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The global biodiesel market is projected to reach a total worth of $41.18 billion (€38.45bn) by 2021, growing at a compound annual growth rate of 3.8%.
A new study by RnR Market Research states biodiesel’s non-toxic and environmentally friendly properties, along with its greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions, will increase its demand in automotive, power generation, marine, railway,…
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Finnish forest industry company UPM has featured on news programme CNN espousing the benefits of using biofuels.
In an Eco Solutions programme entitled ‘The sustainable fuel growing on trees’, UPM Biofuels’ vice president Sari Mannonen discussed the process of making its wood-based diesel fuel – UPM BioVerno diesel.
UPM BioVerno is a local, Finnish diesel fuel. It is…
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Indonesia’s Coordinating Minister of Maritime Affairs, Luhut Binsar Panjaitan, has said the country will reduce imports and promote the use of palm oil usage for biofuels to reduce its dependency on other countries, due to an uncertain global environment.
According to local website netralnews.com, Panjaitan said Indonesia must be read to face changes in a current global situation, following…
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Emily Skor, CEO at Growth Energy, gives her outlook for the year ahead.
2016 was a game-changing year for America’s biofuel industry. From exports to the production of cellulosic biofuels, we set a new pace for success. And for the first time in years, the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced targets for conventional ethanol consumption that meet the goals set forth by Congress…
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Britain is falling behind on its commitments to meet its 2020 renewable energy targets, while the European Union overall remains on track, according to a report by Reuters this morning.
Other nations identified by the Commission as falling behind are Luxembourg and Ireland.
Targets are set by the EU’s Renewable Energy Directive (RED), introduced in 2009. The United Kingdom is expected to…
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Flint Hills Resources (FHR) is making a multimillion dollar investment into its Nebraska ethanol plant to upgrade its co-product processing technology.
FHR will invest more than $50 million (€46.9m) in its Fairmont facility to install a new technology that will produce a high-protein animal and fish feed ingredient from a portion of the plant’s distiller’s grains, a co-product of…
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Figures reveal that FirstGroup, a British transport group, has increased its use of alternative fuels, such as biodiesel, gas, and electric engines.
In its North American businesses, alternative fuel usage increased by almost 3% in the first half of the 2016/17 financial year.
During this period, more than 63 million miles were travelled by vehicles running on biodiesel, gas, or electricity.
The…
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Scott Pruitt, US President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to be the leader of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), says he is committed to biofuels, but remains open for tweaks.
The Oklahoma Attorney General said during his Congressional confirmation hearing on Wednesday that he will honour the Congress’ plan to increase the amount of renewable fuels in petroleum fuels.
Pruitt said…
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The Prince of Wales has urged world leaders that the strategy to address climate change “must be urgently scaled up, and scaled up now”.
In the foreword for a new Ladybird book that he has co-authored on the subject, he said that long-term weather patterns were the greatest threat to the planet.
The Penguin-produced book entitled Climate Change will be published next week.
In…
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Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with corn-based ethanol in the US are about 43% lower than petrol when measured on an energy equivalent basis, a new study finds.
Carried out by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), the study – Life-Cycle Analysis of the Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Corn-Based Ethanol – reviewed how the industry and farm sectors performed over the past…
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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has denied a request from oil refiners to waive some of their advanced biofuels use requirements from 2016.
The denial was published on Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) on website.
The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) programme was signed into law in 2005 and designed to boost a renewable fuel industry annually. It requires oil companies to use…
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US President Donald Trump has selected former Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue to serve as the Secretary of Agriculture.
Perdue previously ran a grains and fertiliser company, and said he was chosen based on his business and governmental experience.
Iowa Renewable Fuels Association (IRFA) executive director Monte Shaw said the group would “obviously” work with Perdue, but he had…
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UK-based Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) has secured funding of £896,000 (€1m) for state of the art equipment to be installed within the industrial biotechnology and biorefinery facilities at Wilton, UK.
The targeted investment of £538K from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) is matched with £358K of UK Catapult funding to stimulate regional economic…
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Europeans overwhelmingly support the use of conventional biofuels made from crops and believe EU policy should encourage it, according to an EU-wide opinion survey released today (23 January, 2017).
More than 69% of Europeans surveyed say conventional biofuels should be encouraged, while just 15% think they should not, according to the EuroPulse poll of 11,283 respondents in 28 EU countries. The…
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Chinese and Cuban firms have teamed up to sign agreements in order to strengthen renewable energy ties.
The agreements were inked at a three-day renewable energy forum, which took place in Cuba. According to Xinhua.com, the form analysed cooperation strategies to expand the development of renewable energy in Cuba.
Both countries are interested in developing the renewable energy industry as it is…
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The closing session of the National Biodiesel Conference & Expo provided an opportunity to celebrate the accomplishments of the past year while also taking a peek at how America’s Advanced Biofuel will fuel the country’s future in 2017 and beyond.
“There were a number of milestones reached in 2016 that will have a significant and very positive impact on the biodiesel…
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