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New EU fuel pump labeling reflects biofuel content

This month the European Union will introduce new labelling requirements for newly manufactured vehicles and refuelling stations. The new system will mean consumers will be able to immediately see the biofuel content of the fuel they are purchasing.

The labels will be displayed in all public refuelling stations on the fuel-dispensing unit and on the filler nozzle of the fuel dispenser, as well as in vehicle dealerships. In addition they’ll be present on newly produced vehicles ‘in the immediate proximity of the fuel filler flap/cap’.

As well as passenger cars, these labels will be present on light and heavy-duty commercial vehicles, buses and coaches, and motorcycles and mopeds.

For leaded and unleaded fuel, the new system will have a letter E surrounded by a circular border, with a number designating the percentage of biofuel in the blend. For example, E5 for a 5% blend, E10 for 10%.

Similarly, diesel will be identified by a letter B in a square border, with a number showing the percentage of biodiesel – B7 for a 7% blend, B10 for 10% etc.

The new labelling should be placed on fuel pumps and newly produced vehicles as of 12 October.

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11 Reasons why India Needs Biodiesel for Energy Balance and Economic Security

Can’t we make use of an alternative fuel that provides very similar performance, with the same horsepower, torque, and fuel mileage as petroleum diesel fuel? Yes, this is possible with biodiesel, bestowing a positive impact on the environment, health and economy of the nation.

Biodiesel can prove to be a game changer for the energy security of our country, which is aspiring big. Yes, our government has come up with the National Policy on Biofuels 2018, which includes harnessing of biodiesel to meet the energy security of India.

The goal of the policy is to enable availability of biofuels in the market thereby increasing its blending percentage. Currently, the ethanol blending percentage in petrol is around 2.0% and biodiesel blending percentage in diesel is less than 0.1%. An indicative target of 20% blending of ethanol in petrol and 5% blending of biodiesel in diesel is proposed by 2030.

Recently, on the World Biofuel Day Prime Minister announced that now India will produce 450 crore litre of ethanol in the next four years from existing 141 crore litre. It will result in import savings of Rs 12,000 crore.

Additionally, on World Biofuel Day, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) launched RUCO – Repurpose Used Cooking Oil, an ecosystem that will enable the collection and conversion of used cooking oil to biodiesel.

Why India needs biodiesel?

India must promote biofuels for reducing its crude import bill. It is noteworthy that India meets more than 80 per cent of its oil needs through imports. The domestic crude oil production is able to meet only about 17.9% of the demand, while the rest is met from imported crude. India is the largest consumer of vegetable oil and has a potential to recover 220 crore litre of Used Cooking Oil (UCO) for the production of biodiesel by the year 2022 through coordinated action.

Biodiesel, produced from any edible/ non-edible oil, has a huge untapped potential. However, biodiesel coming for the blending programme is presently being manufactured from imported sources like palm stearin. In-house produced Used/Waste cooking oil (UCO/WCO) offers the potential to be a source of biodiesel production. Also with the proper collection and processing of UCO, from the edible stream through various small eateries/vendors & traders, can greatly add to the potential.

If all efforts are made to substitute diesel fuel, India could replace over 40% of the projected demand for diesel by 2020. The energy generated from biofuels is equivalent to 340 million barrels of oil or over $22 billion. Considering that in the first quarter India had a current account deficit of $14.3 billion, we could wipe out almost a third of our current account deficit.

The crude oil price has been fluctuating in the world market. Such fluctuations are straining various economies the world over, particularly those of the developing countries. Road transport sector accounts for 6.7% of India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Currently, diesel alone meets an estimated 72% of transportation fuel demand followed by petrol at 23% and balance by other fuels such as CNG, LPG etc. for which the demand has been steadily rising. Provisional estimates have indicated that crude oil required for indigenous consumption of petroleum products in FY 2017-18, is about 210 MMT. So, exploring the other substitute is the need of the hour where biodiesel is the best fit.

Globally, biofuels assume importance due to growing energy security and environmental concerns. As an effective tool for rural development and generating employment, India too embraced the policy, the primary approach for biofuels is to promote indigenous feedstock production. Plus the conventional or fossil fuel resources are limited, non-renewable, polluting and, therefore, need to be used prudently.

Biofuels are derived from renewable biomass resources and wastes such as Plastic, Municipal Solid Waste (MSW), waste gases etc. and therefore seek to provide a higher degree of national energy security in an environmentally friendly and sustainable manner by supplementing conventional energy resources, reducing dependence on imported fossil fuels and meeting the energy needs of India’s urban and vast rural population.

A community-based biodiesel distribution programme benefits local economies, from the farmers growing the feedstock to local businesses producing and distributing the fuel to the end consumer. The money will stay with the community while reducing the impact on the local environment and increasing energy security.

The Policy aims to increase usage of biofuels in the energy and transportation sectors of the country during the coming decade. The various efforts by the government to solve the transportation and mobility solutions have not worked well so far. It’s the biodiesel which can work well as a suitable alternative for the country.

The alternative to switching to biodiesel will also help India to meet its global climate commitments. Climate change mitigation can be done apart from creating new employment opportunities in a sustainable way. Simultaneously, the switch to biodiesel will also encourage the application of advanced technologies for the generation of biofuels in India.

Biodiesel is the only alternative fuel that significantly reduces emissions of carbon monoxide, particulate matter, unburned hydrocarbons, and sulfates compared to petroleum diesel fuel. If we compare biodiesel to petrodiesel then the former reduces emissions of carcinogenic compounds by as much as 85%. Biodiesel is even less toxic than table salt.

It’s important to have proper lubrication in diesel engines as the functioning of its injection system depends highly on it. If the lubrication is less, then, it might result in the failure of the injection system. Here again, Biodiesel plays an important role, for it acts as an excellent lubricator. The life of injection system could be improved and extended by blending biodiesel, in amounts as little as 5%. Biodiesel like petroleum diesel fuel can also work in cold weather. The best way to use it during winters is by blending it with winterized diesel fuel.

Biodiesel in India is of strategic importance for ensuring India’s energy balance and security. Also, it aligns well with the ongoing initiatives of the Government such as Make in India and Swachh Bharat Abhiyan and offers great opportunity to integrate with the ambitious targets of doubling of farmers’ income, import reduction, employment generation, waste to wealth creation, and simultaneously, creating a win-win model for people, profit and plane

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Biodiesel feedstock-Jatropha seed

Hope tree species of human energy, the mysterious biodiesel plants: Jatropha [jatropha] also known as Jatropha curcas, Jatropha curcas, green jade tree, gypsum, Liangtong, Euphorbiaceae deciduous shrubs or small trees. It is a photophilic plant, because its roots are strong and developed, has a strong ability to resist drought and barren oil crops, and because branches, trunks, roots near fleshy, soft tissue, water content, pulp, toxic and not easy to burn and pest resistance. It is native to America and is now widely distributed in subtropical and dry hot valley regions. It has been introduced in China for more than 300 years. Seeds in the wild state of dry-hot valleys are usually one-cropped a year, but few are two-cropped a year. Branches and stems have the ability of regeneration. The germination rate of seeds is more than 90%. Jatropha curcas grows rapidly and has strong vitality. In some places, a continuous forest community can be formed. It is not only easy to be afforested artificially, but also has strong natural regeneration ability. It can grow on arid, barren and degraded soil. It is suitable for planting in dry hot valley area where rainfall is scarce and conditions are bad. It is the main choice tree species to protect water and soil, prevent desertification and improve soil. Jatropha curcas L. has strong reproductive ability, dense branches and leaves, woodland closed quickly, deciduous leaves rot easily and inflammable, and strong ability to improve soil. Jatropha curcas growing on steep slopes has become a good biological fire isolation belt. Jatropha curcas fruit can be put into operation in 3 years, and in 5 years. The oil content of Jatropha curcas kernel is 50-60%, and the modified jatropha oil can be applied to all kinds of diesel engines. At present, the dry fruit yield of Jatropha curcas is 600 – 800kg/ mu, and the average yield is about 660kg/ mu.

Meanwhile, Jatropha curcas can increase soil organic matter, improve soil structure, and protect soil and fertilizer. In addition, it will also play an important role in purifying air and reducing natural disasters. Jatropha curcas has high economic value and is recognized as a bioenergy tree in the world. The seed kernel is the traditional soap and lubricating oil raw material, and has the diarrhea and emetic effect, the oil withered can be used as pesticide and fertilizer. Jatropha curcas L. is a promising biodiesel plant species with high oil content in its seeds. It is a good material for biodiesel production. It is called “golden tree” and “diesel tree” by biomass energy experts. The oil residue can be used as chemical and biological pesticide raw materials; the nitrogen-rich seed coat residue is an excellent plant fertilizer; the leaf extract has many forms of chemical active ingredients, and has a wide range of medical value, such as the ketone compounds of Eucalyptus is a systematic development. Antibacterial, antiviral, anti AIDS, anti diabetic, anti-tumor medicinal raw materials. Therefore, the plant is a combination of biological pesticides, bio-medicine, bio-fuel, bio-fertilizer, chemical raw materials, oil, dense source plants, water and soil conservation in one, with economic, social and ecological benefits, a unique advantage of high-quality economic trees, with broad prospects for development. Biodiesel is a clean and renewable energy. It refers to the fatty acid methyl ester produced by transesterification of vegetable oils with methanol. It is a clean biofuel, also known as “renewable fuel” and “green diesel”. In recent years, great progress has been made in the study of using jatropha oil as fuel. The modified jatropha oil can be used in various diesel engines, and is superior to domestic zero diesel oil in key technologies such as flash point, solidification point, sulfur content, carbon monoxide emission and particle number, reaching Euro-2 emission standard. To this end, Jatropha curcas is known as biodiesel tree. Pure jatropha oil can be used for cooking, lighting or power generation. A range of by-products include glycerin for cosmetics and reprocessed jatropha seed cakes that can be used as organic fertilizers. Jatropha curcas can form seeds in more than 30 years from second years. A mature Jatropha tree is planted three times a year, yielding 5 to 8 kilograms of net seeds each time. Unlike oil, jatropha oil is renewable and biodegradable. Burning jatropha oil or biodiesel made from it is cleaner than burning fossil fuels, which produce less carbon dioxide. ��Biodiesel crop plan is coming at the right time.”

Jatropha curcas is made from bark and leaves. The four seasons can be picked and used for many times. The bark, leaves and fruits (including the cake after oil extraction) were used as medicine. The bark of Jatropha curcas is smooth, seeds are oblong, and the seed coat is gray and black. TCM believes that it is cold, dispersing stasis and relieving pain, and it can also treat traumatic injuries and pruritus. Interestingly, some places also use it to treat gastroenteritis. The whole plant of Jatropha curcas is poisonous. Stems, leaves and bark are rich in white milk, containing a large number of toxic proteins. The highest concentration of seed poison protein. Its toxic protein is similar to ricin. The seeds also contain a small amount of cyanogen hydrocyanic acid and tetramethylpyrazine. Toxic protein has a strong gastrointestinal irritation, and can even lead to hemorrhagic gastroenteritis.

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If fossil fuel is too expensive, go for biodiesel to fuel cars

When the German engineer Rudolf Diesel invented an efficient engine that would bear his name, the idea was to provide affordable energy for smaller industries and farmers.

Diesel initially powered his engine using peanut oil and coal dust; it was designed to use vegetable oils. He eventually discovered that the by-product of crude oil distillation, ‘distillate’, was the best match. This was eventually renamed to ‘diesel fuel’ as it’s widely known.

Diesel noted in 1912: “The use of vegetable oils as engine fuels may seem insignificant today but such oils may become, in the course of time, as important as petroleum and the coal-tar products of the present time.”

EXCISE DUTY

That time has arrived. Vegetable oils do not pollute and are environmentally clean; they are a renewable form of energy. However, the use of renewable energy sources raises issues of public taxation, especially when used to power motor vehicles.

Fossil fuel is not intrinsically expensive; the consumer price is escalated because governments consider it a convenient vehicle for taxes. Fuel is the blood of the economy— powering vehicles and industries and used in households for cooking, any tax on fuel touches everyone.

Excise duty is charged on fossil fuels due to its polluting nature and is expected to internalise the externalities associated with pollution. The difference in price between super, regular, diesel and kerosene is purely the result of the taxation policy.

YOUR OIL

Also charged on the fuel are merchant shipping, road maintenance, petroleum development, petroleum regulation and railway development levies. Other costs include storage, transportation and oil marketers’ margins.

Tax and levies constitute the largest fraction to the cost of fuel in Kenya — about half of the price. Also, marketers have previously colluded and exhibited monopolistic tendencies in their pricing. The Energy Regulatory Board (ERC) has attempted to curb this by capping pump prices, which marketers take as a de facto price control and quote the maximum, regardless of costs.

‘Manufacturing’ your own fuel — such as renewable ones — will cut out the middlemen and deliver substantial cost savings. If you fuel your car with it, however, you will not be paying the road maintenance levy!

MODIFICATION

A few years ago, UK traffic police carried out raids to catch those using cooking oil to power vehicles and charged them with tax evasion. UK law now allows one tax-free usage of up to 2,500 litres of vegetable oil in vehicles yearly. Many other countries give tax breaks for use of renewable fuels in cars.

But the use of vegetable oil as fuel should, ideally, not be subject to excise duty since it is ‘green’ and not polluting.

The use of vegetable oil in cars is a mature technology and is widely applied. You can hack and modify your engine. Modification kits are commercially available in many countries. You will, however, need to consider a few issues.

THREE FORMS

Vegetable oil can be used in three forms: Straight as pure plant oil (PPO); first utilised for other purposes and then the waste used for automotive purposes (waste vegetable oil, WVO); or first converted to ‘biodiesel’. The typical diesel engine can use the fuel in any forms. Biodiesel can be used without any further processing or engine modification.

WVO may be obtained from typical restaurants, chips joints and other food processors that deep-fry their food. And since it may contain animal and fish oil from cooking, a more accurate term is ‘used cooking oil (UCO)’. Due to impurities, the oil first needs some processing. Vegetable oil is also much thicker (viscous) than diesel and may crystallise in cold weather.

The use of biodiesel, made using natural vegetable oils and animal fats and also WVO, generally does not require modification to a diesel engine.

INNOVATORS

Popularising the use of renewable energy has several benefits to the economy. It releases pressure from the importation of fossil fuel, saving foreign exchange; enhances energy independence; develops non-traditional industries, broadening the manufacturing base; and provides employment.

The policy framework is, largely, in place. It is up to the innovators to take up the challenge and provide us with affordable cleaner energy.

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German biodiesel exports hit record high in first half of 2018

In the first six months of 2018, German exports of biodiesel surged more than 14 percent to 877,000 metric tons (263.3 million gallons) compared to the same period a year earlier. Just less than 88 percent of this tonnage was marketed within the EU-28. This was up 7.5 percent from the year-earlier period.

The Netherlands remained the primary recipient country of German biodiesel despite a 10 percent decline in imports to 288,800 tons (86.7 million gallons).

By contrast, Poland’s orders for biodiesel of 121,800 tons (36.6 million gallons) were up around one fourth from the first half of 2017.

Quadrupling its imports, Austria outpaced Belgium and moved into third place, although Belgium more than doubled its biodiesel imports.

However, the U.S. recorded the biggest growth in imports, absorbing 54,670 tons (16.4 million gallons). In same period last year, U.S. imports were extremely low at 67 tons (approximately 20,000 gallons).

According to Agrarmarkt Informations-Gesellschaft (mbH), Sweden and Switzerland also imported considerably more German biodiesel than in the reference period.

By contrast, biodiesel shipments to France, the Czech Republic and particularly Denmark declined. Demand from Denmark crashed 72 percent to around 17,600 tons (5.3 million gallons).

The Union zur Förderung von Oel- und Proteinpflanzen (UFOP) has underlined the competitive advantage the German oil mill and biodiesel industries have over the rest of Europe and the important contribution they are making towards safeguarding German and European rapeseed production.

The association said that although the actual share of rapeseed oil-based biodiesel in the entire biodiesel market was unknown, it could be indirectly deducted from the utilization of rapeseed processing capacities. Nevertheless, UFOP has expressed fears that oil mill changeovers from rapeseed to soybean processing cannot be ruled out, depending on feedstock costs and where technically possible. The reasons are large global supply and market distortions following the tariff conflict between the U.S. and China.

UFOP has pointed out that the GMO soybean oil that would accumulate would have to be utilized for engineering or energy-related uses, unless it would be possible to sell the oil outside the EU‑28 for food purposes.

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Indonesia biodiesel output could jump 40 pct in 2019

MUMBAI: Indonesia’s biodiesel production could rise to 7 million tonnes in 2019, up 40 percent from an estimated 5 million tonnes this year, due to a new programme to boost local biodiesel consumption, said an Indonesian ministry official on Thursday.

The world’s largest palm oil producer launched an initiative in September that requires all diesel fuel to contain at least 20 percent bio content as part of efforts to cut Indonesia’s fuel import bill, support the rupiah and increase palm oil consumption.

Palm oil is used as feedstock to make palm methyl ester, a component required to make biodiesel.

deputy minister for food and agriculture, also estimated that Indonesia’s palm oil output is set to surpass 40 million tonnes in 2019, up from a forecast 39 million to 40 million tonnes for this year.

“This year the climate is good for the fruit. We also increased productivity by putting good fertilizer,” said Musdhalifah on the sidelines of the Globoil India conference.

She also said Indonesia is seeking a reduction in India’s crude palm oil import duties to boost exports of the edible oil.

“Indonesia already asked India to reduce the import tax. We sent a letter in March, and we requested again when the Indian prime minister visited Indonesia in May,” she said.

India is the world’s largest buyer of edible oils, with palm oil making up the bulk of its imports. Indonesia is the world’s largest exporter of crude palm oil.

In March, India raised its import tax on crude palm oil to 44 percent from 30 percent and the import tax on refined palm oil to 54 percent from 40 percent.

Later in June, India’s government also raised import taxes on crude and refined soyoil, sunflower oil and canola oil to their highest levels in more than a decade to support local farmers.

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Will Biofuel Fuel Europe’s Future?

The EU is revising its Renewable Energy Directive (REDII), with an important revision for the use of biofuel.

In June the three EU key institutions, European Parliament, Council and Commission, agreed on a binding renewable energy target of 14% in the transport sector, and for 32% for the EU by 2030, which are to be made up by biofuels.

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0.1 First Generation Biofuel

First Generation Biofuel

Moreover, of the 14%, no more than 7% can be provided by first generation biofuels, gained out of especially grown food crops, energy crops, such as palm oil, which counts for one third of EU crop biodiesel (according to Transport & Environment).

These crop-based biofuels have an arguable end-to-end sustainability as they cause indirect land use change (ILUC). Often farmers burn down rainforest to free up space for their energy crops, or change the fields for other crops into energy crops.

The EU makes a division between high- and low-ILUC biofuels, and the former in particular, such as palm oil, are supposed to be phased out completely by 2030. The latter will have a 7% cap by 2030. However, the European Commission still has to decide on a certification process for the low-ILUC biofuels that might replace high-ILUC biofuels.

Advanced Biofuel

To reach the 14% biofuels, the Member States have to use advanced biofuels, gained out of non-food crops, waste, and biomass, such as the creation of cellulosic ethanol out of agricultural residues. The revised Renewable Energy Directive (REDII) creates a mandatory advanced biofuel blending mandate for all EU Member States. The share of used advanced biofuels will have to increase gradually, starting at 0.2% in 2022, increasing to 1% in 2025, and ending up to 3.5% in 2030.

Advanced biofuels can be produced by the use of local agricultural residues in the EU, and hence making the EU less dependent on the import of fossil fuels, creating local jobs, and decreasing the environmental impact of transportation of the biofuels. Half of the EU production of crop biodiesel is based on imports of non-EU feedstocks. Most of them come out of Latin America, Asia, and Africa, where, besides the change of land use, the impact on the local ecological and social systems is highly debatable.

Biofuel Fuels the Future?

The agreement between the three EU key institutions is an important step forwards in the revision of the Renewable Energy Directive, however the legislation still has some undecided details left. What’s more the REDII has to be approved formally by the European Parliament and the European Council in the coming months, after which it will have to be implemented by the Member States.

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Biodiesel use around the world

Biodiesel has been produced commercially in Europe since 1992, and European countries account for more than 80% of global biodiesel consumption. Since 2006, biodiesel capacity has more than doubled and in 2013, EU countries produced 10,367,000 tonnes of biodiesel.

Biodiesel markets are experiencing double digit growth in the United States and Asia, in particular India and China, where the government target is 15% replacement of petrodiesel by 2020. However, the biodiesel industry around the world since 2007 has been under pressure from higher priced feedstocks.

In Australia, total diesel usage in the year 2013-2014 was over 23,000 megalitres. We imported over 260 million litres of biodiesel to meet our consumption of 400 million litres in 2013. In 2013-14 financial year, it was reported that Australia’s biodiesel consumption had increased to record levels, comprising the majority of a 19 per cent increase in total biofuels consumption – proving that diesel fuel users are choosing the environmentally responsible alternative for their vehicle.

An increasing number of commercial organisations (mining companies and transport companies) are trialing B20 to B100 blends because of the significant greenhouse reduction benefits. Biodiesel blends – usually B5 or B20 – are available at an increasing number of service stations in all states. In Australia, the main feedstocks are tallow, used cooking oil and oilseeds. The CSIRO has estimated that converting all used cooking oil, tallow exports and oilseed exports to biodiesel could potentially replace 4–8% of petrodiesel consumption. Thebiodiesel industry in Australia already has the capacity to produce nine times the amount of biodiesel consumed in 2007. And this could increase even further – 10–40% – with the ‘2nd generation’ technologies, such as those based on waste and algae, that are under development. Other new feedstocks under development include Indian mustard seeds (Western Australia), Pongamia pinnata trees (Queensland, Western Australia), Moring oleifera (Western Australia) and algae (Queensland, South Australia, Victoria).

One feedstock with huge potential for use in biodiesel creation is algae. Interestingly, algae is also a source of fossil fuels – fossilized algae from millions of years ago has settled on sea floors to become oil which is now used to power vehicles. But living algae can be used as a sustainable fuel source and has significant potential for a high yield per hectare of land.  Algae can potentially yield 100,000 litres of oil per hectare each year – a huge difference to the next best crop, palm oil, which can produce around 5,000 litres per hectare. In addition, algae can be grown in low quality land – even deserts! – and only non potable water is needed. The South Australian Research and Development Institute is investigating sustainable production of biodiesel from microalgae, including the construction of a demonstration-scale bioreactor. 
While this is a promising technology though, it does require a lot of land. For example, five hectares of land would be needed for a plant treating just four million litres of wastewater each day. So, while such projects develop, the challenge is to establish a local Australian first generation industry – an industry with the production, transport, storage and dispensing infrastructure needed to be ready to adopt the second generation technologies when they become viable. Alternative feedstocks are needed, as well as additional infrastructure and more consistent access to markets.
 With 98 per cent of the energy used in the transportation industry still derived from fossil fuels, and energy production and use including transport representing around 71% of global greenhouse gas emissions in 2010, it is crucial that we move towards truly renewable and sustainable fuel sources such as ethanol.

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‘Next Gen Scientists for Biodiesel’ program selects 2 new leaders

Shyam Paudel’s interest in energy comes from deep in his childhood, growing up in the mountains of Western Nepal. Children commonly studied by the light of kerosene lamps.

“One summer, my father bought two solar panels for the house,” Paudel said. “After that, I never had to study under the dim, irritating haze of a kerosene lamp again. Even as a middle school boy, I recognized the power of this change, and my desire to end energy poverty was born.”

Paudel, a chemical engineering Ph.D. candidate at Missouri University of Science and Technology, is one of two new co-chairs selected to lead the Next Generation Scientists for Biodiesel.

The National Biodiesel Board program for college-level science students is intended to foster professional relationships between budding and established scientists, share accurate information and increase collaboration with academia and the biodiesel industry.

William Gray, a chemical engineering undergrad at Rowan University in Glassboro, New Jersey, will also provide student leadership for the organization. Gray’s journey with biodiesel began in the summer of 2017, with a research project that involved developing a feasible lipid extraction process for microalgae.

“I learned about the struggles holding back algae as a biodiesel feedstock,” Gray said. “We found that many issues arise due to the high cost of extracting out the lipids. Our lab’s work aimed to lower this cost, and hopefully will help bring algae back to the forefront as a practical energy source.”

Both men plan to attend an invitation-only Biodiesel Sustainability Workshop sponsored by the National Biodiesel Foundation in September. They have also attended the National Biodiesel Conference & Expo in previous years on scholarships set up through the NGSB program. The scholarship application process for the 2019 conference will open in October.

Paudel and Gray join one other sitting co-chair of the organization—Jennifer Greenstein, North Carolina State University, studying plant and microbial biology. A fourth co-chair, James Brizendine, recently graduated from Missouri University of Science and Technology with a degree in environmental engineering.

Made from an increasingly diverse mix of resources such as recycled cooking oil, soybean oil and animal fats, biodiesel is a renewable, clean-burning diesel replacement that can be used in existing diesel engines without modification. It is the nation’s first domestically produced, commercially available advanced biofuel. NBB is the U.S. trade association representing the entire biodiesel value chain, including producers, feedstock suppliers, and fuel distributors, as well as the U.S. renewable diesel industry.

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