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Oct 7, 2015
Consortium to develop sustainable biofuels for marine transport
Biodiesel News
Oct 8, 2015
Willunga, South Australia-based Peats Soil has developed its own biodiesel manufacturing plant, utilising 'dirty water' it collects from food manufacturing locations.
The biodiesel will be used to fuel a new fleet of 13 Scania trucks it is purchasing for its collection and delivery operations around the state.
Peats Soil MD Peter Wadewitz says he aims to manufacture more... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Oct 9, 2015
IncBio, a Portuguese engineering company specialising in state-of-the-art fully automated industrial ultrasonic biodiesel plants, has completed the refurbishment work on its new headquarters in Maia, Portugal, in a move designed to accommodate growth.
The company has moved in stages to the new facility over the course of 2015, whilst construction work was being carried... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Oct 12, 2015
Scania has given the green light to hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) being used to power its Euro 6 range, provided the fuel used meets technical specification TS15940.
Vehicles using HVO – which chemically mimics fossil-fuel-based diesel – can under optimal condition achieve up to a 90% reduction in CO2 emissions. HVO does not affect a vehicle's characteristics... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Oct 13, 2015
Clariant, a Swiss specialty chemicals company, expects the Volkswagen diesel engine emissions scandal to give a boost to biofuels.
Hariolf Kottmann, CEO of Clariant, says the company is spending €30 million each year to expand it bioethanol-from-straw production capacity and expects its profits from the business to grow over the next four years.
‘And if in a... [Read More]
Other News
Oct 13, 2015
A researcher at Washington State University (WSU) has received a three-year $450,000 (appr. €395,000) federal grant to develop computer models for using iron to more efficiently refine bio-oils and make better biofuels.
Jean-Sabin McEwen, assistant professor in the Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering, will collaborate on the US Department of... [Read More]
Policy News
Oct 14, 2015
Governor of California Jerry Brown has signed into law Assembly Bill 1032 (AB1032), which corrects a tax problem with biodiesel and clears the way for a significant increase in the volume of biodiesel blended in the US state.
The bill, introduced by Assembly Member Rudy Salas and sponsored by the California Biodiesel Alliance (CBA), amends Section 60501 of the Revenue... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Oct 15, 2015
The National Council of Energy Policy (CNPE) of the Brazilian government has authorized the sale and voluntary use of biodiesel blends exceeding the mandatory blending percentage.
Currently, Brazilian service stations sell diesel with a 7% mandatory biodiesel blend.
According to the resolution, captive fleets and public pumps can use and sell biodiesel with blends up to... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Oct 15, 2015
DuPont Industrial Biosciences (DuPont) and Quad County Corn Processors (QCCP) have signed a multi-year contract to supply the enzymes that enable QCCP’s Cellerate process in the production of cellulosic biofuel from corn kernel fibre.
In 2014, QCCP produced the US’ first cellulosic ethanol gallons and the world's first gallons from corn kernel fibre with a... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Sep 17, 2015
Canadian farmers might one day grow sugar corn for a potentially huge alternative fuels market through a new project involving University of Guelph researchers.
Along with scientists from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA), and Western University, the Guelph researchers will study sugar corn varieties... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Sep 17, 2015
Advait, a newly established biofuel company, has signed a contract with Yum! Restaurants India, which operates KFC Taco Bell and Pizza Hut in the country, to collect used cooking oil (UCO) from KFC in the Andhra and Telangana region.
Advait will convert the collected product into biodiesel or export it to Europe for biodiesel processing.
The company is one of the major... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Sep 18, 2015
Biodiesel produced by Universal Biofuels, an Indian subsidiary of Aemetis, has been used by bulk customers to replace 100% petroleum diesel with 100% distilled biodiesel (B100), reducing emissions by 80% and providing cost savings to customers.
Traditionally, in Europe and in the United States, biodiesel is blended in the range of 5% to 20% with petroleum diesel due to... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Sep 18, 2015
The Nigerian Cassava Growers’ Association (NCGA) has partnered with the Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF), an international private infrastructure financier, to set up a bioethanol plant, according to the News Agency of Nigeria.
National president of NCGA Segun Adewumi says the plant, which is to use cassava as feedstock, will also serve as a bioenergy and... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Sep 18, 2015
Florida Biodiesel has completed the sale of a B-500 biodiesel plant to the Grand Bahama Power Company (GBPC) in the Bahamas.
The biodiesel production equipment, using waste cooking oil as feedstock, will be used to demonstrate green fuel technology and produce biodiesel for the Bahamas.
The B-500 plant is economical to operate and will allow the GBPC to produce 1,600 gallons... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Sep 21, 2015
Offering ethanol made from algae for the first time commercially, Algenol Biotech and Protec Fuel Management have entered into an agreement to market and distribute ethanol from Algenol’s Fort Myers, Florida, commercial demonstration module.
The companies will also offer Algenol’s future 18 million gallons per year from its commercial plant, which is planned... [Read More]
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