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Pacific Biodiesel receives Platinum Certified Clean Fleet award

Plantations International News Pacific Biodiesel Logistics, the grease collection division of Hawaii-based biodiesel technology firm Pacific Biodiesel, has received the Platinum Certified Clean Fleet award from Blue Planet Foundation and Honolulu Clean Cities as part of the new Hawaii Clean Fleets certification program. The platinum certification is the program’s most prestigious level, reserved for public or commercial fleets that exclusively use renewable fuels or electricity for all vehicles in their fleets. Only one other organization—Extended Horizons Inc.—received the same platinum award. Three additional organizations—Hawaii Electric Light Co., the Honolulu Board of Water Supply and Dependable Hawaiian Express—received Certified Clean Fleet awards, [...]

EU extends import duties on US biodiesel until 2020

Plantations International News             Cookies are required to use this site. Please turn them on! This website requires javascript to be enabled. September 15, 2015 The EU will extend anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties on imported US biodiesel until 2020, according to Reuters. The duties were extended in an EU attempt to maintain its defence against trade in renewable fuels. The EU argues that should the duties, originally set in 2009 on certain US biodiesel producers, be lifted, the resulting increase in imports could damage European biofuels production. At issue was a US tax credit of $ [...]

Cardiff University researchers improve biodiesel yields

Plantations International News Researchers at Cardiff University have devised a way of increasing the yield of biodiesel by using the waste left over from its production process. Using simple catalysis, the researchers have been able to recycle an undesired by-product of the vegetable-oil-to-biodiesel conversion process, and convert this residue into an ingredient to produce even more biodiesel. It is believed this new process will have significant environmental benefits by improving the yield of biodiesel in a sustainable way that doesn’t require the use of additional fossil fuels and could potentially reduce the costs of the biodiesel production process. The results were [...]

REG opens biodiesel refinery in Grays Harbor

Plantations International News Renewable Energy Group (REG) has formally opened its latest biomass-based diesel refinery REG Grays Harbor, Washington, US. REG leaders were joined by state and local business, government, and community leaders for a ceremony marking the transition to REG’s ownership of the former Imperium Grays Harbor 100 million gallon nameplate capacity biodiesel production and terminal facility. Daniel J. Oh, president and CEO of REG, noted at the event that the plant, employing 39 full-time employees, is the company’s 11th and now largest, biorefinery and its first west coast production facility. ‘The transition has been seamless thanks to the dedicated [...]

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