Volume 12, Issue 5
Published: September 5, 2018
Focus on US Biodiesel
Biodiesel goes high tech to target energy and environment influencers, by Kaleb Little, director of Communications at the National Biodiesel Board....
Focus on US Ethanol
A sleeping giant for US ethanol exports? By Craig Willis, senior vice president of Global Markets at Growth Energy...
Focus on European Ethanol
A long-term vision needs immediate results. How the EU can get a head-start on its emissions reduction roadmap, by Emmanuel Desplechin, secretary general of ePURE. ...
Harsh realities - US biodiesel market analysis
When considering profitability, it's been a good year so far for US biodiesel producers able to beneift from plunging feedstock costs and a revved up US economy with strong growth in manufacturing and...
Supply and demand
June's late-night RED II deliberations have set the framework for a not-so-gradual shift from crop-based biofuels to wastes and technologically advanced fuels in Europe. Where politicians have led, the...
A region on the rise?
The rising status of biofuels across Asia is encouraging for producers around the world who view the region as a prime market for expanded consumption, driven forward by the desire by many countries to...
E10 in the UK
A few weeks ago the UK’s Department for Transport (DfT) issued a call for evidence on the potential introduction of E10 and the issue of ‘consumer protection’ for those cars deemed ‘incompatible’...
Hitting the standards
Argent Energy is the UK’s ‘leading’ supplier of biodiesel, taking waste fats – such as used cooking oils, tallow and sewer grease – and turning them into high quality biofuel...
A $500 million problem flying under the radar
Ethanol production in the United States has increased steadily over the last five years as plants have invested in new equipment and technologies. However, in four out of the last five summers, this steady...
Keeping out the cold air
Kiln and dryer seals are among themost importantcomponentsof an efficient bulk material manufacturing or drying process. Cold air infiltration into the dryer area not only drives up energy costs, but can:...
Getting the most from DDG's
Rayeman Elements has long been involved in developing technology and equipment for bulk densifying dried distiller’s grains (DDGs) alongside a range of other materials ‘from feed to bioenergy...
Biodiesel Flow Improver (BDFI) technology
It is widely known tha tbiodiesel properties are entwined with the origin of their fatty acids, which are trans-esterified to produce Fatty Acid Methyl Esters(FAMEs). The composition of FAMEs produced...