Agarwood

New EU specification to increase better use of sustainable diesel

Plantations International Agarwood Gaharu News The European Committee for Standardization just recently authorized a new standard for paraffinic diesel fuel made from synthesis or hydrotreatment. EN 15940, which will certainly be released by all CEN members before completion of 2016, develops requirements as well as test methods for marketed and supplied paraffinic gasoline including a degree of around 7 percent fat methyl ester (POPULARITY) for use in diesel engines. Up until currently, paraffinic diesel gas, that includes gas-to-liquids (GTL) fuel, hydrotreated veggie oil (HVO, a.k.a., eco-friendly diesel), and also biomass-to-liquids (BTL), has mainly been sold to finish users in Europe as [...]

Growing innovative biofuel gallons

Plantations International Agarwood Gaharu News The Advanced Biofuels Organization lately included three brand-new members, two of which are biodiesel producers, bringing the volume of sophisticated biofuels gallons the organization stands for to nearly 10 billion < div readability=" 86.875580979621" > Subscription to the Advanced Biofuels Association is growing, as well as the group claims it now represents virtually 10 billion gallons of residential and international biofuels manufacturing. In late May, ABFA welcomed three new members-- biodiesel producers Biox and Louis Dreyfus, and also the Brazilian sugarcane market association (UNICA). Biox owns as well as runs a 17.7 MMgy biodiesel video production [...]

Agarwood Gaharu Plantation Investment

Agarwood Gaharu Plantation Investment Agarwood is the infected wood of the Aquilaria tree. Called ‘the wood of the Gods’, its uses range from incense for religious ceremonies, perfume for the Arabic world, medicinal wine in Korea and ornamental functions in China. As a healthy tree the Aquilaria is worth next to nothing, but wounded its defence mechanisms produce agarwood and the tree becomes a valuable commodity. Gerard Persoon goes in search of the natural and social life of a wounded tree. Buddhist monks, Arabic perfumers, Japanese incense producers and Papuan collectors were just some of the cast of the 2nd International [...]