biofuel blending News
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GE powers green hornet fighter in biofuel flight
The Boeing F/A-18 “Green Hornet” flew its initial biofuel-powered flight on Earth Day - April 22 — the first Naval fighter to be powered by a biofuel ...
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3,000 black cabs switch to biofuel blend
London's biggest black cab company is fuelling its fleet on a blend of diesel and biofuels. Radio Taxis Group Ltd, which operates a fleet of 3,000 cabs across the capital, had previously committed to making every fare-paying journey carbon neutral by buying offsets. But today, the company took its efforts to reduce its carbon footprint further by pledging to run its vehicles on a 30% ...
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Neste responds to EC proposal on revised renewable energy directive
On November 30, 2016, Neste, a member of the Biobased and Renewable Products Advocacy Group (BRAG), released a statement in response to the publication of the European Commission’s (EC) proposal on the revised Renewable Energy Directive (Directive) for 2021 to 2030. The aim of the Directive is to raise renewable energy usage in Europe to 27 percent by 2030. In the revised Directive, the ...
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Ensuring Accurate, On-Site Biofuels Blend Measurements in Under One Minute
Globally, governments are putting more emphasis on sustainable energy sources and are creating energy policies that promote the production and use of biofuels. With the Renewable Fuels Standard-2 (RFS-2), the US set biofuels blending volumes to 12.95 billion gallons for 2010 increasing to 36 billion gallons by 2022. With similar mandates or guidelines coming from other countries, the need to ...
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EU Council formally approves new biofuel rules
EU Ministers have today officially rubber-stamped new rules to address indirect land use change (ILUC) impacts associated with biofuels. The new rules, which have been discussed by the EU institutions for 3 years, must now be transposed and implemented quickly to ensure Europe meets its climate and energy targets for transport, says the European renewable ethanol association (ePURE). Background ...
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Assuring accurate biofuel blend measurements with portable mid-IR analyzers
With the public image vacillating between food versus fuel issues and the environmental advantage of biofuels, it is important to keep quality blend standards high in order to further biofuels acceptance. Analytical testing equipment is essential to this goal. Portable mid-infrared analyzers, such as the InfraCal Analyzers from Wilks Enterprise, Inc., offer a quick analytical method to assess the ...
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Easy, on-site percent biodiesel in diesel measurements
Wilks Enterprise has introduced a portable infrared analyzer for measuring the biodiesel blend ratio. Since tax incentives and government regulations are often based on % biofuel, it is important to have an accurate measurement system. The InfraCal Filtometer is rugged, compact, portable and easy to use by non-technical personnel. It gives a direct readout in % biodiesel allowing the user the ...
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Biofuel labeling often inaccurate, new study claims
Biofuel blends may not always be what the label claims. A study at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution found that many smaller distributors could be 'splash blending.' While sampling blended biodiesel fuels purchased from small-scale retailers, researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution found that many of the blends do not contain the advertised amount of biofuel. Marine ...
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Rolls-Royce to Test Its Next-Gen Engine with 100% Biofuel Blend
The tests aim to confirm that unblended sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) will work in its next generation of engines as a 100% drop-in fuel and lay the groundwork to certify 100% SAF to work in its engines. SAF is currently certified for blends of up to 50% with conventional jet fuel on all current Rolls-Royce engines The SAF being used in the tests was produced by low-carbon fuel supplier World ...
By World Energy
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Mid-Infrared analyzers provide on-site measurements to ensure biofuels blend quality
The biofuels marketplace is a rapidly growing industry and so is the need for easy-to-use analytical measurement techniques to ensure product quality. And, as more mandates for a minimum of ethanol in gasoline and biodiesel in diesel come into effect, a large number of major oil companies are blending higher percentages of biofuels at their terminals. While manufacturers of in-line blending ...
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Biofuels Blend Ratio and Total Glyceride Measurements using Mid-IR Analysis
The InfraSpec VFA-IR Spectrometer, a portable mid -infrared spectrometer that gives spectral, quantitative or qualitative information, for easy, on-site biofuel analyses. With the trend toward alternate fuels, there is a significant increase in biodiesel and ethanol production and the need for easy and accurate analytical measurements. The InfraSpec Spectrometer can measure percent ...
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Vehicle and engine manufacturers publish new biofuel guidelines
Global automobile and engine producers have developped recommendations for ethanol and biodiesel when blended with gasoline and diesel fuel. Fuel quality experts from Europe (ACEA), the US and Japan joined in producing the new Biofuel Guidelines. The Guidelines apply to pure ethanol (E100) blended with gasoline at levels up to 10% by volume and to pure biodiesel (B100) blended with diesel fuel ...
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USDA Deputy Secretary Stephen Censky to Talk Future of Biofuels At The 2020 Iowa Renewable Fuels Summit
From advising EPA on Renewable Fuel Standard implementation to biofuels infrastructure funding, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has an important role to play in boosting the growth of the biofuels industry. Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Stephen Censky is joining attendees of the 2020 Iowa Renewable Fuels Summit to discuss the future of renewable fuels and how USDA will continue to act to ...
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Easy-to-use portable infrared analyzers measure biodiesel and ethanol blend levels in under one minute
As more countries are looking at reducing foreign oil dependence and using cleaner burning fuels, the amount of ethanol and biodiesel blended into petroleum based fuel is increasing rapidly. Wilks Enterprise has just published a new application data sheet describing a simple method for measuring biofuels blend ratios. With the development of biofuels programs, there is an growing need for ...
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NASCAR driver Austin Dillon visits POET Biorefining - Portland
NASCAR driver Austin Dillon visited POET-Biorefining - Portland (Ind.) today as part of his American Ethanol Heartland Tour. Dillon toured the biorefinery, signed autographs and took part in a Q&A with POET team members and farmers. Dillon’s Midwest tour takes him from Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Ill. to Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio. Along the way, he is making a number of ...
By Poet, LLC
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The RFS Motivates Industry to Solve the Blend Wall, BIO’s Brent Erickson Tells ABLC Attendees
The Renewable Fuel Standard was designed to reduce our reliance on foreign oil in transportation; the so-called blend wall is not a reason to abandon it, Brent Erickson, executive vice president of the Biotechnology Industry Organization’s (BIO) Industrial & Environmental Section told attendees of the Advanced Biofuel Leadership Conference today. The conference runs April 15 -17 in ...
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SG Biofuels Teams With JETBIO and Aviation Leaders to Deploy Jatropha for Bio Jet Fuel in Brazil
SG Biofuels (SGB) today announced it has teamed with JETBIO, leader of a multi-stakeholder initiative including Airbus, the Inter-American Development Bank, Bioventures Brasil, Rio Pardo Bioenergia, Air BP and TAM Airlines, to accelerate the production of crude Jatropha oil as a source for aviation bio jet fuel in Brazil. SGB will work with Bioventures Brasil, an energy crop project developer, ...
By SG Bio Fuels
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IEA commends Sweden for its sound and sustainable energy policy but urges clarification on the role of nuclear power
“Sweden has continued to make impressive progress in its energy policy over the past few years”, said Nobuo Tanaka, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), today in Stockholm at the launch of Energy Policies of IEA Countries – Sweden 2008 Review. “Sweden is one of the leading IEA countries in the use of renewable energy and has a long tradition of ambitious and successful ...
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Industrial Biorefineries Conventional Biorefining Status, Advanced Biorefining Technology Assessments, Policy Issues, Stakeholder Analysis, and Global Market Forecasts for New Biorefinery Construction
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Industrial Biorefineries Conventional Biorefining Status, Advanced Biorefining Technology Assessments, Policy Issues, Stakeholder Analysis, and Global Market Forecasts for New Biorefinery Construction ...
By ReportLinker
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Intelligent and Portable Fuel Analysis
Grabner Instruments, a subsidiary of AMETEK, Inc. has introduced a new portable and highly versatile FTIR spectrometer for the fully automatic measurement of gasoline, diesel and biofuel blends. The MINISCAN IRXpert is the first completely portable fuel analyzer that combines superior scanning range and resolution with the advantages of mid-IR and near-IR spectroscopy for highest measurement ...
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