Algae.Tec has signed a deal with Australia's largest power company, Macquarie Generation, to site an algae carbon capture and biofuels production facility alongside its 2,640 mW coal-fired power station in the Hunter Valley near Sydney.
Australian Renewable Fuels has recommenced exportation of biodiesel. The company's first shipment of approximately 1.5 million gallons of biodiesel is now en route to the U.S., to be followed by another shipment of 1.32 million gallons in August.
US EPA approves EcoEngineers, Genscape importer RIN QAPs
By Ron Kotrba
June 21, 2013
The QAP program as outlined in the EPA's NPRM was written to cover only domestic production, but now RINs generated by importers on foreign production and RINs generated by foreign companies are covered by EcoEngineers' and Genscape's QAP programs.
Australian Resources and Energy Minister Gary Gray unveiled the first algae-based crude oil produced by Muradel Pty Ltd. The pilot volumes were produced as part of a USD$9.84 million project supported by a USD$4.05 million investment from AREA.
Preview: the July/August issue of Biodiesel Magazine
By Ron Kotrba
June 19, 2013
What's in store for the next print edition
Aurora Algae expands patent portfolio with latest USPTO allowance
By Aurora Algae
June 19, 2013
Aurora Algae received a notice of allowance from the USPTO for U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 12/480,635, entitled, "VCP-Based Vectors for Algal Cell Transformation." This makes 12 patent applications either issued or allowed and 30 more pending.
Energy crop company SG Biofuels has identified rust-resistant hybrids of jatropha through its global network of field trials. Identification of the trait provides a critical defensive attribute to ensure plant health and yield preservation.
Dutch company FirmTec will deliver a biodiesel plant capable of producing 100 percent green product. The client is the Indonesian company Waterland and the biodiesel will be produced with the aid of enzymes and ethanol, using camelina oil.
The agreement is contingent on Cellana's future production capacity and on compliance with future biofuel legislation in the EU and U.S., among other things. Cellana expects to be able to produce algae oil on a commercial scale by late 2015.
Syntroleum Corp. filed suit against Neste Oil Singapore Pte Ltd. with the High Court of Singapore asserting its Singapore Patent No. 169053 issued May 31 entitled "Hydrocracking Process for Biological Feedstocks and Hydrocarbons Produced Therefrom."
In May, Faridabad, India-based IndianOil announced it has successfully demonstrated coprocessing jatropha oil with petroleum crude in existing diesel hydrotreating units at the Chennai Petroleum Corp. Ltd. refinery in Manali, Himachal Pradesh, India.
The latest in US biodiesel imports, what to expect this summer, and why the domestic industry can grow in spite of more imports
U.S. imports of biomass-based diesel skyrocketed at the end of the first quarter as the nation imported more than eight times the volume in March over February, according to new EIA data. Gross U.S. imports jumped to 17.3 million gallons in March.
According to Regulation 490/2013, provisional dumping margins on various Argentine biodiesel exporters range from 6.8 to 10.6 percent. For Indonesian biodiesel exporters, the provisional dumping margins range from zero to 9.6 percent.
Benefuel and FHR have an exclusive agreement to develop and operate U.S.-based biodiesel projects. The joint venture, named Duonix LLC, is actively developing the first project, which is a retrofit of the 50 MMgy facility in Beatrice, Neb.
Lignol announced it has provided a $510,000 loan to Australia-based Territory Biofuels in exchange for receiving 2.5 million stock options, making Lignol the majority shareholder of TBF on a fully diluted basis with a 51.9 percent shareholding.
The 2013 Award recipient is B.L.A. Prabhavathi Devi from the Centre for Lipid Research at CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, India. The researchers developed glycerol-based catalysts to replace traditional chemicals.
Lignol Energy Corp. announced that the convertible notes held by the company and issued by Territory Biofuels Ltd. have been converted into a 40 percent fully diluted equity stake in TBF. Lignol Energy is now the largest shareholder in TBF.
A subsidiary of Felda Global Ventures Holdings Berhad signed a purchase agreement to buy a 30 MMgy biodiesel plant owned by Mission Biotechnologies, a subsidiary of Mission NewEnergy Ltd., for $11.5 million. The plant is on Malaysia's East Coast.
EU welcomes registration of Argentine, Indonesian imports
By The European Biodiesel Board
April 15, 2013
The EC published a regulation making Argentine and Indonesian biodiesel imports subject to registration in frame of an antisubsidy complaint. This decision supports arguments drawn by the EU biodiesel industry that DETs distort international trade.
Report says global biofuel production to hit 62B gallons by 2023
By Navigant Research
April 08, 2013
Today, obligatory and voluntary ethanol and biodiesel blending mandates are set in more than 40 countries. At the same time, supply-oriented policies (e.g., RFS in U.S., RED in EU) call for rapid acceleration in the production of advanced biofuels.
SCS Global Services will now conduct audits under the International Sustainability & Carbon Certification program, which will allow biofuel producers in Southeast Asia to meet the requirements for export into the European Union under the EU RED.
SG Biofuels has identified more than 2 million individual genetic markers in its jatropha germplasm, confirming the energy crop has a genetic density comparable to corn and other domesticated crops, validating improvements through molecular breeding.
Lignol Energy Corp. has invested approximately $2.6 million to acquire approximately 356 million shares of Australian Renewable Fuels Ltd. ARW is the largest biodiesel producer in Australia owning three plants with total capacity of nearly 40 MMgy.
Algae.Tec advised that a memorandum of understanding (MOU) has been formed with EPC contractor WorleyParsons. The MOU establishes the framework by which WorleyParsons can support Algae.Tec in the future development of its global algae projects.
Report: glycerol market expected to reach $2.1 billion in 2018
By Transparency Market Research
March 14, 2013
According to a new market report published by Transparency Market Research, the global demand for glycerol was 1,995.5 kilo tons in 2011 and is expected to reach 3,060.4 kilo tons by 2018, growing at a CAGR of 6.3 percent from 2012 to 2018.
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