Neol Biosolutions, a 50/50 joint venture between the Neuron Bio Group and Repsol, has patented the microorganism Neoleum, which the company says is able to produce oils from waste at a faster rate than oil-bearing seeds such as palm or rape.
The energy yo-yo: When will renewables replace oil & gas?
By Peter Brown
January 30, 2014
We may already be over the tipping point where greenhouse gases (GHG) have so altered the delicate balance in nature that climate changes are irreversible. We, the purveyors of solutions, can but do the best we can with whatever weapons we can build.
Portugal-based biodiesel technology provider Incbio announced it has signed an agreement with Saudi Arabia-based Bio Renewable Energy Factory to supply a 40,000 ton per year (12 MMgy) ultrasonic biodiesel refinery that will use rendered fats.
BF Commodities has announced plans to begin construction on a 1.5 MMgy biodiesel plant in Lugano, Switzerland, in April. The company expects the plant to be operational by June. It will use animal fats and used cooking oil as feedstock.
Simadan Holding is investing $88.6 million in a 45 MMgy biodiesel plant expansion in Amsterdam, bringing its total capacity to 75 MMgy. The investment includes a glycerin distillation plant scaled at 50,000 tons per year of pharma-grade product.
Viesel Fuel, in collaboration with Novozymes and Tactical Fabrication, has developed and implemented a biodiesel production process using enzymes to produce at a rate of 5 MMgy. The company says its process can be easily scaled to larger capacities.
The U.S. imported more than 46 million gallons of biomass-based diesel in October, roughly half of which came from Argentina, according to the latest EIA information
On Dec. 19 the Argentine government announced it has submitted a formal complaint to the World Trade Organization against the definitive antidumping tariffs (24.6 percent) imposed by the European Union on biodiesel exports from Argentina to the EU.
Neste Oil has achieved its long-term target of using only certified palm oil as an input for its renewable diesel production process. The target, established in 2009, was to achieve this by the end of 2015, but its efforts paid off two years early.
BDI-BioEnergy International AG announced that it has completed commissioning of the largest multifeedstock biodiesel plant in France, Estener's 75,000 ton (22.5 MMgy) plant in Le Havre. BDI stated it completed the project on schedule in 11 months.
A new round of no-harm testing for oxidation stabilizers begins at AGQM
Amyris and Total have formed Total Amyris BioSolutions B.V., a 50/50 joint venture that now holds exclusive rights and a license under Amyris' intellectual property to produce and market renewable diesel and jet fuel from Amyris' renewable farnesene.
The German biodiesel quality association, AGQM, and a leading manufacturer of parking heater systems completed a long-term oxidation stability study of biodiesel from rapeseed oil using different additives and storage conditions.
Consulting firm E4tech has published a report that shows biofuels and vehicle efficiency will be essential in helping the European transportation sector reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and meet its decarbonization targets.
U.S. imports of biomass-based diesel in September nearly doubled August volumes, according to the latest figures from the Energy Information Administration. U.S. exports of biomass-based diesel, however, fell significantly in September from August.
German biodiesel exports have rocketed this year. The German Federal Statistical Office puts foreign sales between January and September 2013 at 1.1 million metric tons (330 million gallons), almost 14 percent up on the same period in 2012.
A team of researchers from the University of Southern Denmark along with researchers from Brazil have succeeded in mapping proteins of the bean, but the researchers' work shows altering the bean's structure to get more out of it may not be easy.
Honeywell has been selected by Transport for London to provide its Fusion4 technology to allow biofuels used in London buses to be blended directly at London bus depots, rather than blending at Scottish refineries and transporting blends to London.
As of Nov. 27, the EU will impose definitive antidumping duties on imports of biodiesel from Argentina and Indonesia. The antidumping measures consist of an additional duty of on average 24.6 percent for Argentina and 18.9 percent for Indonesia.
Neste Oil committed itself on Nov. 12 to a Dutch initiative aimed at the deployment of sustainable biofuel in the aviation sector. It's role in the initiative is to explore the production opportunities for aviation biofuel and scaling up production.
Researchers at TU Delft have developed a clever way of finding the fattest and therefore the most suitable examples among all the many species of algae. Their discovery will be published in the scientific journal Energy & Environmental Science.
While U.S. imports of biomass-based diesel in August remained relatively flat from July, exports nearly doubled; and U.S. imports of "other renewable diesel" more than doubled in August over July
Using microwaves and strontium oxide (SrO) catalyst, Bar-llan University (Israel) chemistry professor Aharon Gedanken, also a visiting chair professor at NCKU in Taiwan, said he's developed a process to convert UCO into biodiesel in 10 seconds.
Effective additization of various biodiesel, hydrogenated vegetable oil and mineral diesel blends is critical to optimal fuel performance
Argentina's Foreign Ministry said duties were imposed "without a justified legal and factual basis," and are "clearly protectionist." The duties "leave no option for Argentina than immediate action" under WTO's dispute settlement understanding (DSU).
What's in store for the next print edition
The European Biodiesel Board is pleased about, and discusses its position on, the EU Parliament environment committee's vote this week that stalls the 6 percent cap on conventional biofuels, giving more time to debate the contentious issue of ILUC.
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While the revised WWFC 4 spec allows up to 5 percent conventional fatty acid methyl ester biodiesel, Neste stated that the WWFC 5 specification excludes FAME biodiesel, favoring hydrotreated vegetable oil and biomass-to-liquid blend stocks.
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