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[...]
Sweet: Chocolate goes climate-positive with carbon insetting
Plantations International Information By Patrick Fortyr, Woodland Finest Consulting GmbH-- CO2OL Photo by © ForestFinancePeople love delicious chocolate. Last year's worldwide intake of this scrumptious as well as ageless reward was roughly 8 million tonnes, as more and also more people can manage it. Specifically, demand is increasing dramatically in[...]
Indonesia’s very first ‘conservation district’– a potential model for change
Plantations International News Initially released on the Preservation International Blog. By Bruno Vander Velde The world enjoyed as wildfires raged partly of Indonesia last month, loading the skies with smoke and even causing the nation's head of state to shorten a journey to Washington. Not making headings, nonetheless, is a[...]
REG holds ribbon-cutting ceremony for 100 MMgy Grays Harbor plant
Plantations International News By Renewable Energy Group Inc. | September 15, 2015 Renewable Energy Group Inc. celebrated the formal opening of the newest addition to its fleet of biomass-based diesel refineries Sept. 14 with a ribbon cutting at REG Grays Harbor LLC. REG leaders were joined by state and local[...]
Researchers in Wales synthesize methanol from crude glycerin
Plantations International News Researchers from Cardiff Catalysis Institute in Wales have developed a way to increase the yield of biodiesel by using simple catalysis to convert glycerin from the transesterification process into methanol. The researchers reacted glycerin with water, to provide hydrogen, with a magnesium oxide (MgO) catalyst. The reaction involved[...]
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[...]
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[...]
MBI receives biomass pre-treatment technology patent
Plantations International News MBI, a US-based biotech company, has been granted a patent (patent no. 9,102,964) for its Afex biomass pre-treatment technology by the US Patent and Trademark Office. The Afex technology enables energy producers to utilise the nearly 2 billion tonnes of biomass left on the fields annually after[...]
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[...]