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Howell says 2016 may be busiest year yet for biodiesel at ASTM

Plantations International News An abundance of ASTM and ISO biodiesel activities may make 2016 the busiest year yet at the standards organizations, said National Biodiesel Board senior technical advisor Steve Howell. At the National Biodiesel Conference & Expo in Tampa, Florida, Howell spoke about his involvement with biodiesel and ASTM for more than two decades, and he detailed ongoing and future technical work at ASTM and ISO that will ultimately expand market opportunities for biodiesel blends. Howell began by discussing how diesel OEMs are seeking changes to ASTM D975, the diesel fuel specification, in order to better perform with their high-pressure [...]

What biodiesel producers ought to know regarding FSMA

Plantations International Information If your glycerin or free fats may locate their method right into the food or feed supply, you have to comply with the challenging Food Safety and security Innovation Act If you're a biodiesel manufacturer and there is an affordable possibility that also some of your glycerin is going into the feed or types of food supply, then you will need to comply with the Food Security Innovation Act, according to two attorneys with Faegre, Baker and Daniels LLP that talked at the National Biodiesel Conference in Tampa this week. Furthermore, if you're a grease debt collector as [...]

GoodFuels gets RSB accreditation for sustainable aquatic biofuels

Plantations International News GoodFuels Marine, the very first marine biofuel company concentrated on the worldwide business fleet, has actually received the greatest criterion of accreditation from the Roundtable of Lasting Biomaterials, allowing the companyto proactively market and advertise RSB-certified biofuels to the shipping sector. The qualification, which assesses the sustainable viability of the biomaterials used by GoodFuels to produce marine bunker gas, has been granted for two years.RSB has specified 12 concepts to which biomaterials have to comply to be viewed as sustainable as well as thereby qualified for the RSB consent, including the degrees of CO2reduction, human rights impacts and [...]

Bankrupt biodiesel maker ARFuels enters voluntary administration

Plantations International Information On Jan. 21, biodiesel producer Australian Renewable Fuels Ltd. revealed that its board of supervisors has actually unfortunately placed the firm right into a state of volunteer administration, which the firm describes as "a type of insolvency arrangement that develops a possibility for flexible as well as cutting-edge strategies to bring about a better end result for stakeholders than could otherwise happen in liquidation." The business points out quickly decreasing oil costs, the breakdown in correlation between petroleum and also feedstock rates, and also "proceeded as well as destabilizing uncertainty of the [Australian] federal government's policy in respect [...]

Iowa biodiesel production breaks record in 2015

Plantations International Information The Iowa Renewable Fuels Organization announced Jan. 13 that regardless of plan uncertainty for almost all of 2015, Iowa biodiesel manufacturing set a new annual document of 242 million gallons. Biodiesel production was up from 227 million gallons in 2014, as well as covered the previous document of 230 million gallons embeded in 2013. Once national numbers are announced, Iowa is expected to once more lead the country in biodiesel manufacturing in 2015. "It needs to be claimed that Iowa's document biodiesel production in 2015 is a proof to the effectiveness of Iowa's plants as well as to [...]

Back On Strong Ground

Plantations International Information After a prolonged duration of plan unpredictability, the final renewable gas specification (RFS) guideline and also a two-year retroactive reinstatement of the $ 1-per-gallon blender or food processors tax credit history are anticipated to bring stability back to the U.S. biodiesel sector. After 2 years in limbo without renewable quantity commitments (RVOs) under the government sustainable gas criterion (RFS) for 2014-'15-- in addition to uncertainty concerning future years-- the United States biodiesel sector had actually as soon as again discovered itself in a state of precariousness following the strong development year of 2013. The pattern of excellent years [...]

Algae.Tec finishes commissioning, startup of nutraceutical plant

Plantations International Information Australia-based Algae.Tec Ltd. has actually completed commissioning as well as preliminary start-up of an algae production plant to create algae-based nutraceutical items at the business's Manufacturing & & Growth Center in Atlanta. The establishment has a capacity of 50 lots of algae annually with versatility to create as well as check numerous algal strains based upon nutritional requirements. The plant utilizes the business's exclusive enclosed photobioreactor modern technology that provides a controlled environment for the production of algae items for nutraceutical applications. The firm anticipates to secure a natural accreditation within the next only a few months. The [...]

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