Neste inaugutes new biorefinery
Neste Oil of Finland has inaugurated a new biorefinery in Porvoo which converts animal fat and veg oil to biodiesel. Hattip to GAVe-mail.
View ArticleEastman moves to B20 for inhouse locomotives
Eastman has moved to B20 for in house locomotives at its Kingsport, Tennessee plant, according to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen.
View ArticleWood processing waste is a biofuel source
Wood processing waste is a biofuel source, accordding to the Energy blog which says Adding a little coal and processing the papermaking industry’s black liquor waste into synthesis gas is a better...
View ArticleOPEC plans to keep oil above $70/bbl
According to Paul Hodges (aka the chief economist) over on Chemicals and the Econonmy, the spat brewing between OPEC (the oil producers’ club) and the International Energy Agency (the rich countries...
View ArticleBiofuels are bad for the planet (again)
Trans National Insitute (which calls itself a world wide fellowship of committed scholar-activists (they’d hardly be uncommited)) has published Paving the way for agrofuels: an unsustainable path It...
View ArticleThe carbon footprint of biofuels and petrofuels
SRIC’s Carbon Footprint of Biofuels & Petrofuels report suggests that… land use is so critical [to the environmental impact of biofuels] that – at least from a global warming viewpoint – northern...
View ArticleABS to build UK’s biggest biodiesel plant in Bristol
ABS Biodiesel is to build the UK’s biggest biodisel plant in Bristol, according to Biofuels International. The plant will have capacity for 225 00 tonne/year, can be expanded to 500,000 tonne/year, is...
View ArticleSplash dash and a lot of biodiesel pain
Splash dash and a lot of biodiesel pain European Biofuel producers are considering legal action through the European Commission to halt they see as US biofuel producers dumping biofuel within the EU....
View ArticleNew Generation biofuels plans to list on Nasdaq
New Generation Biofuels plans to move its listing from the American Stock Exchange to Nasdaq and has announced plans to build a 50m gal/year plant in Baltimore, Maryland. New Generation says it will be...
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