Farmers should receive fair compensation for
the biodiesel feedstock they produce.
Family and small holder farmers should not be displaced to grow or harvest
biodiesel feedstock.
Converting land from wilderness or grasslands to plant
biodiesel feedstock crops also releases GHG and is not sustainable.
Soybean oil remained the largest
biodiesel feedstock during February 2018 with 496 million pounds consumed.
Similarly, in the United States the soybean is the leading table oil and
biodiesel feedstock.
Algae represent one of many available
biodiesel feedstocks that can be cost - competitive with fossil fuels, he explained.
http://www.foeeurope.org/search/foee/biofuels «Other
Biodiesel Feedstocks.
Not exact matches
We calculate that growing lipidcane containing 20 percent oil would be five times more profitable per acre than soybeans, the main
feedstock currently used to make
biodiesel in the United States, and twice as profitable per acre as corn.
«One bacterium ferments the glycerol waste to produce bioethanol, which can be reused to make
biodiesel from oil
feedstocks.
German river levels lowest in a century Some three - quarters of oilseed rape goes into the country's
biodiesel industry — the biggest in the 27 - nation bloc — leaving it critically short of
feedstock and either forcing imports or cutting production, with a consequent knock - on effect on the country's and the European Union's efforts to cut climate - changing carbon emissions.
In the United States, the volume of
biodiesel from recycled
feedstocks like used vegetable oil has nearly doubled since 2011, according to the Energy Information Administration.
Nearly 40 percent will be
feedstock for a 30 - million - gallon - per - year
biodiesel plant run by Western Energy Solutions / Concord Blue USA.
Rain forests in Indonesia have been cut down and replaced with palm oil plantations, so that
feedstock for
biodiesel can be shipped 10,000 miles to Germany to meet biofuel targets.
Biomass - based diesel fuel:
Biodiesel and other renewable diesel fuel or diesel fuel blending components derived from biomass, but excluding renewable diesel fuel coprocessed with petroleum
feedstocks.
The U.S. government considers
biodiesel to be carbon - neutral because the plants that are the sources of the
feedstocks for making
biodiesel, such as soybeans and palm oil trees, absorb carbon dioxide (CO2) as they grow.
As of mid-2007, growth in investment in ethanol and
biodiesel was losing momentum as
feedstock prices rose for both ethanol distilleries and
biodiesel refineries and as soaring grain prices sounded alarm bells for food consumers everywhere.
This analytical report addresses the central issue of biofuel sustainability using a global assessment of major commodities and
feedstocks currently employed for bioethanol and
biodiesel production.
The United States produces mainly
biodiesel and ethanol fuel, which uses corn as the main
feedstock.
Cooking oil, palm oil
biodiesel can reduce emissions relative to diesel (11/28/2007) A lifecycle analysis of
biodiesel by Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) shows that using palm oil derived from existing plantations can be an effective biofuel
feedstock for reducing greenhouse gas emissions relative to conventional diesel fuel.
Different
feedstocks produce
biodiesel with distinct qualities that must be considered when blending
biodiesel with petroleum diesel for use in transportation.
Biodiesel is a renewable fuel made from various
feedstocks, including refined vegetable oils, recycled cooking oils, and rendered animal fats.
Feedstocks - There were a total of 953 million pounds of feedstocks used to produce biodiesel in Febr
Feedstocks - There were a total of 953 million pounds of
feedstocks used to produce biodiesel in Febr
feedstocks used to produce
biodiesel in February 2018.
Alternative liquid fuels include ethanol,
biodiesel and methanol, and synthetic gasoline and diesel made from natural gas, coal, or other
feedstocks.
(Sec. 1514) Directs the EPA Administrator to: (1) establish an Advanced Biofuel Technologies Program to demonstrate advanced technologies for the production of alternative transportation fuels; (2) give priority to projects that enhance the geographical diversity of alternative fuels production and utilize
feedstocks that represent 10 % or less of domestic ethanol or
biodiesel fuel production during the previous fiscal year; and (3) fund demonstration projects to develop conversion technologies for producing cellulosic biomass ethanol, and for coproducing value - added bioproducts (such as fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides) resulting from
biodiesel fuel production.
In a previous articles titled «Economic Feasibility of Sustainable Non-Food
Feedstock Based
Biodiesel Production: Part 1 and Part 2», we have covered how Pongamia Pinnata and Moringa oleifera are going...
Existing
biodiesel process designs have difficulty handling oils containing more than 0.5 % FFA — i.e., waste oils with high FFAs have not been a viable
feedstock option.
Growing demand for vegetable oil in the food industry has resulted in increased prices, causing
biodiesel producers to search for alternative — and more sustainable —
feedstocks.
Eversa changes this and enables
biodiesel producers to finally work with waste oils and enjoy
feedstock flexibility to avoid the pinch of volatile pricing.
«USDA closely monitors markets for many commodities, including corn and soybeans — important
feedstocks for ethanol and
biodiesel, respectively.
Tyson Foods is trying it with partnerships with Syntroleum Corp and ConocoPhillips, now the city of Calgary is trying to get in on the act... Making biofuels from beef tallow: Western
Biodiesel has opened a new biodiesel facility in Aldersyde which will be using beef tallow and canola as f
Biodiesel has opened a new
biodiesel facility in Aldersyde which will be using beef tallow and canola as f
biodiesel facility in Aldersyde which will be using beef tallow and canola as
feedstock.
Sustainable
biodiesel should be derived from non-GMO
feedstock.
He estimates algae has an «oil - per - acre production rate 100 - 300 times the amount of soybeans, and offers the highest yield
feedstock for
biodiesel and the most promising source for mass
biodiesel production to replace transportation fuel in the United States.»
India is one of the world's leading cultivators of jatropha as a
feedstock for
biodiesel, with over one million hectares planted to date.
One of the benefits of
biodiesel is that if you have access to a good source of
feedstock, you can make your own.
S2) that if the smallest area and carbon debt from LUC are given priority, then oil palm would be the best
feedstock for
biodiesel by far.
Therefore, we tested other
feedstock options that could serve to fulfill Brazil's 2020 production demand for
biodiesel.
Biodiesel from a variety of
feedstocks can meet contemporary needs for environmental stewardship, economic prosperity, and quality of life without compromising the ability of future generations to meet these needs for them.
It can be argued that soybean is not the most efficient
feedstock for
biodiesel because it occupies large tracts of land, incurs considerable carbon debt (even without considering ILUC), and has a low annual rate of saved carbon from replacing fossil diesel.