By Bryan Sims | January 03, 2012/Israel-based Evogene Ltd. has launched a wholly owned subsidiary, Evofuel Ltd., to accelerate the development and commercialization of castor bean varieties in Brazil for biodiesel and biojet fuel production, as well as to expand biofuel research and development activities located in Israel.

According to a statement released by Evogene, the impetus behind establishing the subsidiary is due to the need for diversifying feedstock supply to fulfill worldwide demand of biodiesel, which currently relies mainly on edible oils such as soybeans and canola. Leer más »

Canola-based biodiesel is closer to becoming a fuel authorized for biomass-based diesel Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs), now that the EPA has released a Notice of Data Availability (NODA) for its recent modeling of the canola oil biodiesel pathway.

Earlier this year, EPA announced the final rule for the new Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS2), but the canola pathway was not yet looked at as biofuel feedstock able to meet required greenhouse gas reduction standards. Now, Biodiesel Magazine reports that the EPA says canola oil biodiesel could reduce GHGs by 50 percent compared to petroleum-based diesel: Leer más »

Biocolón is an environmental administration program that consists on the recycling of vegetable oils for the biodiesel production, that since 2006 is carrying on a group of students with disabilities from the Asociación del departamento Colón de ayuda al discapacitado (Adcadis) The project arose as “a good proposal to insert the boys laborly, besides being a help to the environment”, affirmed to AIM, the directress of Adcadis, Claudia Gallay who offered details of the project. Leer más »

Biofuels: The Ledesma Company will invest 65 Million Pesos in Jujuy.Â

The Governor of the province of Jujuy, doctor Walter Barrionuevo, received Fascio Room to directive of the Ledesma Company and was informed of the project of the company that will invest 65 million pesos to produce biofuels and to market them starting from 2010. Leer más »