Biofuels

IEA Shares Recommendations for Global Biofuel Alliance

Wednesday, 26 July 2023 REM The IEA recently presented key findings from its new report, Biofuel Policy in Brazil, India and the United States – Insights for the Global Biofuel Alliance, at a special meeting of government ministers ...

Bunge, Chevron Acquire argentina Seed Business

Wednesday, 12 July 2023 REM Bunge and Chevron’s Renewable Energy Group Inc., a subsidiary of Chevron Corporation, acquired Chacraservicios S.r.l., based in argentina from the Italian-based Adamant Group. This latest investment ...

IEA becomes Facilitator of Biofuture Platform

Friday, 08 February 2019 REM The International Energy Agency officially took over on February 1 as the Facilitator of the Biofuture Platform, a group of 20 countries seeking to accelerate development and scale up deployment of modern ...

Commerce Department Recommends Duties on Biofuel Imports from argentina, Indonesia

Tuesday, 24 October 2017 Dan McCue The US Commerce Department has set preliminary import duties of up to 70.05 percent on biofuel imports from argentina and 50.71 on imports from Indonesia after finding exporters in the two countries sold ...

argentina seeks consultations on EU bio-diesel-dumping claims

Monday, 06 January 2014 Dan McCue

argentina has informed the WTO Secretariat that it is seeking consultations with the European Union regarding anti-dumping measures imposed by the EU on Argentine biodiesel.

Keclon, an Argentinian biodiesel technology developer, completes seed financing round

Monday, 19 March 2012 REM Keclon, Argentinian biodiesel technology developer specializing in proprietary enzymes it says improve the quality, efficiency and cost of biodiesel fuel production, has completed a seed round of financing. ...

Europe

Taking a look at sustainability certification for biofuels

Thursday, 03 November 2011 REM Independent TÜV SÜD experts, Igor Dormuth and Elena Schmidt, provide an insight into the EU Commission's ambitious sustainability standards for biofuels. They look at the certification schemes available ...

Trinidad and Tobago

Caribbean island to produce biodiesel from waste oil

Tuesday, 20 September 2011 Toby Price

An Argentinean OEM is helping the Caribbean nation of Trinidad & Tobago Republic to increase its energy sufficiency by recycling waste vegetable oil collected on the island.

Biofuels comeback to reach all-time high

Thursday, 15 September 2011 REM Global production of biofuels increased 17 percent in 2010 to reach an all-time high of 105 billion litres, up from 90 billion litres in 2009. According to research conducted by the Worldwatch Institute’s ...

European Union

EU Sets Biofuel Sustainability Standards

Friday, 22 July 2011 Dan McCue The European Union has established what it is calling the “highest sustainability standards in the world” for certification of bio-fuels. The seven voluntary schemes endorsed by the European ...