Call Us Today! +65 3163 1386|info@plantationsinternational.com

biodiesel

Hawaii regulators approve biodiesel contract for HECO plants

Plantations International News The contract between Hawaiian Electric and Pacific Biodiesel Technologies to supply biodiesel for Oahu power generators has been approved by Hawaii regulators. The two-year contract, which goes into effect November, is for a minimum of 2 MMgy and up to 3 MMgy. The renewable fuel is slated for use primarily at the 110-megawatt Campbell Industrial Park generation facility and the Honolulu International Airport Emergency Power Facility, yet could also be used at other Oahu power plants as needed. The advanced biofuel will be produced at Pacific Biodiesel’s newest facility, Big Island Biodiesel, which began operations in 2012. “The [...]

Pacific Biodiesel to provide biodiesel to Hawaii

Plantations International News             Cookies are required to use this site. Please turn them on! This website requires javascript to be enabled. October 2, 2015 Hawaiian authorities have approved Pacific Biodiesel Technologies’ (PBT) contract to supply biodiesel to Hawaiian Energy (HE), primarily for use at its power plants on the island of O’ahu. According to Hawaii Public Utilities Commission, the contract was approved after it was determined that the proposed price for the biodiesel was reasonable, the diesel will be produced locally, and should contribute positively to the local economy. PBT will supply HE with between [...]

AGQM creates no-harm test for biodiesel home heating oil stabilizers

Plantations International Information As a result of boosting need for biodiesel-blended home heating oil, the German biodiesel quality management association AGQM revealed it will offer for the initial time a test to evaluate oxidation stabilizers for fatty acid methyl esters (POPULARITY) planned for mixing with home heating oil. AGQM states the advanced tests are implied to eliminate likely dangerous results of the fuel itself as well as undesirable interactions with various other gas parts. "In order to assure the high quality of energies and also POPULARITY, ingredients such as circulation improvers, steel deactivators, odor-covering representatives and stabilizers are made use of," [...]

EU approves biodiesel JV between Wilmar and Fox Petrolifera

Plantations International News             Cookies are required to use this site. Please turn them on! This website requires javascript to be enabled. September 14, 2015 The European Commission has approved under the EU Merger Regulation a Dutch joint venture (JV) company between the Singaporean Wilmar International and Italian Fox Petrolifera Italiana. The new JV company will produce biodiesel at Fox Petrolifera’s existing biodiesel facility in Italy. Both of the parent companies produce biodiesel and crude and refined glycerine on their own, in addition to selling palm and seed oil for biodiesel production. The Commission concluded that [...]

California’s Air Source Board provides biodiesel as lowest-carbon fuel

Plantations International News In the US, California's Air Resources Board (ARB) has actually provided biodiesel as the lowest-carbon energy in the state's changed Low Carbon Fuels Requirement (LCFS). The brand-new conventional affirms biodiesel lowers greenhouse gas discharges by a minimum of 50 % and frequently by as high as 81 % when contrasted with oil, providing biodiesel the most effective carbon score among all liquid fuels. As part of the state's LCFS, which requires a 10 % reduction by 2020 in the carbon intensity of transportation gases, the ARB has measured the carbon intensity of standard and also alternate gases through [...]

CARB affirms biodiesel as lowest-carbon fuel in revised LCFS

Plantations International News The California Air Resources Board wrapped up the state's modified low carbon fuels conventional (LCFS) Sept. 25. The new common affirms that biodiesel reduces greenhouse gas discharges by at the very least 50 percent as well as often by as high as 81 percent vs. oil. This gives biodiesel the best carbon rating amongst all fluid fuels. "This is not an academic workout," stated the National Biodiesel Board's Director of Sustainability Don Scott. "It's where the rubber hits the trail in identifying where Californians get their fuels for the following 20 or Three Decade. It's the distinction in [...]

Bagram Air Field converts UCO to biodiesel to power burners

Plantations International Information Three unrelated problems were fixed by one straightforward remedy designed by Logistics Civil Augmentation Program IV contract companion Fluor to convert utilized cooking oil right into biodiesel to aid power solid waste burners at Bagram Air Area in Afghanistan. The troubles of eco liable disposal of utilized cooking oil, powering strong waste burners and giving stewardship of taxpayer bucks were dealt with when the contactor proposed a biodiesel process to Defense Agreement Administration Agency in March 2015 and processed the first 100-gallon set Might 3. "Bagram produces approximately 186 gallons of used cooking oil every day," stated Christopher [...]

Toggle Sliding Bar Area