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Feb 10, 2014
Renewable feedstock provider earns certification
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Feb 11, 2014
Versalis, the chemical subsidiary of Eni, and Elevance Renewable Sciences, a producer of specialty chemicals from natural oils, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish a strategic partnership to jointly develop and scale a new metathesis technology to produce biochemicals from vegetable oils.
Under the new partnership, the two companies will jointly... [Read More]
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Feb 11, 2014
A new report by Navigant Research has revealed a sharp rise in the consumption of biofuels across the global road transportation sector.
The research body forecasts worldwide consumption in the sector will grow from more than the 32.4 billion gallons per year recorded in 2013 to more than 51.1 billion by 2022.
‘An increase in ethanol production capacity in the US... [Read More]
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Feb 12, 2014
Australia-based Sterling Plantations has recently sold a biodiesel plant to Malaysian company Gentings Plantations (GP).
The plant, reported to be worth around RM33 million (€7.3 million), is located in Sabah and represents the second facility of its kind to be purchased by GP.
GP has a subsidiary named ACGT, which is a business that focuses on developing genomics-based... [Read More]
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Feb 13, 2014
US-based Renewable Energy Group has launched a new division which will sell petroleum-based heating oil and diesel fuel, and enable the company to offer more biofuel blends.
REG Energy Services will sell heating oil and ultra-low sulfur diesel (ULSD) at seven terminals throughout the northeastern US as well as its BioHeat branded blended heating fuel at an existing REG... [Read More]
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Feb 13, 2014
Results of a third-party peer-reviewed life cycle assessment (LCA), entitled Greenhouse Gas and Energy Life Cycle Assessment of Pine Chemicals Derived from Crude Tall Oil and Their Substitutes, has found diverting crude tall oil (CTO) into biofuel production throughout Europe will not have a significant effect in either reducing carbon emissions nor fossil fuel consumption.
CTO... [Read More]
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Jan 8, 2014
Residents of the city of Wheaton in Chicago, US have been encouraged to keep turning their used cooking oil over to the city following what it calls 'a successful trial'.
The public were asked to deliver cooking oil and bacon grease to an allotted storage yard throughout November 2013, which the city would then use to make biofuels.
City officials say, as well as... [Read More]
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Jan 8, 2014
Abandoned fields in Japan are being considered as a location for sweet sorghum crop plantations by a university interested in making biofuels.
A team from Ibaraki University wants to generate ethanol for road transportation potential and cultivated, yet unused, farmland near its location could prove a suitable place to grow its feedstock.
‘After fermentation and... [Read More]
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Jan 9, 2014
Production of biodiesel in Iowa, US hit record heights in 2013 but the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association (IRFA) believes uncertain federal biodiesel policy could threaten recent growth in lower carbon intensity feedstocks.
The IRFA revealed biodiesel production topped 230 million gallons, up 25% on 2012, and the state is expected to account for 13.5% of total US biodiesel... [Read More]
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Jan 13, 2014
An idle biodiesel plant in Texas, US is set to restart under new owners as Denton City Council figured out a new lease agreement.
American Bio Source will take over the running of the 3 million gallon a year facility, mothballed since 2008, at a reported cost of $1,200 (€878) a month, plus a royalty of around $0.01 per gallon of biodiesel sold. The company is entering... [Read More]
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Jan 14, 2014
The Maharashtra state government in India has agreed in principle to discuss a move to E10 petrol to help boost the sugar industry.
The current ethanol blend is set at 5% but the call has support from local farmer organisations as they could make better yields from sugarcane crops.
Sugarcane mills are currently playing farmers IR2500 (€30) per tonne of sugarcane currently,... [Read More]
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Jan 15, 2014
'Green diesel' made from oils and fats could be used to fuel aircraft, according to new research by Boeing.
The company says green diesel, a renewable fuel used in ground transportation and chemically different to biodiesel, could provide a significant new source of sustainable aviation biofuel that emits at least 50% less carbon dioxide than fossil fuel over its lifecycle.
Working... [Read More]
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Jan 15, 2014
Finnish Customs has levied a penalty payment of around €44 million ($59.9 million) to Neste Oil over the alleged missing of Finnish biofuel mandate requirements in 2009 and 2010.
The legislation requires companies distributing liquid fuels to provide the appropriate energy content specified for biofuels in any fuel supplied to customers. The legislation in question... [Read More]
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Jan 15, 2014
China New Energy (CNE) has been awarded a contract by Jilin-based New Tian Long Alcohol (NTLA) to provide technology and services for a new second generation biorefinery.
The multi-phase contract, with phase one expected to last two years, is said to be worth CNY10 million (€1.2 million). The biorefinery is expected to have a capacity of 50,000 tonnes a year.
Phase... [Read More]
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Jan 16, 2014
Deinove, a France-based company which designs and develops new industrial production processes based on the exploitation of Deinococcus bacteria, has produced 9% ethanol via its process.
The company believes this landmark shows its bacterial process is suitable for converting this type of biomass-to-biofuel and should offer industrial production costs fall in line with... [Read More]
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