Due to strong winter demand, European RME biodiesel passed a 9-month high

Due to strong winter demand, European RME biodiesel passed a 9-month high

The London- Europe RME biodiesel blend hit a nine-month high due to increased demand for winter grade products, while the previous ICE gasoline futures strengthened. Standard & Poor’s Global Pratt evaluated RME (Rapeseed Methyl Ester) on a direct price of $1,006.50/tonne FOB ARA on Tuesday, up $14 on Monday, as the market showed strong offers, and … Read More

Recovery of glycerin from waste oil of saponification of oils and fats

Recovery of glycerin from waste oil of saponification of oils and fats

Glycerol is known as the eight major industrial raw materials. In the oil chemical production, glycerol is also the main source of economic benefits, so it has always been the concern of operators. From the point of view of recovering glycerol, it is hoped that the glycerol can be separated as much as possible in … Read More

Structure , advantages and disadvantages of Biodiesel Marke

Structure , advantages and disadvantages of Biodiesel Marke

Part 1 : Structure analysis of Biodiesel Market 1, Market environment analysis International market: In recent years, the world’s biofuel oil industry is developing rapidly. The United States, Canada, Brazil, Japan, South Korea, Australia, India and other countries are actively developing this industry. In the United States and European countries, biodiesel has been approved as … Read More

Wilmar:Success in Indonesia proves biodiesel will not affect vehicle engines

Wilmar:Success in Indonesia proves biodiesel will not affect vehicle engines

Primary Industries Minister Teresa Kok presenting a memento to Indigo after his briefing to the ministry. Also there were PGEO Marketing General Manager Chandra Naidu (third from right), Ministry of Primary Industries Secretary-General Datuk Zurinah Pawanteh (fourth from left), Malaysia Palm Oil Board Director-General Datuk Dr Ahmad Kushairi Din (second from right) and Ministry of … Read More

Biodiesel demand in Germany up despite drop in diesel consumption

Biodiesel demand in Germany up despite drop in diesel consumption

Germany’s consumption of on-road diesel fuel and gasoline in the first half of 2018 was lower than in the 2017 reference period, but the use of biodiesel and ethanol saw a significant rise. The strongest demand for biodiesel in the past six months, and the largest quantity since August 2017, was recorded this May at … Read More

UK biodiesel producer Greenergy makes major int’l investments

  U.K. biodiesel producer Greenergy has just acquired Singapore-based used cooking oil exporter Rexon Energy. The acquisition comes less than two months after purchasing an idle biodiesel facility in Amsterdam. The acquisition of Rexon Energy will help provide raw materials for its three biodiesel manufacturing operations in Immingham and Teeside on the east coast of … Read More

Hyundai, LG to construct biodiesel factories in Indonesia

Hyundai, LG to construct biodiesel factories in Indonesia

West Kalimantan Governor Sutarmidji has said Korean companies  Hyundai and LG will construct biodiesel factories in the province amid the government’s effort to expand the domestic use of the fuel through its mandatory 20 percent blended biodiesel ( B20 ) policy. “We welcome the plan. The opening of the downstream business is in line with the [increasing] … Read More

Feasibility of AUS$50 million sawmill residue to renewable diesel facility investigated

Feasibility of AUS$50 million sawmill residue to renewable diesel facility investigated

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced up to AUD$500,000 (€311,719) in funding will be awarded to Boral Timber to investigate the feasibility of building a biorefinery capable of producing biodiesel from sawmill residues. If the facility at Boral Timber’s Hardwood Sawmill at Herons Creek near Port Macquarie, New South Wales, goes ahead, it will be … Read More

Bacteria could be used as ‘cell factories’ to produce biofuels

Bacteria could be used as ‘cell factories’ to produce biofuels

Scientists at the University of Kent, UK, have developed a new technique for manipulating small cell structures for use in a range of applications, including the production of biofuels and vaccines. Key to the breakthrough are tiny bacterial cellular structures known as organelles, which the researchers redesigned and engineered so they can be more easily … Read More

SpiceJet successfully completes India’s first biofuel flight

SpiceJet successfully completes India’s first biofuel flight

India’s frontrunner for biofueled aerial operations, SpiceJet, conducted the nation’s first biofueled demonstration flight from Dehradun to Delhi. Another milestone in Asia’s growing efforts to find renewable alternatives for jet fuel, the flight followed China’s first cross-ocean biofueled flight last November. According to a press release, SpiceJet intends to undertake further operations using a blend of 75% … Read More