Volume 7, Issue 1
Published: January 21, 2013
US ethanol debate continues in Europe
Despite avoiding the instigation of a tariff on its ethanol imports into Europe, the US still awaits an overall decision on an ‘anti-dumping’ investigation The European Commission (EC)...
Reaping the rewards of the denied US tax bill
Biofuel production is set to benefit as US steers itself away from the ‘fiscal cliff’ The much talked about bill has now been passed by the US House of Representatives to stop a set...
No Udall-ying on military biofuels future
The US military will be able to use sustainably sourced fuel thanks to positive vote taken by the Senate The US senate has voted to repeal certain language being included in section 313 of the annual...
New additives combat SCC
According to the API research report API TR 939-D, stress corrosion cracking (SCC) of steel in contact with fuel ethanol has been observed in user terminals, specifically storage tanks and loading/unloading...
Insulating for the future
With the ability to slash CO2 emissions by nearly 50Mt a year, efficient storage tank insulations are proving popular with tank operators who have their eye on the prize How can tank operators reduce...
Sustainable storage
Vopak, Decal and Tepsa are leading the way in certifying their terminal operations to help customers prove sustainability criteria Spanish terminals Decal and Tepsa obtained International Sustainability...
All change for 2013
The unexpected return of the biodiesel tax subsidy has had reverberating market implications Late last year biodiesel production was expected to be sluggish in early 2013. Now, there are some saying...
Double counting - nothing but a headache?
Within the EU Renewable Energy Directive 2009/28/ EC (RED) the use of waste and residues is supported as a favourable alternative to traditional commodities-based feedstocks. In order to foster the use...
The 5% equation
James Barrett takes a look at how Europe is reacting to the reduced first generation ethanol proposal brought to the table by the European Commission late last year As we all enter a new year, a...
Taking an optimistic view
AlcoBioFuels’ Benoit Verbruggen talks to James Barrett about his views on the facility’s future and current renewable energy proposals There have been some interesting developments at...
Overcoming those important funding hurdles
What are the steps needed to secure funding? What is the role of government incentives and programmes in arranging financing? Our experts explain... In 1974, US President Richard Nixon announced...
Making biofuels a less risky business
Loren Padelford, general manager of Active Risk discusses how managing risk at an enterprise level and creating a risk management culture will enable organisations to take smarter risks, drive efficiency...
In or out of the public eye?
Advanced biofuels firms that have remained privately held and raised venture capital funds in the third quarter, are quietly building momentum. Meanwhile, their colleagues who chose the IPO route are hitting...
A generation of change
The timing couldn’t have been better for last year’s Biofuels International Conference in Antwerp, which took place in November, just after the European Commission released its much talked...
Keeping it renewable
BioMCN’s Eelco Dekker gives his views on how 2013 may pan out for the biomethanol sector BioMCN, the Netherlandsbased biomethenol producer, believes 2013 will be an interesting year for the...
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