published a consultation on the future of renewable transport, setting out long-term targets towards 2030.
The consultation proposes capping crop-based fuels to below EU levels. It also introduces a new sub-target for development fuels such as biomethane, hydrogen and aviation fuels.
Some of the proposals include the following:
Raise... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Nov 30, 2016
Claims from consumer advocates that Queensland motorists will pay millions more for fuel each year after the introduction of the State Government’s ethanol mandate are misleading and misinformed, Larissa Rose, managing Director of the Queensland Renewable Fuels Association, has said.
Rose maintained that Queensland motorists should not expect to pay more at... [Read More]
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Nov 30, 2016
The European Commission has released its long-awaited revised Renewable Energy Directive (RED) and proposed the phase-out of food crop-based biofuels from 2021.
The EC also wants to simultaneously introduce a sub-mandate for advanced biofuels. It also proposes to introduce a new sustainability criterion on forest biomass.
It proposes an obligation on European transport... [Read More]
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Dec 1, 2016
The European biofuels industry has sharply criticised the European Commission’s revised Renewable Energy Directive (RED).
The EC has made plans to minimise Indirect Land-Use Change (ILC) impacts. In relation to this, the revised RED will introduce a cap on the contribution of food-based biofuels towards the EU renewable energy target, starting at 7% in 2021 and going... [Read More]
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Dec 1, 2016
Biofuels and oil trade bodies have written a letter to the US’ Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) urging the organisation not to redefine the point of obligation under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).
The issue centres on whether to change the point in the fuel supply chain in which a party becomes obligated to comply with the RFS requirements. This can... [Read More]
Policy News
Dec 1, 2016
In the US, nearly three dozen biodiesel leaders from Kansas to Rhode Island took to the halls of Congress this week to promote US advanced biofuel.
“We have a great message to share with our elected officials. Biodiesel is working today to support jobs, diversify our fuel options and support American energy security,” said National Biodiesel Board (NBB) CEO,... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Dec 2, 2016
Thousands of fish have been killed by 3,000 gallons of biodiesel that leaked into a river from a truck stop in Kentucky, US.
The diesel leaked into Little Eagle Creek near Sadieville in early to mid-November from a branch of the national Love’s Travel Stop chain of truck stops.
Jack Donovan, director of the Georgetown/Scott County Emergency Management Agency, told... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Dec 2, 2016
Synata Bio, a newly formed Illinois energy company, has won the auction to purchase Abengoa Bioenergy’s Kansas cellulosic ethanol plant for $48.5 million (€45.5m).
With its final offer, Synata outbid Shell Oil Company’s $40.8 million offer by nearly $8 million, according to court documents.
Synata now owns cellulosic ethanol technology formerly owned by... [Read More]
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Nov 14, 2016
A new competitor to biofuels may be creeping up from the left field in the form of hydrogen-powered vehicles, which are breaking into the UK market.
Arcola Energy, the UK’s hydrogen energy specialists, have sold or leased 32 of Renault’s Kangoo ZE-H2 electric vans with fuel cell range extender produced by Symbio FCell, making it the largest hydrogen vehicle... [Read More]
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Nov 14, 2016
Biofuels producer Gevo announced that gasoline blended with its isobutanol and marketed for use in automobiles has begun to be sold in Texas, Houston, US.
This marks the first time that Gevo’s isobutanol has been specifically targeted towards on-road vehicles, the company said in a statement.
Previously, Gevo and its partners have focused on specialty... [Read More]
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Nov 14, 2016
US biofuels company Gevo has announced that the first commercial flight using Gevo's cellulosic renewable alcohol-to-jet fuel (ATJ) is expected to take place today originating in Seattle and flying to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
Previously, on 11 October 2016, Gevo announced that it had completed production of the world's first cellulosic renewable jet fuel... [Read More]
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