Tag: biofuel

Environmental Integrity Project report says biofuel manufacturing plants pollute nearly as much as oil refineries

Environmental Integrity Project report says biofuel manufacturing plants pollute nearly as much as oil refineries

June 13, 2024 |

In Washington, biofuel manufacturing plants release almost as much hazardous air pollution as oil refineries – and more of some dangerous pollutants, according to a study by the Environmental Integrity Project (EIP). These pollutants from ethanol, biodiesel and “renewable diesel” manufacturing plants include formaldehyde (a carcinogen), acetaldehyde (a probable carcinogen), hexane (which can attack the […]

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CIBO Technologies to equip biofuels producers with platform to source regeneratively-grown feedstock

CIBO Technologies to equip biofuels producers with platform to source regeneratively-grown feedstock

June 11, 2024 |

In Minnesota, CIBO Technologies, the climate software company for agriculture, has joined the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association to equip biofuels producers with an end-to-end technology platform that helps source and facilitate low-carbon feedstocks from growers using regenerative practices. Joining the IRFA will allow CIBO to better reach organizations involved in renewable fuel production, standards advocacy, and policy recommendation. […]

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Energis invests $11M in biofuel production from waste in Curaçao

Energis invests $11M in biofuel production from waste in Curaçao

May 14, 2024 |

In Curaçao, the Curaçao Chronicle newspaper reports that Energis is the first company in the Caribbean to produce biofuels from waste with its latest investment in a $11 million facility. It can convert organic waste into biofuels as well as plastics and waste oils into fuel oils. The facility will be commissioned in June but […]

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Holland America Line starts long-term biofuel test on flagship

Holland America Line starts long-term biofuel test on flagship

May 2, 2024 |

In the Netherlands, Holland America Line announced the start of a long-term biofuel test on its flagship, Rotterdam, leveraging 100% low carbon intensity biofuel while sailing within the Norwegian World Heritage Fjords. The ship bunkered the biofuel before leaving the Port of Rotterdam, the Netherlands, April 27, 2024, and will operate one of its four […]

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Swedish consortium launches feasibility study to establish hydrogen and biofuels value chain

Swedish consortium launches feasibility study to establish hydrogen and biofuels value chain

April 25, 2024 |

In Sweden, Boliden, Nevel, Skellefteå Kraft and Sveaskog have signed a letter of intent on a feasibility study to establish a value chain for hydrogen and biofuels in Västerbotten. In the extension, the goal is, among other things, to enable the phasing out of fossil fuel that is currently used in processes at the Rönnskär […]

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Ecoceres to start new 350,000 TPY biofuel facility in Malaysia in 2025

Ecoceres to start new 350,000 TPY biofuel facility in Malaysia in 2025

April 22, 2024 |

In Malaysia, Reuters reports that Ecoceres will start its second biofuel facility during the second half of next year, producing 220,000 tpy of sustainable aviation fuel and 130,000 tpy of hydrotreated vegetable oil from used cooking oil and palm oil mill effluent. The company is already operating a smaller 260,000-tpy biofuels facility in China that […]

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Renovare raises funds to turn landfill waste into renewable biofuels

Renovare raises funds to turn landfill waste into renewable biofuels

March 24, 2024 |

In the UK, ESG Today reported that sustainable fuels startup Renovare Fuels announced the launch of a $7.6 million equity raise, with proceeds aimed at supporting projects to produce advanced renewable biofuels from waste. Founded in 2015, UK-based Renovare provides a technology that turns biodegradable waste from homes and industry into advanced renewable biofuels. The […]

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Amaresco secures renewable energy project in Hawaii

Amaresco secures renewable energy project in Hawaii

March 1, 2024 |

In Massachusetts, Ameresco announced its award from Hawaiian Electric Company for the proposed ‘Ūkiu Energy 40-megawatt (MW) renewable energy site in Maui.  The proposed facility will include a biofuel-powered generator with six dual-fuel engines. It will offer firm renewable energy and provide a highly flexible capacity resource, Ameresco said. This facility will also maintain power […]

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Minnesota Biofuels Association working to ensure biofuel inclusion in Clean Transportation Standard

Minnesota Biofuels Association working to ensure biofuel inclusion in Clean Transportation Standard

February 21, 2024 |

In Minnesota, Brownfield Ag News reports the state’s biofuel association is working hard to ensure that biofuels are included in the Clean Transportation Standard the legislature’s working group is currently developing, modeled after California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard. California’s law is based on carbon intensity of fuels, but the Minnesota Biofuels Association is concerned about […]

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Novina to replace three million liters of diesel with biofuels

Novina to replace three million liters of diesel with biofuels

February 18, 2024 |

In Finland, Novina said it is transitioning to a new type of fuel, replacing three million liters of diesel with biofuel in close cooperation with Helsinki Regional Transport (HSL). In a comparison between traditional diesel and biodiesel, this transition will yield an 80% reduction in total carbon dioxide emissions in Helsinki in one year alone, […]

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