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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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2101 Ethanol Conference & Trade Show
August 02 - 04
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American Coalition for Ethanol Convention
August 03 - 05
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NISTM Missouri State Storage Tank Conference
August 19
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Vopak Brazil is expanding its Alemoa (Santos) and Aratu port terminals.
At Alemoa capacity has grown by 37,200 m3 or 30%, the additional volume being distributed in 12 tanks of 3,100 m3 each.
In addition Vopak also purchased 20,000 m2 of land next to the terminal, which will serve to expand the tank farm.
At Aratu 13 more tanks that cater for chemical companies in the region will increase capacity from 26,300m3 to 64,300m3 representing an increase of 41%, due to come online in March 2011.
Both terminals store petroleum, chemicals, gases, vegetable oils and biofuels.
Simultaneously, the company began a process of upgrading its industrial units in the area of Terminal 1 Aratu. The goal is to streamline and modernise the operation of the 36 tanks.
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While a number of countries, including Austria and Sweden, dramatically increased their ethanol output capacity in 2009, France remains the biggest manufacturer. The nation increased its ethanol output from 1,000 million litres in 2008 to 1,250 million litres in 2009.
Germany is not far behind as it ramped up production by 32% last year to 750 million litres, while the third largest producer is Spain with 465 million litres. Six out of the total 18 producing EU countries failed to increase production or keep it constant.
Austria and Sweden were the only producing states to more than double their ethanol output, with Austria boosting production by 102% and Sweden 124%. They are now ranked the fourth and fifth largest manufacturer of the biofuel respectively.
Total EU consumption is also on the up. The EU consumed around 4.3 billion litres, a significant increase compared with the 3.5 billion litres in 2008.
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Switchgrass has been planted on 1,000 acres by researchers at the University of Tennessee to assess how improved varieties could lead to cheaper biofuels production.
The planting is part of a US DoE project aiming to make biofuels production more efficient, sustainable and cost-effective.
The University of Tennessee Biofuels Initiative is working with California firm Ceres and Illinois-based Dupont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol (DDCE) on the project, comparing the improved varieties with a different 1,000 acres planted with a standard switchgrass variety called Alamo.
In particular, they are testing the improved Alamo variety EG 1101 and the improved Kanlow variety EG 1102, both sold under Ceres’ Blade Energy Crops brand.
The Genera Energy/DDCE demonstration-scale biorefinery in Vonore, Tennessee, will process the energy crops into cellulosic ethanol.
The project takes in various farms in nine east Tennessee counties, which form part of the Biofuels Initiative’s farmer incentive programme, which now totals 6,000 acres of switchgrass.
‘We expect to make the same type of leaps in crop performance that seed companies have made in traditional crops. We’re just scratching the surface of what’s possible,’ Ceres sales director Frank Hardimon remarks.
The US will need 16 billion gallons of cellulosic or advanced biofuels each year to meet the terms of the Renewable Fuels Standard by 2022.
The University of Tennessee Biofuels Initiative believes farmers in Tennessee could produce enough switchgrass by 2025 to produce more than a billion gallons of ethanol each year, using 1 million acres of land without displacing food and fibre crops.
Source: BrighterEnergy.org
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Source: BrighterEnergy.org
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‘We need to get to 1% to get that foundation and then the trajectory will be significantly steeper,’ Billy Glover, MD of environmental strategy at Boeing’s commercial airplanes unit, says. ‘We’re aiming for a 1 percent penetration around the middle of this decade, and we think that’s quite achievable.’
Boeing has worked with airlines from the US to Japan to test jet fuels made from plants such as jatropha and camelina.
Airlines are striving to reduce emissions that the United Nations says account for at least 3% of the global warming gas pollution.
The environment group Greenpeace estimates output of the gases from carriers will double by 2050. To help curb pollution, the 27-nation European Union will bring airlines into its carbon cap-and trade system in 2012.
Airlines including Virgin, Air New Zealand, Continental and Japan Airlines have tested biofuels sourced from various crops in their planes.
US-based Solena Group intends to build a waste-to-biofuels plant in east London. The $300 million (€232.6 million) plant will create 1,200 jobs, and British Airways will buy all of the plant’s 16 million gallons of biofuel annually for up to 10 years.
California’s green fuel and chemical producer Solazyme aims to build a plant by 2013 to make 50 million to 120 million gallons of biofuel at a cost of more than $100 million.
Source: Bloomberg
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The environment group Greenpeace estimates output of the gases from carriers will double by 2050. To help curb pollution, the 27-nation European Union will bring airlines into its carbon cap-and trade system in 2012.
Airlines including Virgin, Air New Zealand, Continental and Japan Airlines have tested biofuels sourced from various crops in their planes.
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California’s green fuel and chemical producer Solazyme aims to build a plant by 2013 to make 50 million to 120 million gallons of biofuel at a cost of more than $100 million.
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To meet the national requirement of 10% ethanol blend, Kenya’s national production will need to triple.
The two largest producers of ethanol in Kenya are Spectre International at 7.1 mgy and Agrochemical and Food Co. with 5.7 mgy production.
Chemelli, Nzoia and Sony announced in 2009 that they planned to produce up to 37 mgy of ethanol.
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To meet the national requirement of 10% ethanol blend, Kenya’s national production will need to triple.
The two largest producers of ethanol in Kenya are Spectre International at 7.1 mgy and Agrochemical and Food Co. with 5.7 mgy production.
Chemelli, Nzoia and Sony announced in 2009 that they planned to produce up to 37 mgy of ethanol.
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As from the end of 2011, this large-scale demonstration plant, located in the immediate vicinity of the new Bavarian BioCampus in Straubing, will produce up to 2,000 tonnes of bioethanol from agricultural waste, such as cereal straw.
The project comprises an investment volume of some €16 million and accompanying research projects amounting to approximately €12 million. These and additional related research projects will be subsidised by the Bavarian State Government and Germany’s Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) with approximately €5 million respectively.
The sunliquid process, which Süd-Chemie has been testing in a pilot plant since the beginning of 2009, is an innovative method of producing second-generation bioethanol in a cost-effective and energy-efficient manner.
To this end, cellulose-based plant residue, such as wheat straw or maize straw, bagasse from sugarcane or so-called energy crops, are initially converted into sugar constituents with the aid of enzymes generated using biotechnology.
In the case of Süd-Chemie´s process, not only the cellulose contained in plants, but also the so-called hemicellulose can be converted into ethanol, making it possible to increase ethanol production by up to 50% compared with conventional technology.
Furthermore, the enzymes needed to convert the cellulose can be optimised depending on the original raw materials used and produced directly on the spot in each production plant. This guarantees an optimal enzyme supply, being both highly efficient and cost-effective.
Süd-Chemie´s demonstration plant located in Straubing will represent a scaled-down version of the entire integrated manufacturing process required to convert cellulosic plant residue into bioethanol.
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As from the end of 2011, this large-scale demonstration plant, located in the immediate vicinity of the new Bavarian BioCampus in Straubing, will produce up to 2,000 tonnes of bioethanol from agricultural waste, such as cereal straw.
The project comprises an investment volume of some €16 million and accompanying research projects amounting to approximately €12 million. These and additional related research projects will be subsidised by the Bavarian State Government and Germany’s Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) with approximately €5 million respectively.
The sunliquid process, which Süd-Chemie has been testing in a pilot plant since the beginning of 2009, is an innovative method of producing second-generation bioethanol in a cost-effective and energy-efficient manner.
To this end, cellulose-based plant residue, such as wheat straw or maize straw, bagasse from sugarcane or so-called energy crops, are initially converted into sugar constituents with the aid of enzymes generated using biotechnology.
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Furthermore, the enzymes needed to convert the cellulose can be optimised depending on the original raw materials used and produced directly on the spot in each production plant. This guarantees an optimal enzyme supply, being both highly efficient and cost-effective.
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The total production figure of 9 million tonnes is overshadowed by the EU27’s two-thirds idle capacity, said to be due in part to unfair trade practices on the global biodiesel market.
The European Biodiesel Board (EBB) says the region's biodiesel production capacity grew by 5 million tonnes to 21 million tonnes despite the closure of some smaller plants.
In 2008, Europe produced 7.75 million tonnes of biodiesel from a capacity base of 16 million tonnes, putting idle capacity levels at 51%.
The profitability of biodiesel producers continues to be hit by the circumvention of EU anti-dumping duties on subsidised US B99 biodiesel, shrinking domestic tax breaks and cheap imports from Argentina, EBB states.
The EU duties, imposed in March 2009, are being avoided by the trans-shipment of US biodiesel via non-EU destinations such as Canada, the EBB says.
It said differential export taxes in Argentina have also fuelled a boom in exports from the South American biodiesel producer, which reached 850,000 tonnes in 2009.
Biodiesel blending in regular diesel is still limited at 7%, strongly constraining the supply perspectives for EU biodiesel producers.
‘The EU will not reap the full benefits of its biodiesel industry if standardisation of higher biodiesel blends is not completed as a matter priority,’ EBB says.
European biodiesel production growth slowed last year from a 35% increase in production registered in 2008. Germany remained Europe's biggest biodiesel producer despite output slipping from 2.82 million tonnes to 2.54 million tonnes in 2009.
The EU remains the leading biodiesel-producing region worldwide, representing about 65% of worldwide output. In 2009, biodiesel represented about 75% of biofuels produced in Europe with ethanol production last year at 3 million tonnes.
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string(2023) "On the surface it all seems good news for Europe’s biodiesel industry with capacity growth at 16.6%, but a worrying number of idled plants put its true potential at bay.
The total production figure of 9 million tonnes is overshadowed by the EU27’s two-thirds idle capacity, said to be due in part to unfair trade practices on the global biodiesel market.
The European Biodiesel Board (EBB) says the region's biodiesel production capacity grew by 5 million tonnes to 21 million tonnes despite the closure of some smaller plants.
In 2008, Europe produced 7.75 million tonnes of biodiesel from a capacity base of 16 million tonnes, putting idle capacity levels at 51%.
The profitability of biodiesel producers continues to be hit by the circumvention of EU anti-dumping duties on subsidised US B99 biodiesel, shrinking domestic tax breaks and cheap imports from Argentina, EBB states.
The EU duties, imposed in March 2009, are being avoided by the trans-shipment of US biodiesel via non-EU destinations such as Canada, the EBB says.
It said differential export taxes in Argentina have also fuelled a boom in exports from the South American biodiesel producer, which reached 850,000 tonnes in 2009.
Biodiesel blending in regular diesel is still limited at 7%, strongly constraining the supply perspectives for EU biodiesel producers.
‘The EU will not reap the full benefits of its biodiesel industry if standardisation of higher biodiesel blends is not completed as a matter priority,’ EBB says.
European biodiesel production growth slowed last year from a 35% increase in production registered in 2008. Germany remained Europe's biggest biodiesel producer despite output slipping from 2.82 million tonnes to 2.54 million tonnes in 2009.
The EU remains the leading biodiesel-producing region worldwide, representing about 65% of worldwide output. In 2009, biodiesel represented about 75% of biofuels produced in Europe with ethanol production last year at 3 million tonnes.
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The funds were matched with $156 million in private cost-share.
Converting captured CO2 into products such as chemicals, carbonates, plastics, fuels, building materials, and other commodities is an important aspect of carbon capture and storage technology.
Converting CO2 into other useful forms can help reduce carbon emissions in areas where long-term storage of CO2 is not practical.
It is anticipated that large volumes of CO2 will be available as fossil fuel-based power plants and other CO2-emitting industries are equipped with CO2 emissions control technologies to comply with regulatory requirements.
The projects selected to demonstrate the beneficial use of CO2 include:
-Touchstone Research Laboratory: will pilot-test an open-pond algae production technology that can capture at least 60% of flue gas CO2 from an industrial coal-fired source to produce biofuel and other high value co-products.
A novel phase change material incorporated in Touchstone's technology will cover the algae pond surface to regulate daily temperature, reduce evaporation, and control the infiltration of invasive species.
Lipids extracted from harvested algae will be converted to a biofuel, and an anaerobic digestion process will be developed and tested for converting residual biomass into methane. The host site for the pilot project is Cedar Lane Farms in Wooster, Ohio. (DoE share: $6,239,542).
-Phycal will complete development of an integrated system designed to produce liquid biocrude fuel from microalgae cultivated with captured CO2. The algal biocrude can be blended with other fuels for power generation or processed into a variety of renewable drop-in replacement fuels such as jet fuel and biodiesel. Phycal will design, build, and operate a CO2-to-algae-to-biofuels facility at a nominal thirty acre site in Central O'ahu (near Wahiawa and Kapolei), Hawaii.
Hawaii Electric Company will qualify the biocrude for boiler use, and Tesoro will supply CO2 and evaluate fuel products. (DoE share: $24,243,509).
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The funds were matched with $156 million in private cost-share.
Converting captured CO2 into products such as chemicals, carbonates, plastics, fuels, building materials, and other commodities is an important aspect of carbon capture and storage technology.
Converting CO2 into other useful forms can help reduce carbon emissions in areas where long-term storage of CO2 is not practical.
It is anticipated that large volumes of CO2 will be available as fossil fuel-based power plants and other CO2-emitting industries are equipped with CO2 emissions control technologies to comply with regulatory requirements.
The projects selected to demonstrate the beneficial use of CO2 include:
-Touchstone Research Laboratory: will pilot-test an open-pond algae production technology that can capture at least 60% of flue gas CO2 from an industrial coal-fired source to produce biofuel and other high value co-products.
A novel phase change material incorporated in Touchstone's technology will cover the algae pond surface to regulate daily temperature, reduce evaporation, and control the infiltration of invasive species.
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-Phycal will complete development of an integrated system designed to produce liquid biocrude fuel from microalgae cultivated with captured CO2. The algal biocrude can be blended with other fuels for power generation or processed into a variety of renewable drop-in replacement fuels such as jet fuel and biodiesel. Phycal will design, build, and operate a CO2-to-algae-to-biofuels facility at a nominal thirty acre site in Central O'ahu (near Wahiawa and Kapolei), Hawaii.
Hawaii Electric Company will qualify the biocrude for boiler use, and Tesoro will supply CO2 and evaluate fuel products. (DoE share: $24,243,509).
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string(32) "Ethanol means money in Minnesota"
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string(575) "In the US the Minnesota Department of Agriculture estimates that the state will gain $600 million (€465 million) from the growth of its ethanol industry this year.
It estimates production will increase to 1.1 billion gallons in 2010 with an economic impact of $3.1 billion, and providing 1,500 additional jobs.
In 2009 Minnesota's ethanol industry generated more than $2.5 billion in economic activity in 2009 and supported more than 6,800 jobs.
Last year Minnesota processed about 29% of its corn crop into ethanol, expected to rise to one-third this year.
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It estimates production will increase to 1.1 billion gallons in 2010 with an economic impact of $3.1 billion, and providing 1,500 additional jobs.
In 2009 Minnesota's ethanol industry generated more than $2.5 billion in economic activity in 2009 and supported more than 6,800 jobs.
Last year Minnesota processed about 29% of its corn crop into ethanol, expected to rise to one-third this year.
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string(1057) "Fuel provider Exousia Advanced Materials headquartered in New York, US, has nearly completed its new biodiesel production facility, which is expected to begin operations later on in the year.
Maintenance and re-tooling of the plant, which is located in South Carolina, are well underway and will start delivering biodiesel orders in August.
Wayne Rodrigue, chairman and CEO of Exousia, said: ‘Domestic, clean energy production and the restoration of green collar jobs in America has to be a priority for us and for our government, especially in light of the current situation in the Gulf.’
The refinery, which has the capacity to produce 36 million gallons of biodiesel a year, was supposed to have already opened but was postponed. Rodrigue explains: ‘The opening had been delayed awaiting favourable Congressional action on a fuel credit. While we still expect that favourable action, the current demand for biodiesel has created a unique opportunity for the facility to open now. Orders are in place and will begin delivery in August.
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Wayne Rodrigue, chairman and CEO of Exousia, said: ‘Domestic, clean energy production and the restoration of green collar jobs in America has to be a priority for us and for our government, especially in light of the current situation in the Gulf.’
The refinery, which has the capacity to produce 36 million gallons of biodiesel a year, was supposed to have already opened but was postponed. Rodrigue explains: ‘The opening had been delayed awaiting favourable Congressional action on a fuel credit. While we still expect that favourable action, the current demand for biodiesel has created a unique opportunity for the facility to open now. Orders are in place and will begin delivery in August.
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string(7183) "Texas-headquartered pipeline transportation and energy storage company Kinder Morgan Energy Partners (KMEP) has experienced strong financial growth at its terminals and pipelines in Q2, namely due to an increase in ethanol handling.
‘Growth in [the products pipelines] segment compared to the second quarter last year was driven by strong financial performance at our Pacific pipeline and terminal operations, attributable to higher tariffs and an increase in ethanol blending,’ chairman and CEO Richard D. Kinder says.
The products pipelines business produced second quarter segment earnings before DD&A and certain items of $181.1 million (€141 million), up 15% from $157.8 million for the comparable period in 2009, and is expected to meet or exceed its published annual budget of 10% growth.
KMEP’s oil and petrochemicals storage terminals also saw a positive quarter.
‘The Southeast and West Coast terminals, along with the Central Florida Pipeline and Transmix also reported good financial results. We continued to benefit from further increases in ethanol demand, boosted by both a mandate in California last quarter that increased the amount of ethanol blended into petrol from 5.7% to 10% and favourable blending economics. As we noted previously, while the growing use of ethanol as part of the country's fuel supply tends to reduce pipeline volumes, our investments in ethanol storage and blending infrastructure have enabled us to recover those revenues and cash flows.’
In the second quarter, ethanol volumes handled in the products segment increased by 38% to 7.6 million barrels versus Q2 2009.
Year to date, ethanol volumes are up 40% to 14.8 million barrels versus the same period last year.
Revenues for Q2 were up 13.4% attributable primarily to both indexed and certain cost of service pipeline rate filings, as well as the revenue uplift from ethanol storage and blending in California. An additional highlight in the quarter was a nearly 5% increase in volumes at the Southeast Terminals.
Overall petrol volumes including transported ethanol on the Central Florida Pipeline were down 0.7% (excluding Plantation down 3.4%).
Adjusted for the increased ethanol blending in California, overall petrol volumes were up 1.1% (excluding Plantation down 1.%). Diesel volumes were up 4.8% (excluding Plantation up 6%), reflecting increased economic activity on the West Coast. Jet volumes declined 6.9% (excluding Plantation down 2.8%), and NGL volumes were down significantly due to lower volumes on the Cochin pipeline system.
‘Compared to the second quarter last year, this segment's growth was driven by contributions from the Midcontinent Express (MEP) and Kinder Morgan Louisiana pipelines, which came online in August and June of 2009, respectively, and the treating assets that we purchased from Crosstex in October 2009,’ Kinder adds.
The terminals business produced second quarter segment earnings before DD&A and certain items of $159.0 million, up 12% from $142.5 million for the comparable period in 2009, and is expected to meet or be slightly below its published annual budget target of 14 percent growth.
‘Results in the quarter were driven evenly by organic growth and acquisitions,’ Kinder explains. ‘Increased capacity and throughput at Galena Park on the Houston Ship Channel, higher steel volumes across our system and an increase in bulk exports from our Gulf Coast and West Coast terminals accounted for most of our internal growth. We also benefited from the U.S. Development and Slay acquisitions in the first quarter of this year.’
Bulk transload tonnage increased by 27% to 25.2 million tonnes compared to the second quarter of 2009, driven primarily by increased steel volumes. Ethanol handling was up 83% to 14.6 million barrels, and leasable capacity was up 5.6% to 58.2 million barrels due to tank expansions compared to the same period last year.
Combined, KMEP’s terminals and products pipelines business segments handled approximately 45 million barrels of ethanol through the first two quarters, as KMP continues to handle about one out of every three barrels of ethanol used in the US.
KMEPS’s highlights include completion of an approximately $69 million project that added 480,000 barrels of refined products storage capacity at its Carson Terminal in Carson, California.
The company has entered into long-term contracts with customers for all six of the new tanks which are now in service. Additionally, the company plans to invest another $85 million to build seven more tanks with a capacity of 560,000 barrels. Six of the tanks have already been leased and they will be in service in 2013 and 2014.
KMEP has begun construction on an approximately $52 million project to build a new 1.6 mile delivery pipeline, three 150,000 barrel storage tanks and related facilities at the Travis Air Force Base in California. The project is expected to be in service in March of 2012.
Kinder Morgan Southeast Terminals (KMST) has completed the installation of automated ethanol blending facilities at a second petrol terminal in Selma, North Carolina, allowing the company to increase ethanol blending service to the area's conventional petrol market. KMST has ethanol blending capabilities in 12 of the 15 markets it serves and can adjust blending ratios as needed in order to help customers meet changing regulatory requirements.
KMP has entered into a definitive sale and purchase agreement to acquire a terminal with ethanol tanks, a truck rack and additional acreage in Dallas, Texas, from Direct Fuels for approximately $16 million. The facility is connected to one of the unit train terminals that KMP acquired from U.S. Development in January. The transaction is expected to close in July of 2010.
The company has also signed a definitive agreement with a major oil company to support a new ethanol unit train facility at its Deer Park, Texas, terminal and a pipeline connection to its Pasadena, Texas, terminal. The company will invest approximately $15.5 million in the first phase of the project, which is expected to be completed in Q2 2011.
KMP renewed about 4.5 million barrels of tank storage at its terminals in the second quarter with an average contract length of 5.6 years.
It also began constructing 1.15 million barrels of new tank capacity at its Carteret, New Jersey, terminal. The approximately $66.6 million project is expected to be completed in September of 2011.
KMP entered into a new $2 billion three-year unsecured revolving credit facility that will expire in June of 2013. The new facility replaced a $1.85 billion unsecured credit facility that was scheduled to expire in August of 2010.
Borrowing under the new credit facility can be used for general partnership purposes.
KMP owns an interest in or operates approximately 28,000 miles of pipelines and 180 terminals. Its pipelines transport natural gas, petrol, crude oil, CO2 and other products, and its terminals store petroleum products and chemicals and handle bulk materials like coal and petroleum coke.
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string(7183) "Texas-headquartered pipeline transportation and energy storage company Kinder Morgan Energy Partners (KMEP) has experienced strong financial growth at its terminals and pipelines in Q2, namely due to an increase in ethanol handling.
‘Growth in [the products pipelines] segment compared to the second quarter last year was driven by strong financial performance at our Pacific pipeline and terminal operations, attributable to higher tariffs and an increase in ethanol blending,’ chairman and CEO Richard D. Kinder says.
The products pipelines business produced second quarter segment earnings before DD&A and certain items of $181.1 million (€141 million), up 15% from $157.8 million for the comparable period in 2009, and is expected to meet or exceed its published annual budget of 10% growth.
KMEP’s oil and petrochemicals storage terminals also saw a positive quarter.
‘The Southeast and West Coast terminals, along with the Central Florida Pipeline and Transmix also reported good financial results. We continued to benefit from further increases in ethanol demand, boosted by both a mandate in California last quarter that increased the amount of ethanol blended into petrol from 5.7% to 10% and favourable blending economics. As we noted previously, while the growing use of ethanol as part of the country's fuel supply tends to reduce pipeline volumes, our investments in ethanol storage and blending infrastructure have enabled us to recover those revenues and cash flows.’
In the second quarter, ethanol volumes handled in the products segment increased by 38% to 7.6 million barrels versus Q2 2009.
Year to date, ethanol volumes are up 40% to 14.8 million barrels versus the same period last year.
Revenues for Q2 were up 13.4% attributable primarily to both indexed and certain cost of service pipeline rate filings, as well as the revenue uplift from ethanol storage and blending in California. An additional highlight in the quarter was a nearly 5% increase in volumes at the Southeast Terminals.
Overall petrol volumes including transported ethanol on the Central Florida Pipeline were down 0.7% (excluding Plantation down 3.4%).
Adjusted for the increased ethanol blending in California, overall petrol volumes were up 1.1% (excluding Plantation down 1.%). Diesel volumes were up 4.8% (excluding Plantation up 6%), reflecting increased economic activity on the West Coast. Jet volumes declined 6.9% (excluding Plantation down 2.8%), and NGL volumes were down significantly due to lower volumes on the Cochin pipeline system.
‘Compared to the second quarter last year, this segment's growth was driven by contributions from the Midcontinent Express (MEP) and Kinder Morgan Louisiana pipelines, which came online in August and June of 2009, respectively, and the treating assets that we purchased from Crosstex in October 2009,’ Kinder adds.
The terminals business produced second quarter segment earnings before DD&A and certain items of $159.0 million, up 12% from $142.5 million for the comparable period in 2009, and is expected to meet or be slightly below its published annual budget target of 14 percent growth.
‘Results in the quarter were driven evenly by organic growth and acquisitions,’ Kinder explains. ‘Increased capacity and throughput at Galena Park on the Houston Ship Channel, higher steel volumes across our system and an increase in bulk exports from our Gulf Coast and West Coast terminals accounted for most of our internal growth. We also benefited from the U.S. Development and Slay acquisitions in the first quarter of this year.’
Bulk transload tonnage increased by 27% to 25.2 million tonnes compared to the second quarter of 2009, driven primarily by increased steel volumes. Ethanol handling was up 83% to 14.6 million barrels, and leasable capacity was up 5.6% to 58.2 million barrels due to tank expansions compared to the same period last year.
Combined, KMEP’s terminals and products pipelines business segments handled approximately 45 million barrels of ethanol through the first two quarters, as KMP continues to handle about one out of every three barrels of ethanol used in the US.
KMEPS’s highlights include completion of an approximately $69 million project that added 480,000 barrels of refined products storage capacity at its Carson Terminal in Carson, California.
The company has entered into long-term contracts with customers for all six of the new tanks which are now in service. Additionally, the company plans to invest another $85 million to build seven more tanks with a capacity of 560,000 barrels. Six of the tanks have already been leased and they will be in service in 2013 and 2014.
KMEP has begun construction on an approximately $52 million project to build a new 1.6 mile delivery pipeline, three 150,000 barrel storage tanks and related facilities at the Travis Air Force Base in California. The project is expected to be in service in March of 2012.
Kinder Morgan Southeast Terminals (KMST) has completed the installation of automated ethanol blending facilities at a second petrol terminal in Selma, North Carolina, allowing the company to increase ethanol blending service to the area's conventional petrol market. KMST has ethanol blending capabilities in 12 of the 15 markets it serves and can adjust blending ratios as needed in order to help customers meet changing regulatory requirements.
KMP has entered into a definitive sale and purchase agreement to acquire a terminal with ethanol tanks, a truck rack and additional acreage in Dallas, Texas, from Direct Fuels for approximately $16 million. The facility is connected to one of the unit train terminals that KMP acquired from U.S. Development in January. The transaction is expected to close in July of 2010.
The company has also signed a definitive agreement with a major oil company to support a new ethanol unit train facility at its Deer Park, Texas, terminal and a pipeline connection to its Pasadena, Texas, terminal. The company will invest approximately $15.5 million in the first phase of the project, which is expected to be completed in Q2 2011.
KMP renewed about 4.5 million barrels of tank storage at its terminals in the second quarter with an average contract length of 5.6 years.
It also began constructing 1.15 million barrels of new tank capacity at its Carteret, New Jersey, terminal. The approximately $66.6 million project is expected to be completed in September of 2011.
KMP entered into a new $2 billion three-year unsecured revolving credit facility that will expire in June of 2013. The new facility replaced a $1.85 billion unsecured credit facility that was scheduled to expire in August of 2010.
Borrowing under the new credit facility can be used for general partnership purposes.
KMP owns an interest in or operates approximately 28,000 miles of pipelines and 180 terminals. Its pipelines transport natural gas, petrol, crude oil, CO2 and other products, and its terminals store petroleum products and chemicals and handle bulk materials like coal and petroleum coke.
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The information highlights that the government’s goal of using 3.25% biofuels in transport fuel has been met and furthered, with 1.6 billion litres accounting for 3.33%. Carbon emissions have therefore been reduced; 51% less than burning petrol or diesel.
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The acquisition comes as BioVerde aims to dramatically increase its biodiesel production capacity 14 times over by Q4 2011. By June 2012 the company wants to be producing 1.2 billion litres of biodiesel.
In order to reach this goal the company is also due to invest an additional 55 million reais in a 200,000m2 industrial plant.
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The acquisition comes as BioVerde aims to dramatically increase its biodiesel production capacity 14 times over by Q4 2011. By June 2012 the company wants to be producing 1.2 billion litres of biodiesel.
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Solena will invest around $300 million (€233.9 million) in the plant and is already considering two potential sites, both located close by to Dagenham, east London, UK.
The plant will produce 16 million gallons of biofuel each year for a decade, creating 200 permanent jobs in addition to the 1,000 workers needed throughout the construction phase.
Subject to gaining planning permission, construction on the facility is scheduled to commence in 2011 before it becomes operational between the beginning and middle of 2014.
According to Jonathan Counsell, head of environment at BA, the biofuel produced contains 95% less GHGs than regular jet fuel and will be roughly 2% of the company’s yearly consumption of airline fuel. It is still unknown whether BA will sell the surplus fuel to airlines at London’s City Airport or those at Heathrow and Gatwick airports.
It is hoped that BA will lead the way in encouraging other airline companies to do the same. ‘Once it’s proven to be successful, we would look to build many more of these plants,’ said Counsell. ‘We’re trying to encourage other airlines to go down this route so that there are plants all around the world and we can pick up this product anywhere we fly.’
Utilising around 1,500 tonnes of waste every day, the plant will also generate 40MW of electricity – 50% of which will power the plant, while the remaining half will be injected into the grid.
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The plant will produce 16 million gallons of biofuel each year for a decade, creating 200 permanent jobs in addition to the 1,000 workers needed throughout the construction phase.
Subject to gaining planning permission, construction on the facility is scheduled to commence in 2011 before it becomes operational between the beginning and middle of 2014.
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There are currently around 8 million flex-fuel vehicles in operation and, although not as efficient as petrol, E85 is cheaper due to the subsidies awarded by the government. These total around $6 billion a year.
According to General Motors Co., Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler Group, they will meet a pledge made back in 2006 that will see them double their total number of flex-fuel vehicles produced by Q4 2010. 700,000 of the automobiles were made in 2006, meaning production will have to increase to 1.4 million by the end of the year in order for the pledge to be met.
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‘We haven’t changed the commitment because we really do believe that biofuels need to be a piece of it,’ said Ford spokeswoman Jennifer Moore.
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ABDF is a joint venture owned by Golden State Service Industries, a wholly owned subsidiary of Golden State Foods of Irvine, California, Eagan, Minnesota-based Restaurant Technologies (RTI) and Tellurian Biodiesel.
RTI currently manages over 16,000 installations within its used cooking oil collection business. The acquisition will now see this business linked with REG’s national commercial-scale biodiesel manufacturing facilities.
‘Turning used cooking oil into biodiesel at REG’s network of manufacturing facilities is another good outlet for our customers’ waste products to power simple, green and safe solutions for fuelling our nation’s progress toward clean energy goals,’ said RTI CEO Jeff Kiesel.
VP at REG Dave Elsenbast commented: ‘Just by gaining access to this nationwide system of used cooking oil collection depots, REG has the potential, over time, to replace more than a half a million barrels of imported crude oil with sustainable, domestically produced biodiesel.’
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ABDF is a joint venture owned by Golden State Service Industries, a wholly owned subsidiary of Golden State Foods of Irvine, California, Eagan, Minnesota-based Restaurant Technologies (RTI) and Tellurian Biodiesel.
RTI currently manages over 16,000 installations within its used cooking oil collection business. The acquisition will now see this business linked with REG’s national commercial-scale biodiesel manufacturing facilities.
‘Turning used cooking oil into biodiesel at REG’s network of manufacturing facilities is another good outlet for our customers’ waste products to power simple, green and safe solutions for fuelling our nation’s progress toward clean energy goals,’ said RTI CEO Jeff Kiesel.
VP at REG Dave Elsenbast commented: ‘Just by gaining access to this nationwide system of used cooking oil collection depots, REG has the potential, over time, to replace more than a half a million barrels of imported crude oil with sustainable, domestically produced biodiesel.’
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The pilot facility will convert low quality waste grease into biodiesel using groundbreaking technology developed by Piedmont Biofuels and Novozymes.
Built at Piedmont’s site in Pittsboro, the plant, which has an initial capacity of 12,600 gallons of biodiesel a year, was developed in conjunction with the Biofuels Center of North Carolina and the Chatham County Economic Development Corporation.
‘This new process of using enzymes to produce biodiesel will increase yields, decrease waste and allows the producer to use lower cost feedstocks,’ explains Greg Austic of Piedmont Biofuels. ‘This groundbreaking technology will allow existing producers to increase their biodiesel output.’
And Christian Holm, global marketing manager for Novozymes, is equally positive about the technology. ‘We believe this technology could contribute to North Carolina and the US biofuels targets within a couple of year,’ he says.
The ribbon cutting ceremony took place on 16 July with representatives from both companies in attendance, as well as Steven Burke, president of the Biofuels Center of North Carolina and Per Munk Nielson, senior science manager at Novozymes.
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Built at Piedmont’s site in Pittsboro, the plant, which has an initial capacity of 12,600 gallons of biodiesel a year, was developed in conjunction with the Biofuels Center of North Carolina and the Chatham County Economic Development Corporation.
‘This new process of using enzymes to produce biodiesel will increase yields, decrease waste and allows the producer to use lower cost feedstocks,’ explains Greg Austic of Piedmont Biofuels. ‘This groundbreaking technology will allow existing producers to increase their biodiesel output.’
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Under the terms of the agreement BP Biofuels’ investment of $98.3 million (€76.4 million) will purchase Verenium’s facilities in Jenninigs, LA, US, including the pilot plant and the demonstration-scale facility; the San Diego, California-based R&D facilities; the company’s cellulosic biofuels technology; and its enzyme technology.
Verenium will keep its commercial enzyme business, including its biofuels enzymes products; have the right to develop its own lignocellulosic enzyme programme and; retain the rights to access select biofuels technology developed by BP using the technology it is acquiring from Verenium through the agreement. In addition Verenium will receive the $98.3 million payment plus $10.8 million in cash that will be released upon assignment of its lease for the San Diego plant to BP.
‘This agreement should give both companies the flexibility to pursue the growth opportunities in the respective businesses and achieve goals in the near term,’ Verenium’s president and CEO Carlos Riva says. ‘As a result of this transaction Verenium will have the resources to grow our commercial enzyme business while maintaining strategic access to the emerging cellulosic ethanol market in a manner that better fits our resources.’
As for Vercipia Biofuels and Galaxy Biofuels, two 50-50 joint development companies owned by BP and Verenium, Galaxy will now be fully owned by BP, while the company will become the sole investor in Vercipia and independently manage all of its activities.
Philip New, CEO of BP Biofuels, comments: ‘This acquisition demonstrates BP’s intent to be a leader in the cellulosic biofuels industry in the US.’ He continues: ‘By acquiring Verenium’s cellulosic biofuels technologies, BP Biofuels should be well placed to accelerate the delivery of low cost, low carbon, sustainable biofuels at scale.’
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Under the terms of the agreement BP Biofuels’ investment of $98.3 million (€76.4 million) will purchase Verenium’s facilities in Jenninigs, LA, US, including the pilot plant and the demonstration-scale facility; the San Diego, California-based R&D facilities; the company’s cellulosic biofuels technology; and its enzyme technology.
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After parting with $9.2 million (€15 million) for the stake on 14 July this year, Rex has expressed its willingness to invest an additional $6.5 million in the South Dakota-based company depending on future sales.
NuGen Energy is currently running a large-scale 100mgy ethanol plant in Marion, South Dakota.
Stuart Rose, the chief executive at Rex, said: ‘The NuGen investment furthers Rex’s strategy to prudently deploy its strong balance sheet for new investments in ethanol production facilities or other attractively valued renewable resources or industrial project opportunities.’
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After signing a deal with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in June this year Baosteel is now planning the construction of a waste gas-to-ethanol facility near to one of its factories. The plant will produce ethanol using the waste gas emitted from the factory.
LanzaTech, a clean technology firm based in New Zealand, has been contracted to build the commercial-scale plant, which will have an initial capacity of 200 million litres of ethanol a year.
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The clean energy company plans to invest $21 million (€16.5 million) in the project throughout the year that will see the erection of a clean fuels production refinery and filling station located at the Xiangzhou Shilong Industry Zone, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
Under completion, expected in 2011, the facility will produce around 50,000 tonnes of biodiesel, 50,000 tonnes of civil use clean fuel and 100,000 tonnes of ethanol for vehicles. The plant’s total capacity is 200,000 tonnes.
The chairman of American Jianye Greentech Holdings, Haipeng Wang, said: ‘When complete this clean fuel production facility will significantly expand our refining and distribution capabilities in the southern part of China and help us meet current and future market demands for clean fuels required for civil and automobile use in that province.’
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The chairman of American Jianye Greentech Holdings, Haipeng Wang, said: ‘When complete this clean fuel production facility will significantly expand our refining and distribution capabilities in the southern part of China and help us meet current and future market demands for clean fuels required for civil and automobile use in that province.’
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Located in the Ports of Indiana-Mount Vermont the 110 million gallon-a-year ethanol refinery began construction towards the end of 2007 but the build was brought to end when Aventine filed for bankruptcy in February 2009.
However a year later, on 22 March 2010, building work commenced when Aventine emerged from bankruptcy and Fagen Inc. of Minnesota was contracted to complete the build.
When the plant comes online in September it will convert 40 million bushels of corn a year into 110mgy of ethanol.
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The christening took place on 9 July this year after the facility opened in November last year. The project was originally announced in February 2006.
The dry mill has the capacity the produce 300 million gallons of ethanol annually, employing 150 full-time workers. During the construction phase over 1,400 contractors were employed.
‘This was a big boost to us in the early down of the economic slowdown and it’s kept us from feeling the full impact of this recession,’ explained Mayor Mike Moser. ‘It has helped the (agriculture) producers around here because it gives them another market for their grain.’
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‘This was a big boost to us in the early down of the economic slowdown and it’s kept us from feeling the full impact of this recession,’ explained Mayor Mike Moser. ‘It has helped the (agriculture) producers around here because it gives them another market for their grain.’
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The project will see the cultivation of jatropha on 3,000 acres of land and the construction of a biodiesel plant with an initial annual production capacity of 37.5 million litres. This is expected to reach 70 million litres per year within the first 12 months of production.
When speaking about revenue Harry Lappa, president of Aura Bio Corp. said: ‘The fact that we would be able to source the raw materials directly greatly increases the project’s profitability, and ultimately shareholder return.’ Initial gross revenues are expected to reach around $25 million (€19.7 million) a year.
As part of the agreement, Aura has advanced 2 million common shares of the company to Tolao, as the first payment, pursuant of the terms of the Letter of Intent.
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When speaking about revenue Harry Lappa, president of Aura Bio Corp. said: ‘The fact that we would be able to source the raw materials directly greatly increases the project’s profitability, and ultimately shareholder return.’ Initial gross revenues are expected to reach around $25 million (€19.7 million) a year.
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El Maniel Energy, a subsidiary of El Maniel International (EMLL), acquired the 24 million gallon terminal in eastern Pennsylvania, which includes five acres of land, buildings and equipment valued at over $2 million (€1.59 million).
The company plans for wholesaling fuel, diesel, heating oil and kerosene at the facility, and biodiesel production as part of its business model.
Incentives offered by the State of Pennsylvania for the production of alternative fuels are being considered by EMLL management.
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El Maniel Energy, a subsidiary of El Maniel International (EMLL), acquired the 24 million gallon terminal in eastern Pennsylvania, which includes five acres of land, buildings and equipment valued at over $2 million (€1.59 million).
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Expected to cost $1.1 billion (€900 million) to build, the pipeline will be 337 miles (542km) long.
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The facility means that Everpure can now collect waste vegetable oil from eateries around the local area before Zuraw Technologies converts it into biodiesel in the new plant.
Prior to the construction of the biofuel production facility Everpure sold biodiesel that had been acquired from outside the region.
‘Zuraw Technologies has recently started production of biodiesel using 100% recycled vegetable oil collected by the Everpure Biodiesel Coop. as part of its ‘Local Communities’ Initiative’, said Phil Mount of Everpure. ‘The used oil currently comes from a dozen restaurants in the region but more are joining the co-op’s pilot project every day.
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The sale is under a new four-year off-take agreement with Jatoil’s partner Waterland International, covering all crude jatropha oil produced from the first 1,000 hectares of the project. The initial shipment of 10 tonnes of oil will be used as feedstock for the production of aviation fuel, set to be consumed by a number of airlines.
Phil Hodgson, CEO, said: ‘We expect that further harvesting this year will allow us to market larger quantities of crude jatropha oil at more frequent intervals.’
Oil output is expected to reach around 700 tonnes between 12 and 18 months but this will almost double within the next three years.
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After receiving an $88 million (€69.9 million) grant the firm, based in Irvine, California, has now met the conditions required in order to receive an additional $250 million loan guarantee from the Department of Energy (DoE).
The company will use this funding to finance the construction of a commercial-scale biofuel plant, producing 19 million gallons of ethanol per year from woody biomass, mill residues and other waste agricultural materials.
In addition to the construction of the plant in Fulton, BlueFire is also developing a facility in Lancaster, California. It will produce the ethanol using a patented Concentrated Acid Hydrolysis.
The company’s goal is to erect a number of biorefineries throughout the US near to areas which have a high demand for the biofuel. This will dramatically cut transportation costs as well as reduce the amount of waste being sent to landfills.
Commenting on the loan Arnold Klann, CEO of BlueFire Ethanol, said: ‘We are very pleased to see the financing for the Fulton facility moving forward. It’s going to take programmes like the DoE loan guarantee to enable first-of-its-kind technologies to be in a position to secure the necessary funding to move forward and help provide cleaner energy sources to the fuel market.’
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After receiving an $88 million (€69.9 million) grant the firm, based in Irvine, California, has now met the conditions required in order to receive an additional $250 million loan guarantee from the Department of Energy (DoE).
The company will use this funding to finance the construction of a commercial-scale biofuel plant, producing 19 million gallons of ethanol per year from woody biomass, mill residues and other waste agricultural materials.
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Evogene Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Evogene Ltd. and developed the biojet produced from castor varieties in collaboration with NASA, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Air Force Research Laboratory and Honeywell’s UOP, a leading international developer and licensor of refining process technology.
Under the feasibility agreement, which Evogene entered into with NASA in April 2009, biojet produced from Evogene castor oil through UOP’s technology is expected to undergo additional advanced testing by NASA and the US Air Force Research Laboratory.
‘A diverse range of feedstocks is critical to creating a sustainable biofuels infrastructure,’ said Jim Rekoske, general manager of renewable energy and chemicals at Honeywell’s UOP. ‘Castor oil has proven to be a viable second generation source and we believe it has the potential to be an important contributor to the production of aviation biofuels.’
Today’s results demonstrate that such biojet meets the ASTM D7566 fuel specification requirements for alternative aviation fuel containing synthesised hydrocarbon. However it is expected that specifications for alternative aviation fuels containing Bio-SPK will be approved for commercial airline use before the end of 2010 or early 2011.
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One Yellow Cab driver explained that he used to spend between $400 (€317.6) and $500 on fuel, but this has now been reduced by a third.
Yellow Cab’s hybrid taxi, which sips the fuel, uses the same technology as the Toyota Prius, where the fuel is only consumed when the car is travelling at high speeds as the brakes repower the engine.
To date there are only 30 of these taxis in use throughout Santa Cruz but, according to operations manager Marty Smith, it is following in the footsteps of San Francisco-based Luxor Cab – a taxi firm operating approximately 200 cabs, 75% of which are made up of hybrids.
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One Yellow Cab driver explained that he used to spend between $400 (€317.6) and $500 on fuel, but this has now been reduced by a third.
Yellow Cab’s hybrid taxi, which sips the fuel, uses the same technology as the Toyota Prius, where the fuel is only consumed when the car is travelling at high speeds as the brakes repower the engine.
To date there are only 30 of these taxis in use throughout Santa Cruz but, according to operations manager Marty Smith, it is following in the footsteps of San Francisco-based Luxor Cab – a taxi firm operating approximately 200 cabs, 75% of which are made up of hybrids.
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Due to come into effect last week (30 June 2010) the Clean Energy Biofuels Act would have begun at 2% before being increased to 5% in 2013.
The legislation was signed in 2008 in order to reward second generation biofuels and other non-corn-based alternatives to ethanol. It also included a proposal for a new fuel standard for the state, supporting the use of carbon-cutting technologies in vehicles.
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The bill included extending the $1 (€0.8) -a-gallon tax credit for biodiesel and the future of the tax credit for biodiesel production now appears uncertain.
According to the head of the National Biodiesel Board (NBB), the industry for biodiesel will 'suffocate' if the tax credit is not extended.
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In five years the plantation in Ghana will have matured and yield as much as 1400kg of crude jatropha oil per harvest. The jatropha plantation can be expected to give 70,000 tonnes of oil annually. This would produce enough biodiesel to power over 60,000 cars for one year.
However Vepower will not be converting the whole 70,000 tonnes into biofuels. Instead it will be sent to the National Grid to power local homes and businesses.
Vepower is in negotiations with other plantations and is setting up its own plantation in Pakistan with the support of the regional government.
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The company has partnered with Private Energy Development and Management to establish a nursery for the growing of jatropha saplings.
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Poet’s CEO Jeff Broin said: ‘In total, POET will have the capacity to produce 1.7 billion gallons of ethanol and more than 4.5 million tons of dried distillers grains. We will continue to look for opportunities to expand that capacity.’
The Cloverdale plant, which was formerly owned and operated by biofuels technology developer Altra Biofuels, is expected to resume operations in nine months once Poet has completed its $30 million (€24.3 million) upgrade. This will consist of the installation of a pollution control system and water recovery to recycle wastewater.
‘The vast amount of agricultural residue in the area makes this plant an excellent candidate for cellulosic ethanol production, which is a technology our company is working on today,’ explained Broin.
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The Cloverdale plant, which was formerly owned and operated by biofuels technology developer Altra Biofuels, is expected to resume operations in nine months once Poet has completed its $30 million (€24.3 million) upgrade. This will consist of the installation of a pollution control system and water recovery to recycle wastewater.
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Now the refinery located in Dalby, Darling Downs, Australia, has gone into voluntary administration.
Ernst and Young have been brought in to review the business, which owes creditors over $80 million (€65.4 million). Selling the facility could be a strong possibility according to Ernst and Young, however it is hoped that that plant will continue operations and there are no planned redundancies.
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29 July 2010 Vopak Brazil increases terminal capacity
The Netherlands-based oil and petrochemical storage provider Vopak is increasing storage capacity in South America.
Vopak Brazil is expanding its Alemoa (Santos) and Aratu port...
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Freedom Environmental Services has commenced its weekly delivery of an estimated 12,000 gallons of yellow grease to biodiesel producer Pristine Biodiesel.
As stated in the contract,...
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Based in California, US, clean energy company and biodiesel producer Universal Bioenergy has signed a letter of intent to acquire Norcor Technologies, headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Cargill has received official certification for its sustainable palm oil supply chain according to the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC).
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A number of environmental organisations and companies, including small engine manufacturers and food producers, have joined forces in an attempt to discourage Congress and the US Environmental...
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One species of the most abundant plant on earth, grass, is under examination in a new US Department of Energy (DoE) test.
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The world’s largest manufacturer of commercial jetliners and military aircraft Boeing expects 1% of fuel used by commercial airlines to be sourced from biomass by 2015.
‘We need to...
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26 July 2010 Kenya targets E10 blend
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26 July 2010 Süd-Chemie builds largest 2nd gen plant
German specialty chemicals company Süd-Chemie is to build Germany´s largest second generation ethanol plant.
As from the end of 2011, this large-scale demonstration plant, located in...
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26 July 2010 EU biodiesel 2009: ups and downs
On the surface it all seems good news for Europe’s biodiesel industry with capacity growth at 16.6%, but a worrying number of idled plants put its true potential at bay.
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26 July 2010 DoE funds emissions to fuels
The US department of energy (DoE) will pump $106 million (€82 million) from the American Recovery and Reinvestment into six projects which will convert captured carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from...
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26 July 2010 Ethanol means money in Minnesota
In the US the Minnesota Department of Agriculture estimates that the state will gain $600 million (€465 million) from the growth of its ethanol industry this year.
It estimates...
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23 July 2010 Exousia biofuel plant close to completion
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22 July 2010 UK meets renewable fuel target
The Renewable Fuels Agency (RFA) has published data from the second year of the Renewable Transport Fuels Obligation (RTFO), showing that the UK has met its 3.25% target.
The report...
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22 July 2010 Railway firm to trial biodiesel in Montana
On 17 July this year a biodiesel project commenced that will see BNSF Railway test Montana, US-made biodiesel produced by biofuels manufacturer Earl Fisher Biofuels.
20% of the fuel...
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22 July 2010 BioVerde ramps up biodiesel production
In Taubate, Brazil, biofuel producer BioVerde Industria e Commercio de Biocumbustiveis SA is to purchase Companhia Petroquimica do Nordeste (Copenor) for 23.5 million reais (€10.3 million).
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22 July 2010 BA and Solena plan waste-to-biofuel plant
In a bid to cut its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, British Airways (BA) has teamed up with Solena Group, a renewable energy producer, to construct a waste-to-biofuels plant.
Solena...
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21 July 2010 US to see an influx of flex-fuel cars
In the US car producers are apparently meeting targets that will soon see an increase of ethanol-fuelled vehicles on US roads.
There are currently around 8 million flex-fuel vehicles...
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21 July 2010 REG purchases Tellurian Biodiesel and ABDF
Located in Ames, Iowa, US, biodiesel producer and marketer Renewable Energy Group (REG) is acquiring California-based biodiesel firm Tellurian Biodiesel and American BDF (ABDF).
ABDF...
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16 July 2010 Novozymes and Piedmont launch enzymatic biodiesel plant
In Pittsboro, North Carolina, US, industrial enzyme producer Novozymes and biofuels leader Piedmont Biofuels are to unveil a new pilot plant that will be the first of its kind in the US.
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15 July 2010 BP buys Verenium’s biofuels business for $98m
Energy company BP Biofuels North America is to acquire Verenium’s cellulosic biofuels business.
Under the terms of the agreement BP Biofuels’ investment of $98.3 million (€76.4...
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15 July 2010 Rex invests $9m in NuGen Energy
Dedicated to investing in alternative energy projects, Ohio, US-based Rex American Resources Corp. has acquired a 48% stake in ethanol producer NuGen Energy.
After parting with $9.2...
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15 July 2010 Steelmaker makes ethanol from gas
In China, Baosteel, the country’s largest steel and iron business, is developing a biofuels plant.
After signing a deal with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in June this year...
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14 July 2010 American Jianye builds its second biofuels refinery
American Jianye Greentech Holdings has begun the construction of its second biofuels plant in southern China.
The clean energy company plans to invest $21 million (€16.5 million) in...
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14 July 2010 Aventine under pressure but remains on-track
Aventine Renewable Energy, a leading ethanol producer based in Illinois, US, is reportedly on target to complete the construction of its biofuel plant by September this year.
Located...
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14 July 2010 ADM christens new plant
In Columbus, Nebraska, US, ethanol producer Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) has inaugurated its recently constructed dry milling plant and ethanol production facility.
The...
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13 July 2010 Aura and Tolao Energy Nigeria enter into formal agreement
Aura Bio Corp., a US company operating in Nigeria, has entered into a formal agreement with Nigerian biodiesel producer Tolao Energy. The agreement comes after Aura Bio Corp. completed its due...
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13 July 2010 El Maniel buys Pennsylvania terminal
A petroleum products terminal in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, US, has changed hands with the new owners considering future biodiesel production.
El Maniel Energy, a subsidiary of El...
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9 July 2010 Ethanol pipeline to be built in Brazil
Oil producer Petrobras, construction firm Camargo Corrêa and Mitsui & Co. have secured a preliminary environmental license to construct an ethanol pipeline in Brazil.
Expected to...
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9 July 2010 Biodiesel plant opens in Acton
A joint venture between Everpure Biodiesel Coop. and Zuraw Technologies has seen the construction of a new biodiesel plant in Acton, Ontario, Canada.
The facility means that Everpure...
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8 July 2010 Jatoil sells first commercial quantity of crude jatropha oil
After recently acquiring joint venture operations in Central Java, Indonesia, renewable energy company Jatoil has secured its first sale of a commercial quantity of crude jatropha oil.
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7 July 2010 BlueFire soon to reach commercial-scale
Cellulosic ethanol technology provider BlueFire Ethanol is one step closer to constructing its ethanol production facility in Fulton, Mississippi, US.
After receiving an $88 million...
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7 July 2010 Evogene produces biojet from castor oil
Located in Rehovot, Israel, biofuel plant producer Evogene has produced biojet that meets the key international standards for alternative aviation fuels. Also known as bio synthesised paraffinic...
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7 July 2010 Yellow cabs go green
In Santa Cruz, California, US, an increasing number of taxis from Yellow Cab and Go Green Cab are switching from regular vehicle fuel to biofuels.
While Yellow Cab begins to integrate...
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7 July 2010 Massachusetts mandate halted
In Massachusetts, US, the mandate that would have seen 2% of biofuels blended with conventional heating oil and diesel has been put on hold.
Due to come into effect last week (30 June...
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5 July 2010 Biodiesel tax credit rolls on
Despite a number of attempts to pass a tax extenders package, the US Senate was unable to get the 60 votes needed in order to continue.
The bill included extending the $1 (€0.8)...
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2 July 2010 Vepower does deal with Jatropha Africa
Dedicated to the production of sustainable energy, UK-based Vepower has entered into an exclusivity agreement with biofuel feedstock company Jatropha Africa, with the goal of financing the...
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1 July 2010 Biodiesel plant abandoned
In Saint John, New Brunswick province, Canada, energy company Irving Oil has withdrawn its application that would have seen the construction of a biodiesel production facility adjacent to the...
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1 July 2010 Poet acquires its 27th plant
Ethanol producer Poet has purchased its most recent facility – a 90mgy ethanol plant in the town of Cloverdale, Indiana, US.
Poet’s CEO Jeff Broin said: ‘In total, POET will have...
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30 June 2010 ‘Financial’ ethanol plant goes into administration
Australia’s first sorghum-fed ethanol plant located in Dalby, Darling Downs, Australia, has gone into voluntary administration 18 months after opening.
Now the refinery located in...
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