Neste Oil’s S’pore plant to market renewable diesel overseas [News]
March 9, 2011 by Eugene Tay
Filed under News
Neste Oil has said its giant biodiesel plant in Singapore, which mainly uses palm oil as a raw material, will be able to sell its renewable diesel to Germany.
It is also looking at North America as a potential market.
This comes as increasing feedstock prices, including palm-oil prices, prompt concerns about rising costs faced by biodiesel plants worldwide.
Neste Oil said its Singapore plant has received a key certification; the International Sustainability & Carbon Certification (ISCC) requires minimisation of greenhouse gas emissions and preservation of biodiversity during the production of biofuels and bioenergy. Read more
Regional Bioenergy System for Increasing Renewable Energy Utilization and Mitigating Climate Change
August 6, 2008 by Eugene Tay
Filed under Events
Speaker: Professor Yan Jinyue, Royal Institute of Technology and Mälardalen University, Sweden; Distinguished Lecturer, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore
Venue: Engineering Auditorium, NUS Faculty of Engineering, 9 Engineering Drive 1, Singapore 117576
This seminar is organised by the Energy Studies Institute (ESI) and discusses the current research in bioenergy technologies (biomass and biofuel). The speaker will also explain the development of a regional bioenergy system and current research on the “fossil free region” in Sweden. Details and registration at the ESI website.
