biodiesel company News
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Greasezilla Announces Plans to Launch Hub-and-Spoke Regional Systems for Biodiesel Manufacturers in 2021
Downey Ridge Environmental Company, developer of Greasezilla™ announces it is in the final planning stages with several biodiesel manufacturers across New England, the Southwest and the West Coast to deploy hub-and-spoke model systems in the United States over the next 12 to 18 months. The network of Greasezilla systems will generate a low-cost, high-quality feedstock for biodiesel ...
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Canadian Bioeconomy Conference announces 2014 agenda
The Canadian Bioeconomy Conference taking place Dec. 1-3, 2014 in Toronto, Ontario, announced its preliminary agenda this week. This is the 11th annual conference from the Canadian Renewable Fuels Association (CRFA) and is expanding in focus to include comprehensive program tracks on both renewable fuels and the emerging bioeconomy. Program topics and speakers include: Fair Market Value for ...
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Immobilized Enzyme Technology Enters Commercial Stage
EnzymoCore entered the biofuel arena with its new, game-changing technology and IP-protected technology related to preparation of immobilized enzymes, or biocatalysts, for production of biodiesel. The company offers an advanced enzymatic technology platform to assist biodiesel companies in fueling the world by producing ASTM and EN biodiesel from any grade of feedstocks with free fatty acid (FFA) ...
By EnzymoCore
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Safeway converts US trucking fleet to biodiesel
Safeway Inc. announced Friday that it has converted its entire U.S. truck fleet to cleaner-burning biodiesel fuel. The company will use B20, a blend of 20 percent biodiesel and 80 percent diesel, in its fleet of more than 1,000 trucks. Biodiesel is made from renewable resources such as fats and vegetable oils. Blends of up to 20 percent can be used in any diesel engine with no need for ...
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Ecofasa turns waste to biodiesel using bacteria
A group of Spanish developers working for a company called Ecofasa just announced a new biofuel made up from trash. This isn't a biodiesel made from used frying oil; instead, it's made from general urban waste which is treated by bacteria. The result of that bacteria? Fatty acids that can be used to produce standard biodiesel. According to the company's CEO, the process is fully biologic, ...
By Ecofa
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Piedmont Biofuels is Certified by SCS Global Services Under the Prestigious Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels Program
Piedmont Biofuels of Pittsboro, North Carolina has been certified under the internationally recognized Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels (RSB) Program following a third-party assessment conducted by SCS Global Services (SCS). Piedmont Biofuels collects used cooking oil from restaurants in the Research Triangle Park area and uses it to produce biodiesel that it sells locally through seven ...
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ADB to promote clean energy with US$100m investment
Using up to $100 million in seed capital, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is helping establish five private sector funds with a total target investment of up to $1.2 billion in clean energy projects in Asia. “ADB believes the success of these funds will help demonstrate the credibility of private equity in the emerging clean energy sector in developing Asia, and mobilize capital to support other ...
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Biodiesel Fuel Company Owner Pleads Guilty to Fraud and Clean Air Act Crimes Connected to Renewable Fuels Scheme
Philip Joseph Rivkin, a.k.a. Felipe Poitan Arriaga, 50, today pleaded guilty to a Clean Air Act false statement and mail fraud as part of his role in a scheme to defraud EPA by falsely representing that he was producing millions of gallons of biodiesel fuel. According to the terms of the plea agreement, Rivkin faces more than 10 years in prison and will be responsible for $51 million in ...
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Petrotec ramps up biodiesel production
Petrotec AG, manufacturer of sustainable and CO2-neutral biodiesel using as a feedstock used cooking oil, is restarting biodiesel production at the beginning of January 2008 following the temporary production stop. All 25 staff members at the production facilities in Südlohn-Oeding and Emden, Germany, for whom the company filed for short-time at the end of October 2007, will go back to regular ...
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Mission Expected to Benefit from Official Launch of Biodiesel Mandate in Malaysia
Mission NewEnergy Limited (Nasdaq:MNEL) (ASX:MBT), is pleased to announce that yesterday, the Malaysian government officially launched the much-awaited B5 PALM OIL BIODIESEL blending mandate. “Mission has the largest biodiesel capacity in Malaysia and is well-poised to supply the B5 requirements,” said Nathan Mahalingam, Group CEO of Mission NewEnergy Limited, adding “We are ...
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Largest U.S. Biodiesel Plant Breaks Ground in Indiana
CLAYPOOL, Indiana, August 23, 2007 (ENS) - Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels hosted a groundbreaking Tuesday for what will be the largest biodiesel refinery in the United States and one of the largest in the world. A crowd of close to 2,000 people attended the event. The $150 million Louis Dreyfus Soybean Processing and Biodiesel Plant to be constructed just southwest of Claypool in north-central ...
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ADM to Construct Biodiesel Facility in Joaçaba, Brazil
Facility will significantly increase company’s biodiesel capacity in Brazil DECATUR, Ill. - Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE: ADM) today announced that it will construct a second biodiesel plant in Brazil. The facility, to be built in Joaçaba, Santa Catarina, will be adjacent to existing ADM soybean crushing and refining facilities. With an annual biodiesel production capacity ...
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“Most sustainable building in London” to use 25% recycled biodiesel
A building termed the “most sustainable in London” plans to provide a quarter of its power from recycled biodiesel. The PricewaterhouseCoopers More London building, near Tower Bridge, will use biodiesel powered ‘tri-generators’ to generate 25% of the electricity, heating and cooling requirements for the 48,000m2 office. The generators will require 45,000 litres of B100 recycled biodiesel a ...
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Flo-Corp advanced process technology installed at smart fuels biodiesel refinery in Florida
Flow Line Options Corp.(Flo-Corp), a leading manufacturer and supplier of flow and level instrumentation, has announced it has supplied Smart Fuels LLC (Smart Fuels), an alternative energy company, with a range of process measurement and control solutions that will be used to run Smart Fuels' new biodiesel facility in Fruitland Park, Florida. The refinery is expected to be operational by 2010 and ...
By FLO-CORP
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Neste Oil and Stora Enso to end their biodiesel project and continue cooperation on other bio products
Neste Oil CorporationPress Release17 August 2012 at 4.30 pm (EET)Neste Oil and Stora Enso to end their biodiesel project and continue cooperation on other bio productsNeste Oil and Stora Enso have decided not to progress with their plans to build a biodiesel plant, for which the two companies had applied for funding under the EU's NER 300 program. The European Commission recently published a ...
By Neste
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Algae Oil to Biodiesel: A Practical Application
Within the All-Gas Project of Europe’s 7th Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development, BDI-BioEnergy International demonstrates algae oil extraction, characterization and conversion to biodiesel using its RepCat process. The usage of algae oil as a feedstock for renewable fuel is present in the literature, but less information is available when it comes to ...
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Linde refuels fuel-cell cars at HANNOVER MESSE trade show with TÜV-certified green hydrogen
/www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> Linde AG / Linde refuels fuel-cell cars at HANNOVER MESSE trade show with TÜV-certified green hydrogen . Processed and transmitted by Thomson Reuters ONE. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. Munich, 23 April 2012 - The technology group The Linde Group has reached another milestone in its journey to produce hydrogen from ...
By Linde Group
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ADM to Build Biodiesel Plant in Lloydminster, Canada
Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE: ADM) today announced that it will build a 265 million liter (70 million gallon) biodiesel plant in Lloydminster, Alberta, Canada, which will increase ADM’s North American biodiesel production capacity by 50 percent. The biodiesel plant will be located adjacent to the company’s existing canola crushing facility in ...
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Announcing Bioheat Northeast Conference Agenda and Program
Pittsburgh in the fall. That's where you need to be to get the latest information on biodiesel-blended heating oil, the most promising residential heating alternative on the market. The oilheat industry has latched onto biodiesel as THE No. 1 green path forward for its industry. In order for this to happen -- and in order for the oilheat industry to outperform natural gas on performance and ...
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Top 10 biofuels predictions for 2011
10. USDA Loan Guarantees Well, this one is a little like shooting fish in a barrel, because we expect this to be announced almost immediately, and close by the first quarter. We expect up to four loan guarantees – USDA originally wanted six by January 1, 2011 – to close in the first quarter, before the US Congress can swipe the money away from the program. We expect to see a lot of ...
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