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Iowa legislators asked to extend, expand biodiesel rewards

Plantations International News Members and supporters of the Iowa Biodiesel Board hit the state capitol Feb. 17, asking state lawmakers to expand and also expand biodiesel motivations set to expire. These include a tax credit that assists the state's 13 biodiesel manufacturers make Iowa the top state for production, as well as a seller's credit rating that lures energy merchants to carry biodiesel blends. The "Iowa Biodiesel Day on the Hillside," a public education day as well as lunch hosted by IBB, consisted of conferences with legislators to discuss the 2016 legal priorities to keep this crucial state production market solid. [...]

Safety first, 2nd, 3rd, fourth

Plantations International Information The recent heartbreaking accident at a biodiesel plant in Spain strengthens the should place safety first, last and also at all factors in between Over the weekend an unfortunate accident at the Biocom Energia biodiesel plant in Valencia, Spain, claimed the lives of 2 workers as well as harmed a third. I feel deeply sorry for the targets and their households. Your loved one goes to operate in the morning as well as when you part for the day, you don't anticipate it being the last time you will ever before see them. Exactly how dreadful that should [...]

California Biodiesel Conference to focus on regulative security

Plantations International Information The The golden state Biodiesel Partnership, the industry's voice considering that 2006, is honored to present its 2016 The golden state Biodiesel Seminar Feb. 24 at the Capitol Ballroom in midtown Sacramento. An outright should for anyone doing or desiring to do business in California, it will certainly concentrate on new facts as well as opportunities as the state's market-- lengthy tested by governing unpredictability-- gets in a new period of regulative security based on CBA's legislative success and also the Jan. 1 implementation of the brand-new Different Diesel Fuel Policy and the newly readopted low carbon gas [...]

Super Bowl kicks off with clean diesel tech, renewable diesel

Plantations International News The widely attended fan festivals and transportation to this week’s championship football game in San Francisco are the latest in a long line of entities to recognize advanced biofuels—including biodiesel and renewable diesel fuel—in meeting climate, clean air and sustainability goals. These advance biofuels, when used in diesel engines, can reduce carbon emissions by at least 50 percent, improving air quality and contributing to a sustainable energy future. San Francisco’s host committee is seeking to create a “Net Positive” for the Bay Area from the numerous events associated with the game, including environmental factors. The fan festival events throughout the week will [...]

Biodiesel taking a bite out of exhausts in the Large Apple

Plantations International News The words of the legendary Frank Sinatra danced in my head as our group of Minnesota soybean farmers paid attention to an authorities with the Natural Resources Defense Council describe how their New York City workplaces were heated by biodiesel. Ol' Blue Eyes bellowing, "If I could make it there, I'll make it anywhere," appeared so proper when hearing firsthand stories concerning the impact of biodiesel in the Big Apple. Our December browse through to New York City was certainly an eye-opener on many levels. For those of us old adequate to keep in mind the 1970s (I [...]

German biodiesel exports decline in 2015

Plantations International Information German biodiesel exports from January through November 2015 were down virtually a quarter from the exact same duration in 2014. This is revealed by German Federal Statistical Office international profession figures. A decent 90 percent of exports went to EU member states. According to Agrarmarkt Informations-Gesellschaft mbH (AMI), the sharp decrease in biodiesel exports was very first and also leading based upon a huge decline in shipments to the Netherlands, France and Poland. Need from the Netherlands alone was down around 42 percent on the same period the previous year. Orders from Poland plummeted by 38 percent. Exports [...]

Howell says 2016 may be busiest year yet for biodiesel at ASTM

Plantations International News An abundance of ASTM and ISO biodiesel activities may make 2016 the busiest year yet at the standards organizations, said National Biodiesel Board senior technical advisor Steve Howell. At the National Biodiesel Conference & Expo in Tampa, Florida, Howell spoke about his involvement with biodiesel and ASTM for more than two decades, and he detailed ongoing and future technical work at ASTM and ISO that will ultimately expand market opportunities for biodiesel blends. Howell began by discussing how diesel OEMs are seeking changes to ASTM D975, the diesel fuel specification, in order to better perform with their high-pressure [...]

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