Sales and production of biodiesel are up for Iowa-based Renewable Energy Group (REG), but revenues have taken quite a hit. The latest information from the biodiesel behemoth shows during the first quarter of 2014 sales were up 22 percent compared to a year earlier, along with a 5 percent increase in production. But REG also reports a revenue drop of …
Nebraska Biodiesel Plant being Retrofitted
A Nebraska biodiesel plant is being retrofitted with new technology and is hoping to be launched by summer 2015. This story from Biodiesel Magazine says Flint Hills Resources is putting Benefuel Inc.’s commercial-scale, innovative biodiesel technology into its Beatrice, Neb., biodiesel plant. Since 2010, Flint Hills Resources has worked with Benefuel to test and validate its innovative, patented and proprietary …
Prairie Horizon to Add Renewable Diesel Facility
Prairie Horizon Agri-Energy is one of only a handful of ethanol plants moving into the production of biodiesel. The biorefinery announced plans to form a partnership with WB Services to add a renewable diesel production facility into the existing ethanol plant. “With this announcement, Prairie Horizon continues to meet its goal of providing leadership in the renewable fuels industry,” said …
Research Finds Real-Time Biodiesel Analysis
New research shows a way to conduct quality analysis in real-time. Biodico’s VP of Research and Development, Trey Teall, presented the results of a five-year research project at the recent American Oil Chemists’ Society (AOCS) Annual Meeting & Expo in San Antonio, Texas that focused on the use of Fourier Transform Near-infrared Spectroscopy (FT-NIRS) to provide real-time in-situ analysis of …
Biodiesel By-Product Innovation Award Announced
Research that looks to overcome roadblocks to innovative uses for the biodiesel by-product, glycerin, has been honored. The National Biodiesel Board and the American Cleaning Institute presented their 2014 Glycerine Innovation Award at the American Oil Chemists’ Society’s annual meeting. The 2014 honoree is Dr. Xiaofei “Philip” Ye, Associate Professor at the University of Tennessee’s Department of Biosystems Engineering & …
Biodiesel Board Praises Denial of RFS Challenge
The National Biodiesel Board (NBB) joined the chorus of biofuel groups happy with the decision handed down by the District of Columbia Circuit Court rejecting a petition filed by Monroe Energy, LLC that challenged the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) 2013 Renewable Fuel Standards (RFS). “The court’s decision today is only the latest in a long series of cases in which …
Iowans Increase Use of Higher Blends of Renewables
New data from the Iowa Department of Revenue shows major growth in the use of higher-level blends of ethanol and biodiesel in 2013. The report showed 2013 sales of pure biodiesel (B100) increased 24 percent over 2012, setting a new record of 28.9 million gallons. Biodiesel also saw a 21 percent increase in blended gallons sold, with immense growth in …
NC Company Partners with Schools for Biodiesel
A North Carolina company that makes biodiesel from used cooking oil is now expanding to put more than green fuel in school buses. Company officials now want to put green bucks also back into the school systems. This story from WRAL says Green Circle NC collects old cooking oil from area restaurants and sells it to biodiesel companies and is …
UCO-for-Biodiesel Workshop Slated for July
U.S. makers of biodiesel from used cooking oil (UCO) will be able to learn how to get their green fuel into the European marketplace. The International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC), the global leader in certifying UCO and other feedstocks for the European biofuels market, holds a workshop on the subject July 8th in Chicago. “In order for feedstocks to …
NE Energy Event Features Biodiesel Heating Oil
Attendees of a recent energy, petroleum and HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) industry tradeshow in the Northeast U.S. got to hear a lot more about biodiesel used as heating oil, better known as Bioheat. The National Biodiesel Board helped feature the green heating fuel at the Atlantic Region Energy Expo, considered the most significant energy event in that area. …