Volume 6, Issue 3
Published: April 5, 2012
US biodiesel producers eye more demand with low sulphur rules
Recently released data shows biodiesel producers in the US throttled back output during the first two months of 2012 after record monthly production reported for December 2011. The production decline follows...
The debate over planned tax increase on biofuels
The UK’s budget announcement on 21 March saw the Chancellor remaining firm on his decision to increase the tax on used cooking biodiesel. The government policy came in as of 1 April 2012, and increases...
AEC asks US senate to extend ethanol tax provisions
US senators are being urged to extend key cellulosic ethanol tax provisions which are due to expire at the end of this year. The Advanced Ethanol Council (AEC) wrote a letter to the Senate Finance Subcommittee...
Vivergo plant imminent
Vivergo Fuels is in the final stages of opening the largest bioethanol production facility in Hull, UK as part of a joint venture with BP, AB Sugar and DuPont. The plant will produce 420 million litres...
A major future in biofuel
Oil majors are increasing investments into biofuels as conventional fuel becomes scarcer and the price of oil rises. In a recent report by Pike Research, Shell and BP were named as the two oil companies...
Lack of policy sees South Africa brewing less biofuels
The South African government released its Biofuels Industrial Strategy in December 2007. It aims for 2% of final liquid fuels consumption by 2013 which accounts to about 400 million litres. The strategy...
Zimbabwe gets a green fuel injection
Green Fuels’ ethanol project is the single largest investment to happen in Zimbabwe outside mining in the past five years. Green Fuel is also said to be the first large scale ethanol producing factory...
Cellulosic ethanol becoming a reality
Biological routes to ethanol depend on fermenting sugar solution, with yeast or other microorganisms, then distilling the ‘beer’ to separate the ethanol. Until now the sugar has come from cane...
Everyoneâ
After the dramatic events of some years ago, Sierra Leone has now become a democracy. Nevertheless, it remains one of the poorest countries in the world. The development of agriculture and related industries...
A balanced approach
The successful implementation of RFS2, while marketdriven and therefore not necessarily bankable, has allowed many shuttered facilities to restart production. In 2011, before the FET credit expiration,...
Feedstock flexibility
It was only a few years ago when a large surplus of quality biodiesel feedstock was available, the political support of biodiesel was unwavering, and demand was at an all time high to find something cheaper...
Extracting oil from future feedstocks
Before biodiesel is ready for blending, the feedstock must be pressed and the oil extracted, and prior to this some cleaning, de-hulling and pulverisation may occur. Firstly, the seeds are sent for cleaning...
Cleaning up
Ethanol production in 2011 neared 14 billion gallons, according to the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA). This is an increase of 717 million gallons compared to 2010’s production figures. With this...
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