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LCFS review drubs oil industry report: top 10 quotes
Tweet If you have been following events in California, oil refiners have been waging a well-funded war on California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard, which requires oil companies to reduce the carbon pollution from gasoline and diesel by 10 percent by 2020. Centerpiece in their strategy was a June 2012 report from Boston Consulting Group (funded [...]
Neste Oil posts profit for Q1 of 2013
Tweet In Finland, Neste Oil reported its first quarter results, showing a net profit or the first time in several years. The company has recorded an operating profit of US$34m. “We were able to expand our customer base further and sales allocations were also successful. Price differentials between different vegetable oils remained favourable during the [...]
Neste Oil Corporation pledges “No Deforestation”
Tweet Neste Oil, which had been criticized for its sourcing of deforestation-based palm oil, has pledged to shift away from palm oil sourced from primary forests, high conservation value and natural forests, and high carbon stock forests. Neste’s decision comes after close work with The Forest Trust, a non-profit organization that has also played a [...]
IEA says cellulosic biofuels capacity has tripled since 2010: new Task 39 global report
Tweet The IEA Task 39 group publishes its latest report on advanced biofuels — how is the global industry progressing? The International Energy Agency, through its Task 39 group, has published its 207-page report on the “Status of Advanced Biofuels Demonstration Facilities in 2012″. The report, in its pages, contains detailed project summaries as well [...]
7 Steps to meeting US renewable fuels targets
Tweet We go through the renewable fuels math — and find that the nattering nabobs of negativism might have crowed too soon. Sometimes you wonder what former US Vice-President Spiro Agnew would make of the current political landscape, and the hoo-haw over the US Renewable Fuel Standard. Back in 1970, he decried the “nattering nabobs [...]
Camelina on the move: Global Clean Energy Holdings acquires Sustainable Oils
Tweet Signature camelina developer acquired by GCEH in non-cash transaction, as 2011′s wonder feedstock takes a step forward. In California, Global Clean Energy Holdings announced that it has acquired Sustainable Oils, a leader in Camelina genetics and production. The acquisition includes 100% ownership interest of Sustainable Oils and the ownership of the key intellectual property [...]
World Biofuels Market – 2013 preview
Tweet Today in the Netherlands, World Biofuels Markets kicks off again as Rotterdam becomes, for the next three days, the epicenter of the global bioenergy business. The streaming in of bioenergy’s global leadership — and the mass of industry suppliers joining in — assured that the papal conclave would have a little competition this week [...]
The Dew Drop Inn — Who’s Dropping in What in Biofuels?
Tweet B20, B5, B100, E10, E22, E15, M50, E85, Bu12.5, HEFA 50. Is your head swimming with acronyms and blend ratios? Who exactly is making drop-in fuels, and what does that mean? In the world of alternative fuels and transport, there are two types of technologies that are highly controversial: 1. Specifically to biofuels, fuels [...]
Neste Oil boost waste and residue raw materials by over 400,000 tons in 2012
Tweet In Finland, Neste Oil increased the use of waste and residue raw materials for renewable fuels refining by over 400,000 tons in 2012. A total of 742,000 tons of these raw materials were used compared to 330,000 tons in 2011. The use of waste animal fat in particular increased last year and fish processing [...]
The 2013 Renewable Fuel Standard: Biofuels Digest’s 10-Minute Guide
Tweet The 2013 RFS2 proposed standards are out – what do they mean? Who’s in clover, who’s in trouble? Our 10-Minute Guide details the Volumes, the Issues and the Opportunities. In Washington, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued its proposed 2013 Renewable Fuel Standards (RFS2). The proposal will be open for a 45-day public comment period [...]
