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Aug 6, 2015
Global biofuels production expected to double by 2019
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Aug 7, 2015
James Jariv, 64, of Las Vegas, Nevada, has been sentenced to ten years in prison for his role in illegal schemes to generate fraudulent biodiesel credits and to export biodiesel without providing biodiesel credits to the United States.
Jariv was also ordered to make restitution in the amount of over $6 million (appr. €5.5 million) and to forfeit between $4 to $6 million... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Aug 7, 2015
SJC Bioenergia, a joint venture between Cargill and Group USJ, has purchased equipment Fluid Quip Process Technologies to integrate corn ethanol production at its sugarcane ethanol facility located in Quirinopolis, Brazil.
SJC Bioenergia will utilise FQPT's SGT milling, BOS front-end corn oil, Fiber Separation, and MSC Protein Recovery technologies. The combined patented... [Read More]
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Aug 10, 2015
Alliance BioEnergy Plus enters into 56 plant development agreement with Renewable Resources Development of AmericaAlliance BioEnergy Plus, a publicly traded company focusing on green energy and renewable technologies, has entered into a non-exclusive development agreement with Renewable Resources Development of America (RRSA) for the construction and operation of up to... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Aug 10, 2015
Indian Central Railway (CR) has completed its first year of biodiesel production at its workshop in the Parel area of Mumbai.
The plant has produced nearly 20,000 litres of biodiesel with an aim to provide cleaner alternatives for CR’s diesel locomotives. ‘We have successfully achieved our target to produce 1,500 litres of bio-diesel per month since... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Aug 10, 2015
Iranian researchers have produced biodiesel from flixweed as a potential renewable energy substitute for fossil fuels.
Under a project to deliver a new generation of green transport fuel, researchers at the Islamic Azad University (IAU) produced 2 litres of biomass which could be turned into biofuel.
‘Engine and field tests of the synthetic green fuel... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Aug 12, 2015
The Philippines' National Bioethanol Board (NBB) says the future of the bioethanol industry in the country looks promising, as local and foreign direct investments in the sector have grown from $206 million in 2012 to $386 million in 2015.
Investments are projected to double to $770 million in 2016.
‘When the policy guidelines on the utilization of locally-produced... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Aug 13, 2015
Propel Fuels has begun offering Neste’s renewable NexBTL diesel at 13 Southern California locations.
The provided fuel is marketed as Diesel High Performance Renewable (HPR) and it consists of 98.5% NexBTL.
Diesel HPR has also been launched in commercial and bulk availability across California, with the fuel bundled with Propel Fuels’ CleanDrive emissions account... [Read More]
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Aug 13, 2015
The EU has given permission to the Czech government to continue providing aid for biofuels until the end of 2020.
The Czech government’s aid system, launched in 2008, provides cuts in excise duty or tax refunds to pure or highly concentrated biofuels.
All biofuels benefiting from the aid programme must meet set sustainability criteria.
‘The commission concluded... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Aug 14, 2015
Ethanol producer Poet has made a positive impact on the US economy, the company’s first published economic impact study suggests.
The study, published yesterday, reports Poet has generated a total of $13.5 billion (appr. €12bln) in sales for US businesses, added $5.4 billion in national gross domestic product, supported an estimated 39,978 full time jobs, and... [Read More]
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Aug 14, 2015
South Africa is reforming its biofuels funding incentive in the wake of global crude oil prices dropping by half over the past year.
The South African government is concerned that the funding programme is becoming unaffordable.
The country has set an initial target of having 2% of its annual fuel consumption – totalling at around 400 million litres – come from... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Aug 14, 2015
Malaysia's biodiesel exports surged twelvefold year on year to 46,601mt in July, bolstered by an open arbitrage to Europe.
Exports are at their highest level since the Malaysian Palm Oil Board began reporting statistics in January 2008. The July total was up from 3,610mt in July 2014 and also up 105.56% from 22,670 mt in June, the board's data shows. The total value... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jul 14, 2015
Carbon recycling company LanzaTech has entered into a letter of intent with steel and mining company ArcelorMittal, and Primetals Technologies, a technology and service provider to the iron and steel industry, for the construction of Europe's first-ever commercial scale production facility to produce bioethanol from waste gases generated during the steelmaking process.
The... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jul 14, 2015
Portugal-based IncBio, an engineering company and specialist in fully automated industrial ultrasonic biodiesel plants, has secured an agreement to design and build a 75,000 tonne per year biodiesel plant for Biocosta Green Energy in Santa Marta, Colombia.
The facility will produce biodiesel directly from crude palm oil blended with palm acid oil and palm fatty acid distillate... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jul 15, 2015
The Global Renewable Fuels Alliance (GRFA), a non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting biofuel friendly policies internationally, has welcomed the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA) as its newest member.
'Brazil is truly a trailblazer in the global biofuels industry, not only as one of the world's largest producers of biofuels, but one of the first,'... [Read More]
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