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Aug 26, 2015
Butamax and Gevo end patent disputes
Policy News
Aug 26, 2015
The Indian government is planning to boost the use of biofuels in transport fuels after recognising their major contribution to air pollution.
A proposal by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has set a target of 20% blending of diesel and petrol with biodiesel and ethanol by 2017.
Blending targets for bioethanol have been in effect since 2008, but this is the first... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Aug 27, 2015
Olleco, the UK's largest converter of used cooking oil (UCO) and food waste into renewable energy, has successfully acquired Convert2Green.
This acquisition is in line with Olleco's goal to achieve 100% resource recovery for the food industry.
The move will increase the number of Olleco's depots to 17 across the UK and will enable it to improve efficiencies and coverage... [Read More]
Other News
Aug 27, 2015
Over its 10-year lifespan, the Renewable Fuel Standard's (RFS) requirement to substitute biofuels for fossil fuels has displaced nearly 1.9 billion barrels of foreign oil and reduced US transportation-related carbon emissions by 589.33 million tonnes. These are the findings of an analysis released by the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO).
Brent Erickson, executive... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Aug 27, 2015
Argent Energy, a waste-to-biodiesel producer, has commissioned BDI BioEnergy International with the implementation of phase two of its multi-feedstock plant in the UK.
Within seven months of work starting on the BDI High FFA Esterification unit, Argent energy commissioned the second phase.
This technology makes it possible to convert commercial and industrial waste... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Sep 1, 2015
Project Solaris in South Africa has earned the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB) certification for the production of the energy rich tobacco crop ‘Solaris’ in the Limpopo region of South Africa.
Solaris is a nicotine-free and GMO-free crop variety that yields significant amounts of sustainable oil that can be used as feedstock for bio jet fuel.
Project... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Sep 1, 2015
Agro BioFuels and BioEnergy, a joint venture between the US branch of India-based Agro Pulping Machinery and JatDiesel, is set to invest $11 million (appr. €9.8 million) in a 15 million gpy biodiesel plant near Dayton, Ohio, US.
The plant, once finished, will produce fuel from oils and fats derived from plants and animals.
The company has addressed concerns about... [Read More]
Other News
Sep 2, 2015
Deinove, a French biotech company developing processes for producing biofuels and bio-based chemicals by using Deinococcus bacteria, has produced muconic acid in their laboratory using second-generation substrates.
This July Deinove announced that it had deployed a new R&D platform dedicated to the production of muconic acid, a versatile chemical intermediate... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Sep 2, 2015
Chicago, US-based Lakeview Energy has purchased the assets of the former Producer’s Choice Soy Energy facility in Moberly, Missouri.
Lakeview made the purchase with the aid of a $3.3 million (€2.9 million) loan from the USDA Rural Energy for America programme.
With a further $5 million investment, Lakeview plans to upgrade the 10 million gpy capacity biodiesel... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Sep 2, 2015
Vireol Bio Energy has ceased production at its 62 million gpy ethanol plant in Hopewell, Virginia, US after the 48% plummet in crude oil prices in the past year dragged gasoline prices down with it and placed a cap on ethanol.
US Federal Standards require petrol producers to blend their final product with 10% ethanol.
EPA’s proposal earlier this year to reduce ethanol consumption... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jul 31, 2015
The Danish fuel, oil, and energy company OK has introduced a new sustainable biodiesel into its petrol stations.
The new biodiesel is produced from the residue left over in the production of first generation biodiesel from rapeseed.
Previously, this residue was discarded, but using an enzymatic process it can now be used to manufacture a clean waste-based biodiesel.
The... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Aug 3, 2015
Renewable Energy Group (REG) and Imperium Renewables have announced that they have signed an asset purchase agreement where REG would acquire substantially all the assets of Imperium.
The assets to be acquired by REG include a 100 million gallon nameplate capacity biomass-based diesel refinery and deepwater port terminal at the Port of Grays Harbor, Washington.
Under the... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Aug 3, 2015
The Indian government took a step towards allowing 100% biodiesel to be pumped into vehicles when the Ministry for Road Transport and Highways released a draft notification for mass emission standards for biodiesel.
The move aims to reduce India’s dependence on the import of fossil oil and to help reduce pollution form vehicles by allowing the distribution of 100%... [Read More]
Other News
Aug 3, 2015
Gevo, a renewable technology, chemical products, and next generation biofuels producer, has announced that Express Lube of Fredericksburg, Texas, is the first US service station to sell petrol blended with Gevo's renewable isobutanol at the pump.
Gevo anticipates this to be ‘the first of many retail locations to offer Gevo's product’ as... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Aug 4, 2015
The first commercial-scale UK seaweed farm is scheduled to be scheduled in Argyll off the coast of Scotland in late summer 2015.
The new facility, planned by scientists at the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) in Oban, will be run as a demonstration project that will help shape the UK’s fledling seaweed cultivation sector.
Seven native seaweed varieties... [Read More]
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