biodiesel

In the UK, biodiesel use rebounded during April to October 2016, Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation data showed Thursday, with consumption up nearly 10% on the year at 398 million liters in line with 3% higher fossil diesel use yet ethanol consumption fell more than 6% to 386 million liters as gasoline demand fell slightly. Of the 803 million liters of renewable fuel consumed, just 457…
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The U.S. biodiesel sector experienced a revival period in 2016 unlike any other, thanks to favorable market conditions resulting from stabilized renewable fuel standard (RFS) policy and the December 2015 passage of the two-year retroactive biodiesel tax credit, effective Jan. 1, 2015, through Dec. 31, 2016. Despite sustained low diesel prices, more biodiesel plant expansions, upgrades, and…
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In Argentina, CARBIO says 2016 biodiesel production will break its previous record at 2.7 million metric tons, 50% higher than last year’s production. The association attributes the increased demand from domestic use of biodiesel in public transport and for electricity production as significant contribution towards the increase in production. In 2017, the industry is looking forward to…
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Several countries across the globe are involved in the production and usage of biodiesel as a substitute of energy derived from oil and fossil fuel.
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Nigeria needs 2.4 million litres of biodiesel daily to successfully implement the Paris Agreement on climate change, the Jatropha Growers, Processors and Exporters Association of Nigeria (JaGPEAN) says. The national president of JaGPEAN, retired Major General J. Omosebi, stated this at the second interactive meeting of the national and state executives of the association in Abuja, The…
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The current iteration of biodiesel tax credit is a prime exemplar of something that needs to be updated but could very well be done in a way that makes it worse if we are not careful.
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In Mexico, researchers at the CICESE in Ensenada have developed a prototype biodiesel facility using microalgae as feedstock and solar power to power the growth, not just in photoreactors during the day but also stored so that they can continue to produce at night, allowing for a 24-hour production cycle. Doing so is meant to reduce overall production costs for the algae. Wastewater is used to…
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