Tag: biofuel

Minnesota Biofuels Association working to ensure biofuel inclusion in Clean Transportation Standard

Minnesota Biofuels Association working to ensure biofuel inclusion in Clean Transportation Standard

February 21, 2024 |

In Minnesota, Brownfield Ag News reports the state’s biofuel association is working hard to ensure that biofuels are included in the Clean Transportation Standard the legislature’s working group is currently developing, modeled after California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard. California’s law is based on carbon intensity of fuels, but the Minnesota Biofuels Association is concerned about […]

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Novina to replace three million liters of diesel with biofuels

Novina to replace three million liters of diesel with biofuels

February 18, 2024 |

In Finland, Novina said it is transitioning to a new type of fuel, replacing three million liters of diesel with biofuel in close cooperation with Helsinki Regional Transport (HSL). In a comparison between traditional diesel and biodiesel, this transition will yield an 80% reduction in total carbon dioxide emissions in Helsinki in one year alone, […]

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Tobu Railway tested biofuel for coal-fired steam locomotives in eastern Japan

Tobu Railway tested biofuel for coal-fired steam locomotives in eastern Japan

February 18, 2024 |

In Japan, Kyodo News reported that Tobu Railway Co., the operator of coal-fired steam locomotives in the tourist spot of Nikko in eastern Japan is trialing a biofuel as a way to cut its carbon dioxide emissions. Tobu Railway Co. said it started the trial, set to last around one year, on January 31, partially […]

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Wisconsin researchers investigate role of biofuels in renewable energy future

Wisconsin researchers investigate role of biofuels in renewable energy future

February 18, 2024 |

In Wisconsin, The Badger Herald reported that the Wisconsin Energy Institute is researching methods to convert biological matter into fuel and plastics, with intentions to replace fossil fuels.  Biofuels are created using biological material to convert their sugars into a fuel compound — many having diverse renewable energy applications, associate director of the Wisconsin Energy […]

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India’s petroleum minister believes biofuels doesn’t need more subsidies

India’s petroleum minister believes biofuels doesn’t need more subsidies

February 12, 2024 |

In India, MoneyControl reports that the Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri believes that growing demand is sufficient support for the biofuel industry and that further subsidies aren’t necessary. For those plants that are very expensive to build, he says the oil marketing companies will build them, so there isn’t need for […]

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ExxonMobil exploring biofuel production at Baton Rouge refinery

ExxonMobil exploring biofuel production at Baton Rouge refinery

February 7, 2024 |

In Louisiana, The Advocate newspaper reports ExxonMobil is exploring the use of used cooking oil and other plant oils to produce biofuels at its refinery in Baton Rouge. The company says its expertise in, and use of proprietary catalysts allows to it process a wide range of molecules as potential feedstock. Such an investment would […]

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Pacific Biodiesel gets federal funding to develop model for Hawaii agriculture-based biofuel

Pacific Biodiesel gets federal funding to develop model for Hawaii agriculture-based biofuel

January 20, 2024 |

In Hawaii, Pacific Biodiesel Technologies announced the company has expanded its operations to Kauai as part of a multi-year agreement signed last year with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) to demonstrate a renewable biofuel produced in Hawaii from multiple locally grown oilseed […]

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Thailand looking to drop biofuel subsidies in September

Thailand looking to drop biofuel subsidies in September

January 18, 2024 |

In Thailand, the Bangkok Post reports the Oil Fuel Fund Office is looking to finally end biofuel subsidies for certain blends in September after intending to for several years. Biofuels have been subsidized in Thailand for more than 20 years, but the office feels that biofuels’ popularity has rendered it unnecessary to subsidize the fuel. […]

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USDA awards $19M to increase biofuel availability in 22 states

USDA awards $19M to increase biofuel availability in 22 states

January 11, 2024 |

In Washington, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that USDA is awarding $19 million in grants to U.S. business owners to increase the availability of domestic biofuels in 22 states and give Americans cleaner, more affordable fuel options at gas station pumps as part of President Biden’s Bidenomics agenda to lower costs […]

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New research could make turning waste cooking oil into biofuel easier and quicker

New research could make turning waste cooking oil into biofuel easier and quicker

January 7, 2024 |

In the UK, De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) reported that a group of its researchers have pioneered a new manufacturing process which could make the creation of biofuel from waste cooking oil faster and more efficient. Professor Katherine Huddersman, Dr Rawaz Ahmed, Saana Rashid, and Ketan Ruperalia, all based in a team of experts from […]

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