Biodiesel and Renewable Diesel: What’s the Difference?
by Maria Gerveni, Scott Irwin, Todd Hubbs (University of Illinois and U.S. Department of Agriculture/FarmDocDaily) Biomass-based diesel has long played an important role in compliance with the U.S....
View ArticleEU Biodiesel Industry Concerned on Import Labelling
by John Houghton-Brown (Argus Media) European producers and traders of biodiesel say Chinese product entering the EU is being wrongly labelled as an ‘advanced’ biofuel, and sold into Germany where it...
View ArticleArgus Launches Asia-Pacific Biofuels on Its Price-Discovery Platform
(Argus Media/Biobased Diesel Daily) Global energy and commodity price-reporting agency Argus has extended its Argus Open Markets real-time electronic price-discovery platform to include used cooking...
View ArticlePolicy Support Needed to Boost Sustainable Aviation Fuels in China
by Niu Yuhan (China Dialogue) China’s aviation sector needs sustainable fuels to lower its carbon footprint, but support is needed to reduce costs and increase production — … China’s production of SAFs...
View ArticleLouis Dreyfus to Expand Canada Canola Plant, Latest to Crush More Oilseeds
by Rod Nickel and Gus Trompiz (Reuters) Global crop trader Louis Dreyfus Corp (LOUDR.UL) on Tuesday said it will more than double the size of its Canadian canola crushing plant in Yorkton,...
View ArticleWill Low Carbon ‘Fuel’ Ag’s Next Golden Age?
by Mike Wilson (Farm Progress) Oil, ag processors combine to expand demand for low carbon oilseeds. — … There is a scenario unfolding that could keep this bull market hot for several years, even if...
View ArticleThe Biodiesel Profitability Squeeze
by Maria Gerveni and Scott Irwin (FarmDocDaily) … We begin by briefly reviewing data on renewable diesel and FAME biodiesel production trends in recent years. Figure 1 shows monthly U.S. renewable...
View ArticleMakueni’s Castor Beans Feeding Italian Biofuel Firm
by Pius Maundu (Nation Media Group) Castor beans are the raw material for jet fuel; Its production nosedived over the years due to the vagaries of climate change and lack of a steady market — As a...
View ArticleRenewable Diesel Bubble Begins to Burst as Costs Spark Pullback
byTarso Veloso Ribeiro, Kim Chipman and Isis Almeida (Bloomberg/Yahoo! Finance) Exxon axes supply deal after delay, Cargill puts plant on hold; Labor woes contribute to rising costs for building plants...
View ArticleSustainable Aviation Fuel Future Foggy: Airline Official Tells Ethanol...
by Todd Neeley (DTN Progressive Farmer) … Steve Csonka, executive director of the initiative ( Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative), said during a recent panel discussion at the Fuel...
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