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Feb 28, 2014
MSU technology progresses algae’s potential as a biofuel
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Jan 27, 2014
Terminal storage investment platform Epic Midstream and fuel company US Oil have signed a 10-year partnership so the latter can begin the supply and marketing of biodiesel at four of Epic's terminals.
Location of the four termainals are split evenly between the states of Alabama and Georgia.
Epic will make tank and rack improvements... [Read More]
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Jan 27, 2014
Austrian haulier Nothegger Transport (NT) has ordered 220 trucks capable of running on 100% biodiesel from Scania.
There is currently a tax incentive to use biodiesel in Austria, as well as lower prices at petrol stations, so NT expects this move will cut its operating costs by potentially €4,000 ($5,470) per truck (based on each one driving an average 150,000km... [Read More]
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Jan 28, 2014
Owensboro Grain, a fifth-generation family-owned soyabean processor located in Kentucky, US has announced the successful start-up of its Kosher certified glycerin refinery. The facility is located adjacent to the company’s biodiesel and vegetable oil refinery complex and will refine virgin soya-based crude glycerin produced at the biodiesel plant
In a statement,... [Read More]
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Jan 29, 2014
A partnership between Clariant, Haltermann and car manufacturer Mercedes-Benz is to road test biofuels in Germany.
Haltermann takes cellulosic ethanol produced from wheat straw by Clariant and mixes it with conventional fuel components to form a new fuel which, over the next 12 months, will be available to test fleet vehicles at a specially-equipped petrol station on the... [Read More]
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Jan 29, 2014
UK-based fuel supplier Greenergy is confident of re-opening its biodiesel plant in Immingham ‘within months’ after it suffered damage due to flooding late last year.
The company released a company statement in January which read:
‘We continue to make progress towards resuming manufacturing at our biodiesel. All equipment damage has been assessed and replacement... [Read More]
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Jan 29, 2014
Portugal-based engineering company IncBio has just secured an agreement to supply Bio Renewable Energy Factory (BREF) with a 40,000 million tonne a year capacity biodiesel plant.
The facility will incorporate IncBio’s ultrasonic technology to produce biodiesel from animal fats collected from rendering plants in the Saudi market.
The partnership expects the plant... [Read More]
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Jan 30, 2014
Aircraft manufacturer Airbus has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with ‘key Malaysian partners’ to assess local solutions for sustainable biomass production in the country.
The aim is to determine the most suitable feedstocks to ensure that any future jet fuel production in the region is based only on sustainable solutions. The first assessment is expected... [Read More]
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Jan 31, 2014
Renewable energy company Methes Energies Canada is the latest to join the Ontario Biodiesel Association (OBA), joining Great Lakes Biodiesel and Noroxel Energy.
OBA members have agreed to invest over $80 million (€59 million) in plant and equipment to produce biodiesel in the province. Charles Sousa, Ontario minister of finance, committed via the government's... [Read More]
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Feb 3, 2014
Plans have been approved for the addition of a biofuel storage tank to the Pilot Travel Centre site in California, US.
Barstow Planning Commission passed the proposal to construct the 20,000 gallon, aboveground tank at the large service station.
The tank will store 100% biofuel, to be used in a blend with petroleum-based diesel, with state laws allowing a maximum of 20%... [Read More]
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Feb 4, 2014
US-based ethanol producer Marathon Petroleum has signed an agreement to purchase a facility in Ohio from Felda Iffco, a Malaysian company.
The plant currently produces several products including biodiesel and glycerin. The capacity of the plant is 4,100 barrels per day. The transaction is expected to close this April but the details are not being disclosed.
‘This... [Read More]
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Feb 4, 2014
The European Renewable Ethanol Association (ePure) has warned the European Commission (EC) about surging ethanol imports from Peru since entering a free trade agreement in August 2013.
ePure claim in a statement it is ‘apparent an inadvertent change in the pattern of trade is occurring as a direct consequence of this trade agreement’
‘Peru is taking advantage... [Read More]
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Feb 5, 2014
UK-based Ennovor Group, a global sustainable biofuels company, has signed a rolling tolling contract with what it calls ‘one of Spain’s largest biodiesel refiners’.
The company states it is planning similar agreements with a number of other biodiesel refineries across Europe.
David Frohnsdorff, CEO of Ennovor, says the signed partnership with the un-named... [Read More]
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Feb 7, 2014
US-headquartered advanced fuels company Aemetis has upgraded its biodiesel and refined glycerin production facility in Kakinada, India.
The 50 million gallon per year capacity facility can now produce high-quality distilled biodiesel. Built in 2008, it uses non-food byproducts from the edible oil industry as feedstock to supply the biofuel, pharmaceutical and industrial... [Read More]
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Feb 7, 2014
The Energy Institute (EI), based in the UK, has been working to improve the test methods for predicting winter performance of diesel fuels, particularly those containing significant amounts of biodiesel.
EI claims one important winter performance parameter is the ‘cold soak’ filter blocking tendency of the fuel.
‘The existing EI test method is IP... [Read More]
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