In Belgium, the European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, two support measures for the construction of advanced biofuels plants in Finland. More specifically, the Commission has approved the following 2 investment aid measures notified by Finland: (i) €24.5 million in favor of NordFuel, to support the construction of an advanced biofuel demonstration […]
In Washington, the National Biodiesel Board (NBB) welcomed the release of a new report, “The Economic Benefits of the Biodiesel Blenders’ Credit,” from Capital Policy Analytics. The report calculates annual economic benefits of $15 billion and environmental benefits of $4.3 billion from U.S. biodiesel production. In 2020, the U.S. market for biodiesel and renewable diesel […]
In India, the Hindu newspaper reports the Indian Sugar Mills Association believes the country will achieve 10% ethanol blending in the current season that began on December 1. Last season achieved a record blending level of 8.1%. Already more than 3.60 billion liters have been accepted for purchase by oil marketing companies during two cycles. […]
In Brazil, Reuters reports that while Petrobras waits for regulatory approval for its new renewable diesel co-processed with soybean oils, it will begin six months of testing the fuel with customers in January. The tests will be with an unnamed bus fleet owner backed by a fuel distributor. The fuel is produced at its Repar […]
In New Mexico, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Monday issued a statement on the federal government’s announcement of a new emissions reductions rule for 2023 and later model year vehicles: “I applaud the leadership of the Biden-Harris Administration and U.S. EPA Administrator Regan in crafting strong federal rules to reduce air pollution from cars and […]
In New York state, an investor group has announced the acquisition of Chemoil Terminals LLC, a leading independent liquid fuels transportation terminal that includes petroleum and renewable fuels focused on the Southern California market. Chemoil Terminals’ name will be changed to Olympus Terminals following the transaction. Chemoil Terminals, headquartered in Long Beach, California, is the second […]
In India, Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Limited (GACL) and GAIL (India) Limited (GAIL) signed a Memorandum of Understanding to set-up a bioethanol plant of 500,000 liter per day capacity. This plant will be using corn/broken rice as feedstock with eco-friendly technology and it will produce 500 KLD Bioethanol, which will be used for blending in […]
In Finland, Oy Kati Ab, a long-term drilling contractor of Keliber’s, has started to use biofuel in the drill rig at Keliber’s exploration site in Central Ostrobothnia. The measure will reduce the emissions caused by drilling by more than 50%. According to calculations made at Kati, the switch from regular fuel oil to biofuel makes […]
In Germany, Cologne-based company BIO-FED, a branch of AKRO-PLASTIC GmbH, has expanded its portfolio with ISCC PLUS and REDcert² sustainable certified M·VERA compounds made from biomass-balanced polypropylene (PP). The sources of raw materials for the PP are vegetable oil and fat waste, which is produced in various processes, e.g. in the food industry. The new […]
In France, Arkema announced a 50% global capacity expansion for its Oleris advanced biomaterials, expected to start mid-2022. It includes C7, C11 and C18 materials, comprising n-heptanoic acid, n-heptaldehyde, undecylenic acid and Esterol A. This new production capacity will be part of Arkema’s previously announced major bio-factory currently under construction on Jurong Island in Singapore. […]
