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The Arbeitsgemeinschaft Qualitätsmanagement Biodiesel e.V. (AGQM – Association Quality Management Biodiesel), is mainly focusing its activities on issues concerning the fuel quality and the engine technology. The work team’s efforts are aimed at further developing the fuel quality and at opening up the technically possible sales potential on the basis of an adapted standard for the Biodiesel quality (EN14214) or adapted requirements for blended fuel. Against this background, the AGQM has now organized its 4th International Conference for Biodiesel Producers, scheduled to take place in Berlin on May 31/June 1, 2010. more…

The association Qualitätsmanagement Biodiesel e.V. (AGQM – Association Quality Management Biodiesel), jointly with other opponents, has successfully attacked several patents which concern blending fuels made of mineral oil products and FAME (bio-diesel). These patent rights have been completely withdrawn after objections have been filed and hearings been conducted, even before the European Patent Court. more…

Jointly with other parties, AGQM successfully challenged several patents which were supposed to protect blends of mineral oil products and FAME (Biodiesel). Had those patents been granted, in many countries the production of Biodiesel blend fuels could have become subject to licensing which would have induced further deterioration and aggravation of the already difficult situation of Biodiesel producers. more…

The market introduction of bio-diesel as blending component in diesel fuel is making considerable progress at international scale. The increase of the blending share of bio-diesel from up to 7 (B7) to 10 vol.-% (B10) or more has not only raised eyebrows among car manufacturers who voiced their criticism in this respect. more…

The Arbeitsgemeinschaft Qualitätsmanagement Biodiesel e.V. will hold its 4. International Conference in Berlin from 31 May to 1 June, 2010. The 2-day event will focus on current aspects of sales development and the market outlook for biodiesel. Participants will discuss the general government conditions in support of biodiesel, potential sales developments within the European Union and also look at major production and export countries, such as Argentina, the U.S.A. and Brazil. more…

TheStandard DIN 51628 urgently recommends oxidation stabilisers as biodiesel component in B7 fuel. This recommendation, which is based on practical experience, has been included in many binding delivery specifications for biodiesel throughout the world. Similar requirements are under discussion also for the revision of European Standards for blended fuels. DIN 51628 at the same time makes reference to additional no-harm requirements for such additives. more…

Biodiesel sales slumped by about 740,000 MT on 2009 in comparison with 2007. The pure fuel, the core product for biodiesel producers, distributors and filling station owners, dropped from approximately 1.85 million MT to 0.231 million MT within the same period. more…

A technical seminar organised by Union zur Förderung von Oel- und Proteinpflanzen e. V. (UFOP) jointly with Arbeitsgemeinschaft Qualitätsmanagement Biodiesel e. V. (AGQM) on 20&21 January 2010 received an unusually positive feedback. More than 120 representatives, most of them from the oilseed processing segment as well as the biodiesel and mineral oil industry, were welcomed by AGQM General Manager Dieter Bockey. more…

At its first meeting in 2010 on the occasion of the International Green Week exhibition, the members of the Board of the Union zur Förderung von Oel- und Proteinpflanzen e.V. (UFOP) discussed the necessity of a sustainable orientation in the development of the strategy for the sale of biodiesel and plant oil fuels. more…

In its latest release, DEUTZ AG reports on the state of release for the use of biodiesel as pure fuel. The release lists the engine series for which biodiesel has been permitted as pure fuel and the future TCD 2015 series, for which the release has been announced for 2010. more…