A team of Brazilian researchers have created biodiesel using old cooking oil and waste from lithium batteries, in a breakthrough which could provide a global use for spent electric car batteries. The team used waste cooking oil collected from fast food restaurants and homes, combining it with metal hydroxides including lithium from old batteries, to […]
McDonald’s restaurants in the Netherlands will be recycling the used cooking oil from french fries into a low carbon biofuel. McDonald’s has partnered with the supplier of renewable diesel refined from waste and residue, Neste and supply chain management and logistics provider HAVI, to collaborate in an oil recycling project. The fuel will be used […]
BMW Group has partnered with the GoodShipping Program and short sea shipowner UECC to test biofuels for the marine industry. In a statement, the GoodShipping Program said the partnership with BMW will involve trials of marine Bio Fuels Oils (BFO) on UECC’s roll on, roll off (RoRo) car-carrying vessels, beginning with the M/V Autosky. By […]
Coffee chains create a lot of waste, from disposable takeaway cups to the used grounds that are sent to rot in landfills. Starbucks (SBUX) has started to trial recyclable alternatives to the disposable cups. But the used coffee is often overlooked. UK startup Bio-bean thinks it has found a way to turn that waste into […]
In 2019 the Netherlands’ energy consumption from renewable sources grew by 16 percent compared to the year before. A total of 181 petajoules of the country’s energy came from renewable sources. More than half of that increase was due to more biomass, mainly due to power plants using more biodiesel and biogasoline, Statistics Netherlands reported […]
A South Yorkshire biofuel provider has secured funding from HSBC UK to enable it to supply NHS hospitals during the Covid-19 outbreak. Barnsley-based BioFuels & Oils supplies biofuel to power generators at NHS hospitals across the UK. The funding from HSBC UK will ensure the company can keep backup generators at hospitals fuelled with a […]
An EU-funded project aiming to develop low-cost biofuel bunkers has officially got underway this month. The IDEALFUEL consortium is being led by the EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (TU/e) and includes several collaborators including WINTERTHUR GAS & DIESEL and VARO ENERGY NETHERLANDS B.V.. The project has received a €5 MILLION grant from the EUROPEAN UNION’s HORIZON2020 […]
The Irish Bioenergy Association (IrBEA) has in recent weeks circulated its bioenergy proposals to representatives across the political spectrum. The organisation is lobbying for Ireland’s Programme for Government to incorporate bioenergy measures and support to assist economic recovery, emissions reduction targets and climate action. Ireland has a “considerable natural advantage” when it comes to growing […]
The 49,646 deadweight tonne (dwt) MR tanker received the first delivery of Bio Fuel Oil during its recent call at the Port of Rotterdam. The fuel, which GoodFuels launched in 2018, reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 83% and substantially reduces SOx emissions. The trial was completed on the Stena Immortal as she ran on a […]
Thanks to factors such as agricultural fertilizer runoff, Sargassum seaweed is growing out of control in many regions – it washes up on beaches in huge amounts. Utilizing a new technique, that rotting organic matter could soon be converted into biofuels and other products. Ordinarily, the processing of seaweed involves straining it out of salt […]