Renewable Feedstock News
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Neste and PetroCard establish partnership to expand access to renewable diesel in the Pacific Northwest region of the US
As part of its commitment to help businesses and cities reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the transportation sector effectively, Neste today announced a new partnership with PetroCard, a premier commercial fleet fuel management solutions provider, to grow the accessibility of Neste MY Renewable Diesel™ in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. This partnership expands ...
By Neste
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Recycling Specialist Lindner’s New Plant Delivers on Automation, Robotics, Flow Manufacturing and Increased Depth of Production
Recycling has been experiencing a strong upswing for many years – worldwide. From the very beginning Lindner Recyclingtech has been considered a pioneer, which is why shredding solutions from Spittal in Austrian Carinthia have been used internationally for decades and are considered a benchmark in many areas. A growing awareness of energy costs, the scarcity of resources and raw ...
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Talk Enhanced TruDCO at the Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo (FEW) in Minneapolis, MN, June 13-15, Booth #515
Would you rather simply extract more corn oil (DCO) from your ethanol—or extract more and better DCO? Our Experts, like Bob Fesser, will be at the Trucent booth at FEW next month (the Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo) and we’re eager to discuss a new approach that will help ethanol producers deliver DCO their refinery customers will love. ...
By Trucent
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Progress in the Commercialization of Biojet / Sustainable Aviation Fuels: Technologies, potential and challenges
IEA Bioenergy has just published a report entitled, “Progress in Commercialization of Biojet /Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF): Technologies, potential and challenges”. The report was prepared by members of IEA Bioenergy Task 39 (focusing on Conventional and advanced transport biofuels from biomass and other renewable feedstocks). The report provides an extensive analysis of the ...
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New Joint Venture: Advanced thermal conversion technology for renewable DME
SHV Energy, a leading global distributor of LPG, and KEW Technology, a pioneering UK sustainable energy solutions company, will form a joint venture called Circular Fuels Ltd. It will develop renewable dimethyl ether (rDME) production plants. This strategic collaboration will demonstrate the viability of converting renewable and recycled carbon feedstock into renewable liquid gas. The ...
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EU Energy System Integration and Hydrogen Strategies: no climate neutrality without renewables-based electrification
With today’s presentation of the EU Energy System Integration Strategy and the EU Hydrogen Strategy, the EU sets course for a greener future by promoting direct electrification across the whole economy and the use of renewable hydrogen in hard-to-abate sectors. “It’s good these new EU Strategies recognise the primary role of direct electrification. Electrifying heating, ...
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U.S. Senators Join Forces in Bipartisan Bill Supporting Biofuel Producers
On May 21, 2020, U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) introduced a bill directing the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary to establish a renewable feedstock reimbursement program. Aiming to support biofuel producers that have been negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, this bill can be cited as the Renewable Fuel Feedstock Reimbursement Act of 2020. ...
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Punjab Renewable Energy Systems Pvt. Ltd. (PRESPL) welcomes Shell as new equity partner
Indian biomass-based energy company Punjab Renewable Energy Systems Pvt. Ltd. (PRESPL), has raised private equity investment from Shell. Response Ability was the first to invest during the company’s ‘Series-A’ in Sep 2013, followed by a ‘Series-B’ investment from Neev Fund in April 2019. With this follow-on fund investment by Shell, the ‘Series-B’ round ...
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Southern Research Project Advances Novel CO2 Utilization Strategy
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy has awarded Southern Research nearly $800,000 for a project that targets a more cost-efficient and environmentally friendly method of producing some of the most important chemicals used in manufacturing. Southern Research is developing a novel nano-engineered catalyst-driven process for the production of light olefins, such as ethylene and ...
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Thermal pressure hydrolysis from EnviTec Biogas increases biogas plant efficiency
High pressure plus high temperatures: the recipe for success from thermal pressure hydrolysis (TDH). The optimised process from the R&D division of EnviTec Biogas utilises high pressures and temperatures to digest biomass even more effectively. “Like EnviTec itself, thermal pressure hydrolysis is an all-rounder: the technique can be used universally for any biogas plant while also ...
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Thermal Pressure Hydrolysis From EnviTec Biogas Increases Biogas Plant Efficiency
Improved gas yield and more flexible use of substrates Lohne, 01 February 2017 – High pressure plus high temperatures: the recipe for success from thermal pressure hydrolysis (TDH). The optimised process from the R&D division of EnviTec Biogas utilises high pressures and temperatures to digest biomass even more effectively. “Like EnviTec itself, thermal pressure hydrolysis is an ...
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Hawaii Governor Signs Renewable Fuels Production Tax Credit
On July 6, 2016, Hawaii Governor David Ige signed SB 2652 Related to Taxation -- Locally Produced Renewable Energy. This bill establishes a five-year renewable fuels production tax credit. The tax credit will take effect in2017 and will provide 20 cents per gallon of ethanol (or 76,000 British thermal units (Btu) of renewable fuel) with a cap of $3 million. The tax credit is open to companies ...
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Recipients Of $8.8 Million In Advanced Biofuel Payment Program Funding Announced
On May 27, 2016, USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack announced an investment of $8.8 million to increase production of advanced biofuels in 39 states. The USDA Advanced Biofuel Payment Program is providing the funding with payments being allocated based on the amount of advanced biofuels produced from non-corn kernel starch renewable biomass. Eligible feedstocks include crop residue, food waste, yard ...
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Portable Biodiesel Refinery on Display at GLOBE 2016
Visitors to the GLOBE Innovation Expo will get an up-close look at a made-in-B.C. portable biofuel refinery built inside a standard 20-foot shipping container. BioCube has successfully deployed its refinery on remote sites in The Congo, in India, and elsewhere around the world to produce fossil-free fuel for heavy equipment and power generation. The BioCube will be exhibited at GLOBE 2016 ...
By GLOBE Series
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Message from the EUBCE Conference General Chairman Prof. André Faaij
The deployment of biomass for production of power, heat, transportation fuels, renewable feedstock and materials has become one of the most complex, promising, politicized and debated options we have at our disposal to combat climate change and to create a sustainable energy system. State-of-the-art analysis strongly confirms the necessity of large scale biomass deployment to meet the maximum ...
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Senator Stabenow Introduces Legislation To Provide Tax Credits For Renewable Chemical Production
On November 10, 2015, Senator Stabenow (D-MI), along with Senators Coons (D-DE) and Franken (D-MN), introduced S. 2271, the Renewable Chemicals Act of 2015 to the Senate. If passed, the bill would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to create short-term tax credits for the production of renewable chemicals and for investments in renewable chemical production facilities. Producing eligible ...
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Key phase underway in $120 million manure to energy project
Roeslein Alternative Energy announced the turnkey facility to create and inject large quantities of Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) into the national grid system, created from one of the largest concentrations of finishing hogs in the Midwest, will be operational by mid-2016. The announcement took place during an event at Ruckman Farm, one of the nine Smithfield Foods Missouri hog production ...
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Zeeland`s road trial section of bio-asphalt: a world first
The first ever trial section of bio-asphalt made from lignin, which covers a 100-metre section of road in the Dutch province of Zeeland, will be officially opened later today. Bitumen in asphalt is usually made purely from petroleum, but in this new asphalt, half of the bitumen has been replaced with lignin, a renewable raw material. If this natural glue material proves successful for use in road ...
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Energy Department`s National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s Economic Impact Tops $872 Million
The economic impact of the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) was $872.3 million nationwide in fiscal year 2014, according to a study by the University of Colorado Boulder's Leeds School of Business. The study estimates NREL's impact to Colorado's economy totaled $701 million, a decline of 1.6 percent from the prior year. The slight year-over-year drop was largely ...
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UREM 2015 Renewable Energy Conference Kicked off March 25 in Sweden
The Umeå Renewable Energy Meeting at Umeå, Sweden, kicked off its first conference day 25 March. Some highlights of the morning session were a talk by Thomas B. Johansson of the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics, Lund University on the role of renewable energy for a sustainable future. Johansson led the Swedish government's official investigation, ...
By Bio4Energy
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