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Volume 4, Issue 8
Published: October 11, 2010
Under investigation
The European Commission has begun investigating the possible illegal entry of US biodiesel from Singapore and Canada to the EU, following a complaint lodged by the European Biodiesel Board (EBB) in June....
Taking a different approach
Singapore may be Asia’s petrochemicals hub, but the same cannot be said for renewable fuels. The government does not offer any subsidies for biofuels, nor does it mandate that a certain amount are blended...
Moving in the wrong direction?
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Biofuel production in southeast Asia has experienced a sudden drop in 2010. High palm oil prices and government failure in several countries to ensure biofuel consumption mandates are met have caused many...
Thai biofuels: feedstocks and opportunities
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The Government of Thailand is committed to developing the country’s biofuels infrastructure and production capacity to serve both the domestic and export markets. Through price mechanism support for...
The same but different
Renewable diesel uses renewable feedstocks, similarly to biodiesel, yet it is produced through traditional fractional distillation rather than transesterification. This means it can use existing infrastructure...
Exceeding expectations
The Brazilian ethanol market had been predicted to face a deficit in 2010/11, notwithstanding a large surgarcane crop, as result of strong demand growth and severely reduced stock levels. In reality demand...
Less is more
The Netherlandsbased BioMCN officially opened its biomethanol production plant in June. The plant has a capacity of 250 million litres of biomethanol, of which most is used for the production of bio-MTBE....
Partnering for success
In June Danish industrial enzymes producer Novozymes and Lignol Energy, a company in the cellulosic ethanol sector, signed an R&D agreement to make biofuel from wood chips and other forestry residues....
Enabling sustainability claims
The Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels (RSB) is an international initiative coordinated by the Energy Center at EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland, that brings together farmers, companies, non-governmental...
Eliminating ethanol emissions
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During the process of ethanol transportation and storage harmful vapours are created as the ethanol evaporates. Approximately 0.1kg/m3 of ethanol is lost between transportation from the factory to the...
Seaweed: a new wave of investment
For more than 100 years, China and Asian nations have grown seaweed also known as macro-algae at a large industrial scale for the production of food, animal feed, pharmaceutical remedies, and cosmetic...