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Three oil companies meet UK biofuels standardIn its first mid-year report, the United Kingdom's Renewable Fuels Agency said only three companies obligated to report were above all three of the 2008-'09 targets set by the Renewable Transport Fuels Obligation, which has set a target of 30 percent of biofuels meeting environmental sustainability standards.READ MORE Germany's AGQM approves 13 biodiesel stabilizersOn Jan. 13, the Austrian Biofuels Institute released a list of 13 approved stabilizers for biodiesel. The list was prepared by the German biodiesel quality management working group AGQM e.V., which spent the last year evaluating biodiesel additives.READ MORE  Greenline Industries develops esterification processGreenline Industries, a biodiesel process technology provider, is developing a new process to esterify free fatty acids without using acid catalysts, according to the company's Senior Process Engineer Gaurav Shah.READ MORE Two biodiesel projects receive Nebraska fundingThe Nebraska Rural Development Commission has awarded a total of $83,000 in Value-Added Agriculture grants to the Nebraska Renewable Energy Systems in Oakland, Neb., and Springfield, Neb.-based Tighe Biodiesel to further biodiesel-related projects.READ MORE NIST develops faster biodiesel test methodThe National Institute of Standards and Technology has developed a method to accelerate stability testing of biodiesel fuel and identified additives that enhance stability at high temperatures.READ MORE Flometrics to launch biodiesel-powered rocketCarlsbad, Calif.-based Flometrics Inc. plans to launch a biodiesel-powered unmanned rocket from the Mojave Desert in California later this winter. The company recently tested B100 in a RocketDyne LR-101 rocket engine and found the performance of biodiesel to be within 4 percent of RP-1 kerosene rocket fuel.READ MORE Pennsylvania biodiesel mandate to take effectPennsylvania Gov. Edward Rendell announced Jan. 15 that the state has met the first in-state biodiesel production threshold of 40 MMgy. As a result, within one year every gallon of on-road diesel sold in Pennsylvania must contain a minimum of 2 percent biodiesel.READ MORE NBB to hold first-ever public day at conferenceThe National Biodiesel Conference and Expo, which is hosted by the National Biodiesel Board, will be held at the Moscone Center West in San Francisco on Feb. 1-4, and for the first time in the event's history, members of the public can attend part of the conference.READ MORE |
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