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Sep 25, 2015
UPM BioVerno diesel found to reduce tailpipe emissions
Biodiesel News
Sep 28, 2015
The Biofat project, a microalgae-to-biofuel FP7 demonstration project, has confirmed algae’s potential as a sustainable biofuel source with low greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
The project has concentrated on improving and demonstrating sustainability in the process, considering both environmental (e.g. use of marine strains to limit freshwater use) and economic (e.g.... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Sep 28, 2015
In the US, California's Air Resources Board (ARB) has listed biodiesel as the lowest-carbon fuel in the state’s revised Low Carbon Fuels Standard (LCFS).
The new standard affirms biodiesel reduces greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50% and often by as much as 81% when compared with petroleum, giving biodiesel the best carbon score among all liquid... [Read More]
Other News
Sep 29, 2015
Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers and external collaborators have synthesised and characterised a new DNA-templated gold nanocluster (AuNC) that could resolve a critical methodological barrier for efficient biofuel cell design.
Ligands, molecules that bind to a central metal atom, are necessary to form stable nanoclusters.
For this study, the researchers chose... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Sep 30, 2015
Chemical engineers from Iran have found a way to produce biodiesel from castor oil without the need for extra petrochemical methanol using a biorefinery set-up.
Producing biodiesel from vegetable oils is not completely renewable, as the standard transesterification process requires the use of methanol, which is usually produced from petrochemical sources.
The researchers,... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Sep 30, 2015
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) will lead a $13.5 million (€12 million) multi-institutional research effort to improve sorghum as a sustainable source for biofuel production.
Funded by the US Department of Energy (DOE), the five-year grant takes a comprehensive approach to better understand how plants and microbes interact and to learn which sorghum... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Sep 2, 2015
Scientists have mutated variants of a certain fungus to double the production of endoxylanase enzymes, which are used in bioethanol production.
The discovery comes as part of a hunt for more cost effective methods to convert biomass into ethanol, particularly in the form of easier production of enzymes used to fire the conversion process.
These enzymatic catalysts are... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Sep 3, 2015
The Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung prompts the country’s relevant agencies to undertake measures to boost the production and consumption of E5 and E10 ethanol-blended petrol.
The Southeast Asian country has had an implementation plan in effect since 2012 to promote environmental protection and national energy security, but progress has been slow as consumers... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Sep 4, 2015
Perstorp has announced its intent to acquire an existing biodiesel plant in Fredrikstad, Norway.
‘We have ambitious growth plans for biofuels, now and in the future, and we see how the demand will increase to meet the global climate challenges,’ says Lars Lind, vice president – biofuels at Perstorp.
‘In order to grow with the market, we need to... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Sep 7, 2015
US ethanol production hit a 16-week low last week, according to US Energy Information Administration (EIA) data analysed by the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA).
In the past week, ethanol production averaged at 948,000 barrels per day, equalling 39.82 million gallons a day.
These numbers are down 4,000 barrels a day from the week before and the lowest in 16 weeks overall.
The... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Sep 7, 2015
Researchers from the Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) have successfully introduced an engineered lipid remodelling system into a transgenic plant to enhance biofuel production.
Triacylglycerols from plants can be used to produce environmentally friendly and renewable biodiesel, and there has been great interest in using genetic engineering to enhance triacylglycerol... [Read More]
Other News
Sep 8, 2015
Harbour Marina at Lake Pomme de Terre in Missouri has become the first US marina to sell petrol blended with Gevo's renewable isobutanol at the pump.
Introduction of the initial isobutanol and petrol fuel blend took place at the beginning of September on the marina docks. Lake Pomme de Terre is located in one of the premier recreational boating regions of the country.
Gevo... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Sep 8, 2015
Indonesia's state-owned energy company Pertamina expects demand for fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) to jump almost six-fold to 4.8 million kilolitre in 2016 from an estimate of 830,000kl in 2015.
The projection is in accordance with the government's road map to increase FAME content in biodiesel to 20%, the company says in a statement.
The mandatory mix of FAME in biodiesel... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Sep 9, 2015
Enerkem, a Canadian waste-to-biofuels and chemicals producer, has raised CAD152.6 million (€103.7 million) in financing.
Simultaneously, the company announced it has initiated the production of biomethanol from non-recyclable household garbage at the Enerkem Alberta Biofuels facility in Edmonton, Canada.
‘I must say a huge thank you to our... [Read More]
Other News
Sep 10, 2015
Neste has begun the construction of the world's first Bio liquid petroleum gas (LPG) production facility at its renewable product refinery in Rotterdam.
The €60 million facility will start production of Bio LPG in the end of 2016.
Bio LPG will enable users of existing fossil fuels to reduce their carbon footprint without any modifications to existing gas applications... [Read More]
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