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Northdale Oil studying feasibility of biodiesel plant near Grand Forks

Northdale Oil studying feasibility of biodiesel plant near Grand Forks

March 27, 2024 |

In North Dakota, the Mitchell Republic newspaper reports that Northdale Oil is considering building a biodiesel plant in Grand Forks, near the company’s bulk fuel plant, that would source soybean or canola oil from local processors. The North Dakota Agricultural Products Utilization Council recently awarded the company a $50,000 grant to undertake the feasibility study […]

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Repsol to buy 40% of Bunge’s Spanish biodiesel assets

Repsol to buy 40% of Bunge’s Spanish biodiesel assets

March 26, 2024 |

In Spain, Repsol and Bunge have agreed to partner in the development of new opportunities to help meet the growing demand for lower carbon intensity feedstocks for the production of renewable fuels. This alliance, the first of its kind in Europe, will help to accelerate the ramp-up of production of these fuels mandated by the […]

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Chalmers University of Technology researchers using gold scrap to purify biodiesel

Chalmers University of Technology researchers using gold scrap to purify biodiesel

March 25, 2024 |

In Sweden, researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have developed an environmentally friendly method for recycling and purifying metals. Using gold earrings from a pawnshop in Gothenburg and biodiesel from the nearest filling station, the discovery could change an industry that is currently dependent on large amounts of fossil oil. In the researchers’ […]

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JBS’s UCO collection program for biodiesel grew almost 15% in 2023

JBS’s UCO collection program for biodiesel grew almost 15% in 2023

March 5, 2024 |

In Brazil, in order to promote environmental education and encourage the circular economy, an Oleo Amigo program, created by Biopower, a company of JBS producing biodiesel, grew almost 15% in 2023, with the collection of 4.5 million liters of cooking oil. In about eight years of the program’s existence, more than 26 million liters of […]

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WTO circulates panel report on Malaysia’s biodiesel policy complaints against EU

WTO circulates panel report on Malaysia’s biodiesel policy complaints against EU

March 5, 2024 |

In Geneva, the WTO circulated the panel report in the case brought by Malaysia in “European Union and Certain Member States — Certain measures concerning palm oil and oil palm crop-based biofuels”. Malaysia challenges certain measures introduced by the European Union (EU) concerning biofuels, notably those relating to the determination of palm oil as a […]

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Chevron-REG mothballs indefinitely two biodiesel plants

Chevron-REG mothballs indefinitely two biodiesel plants

March 4, 2024 |

In Iowa, the Des Moines Register newspaper reports Chevron Renewable Energy Group is mothballing indefinitely its biodiesel production facilities in Western Iowa and Wisconsin, saying that the Biden Administration’s policies have created market conditions that keep the plants from being viable. The Environmental Protection Agency set the biodiesel blending mandates about 1 billion gallons below […]

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Indonesian palm oil producers concerned about increasing demand for biodiesel

Indonesian palm oil producers concerned about increasing demand for biodiesel

February 29, 2024 |

In Indonesia, Chem Analyst reports the national palm oil association is concered about a potential conflict between food and fuel production if demand for biodiesel continues to expand. About 46% of last year’s production of 23.2 million metric tons went to fuel production while 44% went to food production, and the remaining to cosmestics and […]

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Argus launches B30 Ucome dob ARA marine biodiesel prices

Argus launches B30 Ucome dob ARA marine biodiesel prices

February 27, 2024 |

In the Netherlands, Argus has launched B30 Ucome dob ARA range marine biodiesel blend assessments, replacing a calculated fob ARA range blend price. The assessment will comprise 30pc used cooking oil methyl ester (Ucome) and 70pc very-low sulfur fuel oil (VLSFO). Trade of marine biodiesel blends in northwest Europe has been impacted by changes to […]

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Darling Ingredients to process Chick-fil-A’s UCO into biodiesel

Darling Ingredients to process Chick-fil-A’s UCO into biodiesel

February 26, 2024 |

In Texas, Darling Ingredients Inc. announced Chick-fil-A, Inc. has chosen Darling Ingredients to convert its used cooking oil into cleaner burning renewable transportation fuel. Darling Ingredients’ service brand DAR PRO Solutions, will collect used cooking oil from all Chick-fil-A restaurants in the U.S. and Canada. Each year, Darling Ingredients turns hundreds of millions of pounds […]

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Noor Oil teams with Beeah group to encourage customers to recycle their cooking oil for biodiesel

Noor Oil teams with Beeah group to encourage customers to recycle their cooking oil for biodiesel

February 20, 2024 |

In the UAE, ESG Mena reports that Noor Oil is teaming with the Beeah group to create a used cooking oil biodiesel supply chain. Customers can source UCO bottles from different outlets to collect their oil and then deposit it into one of Beeah’s five UCO collection centers. The expectation is that at least 2,000 […]

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