Biodiesel World News

REG Q1 report 'reflects challenging market conditions,' Oh says Renewable Energy Group Inc.'s Q1 revenues were $230.9 million. REG sold 26.6 percent more gallons of biomass-based diesel compared to Q1 2014, while revenues were up by 5.4 percent. Adjusted EBITDA was -$30.2 million, down considerably from Q1 2014. READ MORE SHARE
Neste Oil reports more renewable diesel capacity in Q1 results Renewable diesel producer Neste Oil released financial results for the first quarter of 2015, reporting that a strong refining environment, favorable currency rates, and good internal performance made for an excellent first quarter. READ MORE SHARE
	3 brothers plead guilty to $145 million e-Biofuels RIN fraud scam Chad Ducey, 39, of Fishers, Indiana, pleaded guilty April 28 for his role in a multistate scheme to defraud biodiesel buyers and U.S. taxpayers by fraudulently selling biodiesel incentives. His two brothers, Chris and Craig, pleaded guilty last week. READ MORE SHARE
Aemetis launches India Biodiesel Manufacturers Association The group was launched as an eight-member association with a focus on expanding the biodiesel market in India, decreasing air pollution and reducing India's dependence on foreign oil. It will work to remove regulatory hurdles and educate consumers. READ MORE SHARE
Algae.Tec delivers PBR to Reliance's Jamnagar oil refinery Algae.Tec announced May 5 that is has shipped its first algae photobioreactor to Jamnagar province in India as part of its contract with Reliance Industries to build an 84-gallon-per-day pilot plant at the world's largest oil refinery. READ MORE SHARE
Parliament votes to approve EU biofuels cap, provides closure The European Parliament voted April 28 to approve the 7 percent cap on first-generation biofuels, providing a degree of closure to the long-debated measure. European biofuel trade associations now want talks to focus on post-2020 policy. READ MORE SHARE
EPA opens comment period on carinata oil GHG analysis The U.S. EPA is accepting comments on its analysis of the greenhouse gas emissions attributed to the production and transport of Brassica carinata oil feedstock for the use in making biofuels, such as biodiesel, renewable diesel and jet fuel. READ MORE SHARE
Biodiesel wholesaler Amerigreen celebrates 10-year anniversary Lancaster, Pennsylvania-based Amerigreen Energy Inc., a domestic fuel and biodiesel wholesaler, is celebrating 10 years in business, and as the company has matured, it's had to change with the times. But Amerigreen has never wavered from its roots. READ MORE SHARE
San Francisco gets new biodiesel-electric bus; many more to come The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency has taken delivery of its first New Flyer Industries electric trolley and biodiesel-electric hybrid buses. SFMTA has purchased 61 new biodiesel-electric hybrid buses, but it may procure up to 163. READ MORE SHARE
Mississauga biodiesel equipment shipped to Havelock, Ontario Methes received a second payment for the sale of its Denami 600 biodiesel processor, removed and shipped from its Mississauga plant to its client Drain Bros. in Havelock, Ontario, and the company's first PP-MEC pretreatment system installation. READ MORE SHARE