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Apr 20, 2016
Five bio-based jet fuels approved for air travel
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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]
Policy News
Mar 23, 2016
Ethanol remains as one of the important elements keeping the economy of the US State of Iowa afloat, despite it taking a slight hit in 2015, a new study has found.
According to a research published by the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association (IRFA), the decline is due to the reductions ethanol faced in the federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).
The study, authored by John... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Mar 24, 2016
Biodex-SA, a Tunisia-based biofuels company, has been awarded the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB) certification for the production of biodiesel.
Biodex-SA is the first company to collect waste oils and transform them into biodiesel in Africa, as well as the first in Tunisia to earn RSB certification.
The company’s biodiesel plant converts used cooking... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Mar 29, 2016
The government of Brazil has enacted legislature to increase the country’s blend mandate for biodiesel is diesel fuel from 7 to 8%.
With the move, the South American country hopes to boost both commercial agriculture and biodiesel production within its borders.
Brazil has required a blend of renewable fuel in its diesel supply since 2008, and in 2014 the mandate... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Mar 29, 2016
Southern Oil Refining, an Australian oil recycling company, has secured a contract to build a AUS$16 million (€10.7m) biofuel pilot plant in Australia.
The facility, titled Northern Oil Advanced Biofuels Pilot Plant, will be built in Gladstone, Queensland, and will produce biodiesel from sugarcane bagasse.
The pilot plant is expected to be operational later in 2016... [Read More]
Policy News
Mar 30, 2016
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has ruled in favour of Argentina in its row concerning the anti-dumping duties imposed by the EU since 2013 on the biodiesel imported from the country.
According to a panel report published on Tuesday, WTO upheld Argentina's claim that the reason stated by the EU authorities during their anti-dumping investigation for disregarding Argentine... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Mar 30, 2016
Californian biofuel company Aemetis has acquired exclusive rights to LanzaTech’s patented technology for the conversion of agricultural, forest, dairy, and construction and demolition waste (CDW) to ethanol.
The LanzaTech gas-to-ethanol technology enables Aemetis to convert these local Californian biomass wastes to advanced ethanol.
The 12-year agreement makes... [Read More]
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