Biofuel Articles & Analysis

The Advanced Biofuels Association, ABFA, released this morning the first in a series of InfoGraphics titled Advanced Biofuels – A Matter of National Security on its website, http://tinyurl.com/6wfcu4u. The ABFA series comes at the start of a milestone-making couple of weeks for America's domestic biofuels industry that will have ABFA President Michael McAdams testifying before the House ...

By Advanced Biofuels Association (ABFA)

On November 16, 2015, The Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) of South Africa called for submissions of Statements of Interest focusing on the demonstration of 2nd and 3rd generation biofuel production technologies. TIA manages the Biofuels Technology Demonstration Programme (BTDP) on behalf of the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and is looking to support South African advanced biofuel ...

By Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

On November 23, 2016, EPA Administrator, Gina McCarthy, signed the final rule on the RFS volume standards for 2017 and biobased diesel standards for 2018. This final rule will increase the renewable fuel volume requirements as reported in the Biobased and Renewable Products Advocacy Group (BRAG) post “EPA Releases Proposed Renewable Fuel Volume Requirements.” The proposed volume ...

By Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

JSC “Radviliskis machine factory” participates in the world exhibition in Jönköping. In this exhibition the main attention is focused on biofuel technologies and innovations of it. We are pleased to invite you to visit our stand. Number of the stand is B03: 33. Meet us at ...

By JSC Radviliskis Machine Factory

A syndicate of Belgian and Dutch investors is said to have acquired a methanol plant in the Netherlands. The consortium intends to convert it into the first bio-methanol plant in the world, which will produce one billion liters of green petrol every year. The plant in Delfzijl - Northeast of Netherlands from DSM, Dynea, and Akzo Nobel - has been acquired by the investors namely BioMethanol Chemie ...

By RNCOS

HOUSTON, TEXAS (Feb. 22, 2010) – Maelle Soares Pinto, Director, Biofuels Europe, Global Biofuels Center (GBC) will be addressing the World Biofuels Markets Congress on March 17, 2010 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The World Biofuels Markets Congress is Europe’s largest biofuels event with 1,500 attendees including 62 CEO’s and 50+ Vice Presidents addressing a global audience ...

By Green Power Conferences Ltd.

On April 5, 2016, the biofuel trade associations Advanced Biofuels Business Council, Algae Biomass Organization, Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO), Growth Energy, National Biodiesel Board, and Renewable Fuels Association sent a letter to House and Senate Leaders asking for a multiyear extension of advanced biofuel tax credits. The six organizations are specifically asking that the ...

By Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

Regulators should promote the most carbon-efficient biofuels by linking financial incentives to the overall carbon lifecycle savings they deliver, according to oil firm Shell. Speaking to journalists on Tuesday, Shell executive Graham Sweeney said simple volume-based targets such as those in force in the EU make no distinction between the carbon footprints of different biofuels. 'More ...

By Environmental News and Data Services (ENDS)

The European Parliament's ENVl Committee has today voted to endorse the Council's proposed compromise on ILUC. ePURE, the association representing the European renewable ethanol industry, believes that while the compromise is a disappointing result it may go some way to restoring some much needed policy certainty for the biofuels industry. Today's vote, endorsed by 51 votes in favour, 12 ...

By European Renewable Ethanol Association (ePURE)

US-based biofuel producer Universal Bioenergy Inc has secured a multi-million dollar investment to help fund future growth and expansion.According to the company, a private investment consortium recently agreed to provide the funds after approving a new management team, the Reuters news agency reports. “We're very excited, because we feel this is a major endorsement by these investors,” said ...

By World Bioenergy Association (WBA)

Vinod Khosla, founder of Khosla Ventures confirmed he will present a keynote address at the World Biofuels Markets Congress, Europe’s largest Biofuels event held 12th-14th March 2008. Vinod Khosla is an Indian-American venture capitalist and an influential personality in Silicon Valley. He was one of the co-founders of Sun Microsystems and became a general partner of the venture capital ...

By Green Power Conferences Ltd.

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 ...

By Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

On May 18, 2016, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a proposed increase of the renewable fuel volume requirements under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program for all biofuels in 2017 and biomass-based diesel in 2018. While both the renewable fuel volume requirements and the proposed percentage standards are increases from previous years, the volume requirements for ...

By Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

Bio-methane? Methanol? Ethanol? Hydrogen? Bio-kerosene? From forests? From waste? From agricultural residues? For aviation? For maritime transports? For land transports? The alternative routes for advanced biofuels are numerous. A number of projects are under way, and we can foresee a broad break-through for these fuels in the coming years. Listen to speakers from Lufthansa, Boeing, Avinor ...

By World Bioenergy Association (WBA)

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) closed the first transaction involving the trade of biofuel under its Trade Finance Facilitation Program (TFFP) with Banco Indusval S.A., Brazil. Under this transaction on November 1, 2007, the IDB has extended its guarantee to cover a promissory note used to finance the export of alcohol for use as biofuel from Brazil to England. The IDB issued this ...

By Inter-American Development Bank

Energy ministers today finally agreed to change the EU’s biofuels policy. After more than a year of talks, the Energy Council says it wants to limit the amount of food-based biofuels to 7% of petrol and diesel sold [1]. Without policy change, around 8.6% would likely come from such biofuels; the Commission proposed a stricter limit of 5%. The deal also further weakens the reporting of ...

By Transport and Environment (T&E)

A United Nations-backed group of international experts has endorsed a first draft of a new global sustainability standard for biofuels to assess their economic, social and environmental effects. The Steering Board of the Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels (RSB), which includes an expert from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), has signed off on the draft criteria, called “Version Zero,” which is ...

By United Nations

SGS published a white paper on Biofuel Sustanability last March 2013. The white paper titled "Understanding Sustainable Biofuel Production, the EU Renewable Energy Directive and International Initiatives to Verify Sustainability", aims to provide an insight into the issues associated with the sustainable sourcing and production of biofuels. It discusses the contents of the 2009 European ...

By SGS

World Bioenergy Association (WBA) is pleased to announce the release of the factsheet ‘Advanced Biofuels’ – the seventh in the series of publications. This succeeds the release of the summary of oil price drop survey conducted by WBA to understand the effects of oil price drop on bioenergy industry. The WBA factsheet aims to provide better understanding of the advanced biofuels ...

By World Bioenergy Association (WBA)

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 ...

By Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.