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Falling oil prices mean it is no longer viable to produce biofuels in Mozambique, according to an official with the country’s Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy.
In an interview with the Mozambican newspaper O País, the ministry’s deputy national director of Hydrocarbons and Energy, Almirante Dima, described the production of biofuels from jatropha as…
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The US National Biodiesel Board (NBB) is to argue before the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia regarding the 2014-2016 Renewable Fuels Standards (RFS) statute. The NBB’s case will be presented on the morning of 24 April, at the Circuit E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse, in Washington DC.
NBB argues that advanced biofuel requirements in the Renewable Fuel Standard should be…
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Children in the UAE have been recycling cooking oil to make biofuels as part of a new initiative.
The programme was set up by the Blue waste management company in Dubai, and involves pupils of all ages, from kindergarten to teenagers.
According to the National UAE, Delhi Private School in Sharjah has already collected an impressive 162 litres of used cooking oil as part of the scheme.
School…
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The price of Malaysian palm oil has hit its lowest value in eight months, according to Nikkei Asian Review.
The falling price has been triggered by an expectation of rising palm oil production. Good weather conditions in major palm oil exporting countries mean there is a good chance the trend will continue.
Malaysian palm oil futures dropped to around 2,490 ringgit ($566, EUR 520) a ton on 20…
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The CEO of Gevo will speak at Biofuels International 2017.
Patrick Gruber is the CEO of Gevo and has served as a director of the company since 2007. Previously, he was the president and CEO of Outlast Technologies Inc., a technology and marketing company primarily serving the textile industry. In 1997, Dr. Gruber co-founded NatureWorks, LLC (formerly Cargill Dow, LLC), and served as Vice…
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Compared to a year ago macroeconomic outlook globally has significantly improved, but the political risks have increased, an economics expert said at the S&P Global Platts EU Biofuels Seminar.
Jean-Michel Six, managing director and chief European economist at S & P Global Rating, made the statement during his presentation entitled ‘Global macroeconomics and oil fundamentals’…
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A new biodiesel tax credit bill has been introduced to the US Senate. The bill would extend the clean-fuel tax credit incentive for US producers of bio-fuels by three years.
Supported by 16 senators, the bill’s lead sponsor is Iowa senator Chuck Grassley. Iowa is the US' biggest bio-diesel producer, and the industry supports around 4,000 jobs in the state, generating more than $300 million…
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Nebraska-based, US ethanol producer Green Plains has announced that its subsidiary, Green Plains Cattle Company, has entered into an asset purchase agreement to acquire two cattle-feeding operations from Cargill for $36.7 million (€33.6m), excluding working capital.
The transaction includes feed yards located in Leoti, Kansas and Yuma, Colorado and will add capacity of 155,000 head to the…
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US advanced biofuels producer Renewable Energy Group (REG) has announced that it has secured financing of up to $20 million (€18.3 million) from First Midwest Bank for the $24 million capacity-expansion project at the company’s Ralston, Iowa biodiesel refinery.
The upgrade project, announced last November, is expected to increase the annual nameplate capacity of the Ralston biorefinery…
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The American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) has announced that it submitted a public comment focused on its ethanol priorities soon after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) formally began seeking input on existing regulations to be reviewed by its newly established Regulatory Reform Task Force.
The Task Force was formed in response to Executive Order 13777 to evaluate existing…
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Pacific Biodiesel Technologies has hosted a Hawaiian blessing to mark the beginning of the company’s scaled-up farming demonstration to grow biofuel crops including sunflowers in Maui's central valley.
The initial crop project on 115 acres will expand diversified agriculture by growing combine-harvested oil crops on land previously used for sugar cane production. This is the largest biofuel…
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Carl Icahn’s oil refining company CVR Energy made a massive bet in 2016 that prices for US government biofuels credits would fall, shortly before he became an advisor to President Donald Trump on regulations driving the market, according to Reuters.
The US’ biofuels credit system is meant to encourage the mixing of renewable fuels such as ethanol into gasoline or diesel. Credits are…
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US technology company D3MAX has announced that its cellulosic ethanol technology is helping ACE Ethanol to produce “higher yields from corn fiber at lower costs”.
In February, D3MAX announced the completion and shipment of its pilot plant employing the patented D3MAX cellulosic ethanol technology. Installed at ACE Ethanol, LLC, in Stanley, Wisconsin, the testing of the patented D3MAX…
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733.9 million litres (193.9m gallons) of biodiesel have been contracted at Brazil’s 54th biodiesel auction, according to The Brazilian Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels, and Renewables Now.
Brazil’s biodiesel auctions are intended to help meet the legal requirement for a minimum blend of 8% biodiesel in diesel sold at the country’s fuel stations. The 54th tender…
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