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Biodiesel Production Poised for Outstanding Growth

March 16, 2011   Karl   No comments
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Biodiesel Production Poised for Outstanding Growth

The global biofuel industry has been witnessing sustainable growth and developments for the past few years in the backdrop of depleting fossil fuels and degradation of environmental conditions. Compared to ethanol, the global biodiesel industry is still at its infancy; however it is rapidly growing. According to our research report “Global Biofuel Market Analysis”, supportive government and upcoming biodiesel plants in Asia will boost the world biodiesel production at a CAGR of around 15.5% during 2010-2013.

Further, our study reveals that the biodiesel production is growing worldwide, with the European Union accounting for the largest share of the biodiesel production worldwide. However, the US is rapidly picking up speed in biodiesel production due to high requirement of environment-friendly transportation fuel. America (the US and Brazil) is the second largest biodiesel producing region in the world after the EU. Our research report provides a statistical view on both biodiesel and ethanol production along with the cost analysis of biofuel.

“Global Biofuel Market Analysis” provides an extensive research and rational analysis of the global biofuel industry and its different segments. It gives a deep insight into the regional trends prevailing across the globe. Analysis and statistics regarding the market size, growth, regional segmentation, and trends in technology developments have been thoroughly studied in the report to provide clients a comprehensive overview of the biofuel industry.

We have also studied growth prospects of the biofuel industry in the developing countries. The several countries covered in the report are – Australia, Thailand, Japan, India, China, Indonesia, the US, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, Sweden, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the UK, Argentina, and Malaysia. Additionally, the report contains information about the government support, biofuel distribution issues, and cost analysis to help clients formulate appropriate strategies for the expansion of business in untapped markets. The report also provides brief information about the second generation biofuels, which will raise the production capacity per acre land, along with their social and environmental benefits.

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Finland’s Neste opens world’s biggest biodiesel plant in Singapore

March 09, 2011   Karl   No comments

Finland's Neste opens world's biggest biodiesel plant in Singapore

Finnish oil refiner Neste Oil Corp on Tuesday unveiled a new biodiesel plant in Singapore, calling it the world’s largest facility for the production of renewable diesel.

With an annual capacity of 800,000 metric tons, the 767-million-US-dollar plant would use feedstocks such as palm oil from neighbouring Malaysia and Indonesia to produce clean diesel marketed mainly in Europe and North America, the company said.

It said biodiesel could reduce greenhouse gas emissions by more than 50 per cent over the product’s entire life cycle when compared to fossil diesel, it said.

Neste Oil said its renewable diesel was ‘produced from fully sustainable and traceable biofeedstocks.’ It said the Singapore plant obtained a certificate from Germany, guaranteeing it has met strict environmental criteria.

The palm oil industry in Malaysia and Indonesia has come under fire from environmentalists who say it destroys rain forests and threatens endangered species such as orangutans.

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NAABB’s Algal-Based Biodiesel Meets NAABB Standards

November 18, 2010   Karl

NAABB’s Algal-Based Biodiesel Meets ASTM Standards

According to the National Alliance for Biofuels and Bioproducts (NAABB), a considerable breakthrough has been made with the production of biodiesel using oil extracted from algae. The consortium’s algal biodiesel is meeting fuel specifications set by the American Society for Testing and Materials(ASTM).

The algal oil was provided by Eldorado Biofuels, and the oil was converted to biodiesel by Catilin, Inc., using their commercially available T300 solid catalyst. Whereas conventional conversion methods use highly caustic materials such as sodium hydroxide, Catilin’s technology produced the algal biodiesel that both meets ASTM standards more efficiently and economically while at the same time produced a highly purified glycerin. Glycerin is a highly valuable byproduct that is used by the food and pharmaceutical industries.

“We are very pleased to have demonstrated that our catalytic process is effective for algal oil feedstocks. Not only are the conversion costs reduced relative to the conventional process but the quality byproducts produced in the process will open additional markets,” said David Sams, vice president, business development for Catilin.

Eldorado Biofuels CEO Paul Laur noted that his company is happy they could provide the algal oil to help move the algae biofuels industry forward, and Jose Olivares, NAABB’s executive director said, “This step represents a major success and illustrates the high level of interaction between members which is a good sign that we are starting to reap the benefits of the consortium concept.”

The consortium’s next step is to distribute samples of the ASTM algae based biodiesel among members for the follow-up analyses necessary for engine emissions testing.

Source http://domesticfuel.com

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Algae biodiesel production has to be three times cheaper

October 01, 2010   Karl

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Algae biodiesel production has to be three times cheaper

The cost of producing biodiesel from algae is now three and a half times more than producing it from oil, and twice as much as producing fuel from rapeseed. Investments in biotechnology would however make it feasible for petrol to be produced from algae.

This is put forth by the Wageningen University environmental economist Justus Wesseler and his colleague Vujadin Dovacevic in the October issue of Energy Policy.

Last month, Wageningen UR environmental technologists Rene Wijffels and Maria Barbosa reported in Science that the production of biodiesel from algae cultivation would be feasible in ten to fifteen years’ time. The cost of algae production would have to go down by a factor of ten, contended Wijffels.

Exact figures

Economist Wesseler has now come up with exact figures. The cost of producing biodiesel from algae is currently 52.3 Euros per gigajoule of energy, compared with 36 Euros for rapeseed and only 15.8 Euros for oil. Wesseler has factored in the high costs of algae reactors based on figures from current, especially American, algae processors. ‘Those facilities are not the most modern and efficient’, he says. ‘In the past year, the conversion of algae into biodiesel has become more efficient and, therefore, less costly.’

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