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Mar 8, 2016
Abu Dhabi food and biofuel facility opens doors
Bioethanol News
Mar 8, 2016
Spanish renewable energy company Abengoa Bioenergy has secured an emergency bankruptcy loan that will allow the company to operate and pay wages while it attempts to reorganise.
According to a Reuters report, the company has received a $7 million loan to pay bills while it attempts to restructure its operation after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last week.
The company... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Mar 9, 2016
Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have discovered a form of bioconversion that could be used to convert waste gases to biodiesel for transportation.
The 'Integrated bioprocess for conversion of gaseous substrates to liquids' report, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) journal, describes the process of converting... [Read More]
Other News
Mar 9, 2016
US biofuels producer Renewable Energy Group has reported a fourth-quarter loss of $95.6 million (€87m), after reporting a profit in the same period a year earlier.
Net income was $69.4 million for the fourth quarter of 2014, the company reported.
Nevertheless, the biodiesel producer posted revenue of $387.8 million for the fourth quarter of 2015.
For the year, the... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Mar 10, 2016
South Korea's TN Energy has entered into an agreement with Lao State Fuel to set up a joint venture (JV) to produce Power Gasoline-branded bioethanol fuel.
The JV, to be called Lao K-tech, will be established later this year and it will be located at Dongphosy village in Hadxaifong district, Vientiane, Laos.
In the first year, the companies will work together to survey... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Mar 11, 2016
Edmonton, Canada-based SBI BioEnergy plans to commercially produce a new biofuel capable of completely replacing diesel by the end of the year, at a lower cost than existing renewable fuels.
SBI is in the final stages of building a biorefinery to convert canola oil and animal fats into a renewable fuel that can replace or be blended with regular diesel.
CEO Inder... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Mar 14, 2016
The EU’s biofuel targets may have ended up increasing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions due to the use of “dirty” biodiesel, an EU analysis has found.
According the to a research by the Ecofys consultancy for the European Commission, palm oil biodiesel emits more than three times and soyabean oil-based diesel two times as much GHG as fossil diesel when their... [Read More]
Other News
Mar 15, 2016
Deinove, a biotech company developing innovative processes for producing biofuels and bio-based chemicals by using Deinococcus bacteria, and Arbiom, a biotechnology company dedicated to the development of a biorefinery process from non-food biomass, entered into a collaboration contract.
Both companies aim to provide a complete value proposition integrating different links... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Mar 16, 2016
The Indonesian government’s mandatory ruling on the mix of biofuel into fossil diesel has hit a snag amid lingering pressure from low commodity prices.
The Indonesian Oil Palm Estate Fund (BPDP) director, Dadan Kusdiana, told The Jakarta Post that the realisation of subsidised diesel fuel getting mixed with 20% biodiesel reached approximately 404,000 kilolitres... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Mar 17, 2016
US biofuels producer Renewable Energy Group (REG) has completed its acquisition of Sanimax Energy’s 20 million gallon nameplate capacity biodiesel refinery.
REG paid Sanimax $11 million (€9.7m) in cash and issued 500,000 shares of REG common stock in exchange for the biorefinery, located in DeForest, Wisconsin, and related assets.
REG may also pay Sanimax up... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Mar 17, 2016
Solazyme, a Californian algae-based bio-product producer, has abandoned its biofuels business and will be focusing its algae oil production on food and personal care industries.
Renamed TerraVia, the company lists the current extremely low oil prices, changing sentiment around the benefits of biofuels, and uncertain US government policies as reasons behind the business... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Mar 18, 2016
A team led by University of Illinois researchers has published a study detailing the economic benefits of this sugarcane oil relative to soyabean oil in biofuel production.
The team altered sugarcane metabolism to convert sugars into 12% lipids, or oils, which could be used to produce biodiesel, wish an ultimate goal to produce 20% oil.
Oil cane has additional advantages... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Mar 21, 2016
Godavari Biorefineries, an Indian ethanol producer, has commissioned its expanded facility for dehydrated ethanol manufacturing at Sameerwadi in Karnataka.
With the expansion, the company now has the capacity to produce 50 million litres per year of fuel grade ethanol, up from 15 million litres.
The expansion of the fully automated plant using molecular sieve dehydration... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Mar 22, 2016
Australia's New South Wales state has introduced a bill into its parliament to extend an ethanol mandate across the region so that retailers sell E10 (petrol blended with up to 10% ethanol) for the first time.
Under the Biofuels Amendment Bill 2016, retailers must also provide sales reports on the volumes of ethanol sold.
Speaking about the Bill, NSW Minister for Innovation... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Mar 22, 2016
United Airlines will use Honeywell Green Jet Fuel to power 12,500 flights from Los Angeles to San Francisco as part of its efforts to reduce carbon emissions and support energy diversification.
The fuel for the flights was produced by AltAir Paramount using Honeywell UOP's proprietary renewable jet fuel process technology, which converts non-edible animal fats and oils... [Read More]
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