Foreword
With all of the recent controversy surrounding
crop-based biofuels in the wake of the publication of the EU’s Revised
Renewable Energy Directive (RED II), the crop-based biofuels market is going to
have to adapt, both in the EU and elsewhere. One of the biggest required
changes will be to the palm oil market: as the European Commission has
announced that palm oil-based biofuels will receive reduced support under RED
II, the world’s exporters of palm oil will have to find another outlet outside
of the EU. One such exporter is Indonesia, for whom palm oil is the country’s
biggest export. Of course, a simpler solution than finding a new export
destination is to use more domestically, and this is the approach that
Indonesia has taken. A trial is ongoing to increase the biodiesel blend limit
in the country’s transport fuel to 30% – currently it sits at 20%, which is
still relatively high – and if the trial is successful, the Indonesian
government wishes to implement widespread B30 fuel in the country by next year.
There are even small-scale trials of.........
Other news this month includes:
Policy
- London introduces ultra-low emissions zone
- Three Eastern European countries back biofuels
Markets
- 8 billion miles driven on E15 in the US
- Biofuels creates jobs in US
Research and Development
- Irish lab to develop biofuels
- flexJET project to diversify jet biofuel feedstocks
- Biofuels curriculum available to American schools
Bioethanol
- Study finds bioethanol to have significantly lower emissions profile than
forecast
- Novel process to efficiently produce isobutanol with microbes
Biodiesel
- Indonesia testing 30% biodiesel blend
- McDonald's to increase grease recovery for biodiesel
- BASF expands production of biodiesel catalyst
- Norwegian company to convert plastic waste to biofuel
Aviation Biofuel
- Neste and Air BP in partnership to deliver aviation biofuel to Sweden
Other Biofuels
- SEAT to produce biomethane fuel in Barcelona
- Agreement to promote Italian transport biomethane
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