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Nov 18, 2014
Ethanol production to increase in 2015
Biodiesel News
Nov 19, 2014
Avinor's Oslo Gardermoen, Norway, is the first airport in the world to supply biofuels on a regular basis.
Through an agreement with Avinor, Statoil Aviation will deliver 2.5 million gallons of biofuels to tanks at Oslo Airport between March 2015 to March 2016. These 2.5 million gallons will be used to produce a 50% biofuel mix, which will fuel approximately 3,000 flights... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Nov 20, 2014
State-owned Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) is weighing up the possibility of replacing imported oil with biofuels from local crops.
PCJ has made agreements with Bodles Agricultural Research Station and the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute to cultivate select crops for biofuel production.
'We are also procuring an oil press, which will press... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Oct 23, 2014
Airline Boeing and Commercial Aircraft Corp of China (CACC) has opened a biofuels demonstration plant that will turn waste cooking oil, or gutter oil as it known in China, into sustainable aviation biofuel.
The plant has a production capacity of 160 gallons per day and estimates suggest that 1.8 billion litres of aviation fuel may be produced per year in China from gutter... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Oct 23, 2014
Renewable fuel producer Crimson Renewable Energy is retrofitting its Bakersfield, California, US biodiesel plant.
Retrofitting the plant will modernise its capabilities, increase the plant's capacity to 75,000 tonnes a year and ensure waste materials are processed efficiently and sustainably into low carbon biodiesel transportation fuel.
The plant, which has been operating... [Read More]
Policy News
Oct 23, 2014
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) is suing the US Environment Protection Agency (EPA) for failing to provide documents relating to the oil industry's attempts to affect the outcome of the 2014 renewable fuel standard (RFS).
Last May, CREW asked for an investigation by the EPA's Office of Inspector General and filed a Freedom of Information Act... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Oct 24, 2014
A new plant producing Exilva microfibrillar cellulose (MFC) will be built at the Borregaard site in Sarpsborg, Norway.
Borregaard's Board of Directors has decided to invest NOK 225 million (€27 million) in the facility.
Exilva MFC is based on natural and renewable raw materials. It has the potential to replace products derived from petrochemicals, and organic solvent... [Read More]
Policy News
Oct 24, 2014
Quad County Corn Processors (QCCP), Galva, Iowa, has received EPA certification to generate D3 Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs) for cellulosic ethanol produced using Cellerate process technology.
Delayne Johnson, CEO, QCCP, says the move will prevent the biofuels industry from arguing a lack of D3 RINS are present to justify Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) volume... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Oct 27, 2014
A new 50 MW power plant in Oahu, Hawaii, will run on a biofuel blend, which will include liquid fuels and natural gas.
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) will soon become available on the island as part of Oahu's plan to lower its reliance on oil and coal.
Helsinki-based Wärtsilä Corporation will supply the plant to Hawaiian Electric Company. The project currently awaits... [Read More]
Other News
Oct 28, 2014
Renewable fuels company BlueFire Renewables has received a letter of intent (LOI) from the Export Import Bank of China (China EXIM) to provide up to $270 million (€212.7 million) in debt financing for its bioenergy project in Fulton, Mississippi.
'There are significant opportunities for replicating the BlueFire Fulton size or larger facilities in China and the US... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Oct 28, 2014
From November, Malaysia will lift its biodiesel mandate from 5% to 7%.
The world's second largest palm grower hopes to lower stocks and raise prices that have dropped more than 20% this year, while increasing the domestic consumption of palm-based biodiesel.
The government hopes that the higher mandate for the subsidised sector will help reduce the country’s reliance... [Read More]
Policy News
Oct 29, 2014
As the first African Sustainable Transport Forum took place in Nairobi, Kenya, on 28 October, Global Renewable Fuels Alliance (GRFA), which promote biofuel friendly policies internationally, called on forum attendees to adopt biofuels friendly policies and regulations that would encourage the increased use of sustainable biofuels in Africa’s transport sector.
Earlier... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Oct 30, 2014
Howard Tenens and Prins Autogas are the first companies to successfully convert a Mercedes-Benz Actros Euro 6 type vehicle to run on duel fuel, compressed natural gas and diesel.
The new technology delivers a solution to the problem in adapting a Euro 6 type vehicle to run using the carbon saving technology.
Howard Tenens, a UK-based logistics company, approached Prins... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Oct 30, 2014
Evogene, specialists in the improvement of crop productivity and economics for the food, feed and biofuel industries, has completed its expansion of crop protection activities at its facility in Rehovot, Israel.
The facilities will support research and development activities for Evogene's product programmes, which focus on fungi, insect and weed control. The field of crop... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Oct 30, 2014
Renewable Energy Group (REG) has finished upgrades to its 30 MMgy biodiesel biorefinery in Mason City, Iowa, US, which enables the plant to produce biofuel from a number of diverse raw materials.
Work on the $20 million (€16 million) project started approximately one year ago, shortly after plant operations were restarted, following REG's acquisition in July 2013.
In... [Read More]
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The American Coalition for Ethanol (@ACE) has praised the inclusion and extension of the Clean Fuel Production Credit — commonly referred to as Section 45Z — in the final tax and spending package passed by Congress.
https://biofuels-news.com/news/ace-applauds-biofuel-inclusion-in-big-beautiful-bill/
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