Filed under: Biodiesel
Biodiesel producers asking for certified oils
Biodiesel seems to be a very good idea but some voices have raised serious concerns about the source of oils used for production. The European Biodiesel Board (EBB), the largest association of European biodiesel producers have demanded a certification system (a sort of green label) that guarantees the sustainability and environment-friendliness of raw materials (mainly vegetable oil).
The EBB considers this measure as urgent, because the market is increasing exponentially, to cope with the biofuel blending requirements in the EU for 2020.
The target of this certification would be the screening out of products obtained from dubious procedures, such as deforestation. It would also be a measure that could help European vegetable oil producers, whose products are usually more traceable than imports. The European association of oilseed plants claims that they're up to the task, since they have increased production ten-fold, up to 5 millions of tons for this year.
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[Source: EEB via Energías Renovables]
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UpIrons 11:25AM (7/18/2007)
Certificated?
Don't you mean Certified?
You might want to adjust your headline.
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marc 6:21PM (10/26/2008)
It seems incredulous to me that the existing biodiesel arena and the regulators in the bleechers are tussling back and forth over agricultural concerns.
The proven KDV technology can produce billions of gallons of hi quality, low sulfur diesel annually - from waste trash and garbage!
Why use food to make fuel. A basic empirical: food is finite; trash is infinite.
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