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Dec 1, 2015
EPA releases final RFS requirements
Biodiesel News
Dec 2, 2015
Hamburger giant McDonald’s vehicle fleet in the United Arab Emirates has completed 5 million kilometres of running entirely on biodiesel.
To reach the total distance, McDonald’s United Arab Emirates (UAE) partnered with the Dubai-based biodiesel producer Neutral Fuels.
The renewable fuel is produced from the used cooking oil (UCO) collected from the fast food... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Dec 2, 2015
The Argentinian government and the CENT 35 university have begun the installation and commissioning work of a biodiesel production facility.
The 600-liters-a-day plant will serve as a training and demonstration tool for CENT 35 technical department students on processing used cooking oil (UCO) into biodiesel.
It is also intended to promote the proper disposal and handling... [Read More]
Other News
Dec 2, 2015
Euglena, a Japanese microalgae developer and producer, has partnered with Japan’s largest airline ANA Holdings to develop an algae-based jet fuel.
A 3 billion yen (appr. €23m) demonstration plant, using technology from Chevron, is scheduled to come online in early 2018 with plans to 125,000 litres of renewable jet fuel.
Euglena hopes to be able to commercialise... [Read More]
Other News
Dec 3, 2015
Aerospace giant Boeing, with support from Canada's aviation industry and other stakeholders, is working to turn leftover forestry residues into sustainable aviation biofuel.
Canada, which has extensive sustainably certified forests, has long used mill and forest residues to make wood pellets that are used to generate electricity.
A consortium that includes Boeing,... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Dec 3, 2015
Lagosur, a US-based renewable fuels company, has started business arrangements and initial sales in collaboration with Alianza Pacifco to bring clean green fuels to Latin America.
Lagosur has concluded business preparations to deliver renewable biofuel to the mining and transportation industries in Chile, Peru, and Mexico.
The mining and transportation... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Dec 3, 2015
Uruguay's Alcoholes del Uruguay (AdU), a subsidiary of state-owned oil company Ancap, expects to register its highest biofuel production this year with over 130 million litres (34.3m gallons).
The company will by the end of the year report 57 million litres of biodiesel and around 70 million litres of ethanol.
The report comes after AdU launched Uruguay's largest ethanol... [Read More]
Other News
Nov 3, 2015
The results of a major UK research project show greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions due to nitrogen fertiliser use on UK arable land to be less than half the level previously estimated.
The results are good news for the UK biofuels industry, as the project also confirmed that sourcing of nitrogen fertilisers from production facilities which are modified to abate nitrous oxide... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Nov 3, 2015
Hero BX (Hero), one the largest biodiesel producers in the US, is exploring the possibility of building the Caribbean’s first commercial-scale biodiesel plant in Jamaica.
Hero is in talks with the Jamaican government and various private stakeholders to confirm the construction plans.
The plant would boost Jamaica’s renewable energy programme and have a multi-industry... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Nov 3, 2015
United Biscuits (UB), the one of the leading international manufacturers of biscuits, cakes, and snacks, has extended its initiative that leverages used cooking oil (UCO) to power its delivery vehicles.
The UK-based manufacturer of Jaffa Cakes now has a total of 16 vehicles running on Ultra Biofuel brand biodiesel, which generates carbon savings of up to 97% compared to... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Nov 4, 2015
Argentina’s biodiesel production is expected to decrease by 30% in 2015 as growth of domestic demand cannot compensate for declining foreign exports.
The Argentine Biofuels and Hydrogen Association (ABHA) estimates this year’s total biodiesel output to cap at 1.8 million tonnes, a significant decrease from 2.58 million tonnes in 2014.
Exports are expected to... [Read More]
Other News
Nov 6, 2015
In the US, nearly 200 members of the House of Representatives sent a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), urging it to not increase the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).
In the letter, addressed to the EPA administrator Gina McCarthy, 184 House members from both major US parties claimed that increasing the amount of biofuel in the nation’s fuel supply... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Nov 6, 2015
A 5 MMgy supercritical biodiesel plant in Illinois, US, designed and built by Jatrodiesel, has been commissioned and is now operational.
The facility is co-located with the 125 MMgy CHS-owned Patriot Renewable Fuels ethanol plant in Annawan.
It makes use of the existing refinery’s infrastructure, steam, and distillers corn oil byproduct to produce biodiesel.
According... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Nov 6, 2015
Maas Companies will auction surplus biodiesel process equipment for Biodiesel One via a timed online auction ending on 3 December for piecemeal offers and 4 December for entirety offers.
The Biodiesel One plant opened in 2007 and was the second biodiesel plant to be built in Connecticut, US. The plant handled used cooking oil from local restaurants in a batch water wash... [Read More]
Other News
Nov 9, 2015
In Sweden, renewable fuels now make up two thirds of total fuel consumption of buses in public transport, new statistics show.
According to the Swedish Public Transport Association data, the use of renewables in Sweden’s public transportation has increased from six to 58% from 2006-2014.
This year, renewables accounted for 67% of fuel used by buses.
The biggest consumer... [Read More]
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