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BDI-BioEnergy opens Bakersfield next-generation biodiesel facility

BDI-BioEnergy opens Bakersfield next-generation biodiesel facility

April 19, 2022 |

In Austria, BDI-BioEnergy International has opened a next-generation biodiesel production plant in Bakersfield, California. The key innovation: the patented RepCAT technology with a recyclable catalyst. BDI-BioEnergy International is a specialist in technology development and plant construction for biodiesel from Styria, Austria. Following successful projects in Vienna, Hong Kong and London, BDI-BioEnergy International GmbH has now […]

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Refuel Energy planning renewable fuel plant in Southern Ontario

Refuel Energy planning renewable fuel plant in Southern Ontario

April 19, 2022 |

In Canada, Refuel Energy Inc. announced that planning is underway for the construction of a 3000bpd renewable fuel plant in Southern Ontario. The proposed facility would supply the aviation and terrestrial fuel needs of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), home to 6 million Canadians, while lowering the CO2 emissions for the end users by up […]

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Synthica Energy enters into permitting phase for Kentucky AD project

Synthica Energy enters into permitting phase for Kentucky AD project

April 19, 2022 |

In Kentucky, Synthica Energy, LLC has entered the permitting phase of development for a new anaerobic digestion facility in the heart of Kentucky’s famed distillery region. The facility will focus on converting distillery byproducts (stillage) from Kentucky’s growing bourbon industry into Renewable Natural Gas (RNG). Synthica’s facility is being developed on a 40-acre industrial property […]

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NYK and Sanyo Kaiji launch three month marine biofuel trial

NYK and Sanyo Kaiji launch three month marine biofuel trial

April 19, 2022 |

In Japan, Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha and its affiliate Sanyo Kaiji Kabushiki Kaisha have started a continuous three-month test navigation using biodiesel supplied by Toyotsu Energy Corporation in tugboats operated by Sanyo Kaiji. The biofuel will be supplied via ship-to-ship using a bunkering ship to supply fuel to the tug, the first time for this […]

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Penn State researchers develop process simplifying purification of hydrogen

Penn State researchers develop process simplifying purification of hydrogen

April 19, 2022 |

In Pennsylvania, refining metals, manufacturing fertilizers and powering fuel cells for heavy vehicles are all processes that require purified hydrogen. But purifying, or separating, that hydrogen from a mix of other gases can be difficult, with several steps. A Penn State research team demonstrated that the process can be simplified using a pump outfitted with […]

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European Ombudsman finds European Commission guilt of UCO maladministration

European Ombudsman finds European Commission guilt of UCO maladministration

April 19, 2022 |

In Belgium, an Irish citizen wished to obtain access to a list of all countries of origin of used cooking oil (UCO) for the years 2016 to 2019, together with the volumes of UCO feedstock collected for each country for each year, as reported by the voluntary certification schemes for biofuels sustainability to the European […]

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Summit Carbon Solutions signs 32nd ethanol plant to CCS project

Summit Carbon Solutions signs 32nd ethanol plant to CCS project

April 18, 2022 |

In Iowa, Summit Carbon Solutions is pleased to announce a new partnership with Bushmills Ethanol, Inc. to decarbonize its ethanol plant in Atwater, Minnesota. Bushmills Ethanol is the 32nd ethanol plant to officially join Summit Carbon Solutions’ transformative carbon capture and storage project. The plant began operations in 2005, and currently produces 85 million gallons […]

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US Foods transitions to renewable diesel and renewable natural gas

US Foods transitions to renewable diesel and renewable natural gas

April 18, 2022 |

In Illinois, US Foods Holding Corp has committed to converting all California broadline distribution centers’ onsite fueling to 100% renewable diesel fuel by mid-2022 and committed to converting Texas-based compressed natural gas (CNG) trucks to renewable natural gas fuel in 2022. Committed to adding 26 additional CNG trucks and 15 electric trucks to the company’s […]

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Buyofuel creates app to streamline biofuel supply chain

Buyofuel creates app to streamline biofuel supply chain

April 18, 2022 |

In India, by making biofuel accessible and connecting raw materials aggregators, manufacturers, consumers and waste materials in an all-in-one app, Buyofuel is empowering the biofuel industry with its online green fuel marketplace. Taking a leap towards a sustainable future, the company is envisioning to create a platform for trading of biofuel-based commodities in a quick, […]

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Avril to boost sunflower crushing to 1.1M tons in two years

Avril to boost sunflower crushing to 1.1M tons in two years

April 18, 2022 |

In France, Reuters reports Avril will try to offset lower sunflower crushing in Ukraine by boosting its own crushing volumes. Although the company had been planning to increase crushing to help reduce reliance on imports, the war has sped up implementation. The company currently crushes around 700,000 metric tons of sunflower but hopes to expand […]

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