Vion Ingredients was formed in 1930 and is headquartered in the Netherlands. The firm, which Darling Int'l intends to acquire, employs approximately 5,700 people with revenues of approximately $2.17 billion, and $272 million in EBITDA for FY2012.
Austrian biodiesel process technology firm BDI-BioEnergy International AG signed a deal with Biom d.o.o for construction of what BDI states is the first multifeedstock biodiesel plant in Croatia. The contract is for more than $27 million.
The newly proposed levels for definitive antidumping duties are $292-$340 per ton of Argentine biodiesel, and $163-$245 per ton of Indonesian biodiesel. The European Biodiesel Board says they should be even greater to cover the full dumping margin.
U.S. imports of biomass-based diesel fall by more than half in July over June
Starting with RME composed largely of oleic, linoleic and linolenic acid, the catalyst-assisted metathesis reaction with 1-hexene as further reagent led to a variation of the chain lengths, which significantly influenced the fuel's boiling curve.
Austria-based BDI-BioEnergy International AG has been commissioned to perform two retrofit applications at existing biodiesel plants, one in the U.S. (Atlanta) and the other in the U.K. The value of the jobs is estimated at more than $540,000.
A chemical engineering research group in Bilbao, Spain, is working on a project that seeks to encourage the use of acetal-blended biodiesel in order to improve the fuel's properties. The idea is to produce acetals more easily and cheaply.
The Deutz Agripower engines of the series TCD 7.8 L6, TCD 6.1 L6 and TCD 4.1 L4 can be approved for operation with biodiesel as a pure fuel. This is the result of the project successfully completed by Deutz AG, funded by Germany's UFOP.
TNO and algae cultivator "Algae Food and Fuel" will be building a mobile algae biorefinery for use in a large number of spots where algae can be cultivated. The start-up phase is expected to be completed after the first quarter of 2014.
The EU plenary vote and a very vocal European Biodiesel Board in the days prior to the event
The indecisive results from today's EU Parliament plenary vote show that doubt persists in using a rather young discipline for policymaking, said the EBB. Europe can't afford to threaten nearly 220,000 jobs based on simplistic ILUC assumptions.
Portuguese biodiesel technology provider Incbio announced it has signed a contract with Biokast Energy S.A. to supply an 8,000 metric ton per year (2.4 MMgy) ultrasonic biodiesel plant for installation in Tunis, Tunisia, a small North African nation.
SkyNRG, the Amsterdam-based global market maker in sustainable fuels, has reached an agreement with Schiphol Airport, also in Amsterdam, to supply its ground transportation vehicles with a 30 percent sustainable waste-based diesel.
After the European Commission declared it would not pursue provisional antisubsidy duties against Argentine and Indonesian biodiesel, the European Biodiesel Board expressed strong concern that imports will continue to hamper EU biodiesel producers.
Neste Oil Corp. and Raisioagro have launched a research project to investigate the potential of straw as a raw material for producing renewable diesel. The project will study the harvesting chain and storability of straw for use year-round.
U.S. imports of biomass-based diesel and "other renewable diesel" surged to new highs in June, according to the latest EIA data
Together, R.C. Costello & Associates Inc. and Zeton Inc. will provide a customized "end-to-end" solution from feasibility studies, process simulation, front end engineering through detailed design, procurement, fabrication and factory testing.
With high U.K. diesel prices, biodiesel at around 30p a liter is a very attractive alternative. Odyssey's fish restaurant in Eastbourne uses Green Fuels' FuelPod processor and makes 20,000 miles worth of deliveries a year on biodiesel from its WVO.
The International Institute for Sustainable Development has corrected a big error it made in an April report regarding how much money the EU biofuel sector receives in excise tax exemptions from member states. The error was 3.76 billion euros.
New GRFA map shows 62 countries have biofuel-friendly policies
By The Global Renewable Fuels Alliance
August 22, 2013
According to the Global Renewable Fuels Alliance, 62 countries now have biofuels-friendly policies in place that have driven global demand. Governments in every corner of the world, from Australia to Zimbabwe, have embraced biofuels.
Researchers at the University of Tennessee developed thin-film sensors with high sensitivity toward biodiesel contamination in jet fuel. Small strips of these sensors have been tested to detect the trace FAME contaminant as low as 0.5 ppm.
BDI-BioEnergy International AG has achieved the planned turnaround in spite of the difficult market conditions: in the first half of 2013, sales were increased and positive earnings were generated. Sales in the first six months were $22 million.
BDI-BioEnergy Int'l signed a contract with existing customer Stocks del valles in Spain to upgrade the 9.3 MMgy plant to process multiple, lower-grade feedstocks. A new pre-esterification unit will be installed to help accomplish the retrofit.
The EU-backed All-gas project, launched in May 2011 and dubbed the world's largest project to convert algae into clean energy using wastewater, has successfully grown its first crop of algae biomass at its site in Chiclana, Southern Spain.
Biodiesel exports were up significantly in May as the U.S. shipped out 23.3 million gallons, more than tripling March export volumes and up nearly 8 million gallons from April's export volume. Imports grew to 16 million from April's 13 million.
Neste Oil is now using distillers corn oil, a nonfood byproduct generated from ethanol production, as a new feedstock for its NExBTL renewable diesel. After good results from springtime trials, it's using DCO commercially with supplies from the U.S.
Between 2011-'12, biofuel consumption grew only 2.9 percent, compared to the previous year's growth of 5.3 percent. Reasons given by EurObserv'ER's annual Biofuels Barometer include economic crisis and a pending EU biofuels cap and ILUC inclusion.
John Swire & Sons (Green Investments) Ltd. has acquired Scottish biodiesel producer Argent Energy for an undisclosed sum. The plant uses BDI-BioEnergy International technology to convert used cooking oil, tallow and sewer grease to biodiesel.
After years in the works, Enerfuel S.A.'s 25,000 ton (7.5 MMgy) multifeedstock biodiesel plant in Sines, Portugal, has officially begun production. Enerfuel first commissioned BDI-BioEnergy International AG in 2006, but halted the project in 2008.
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