Biodiesel World News

Brazil House approves increasing biodiesel mandate to 10 percent Brazil's House of Representatives approved a proposal March 3 to increase the mandatory percentage of biodiesel required in diesel fuel by 1 percent a year, from 7 percent to 10 percent in three years. President Rousseff's signature is expected. READ MORE SHARE
Rivkin sentenced to 10 years in prison for biodiesel RIN fraud Phil Rivkin was sentenced March 7 in Houston to 121 months in prison, three years of supervised release and to pay more than $87 million in restitution and was ordered to forfeit $51 million for generating fraudulent biodiesel RIN credits. READ MORE SHARE
	Low-priced Polish biodiesel exports under European scrutiny The European Biodiesel Board recently alerted EU and state authorities on important and increasing trade distortions of the EU internal biodiesel market created by biodiesel products exported from Poland at what EBB calls unfair, low price levels. READ MORE SHARE
Review: The 2016 California Biodiesel Conference in Sacramento The 2016 California Biodiesel Conference, held Feb. 24 in Sacramento, presented a range of detailed policy and technical information first put into context by Jennifer Case, chair of the California Biodiesel Alliance, in a powerful opening address. READ MORE SHARE
Renewable Energy Group reports Q4, full-year 2015 financials For the fourth quarter of 2015, revenue was $387.8 million on 99 million gallons sold with adjusted EBITDA of $21.6 million. For the full year 2015, revenue was $1.4 billion on 375 million gallons sold with adjusted EBITDA of $50.2 million. READ MORE SHARE
BDI subsidiary reopens expanded distillation research center UIC GmbH, a subsidiary of biodiesel technology provider BDI-BioEnergy International AG, has just reopened its expanded and modernized research center near Frankfurt, Germany, in Alzenau. Its focus will be on the short path distillation range. READ MORE SHARE
New report available for on-farm biodiesel production in Vermont A new report, On-Farm Biodiesel Production in Vermont: Legal and Regulatory Overview, conducted by the Institute for Energy and the Environment at Vermont Law School reviews in-state and federal regulations related to on-farm biodiesel production. READ MORE SHARE
White Mountain Biodiesel undergoes massive plant expansion White Mountain Biodiesel is undergoing a major expansion at its biodiesel production facility in North Haverhill, New Hampshire. The two-year project will increase production capacity of White Mountain Biodiesel from 3 MMgy to more than 16 MMgy. READ MORE SHARE
Renewable diesel maker Neste unites with YouTube star Prince Ea Prince Ea is going to join Neste's forward-looking Pre-order the Future project, which has been in planning for more than a year and will research how renewable materials can be used to build new kinds of innovative products for future generations. READ MORE SHARE
Loyola University Chicago hosts free biodiesel workshop March 19 LUC is holding a free biodiesel workshop Saturday, March 19. The workshop aims to bring together the leaders of biodiesel efforts on college campuses to discuss best practices, lessons learned from established programs, share resources and network. READ MORE SHARE