—Sweet And Oily Biodiesel Cocktail “Coprocessing carbohydrates and triglycerides derived from plant seeds significantly boosts biodiesel production” By coprocessing carbohydrates and triglycerides derived from plant seeds, Mark Mascal and Edward B. Nikitin of the University of California, Davis, have created a novel technology that stands to substantially increase biodiesel production from oil crops (Energy Fuels, DOI: 10.1021/ef9013373).
by Stephen K. Ritter | February 22, 2010
—Big companies invest in biodiesel “” Oil refiners on both sides of the Atlantic are putting money into biodiesel, an alternative fuel derived from soybean oil and other renewable feedstocks. Chevron has acquired a 22% stake in Galveston Bay Biodiesel, a Houston-based company building a biodiesel plant in Galveston, Texas, that Chevron says will be one of the first large-scale facilities in the U.S. When it opens at the end of the year, the plant will be able to make 20 million gal of biodiesel annually, almost a 27% increase in U.S. capacity, Chevron says. The facility can be expanded to produce 100 million gal. Dana Flanders, president of Chevron Technology Ventures, says the biodiesel industry in North America is at an early stage of development typified by small plants. "This is an opportunity to engage in one of the first large-scale biodiesel production operations," Flanders says. In Europe, Ineos Enterprises says it intends to make a "significant strategic investment" in the U.K. biofuels sector through the construction of a biodiesel plant in Grangemouth, Scotland, by 2008. Ineos already produces biodiesel in Baleycourt, France, and is in the process of doubling capacity to about 70 million gal per year. /articles/84/i21/Big-companies-invest-biodiesel.html 20060522 Concentrates 84 21 /magazine/84/8421.html Big companies invest in biodiesel con bus environment Big companies invest in biodiesel Chemical & Engineering News Big companies invest in biodiesel Big companies invest in biodiesel
May 22, 2006
But part of the massive bill is a new tax incentive for using the alternative fuel known as biodiesel. Biodiesel is a diesel fuel produced by combining vegetable oils or animal fats with methanol in a transesterification reaction that yields a fatty acid methyl ester, known as biodiesel, and glycerin. About three-quarters of a pound of glycerin is produced for every gallon of biodiesel made. Last year, according to the National Biodiesel Board (NBB), the industry's trade association, the U.S. produced about 30 million gal of biodiesel, primarily for customers like universities and the U.S. military that operate large diesel vehicle fleets.
by MICHAEL MCCOY, C&EN NORTHEAST NEWS BUREAU | February 21, 2005
— Ineos is planning more biodiesel “” Ineos is building a biodiesel plant at its site in Zwijndrecht, Antwerp, Belgium. The plant will cost more than $120 million and have a capacity of more than 500,000 metric tons of biodiesel per year by 2009. Ineos aims to be the "first truly pan-European supplier of biodiesel," producing 2 million metric tons of the fuel by 2012. In October, the company moved forward with plans to build a 500,000-metric-ton biodiesel plant in Grangemouth, Scotland. /articles/84/i51/Ineos-planning-biodiesel.html 20061218 Concentrates 84 51 /magazine/84/8451.html Ineos is planning more biodiesel con bus business Ineos is planning more biodiesel Chemical & Engineering News Ineos is planning more biodiesel Ineos is planning more biodiesel
December 18, 2006
He arranged a meeting between Lubrizol and biodiesel start-up D1 Oils, and by the end of September, D1 had agreed to purchase the facility for a mere $5.7 million. The scenario is becoming common. Biodiesel is made in a straightforward transesterification reaction whereby methanol and oils from plants or animals are combined to make methyl esters—or biodiesel—and glycerin.
by Alexander H. Tullo | February 12, 2007
—Biodiesel catalyst ranks to expand “Seeing more growth ahead, two small companies invest in new plants” Growth in the biodiesel market is spurring two small companies to invest in U.S. production of sodium methylate, a catalyst used to convert fats and oils into the renewable fuel. These Davids will be going up against two biodiesel catalyst Goliaths, the German chemical makers BASF and Evonik Industries.
by Michael McCoy | April 15, 2016
"Biodiesel is an instant switch fuel--you don't have to wait for it to be developed," says Randall von Wedel, biochemist and founder of CytoCulture in Point Richmond, Calif., and biodiesel broker. Though it might seem like a new commercial phenomenon in the U.S., biodiesel has been commonplace for years in Europe, especially Germany, France, and Austria.
by ELIZABETH K. WILSON | May 27, 2002