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16 May 2012 New Vega bio-coal facility and headquarters
Green energy provider Vega Biofuels (VB) is to build a new bio-coal manufacturing facility in Georgia, US.
It will use torrefaction, a process that takes place at temperatures...
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16 May 2012 Scientific boost to biofuel production discovered
US scientists have claimed to have discovered a family of plant proteins that can play a role in the future production of seed oils.
The researchers, based at the Salk Institute for...
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15 May 2012 Multi-million US biofuel project back on track
After six months of uncertainty Griffiss Utility Services (GUS) has confirmed an $18 million (€14 million) biofuel project will go ahead.
The project, to be housed in a vast...
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15 May 2012 Loxley pursues green revenue targets with new plant
Bangkok-based green solutions company Loxley will spend THB60 million (€1.49 million) on building a new pilot plant for algae-based biofuel.
This news comes after Loxley signed...
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14 May 2012 Modified Jatropha plants have 30% more oleic acid
Jatropha plants that have been genetically modified (GM) to grow seeds with a high oleic acid content have been successfully developed in Singapore.
The project was a joint venture...
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14 May 2012 Philippines government to review biofuels programme
The Filipino government’s energy department is to look into ‘more realistic targets’ for the country’s bioethanol production.
Energy undersecretary Jay Layug...
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14 May 2012 New CPC fuel system to be demonstrated to military
Provider of small modular bioenergy systems Community Power Corporation (CPC) has produced ‘drop-in’ diesel and aviation fuels from wood chips and other waste biomass materials with a...
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14 May 2012 Biojet flight tests begin in Canada
Crop technology provider for biofuel production company Agrisoma is working with several partners to test a new kind of jet biofuel in Canada.
Along with Honeywell UOP, the Canadian...
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11 May 2012 Pacific Ethanol release up and down Q1 results
US-based producer and marketer of low-carbon renewable fuels Pacific Ethanol (PE) has reported a first quarter loss of $5 million (€3.8 million) compared to a small profit of $18 million for...
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11 May 2012 Petrotec sees sales increase and expand in Europe
German waste to biodiesel producer Petrotec has announced increased sales of 27% compared to Q1 2011 and also expanded its operations into Spain.
The overall group generated revenues...
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10 May 2012 Algae Tec confirms new facility commission
Algae into biofuels company Algae Tec has announced commissioning for a showcase biofuels facility in Nowra, Australia.
The facility, named Shoalhaven One, already has the bioreactor...
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10 May 2012 New advanced biofuels plant planned by Emerald
Emerald Biofuels is set to build its first plant at a Dow Chemical Company site in Louisiana, US.
Emerald believes the refinery will ultimately process natural oils and animal fats...
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10 May 2012 Danisco overturns US patent verdict dispute
Danisco has seen a verdict given against it in a patent infringement case against competitor Novozymes reviewed and changed.
A district court in Wisconsin, US has overturned a ruling...
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9 May 2012 New Agri biodiesel plant opens in Liverpool
Renewable energy firm Agri cut the ribbon on its new biodiesel plant in Liverpool, UK on 9 May.
The plant was opened in Bootle by transport minister Norman Baker and is the...
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9 May 2012 Helius to host public exhibitions as new plant develops
Biomass energy development company Helius Energy is to host five exhibitions as it aims to include local residents in plans for a proposed new biomass power station in Southampton, UK.
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9 May 2012 New palm oil biodiesel effectiveness claim from Indonesia
After the EPA announced that palm oil did not meet the requirements of the US renewable fuels standard earlier this year, new research claims that it could reach the 20% lower emissions required...
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9 May 2012 Monarch signs five year deal with Pratt and Whitney
A five-year agreement has been agreed by Monarch Airlines to use a fuel-saving solution provided by Pratt and Whitney (P&W) moving forward.
P&W’s fuel conversion...
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8 May 2012 US industry groups lobby armed service committees over biofuels
Several US industry groups have written a ‘call to arms’ to accelerate the production of American-made, advanced drop-in biofuels.
The Advanced Biofuels Association, the...
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8 May 2012 Pegasus Capital enter partnership with Pure Biofuels del Peru
Pure Biofuels del Peru management has entered into a partnership with US-based private equity fund manager Pegasus Capital Advisors to acquire the business.
Both companies combined...
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3 May 2012 Ceres' sweet sorghum hybrids processed into diesel by Amyris
Energy crop company Ceres has announced its improved sweet sorghum hybrids have been successfully processed into renewable diesel by Amyris.
The pilot-scale project evaluated both...
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3 May 2012 Jatenergy commercialises jatropha seeds IP
Energy company Jatenergy has sold the first of its high-yielding jatropha seeds from its specialist oil seed plant breeding program in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
The seeds have been sold...
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2 May 2012 Butamax expands its EAG
Global biobutanol technology development company Butamax Advanced Biofuels, has announced that a further two ethanol producers have joined their Early Adopters Group (EAG).
The EAG...
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2 May 2012 The Andersons acquire ethanol plant in Iowa
The Andersons has completed the purchase of an ethanol facility in Denison, Iowa. The plant is now called The Andersons Denison Ethanol.
Amaizing Energy Denison and Amaizing Energy...
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2 May 2012 FuturaGene starts final Brazilian field trial for yield enhanced eucalyptus plantations
FuturaGene has received approval from the Brazilian National Technical Commission on Biosafety (CTNBio) to initiate its fourth regulatory field trial for yield enhanced eucalyptus plantations in...
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2 May 2012 Aemetis' Keyes ethanol production facility celebrates first birthday
Industrial biotechnology company Aemetis has celebrated its first year of production at its commercial ethanol facility in Keyes, California.
Operations at the facility commenced in...
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2 May 2012 Shell and Iogen cancel plans for new biofuel plant
Royal Dutch Shell and Iogen have cancelled plans to construct a commercial-scale biofuel plant in Manitoba, Canada. This about-turn has resulted in the loss of 150 jobs.
The joint...
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2 May 2012 DuPont and Fagen to commercialize cellulosic biofuels in Iowa
DuPont Industrial Biosciences is to contract with Fagen to build one of the world's first commercial cellulosic ethanol biorefineries in Nevada, Iowa. Fagen is a biofuels engineering, procurement...
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2 May 2012 Ethanol plant in Zimbabwe unable to sell 10 million litres of product
Green Fuel, who jointly own an ethanol plant in Chisumbanje, Zimbabwe may have to let go of over 4,500 employees as the plant was forced to cease operations due to it being unable to sell the 10...
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2 May 2012 Lukoil and Meroil open terminal at Barcelona port
Lukoil has commissioned a new petroleum terminal at the port of Barcelona, Spain.
The project was made possible due to a joint venture between Spanish company, Meroil, and...
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1 May 2012 Dyadic and Abengo amend licence agreement
Dyadic International is a global biotechnology company focused on the discovery, development, manufacture and sale of enzyme and protein products for the bioenergy, biochemical, biopharmaceutical...
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1 May 2012 Biofuels Organizations to intervene in API vs EPA lawsuit
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has granted motions to allow the Advanced Biofuels Association (ABFA), the American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE), the Advanced Ethanol...
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30 April 2012 CNE to upgrade JEIC biofuel facility
China New Energy (CNE) and Chinese state-Owned ethanol producer, Jilin Tianshun Biochemical Development, a subsidiary of JEIC, have signed an agreement of intent. The contract will see an...
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27 April 2012 TEPSA triples its storage capacity in Valencia
TEPSA has expanded its storage capacity in Valencia. The extension consists of two new plants for petroleum products and biofuels, with the capacities of 53.000m³ and 61.000m³.
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27 April 2012 BIO submits statement to House Ways and Means Subcommittee on ways to extend tax provisions
US Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) has submitted a statement to the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures for a hearing on 'Certain Expiring Tax...
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27 April 2012 BioJet and Lao Asia Pacific form Strategic Project Alliance
BioJet has announced the formation of a strategic business and project relationship with Lao Asia Pacific Agriculture Promotion Import-Export Sole Company (LAP).
The partnership will...
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27 April 2012 Renewable Energy Group celebrates initial public offering
The US's largest advanced biofuel company, Renewable Energy Group, announced in their initial public offering on January 18, 2012. The Iowa-based company then celebrated its offering at the...
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27 April 2012 Shengquan and Novozymes to commercialize cellulosic ethanol
Shandong-based furan resin and polymers specialists, Shengquan Group, has entered into a partnership with Novozymes, a world leader in bioinnovation. The agreement will enable Shengquan to use...
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23 April 2012 Enel signs agreement with Enea and Roma Capitale to build biomass bi-generation plant
A memorandum of understanding has been signed by Italian power company Enel to build a 1-5MW concentrated solar power and biomass bi-generation plant, which will produce electricity for the city...
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23 April 2012 SCBI puts expansion plans into action
San Carlos Bioenergy (SCBI) is putting delayed plans to expand their ethanol facility in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental into action. The expansion will see the company's ethanol production...
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23 April 2012 Lincoln Energy Solutions constructs new storage tanks
Biofuels solutions provider, Lincoln Energy Solutions (LES), is constructing new storage tanks at their facility in Belton, South Carolina. The tanks will increase the facility's ethanol storage...
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20 April 2012 New ethanol plant for the Philippines
Food production company Universal Robina’s board of directors has approved an ethanol development which will complement the company’s sugar business.
The company says the...
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19 April 2012 NASA develops new way to cultivate algae
NASA has demonstrated a new way to grow algae, clean wastewater, capture CO₂ and then produce feedstock that can be used for biofuels production, without the need for water, fertiliser or land...
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19 April 2012 Honeywell to test jet biofuel
Honeywell is to test its Green Jet Fuel under a programme that uses a biofeedstock that has been designed especially for biofuel production.
Along with the National Research Council...
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18 April 2012 First transpacific biofuel flight a success
Boeing and All Nippon Airways have flown a 787 Dreamliner aircraft on biofuels from the Boeing Delivery Center in Everett, Washington, to Tokyo Haneda Airport.
In the first ever...
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18 April 2012 Prisons to fuel New Zealand
The local Department of Corrections has signed a deal with Biodiesel New Zealand so that it can supply the biofuels company with used cooking oil (UCO) from 18 of its prison kitchens across the...
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16 April 2012 New anaerobic digester system for US university
Michigan State University (MSU) is to begin installing an anaerobic digester system which will use waste from the university’s farms and dining halls, generating power for some of the...
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16 April 2012 Australian aviation biofuels could be derived locally
Following the success of the Qantas biofuel powered flight, Algae.Tec says that in the future most of the Australian biofuels could be derived from algae that is grown locally.
The...
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16 April 2012 Regus invests in algae company
Regus Advisors has invested in Algae International so that it can build its first $2 million algae to biofuel development in California.
Regus, a private global investment banking...
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