Volume 13, Issue 4
Published: August 12, 2019
Diverse, domestic feedstocks
US biodiesel producers continue to utilise a diverse set of feedstock sources as domestic production grows. Biomass based diesel production in the US is roughly half vegetable oils and half animal fats,...
A case study in ethanol growth abroad
With increased dialogue between Mexico’s fuel retailers and American ethanol experts at Growth Energy, we’re continuing to see momentum grow in Mexico for 10% ethanol (E10) fuel blends. Our...
Going big on biofuels
The recent European Union (EU) elections produced what many hailed as a “green wave”, with voters choosing more candidates who promised to escalate the fight against climate change. As the...
Back to the future
A cascade of summer events has propelled European biodiesel markets on a bull run over the past month, giving the market a flavour of what to expect as demand accelerates potentially past supply heading...
A continent of potential
If you take a few minutes to browse through recent news items on the biofuelsnews.com site you’ll need to stay with it until you get back to 13 March this year to discover the first Africa based...
Scaling bioethanol cooking in emerging markets
Deriving cooking energy from anything other than reticulated gas networks or reliable electricity grids seems alien to many in the West. But infrastructure, capital and technology deficits in many emerging...
Fast-track for sustainable aviation
Nowadays, travelling by air is causing anxiety for an increasing number of people due to its large carbon footprint. Imagine if it was possible to fly without a guilty conscience. Utopian, right? No, not...
The nudge we need
With little-to-no context surrounding what one tonne of carbon means to passengers, it is difficult to convince air travellers to counteract their environmentally damaging behaviour. A general lack of...
Timely testing
This summer marks nine years since the Iowa Central Fuel Testing Laboratory received BQ-9000 certification and began operating as an independent analytical laboratory on the campus of Iowa Central Community...
Improving the cold properties of biodiesel
The diesel fuel standard EN 590 and the biodiesel standard EN 14214 define requirements to ensure a trouble-free use of the fuel. The climatic requirements are defined in the corresponding national annex...
Next-gen processing
In the early days of corn ethanol production, sufficient profit could be made by offering a simple mix of ethanol and distillers dried grains (DDG). This strategy allowed a plant to focus on ethanol yield,...
It's all in the data
The story behind Trucent’s updated programme started with a basic question, says Jennifer Aurandt-Pilgrim, director of technical services. “Our clients were asking us, ‘Why does our corn...
A sustainable feedstock
Biodico’s Russell Teall began exploring jatropha cultivation for biodiesel production in 2000, which led to a biodiesel feasibility study in India funded by the US Agency for International Development...
A recipe for success
Can facility maintenance and environmental compliance improve financial performance? They can if they are performed together to operate as efficiently as possible. The dry mill ethanol industry continues...
EUBCE 2019: a world-class event
On 30 May in Lisbon, Portugal, the 2019 edition of the European Biomass Conference and Exhibition (EUBCE 2019) closed a record event, after four days during which the global biomass community, from politics...
Loading ...
