In Turkey, the Associated Press reports the Turkish businessman associated with the $511 million tax fraud scheme with Salt Lake City-based Washakie Renewable Energy is being sought for arrest by Turkish authorities. He has been linked with an $132 million money laundering scheme in Turkey, which is why they are seeking his arrest. Warrants have […]
In Turkey, the Anadolu news agency reports that as much as one-third of the country’s power needs could be provided by biomass, primarily through biogas with a focus on livestock waste. The country’s 17 million head of cattle could produce 120 million metric tons of manure which could be feedstock for biogas and later electricity, […]
In Turkey, the Middle East Monitor says that local press is reporting the government’s decision to temporarily halt its ethanol blending program for up to three months in order to free up supplies to produce disinfectants and colognes to battle the spread of coronavirus after the country had its first five confirmed cases last week. […]
In Turkey, the Daily Sabah newspaper reports that biodiesel production for the year through August rose 18% against the same period in 2018 at 78,000 metric tons compared to 66,000. The industry produced a total of 108,609 tons, primarily from waste oils but also from canola and safflower but is expected to pass 120,000 tons […]
In Turkey, local press reports that police seized 1.53 million liters of illegal biodiesel valued at more than $11 million in the country’s largest-ever illegal fuel bust. The fuel was destined to be smuggled to Spain as biodiesel, even though it was just used cooking oil collected, boiled and with chemicals added to it without […]
In Turkey, Prensa Latina reports that the biodiesel industry from used cooking oil is finally picking up in the country. Last year’s fledgling production saw about 35,000 metric tons being turned into about $35 million worth of biodiesel, a figure the national biodieisel association said could double in just a few years as production tries […]
In Turkey, a European Patent application was made for biofuel cell developed by a joint study in the scientific cooperation of Üsküdar University, Sabancı University and Yıldız Technical University academicians that uses human stem cells. Designed from the neural cell lines used as a model in scientific studies, the biofuel cell produced high electrical energy […]
In Turkey, a European Union-funded project is helping researchers from Turkey, Slovenia, Spain, Italy, Germany and Latvia to further develop technology to produce biofuels from olive oil processing wastewater. The Rhodolive project looks to ferment the organic load of olive mill wastewater that can then be turned into biodiesel, animal feed and higher value products […]
In Turkey, the government has mandated a 0.5% biodiesel blend as of early 2018 that will boost current voluntary blending towards increasing consumption of domestic production that is currently well below production capacity. Only 70,000 metric tons of biodiesel was produced last year against installed capacity of 235,000 tons but introduction of the mandate should […]
In Turkey, funding is available for several partners for Transnational Access in BRISK, including the gasification infrastructure at TUBITAK Marmara Research Center. The final deadline for applications is March 15, 2015. TUBITAK Marmara Research Centre (MRC) Energy Institute conducts applied research on advanced energy technologies; namely pyrolysis, gasification and combustion of solid fuels and syngas […]
