Volume 5, Issue 9
Published: November 1, 2011
EU biodiesel production declines in 2011
While 2010EU biodiesel production registered a 5.5% increase compared to the previous year, reaching a level of 9.57 million tonnes, the forecasts for 2011 show a reduction in European production compared...
What a difference a year makes
The US biodiesel industry has come a long way in a year. Domestic production has surged by at least 180% from 2010’s figures, maybe even more. The 2010 production rate tumbled to a four-year low,...
Compliance and enforcement under the RFS
In the wake of the political defeats in the US of various measures to improve energy security and to reduce greenhouse gases (GHGs), the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) has emerged as the primary federal...
BCAP modifications
Two US politicians have introduced a farm bill which will reshape the Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP) for biofuel producers. Senator Dick Lugar and congressman Marlin Stutzman introduced the Rural...
Battling through
Mission New Energyhas two refineries in Malaysia, producing a combined capacity of 350,000 tonnes of biodiesel a year. For now, the company has no plans to expand this – it is focussing instead on...
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