A biodiesel mag reported that the facility features a unique, patented biodiesel production technology that was developed by the University of Toronto and acquired and commercialized by Biox

BIOX currently operates a 67 million liter (17.7 million gallon) per year plant in Hamilton, Ontario:

The agreements include a long term land lease agreement for the plant as well as long term leases on the existing storage tanks at IMTT that are required to support the facility.

Relate to the U.S. biodiesel tax incentive that expired on December 31, 2011. BIOX management sees that any reinstatement of the biodiesel tax incentive will be delayed until the fall of 2012 and that it is possible the program will not be reinstated at all.

“In management’s view the incentive was critical to the formation of the industry prior to the implementation of the mandate in order to generate sufficient supply to fulfill the minimum volume requirements, ” says BIOX press release.

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MSE Enviro-Tech Corp just announced a 2-year agreement with Wardlaw Fuels for the supply of biodiesel blends to the Transit Commission of the City Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario for its entire fleet of buses.

MSE Enviro-Tech Corp has popular with the biodiesel business, both in sourcing and distribution. The Company establishes collaborative arrangements with distributors of petroleum products to provide a biodiesel blend to public and private customers.

“We are delighted to be able to continue to provide our home municipality with biodiesel, now working in collaboration with Wardlaw Fuels,” said CEO Norman R. Jaehrling.  This most recent agreement is for two years commencing in January 2012.

Jaehrling expects to roll out similar arrangements with other communities and organizations who share the City of Sault Ste. Marie’s commitment to the environment later in 2012.

Under the Agreement Wardlaw Fuels delivery trucks will pick up biodiesel from SITTM’s facility in Sault Ste Marie and blend it with petrodiesel for the generation of various blends ranging from B5 to B20, depending on seasonal constraints.

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I see this publication is one of the most achievement of  China bioenergy research and development.

The journal article is entitled Biotechnology in China III: Biofuels and Bioenergy (Advances in Biochemical Engineering Biotechnology).  It’s edited by Feng-Wu Bai, Chenguang Liu, Xu Huang and George T Tsao.

Here some bio-energy article inside the journal:

• Cellulolytic Enzyme Production and Enzymatic Hydrolysis for Second-Generation Bioethanol Production,
• Biodiesel From Conventional Feedstocks 
• Establishing Oleaginous Microalgae Research Models for Consolidated Bioprocessing of Solar Energy
• Biobutanol, by Hongjun Dong, Wenwen Tao, Zongjie Dai, Liejian Yang, Fuyu Gong, Yanping Zhang und Yin Li
• Branched-Chain Higher Alcohols
• Advances in Biogas Technology, by Ai-Jie Wang, Wen-Wei Li und Han-Qing Yu
• Biohydrogen Production from Anaerobic Fermentation,
• Microbial Fuel Cells in Power Generation and Extended Applications, by Wen-Wei Li and Guo-Ping Sheng
• Fuels and Chemicals from Hemicellulose Sugars

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And we also read that the doubt is coming from US, presented by EPA report last month. The US authorities argued that fuels derived from the palm oil were not as environmentally friendly as initially believed.

How the EPA explained on palm biodiesel isn’t environmental friendly?

The EPA notice that palm oil-derived biofuels such as biodiesel and renewable diesel fell short of its threshold for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions savings of 20 percent compared to regular diesel.  Biodiesel was found to cut GHG emissions by just 17 percent of the life cycle of its production and combustion, while renewable biodiesel rated 11 percent.

Citing the JakartaGlobe, that highlighted two ways in which the palm oil production process was contributing to GHG emissions.

“For example, palm oil production produces wastewater effluent that eventually decomposes, creating methane, a GHG with a high global warming potential,” it said. Another key factor is the expected expansion of palm plantations onto land with carbon-rich peat soils which would lead to significant releases of GHGs to the atmosphere.

At some extend the EPA report seem reasonable. However, I see the report is to fast to make a conclusion. EPA should generate report based on credible research in the relevant and representative location in Indonesia. As far I know, there are oil palm plantation that developed froum grass land, not from forest lands.

Read the full article of palm biodiesel from Indonesia here

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According to the authors, a number of concerns have been raised about the local social and environmental impacts of biofuel feedstock expansion.

So, how the assessment of biofuel expansion was conducted?

“We shed light on this debate through a synthesis of findings from case studies in six biofuel producer countries of Asia, Africa, and Latin America, and a seventh paper exploring the implications of the land-use changes observed in these case studies for the climate mitigation potential of biofuels,” writes the authors.

The authors suggested that better governance of the sector’s impacts is not the exclusive preserve of unitary sets of actors, but instead requires concerted and coordinated efforts by governments of producer and consumer countries, investors, civil society, and the financial sector to better capture the sector’s potential while minimizing its social and environmental costs.

The article entitled “Local Social and Environmental Impacts of Biofuels: Global Comparative Assessment and Implications for Governance” is written by Laura German, George C. Schoneveld, and Pablo Pacheco.

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Etihad Airways uses biodiesel from SkyNRG, an Amsterdam-based sustainable jet fuel provider. SkyNRG supplies biodiesel which is based on recycled vegetable cooking oil. As a plant-based source that has been used already for cooking purposes, it qualifies as a bio-based waste stream with a high sustainability value.

“This flight marks a significant milestone in our efforts to support and drive the commercialisation of sustainable aviation fuel in Abu Dhabi, the region, and globally,” said James Hogan, Etihad Airways’ President and Chief Executive Officer. The press brief saying that the 14 hour delivery flight of the airline’s newest and most efficient long haul aircraft was operated using a combination of traditional jet fuel and plant-based jet fuel, which is fully certified for use as commercial jet fuel.

Read the full press brief of Etihad Airways here

What do you think? As far I know, the palm biodiesel mostly come from the southern countries, such Malaysia and Indonesia. The palm has higher productivity to produce oil per hectare. And the leaked data is affiliated with Europe country–a region with the “smarter” consumers (though isn’t the biggest one) and lower productivity of biodiesel raw materials.

Is it relevant to link with the trade war?

It is obvious that for a biofuel to be useful in cutting the emissions driving global warming it needs to have a smaller carbon footprint than regular fuel from crude oil. The leaked biofuel numbers are…credible. — Damian Carrington

Read the Carrington post here