Feb 1, 2016
Indian scientists achieve breakthrough in low-cost ethanol production
Bioethanol News
Jan 27, 2016
A mothballed bioethanol plant in Kazakhstan is set to resume production by the end of 2016.
The Investment Fund of Kazakhstan is working to bring the Biokhim plant, located in the town of Tayinsha in the North Kazakhstan region, back online with the first stage scheduled for December 2016.
The plant will produce bioethanol for the Pavlodar oil refinery, with later deliveries... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jan 26, 2016
A New York ethanol producer has been fined $87,000 (€80,300) for illegally disposing of industrial waste from its production facility.
The fine stems from a 2013 investigation into illegal activities at Shelby, NY-based Western New York Energy (WNYE) by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) unit.
The investigation determined that WNYE and... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jan 4, 2016
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has announced that the share of liquid biofuels consumed in road transport, in the UK, fell from 4.2% during the third quarter of 2014 to 3.3% during the third quarter of 2015.
DECC unveiled the statistics in its latest 'Energy Trends' publication.
Figures from DECC also showed that biodiesel consumption was 35% lower... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jan 4, 2016
Oasis Group, an India-based technology, engineering and construction company, will build a wheat-based ethanol plant in Punjab.
The facility is worth around £51m (INR 500 crore), according to news agency Press Trust of India.
The ethanol will be producing wheat which is unfit for human consumption, the media outlet stated.
Currently, India relies mainly on sugar... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Dec 14, 2015
A team of experts from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) and the University of Cambridge in the UK are embarking to research renewable energy and to develop biofuels for use in small machines like lawnmower.
The research project also attempts to discover the most cost effective and low-emission biofuel source for its purposes, such as jatropha or a mixed source.
According... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Dec 14, 2015
Bioethanol and petrol blends lowered CO2 emissions from road traffic in Germany by around 1.2 million tonnes in the first three quarters of 2015, a new study says.
According to the findings of a study in German on the economic importance of the largest site of German bioethanol production in Saxony-Anhalt, every litre of bioethanol reduced greenhouse gas emission by 1.1kg.
‘This... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Dec 11, 2015
The US Grains Council’s ethanol export promotion programme has seen an early success with a US exporter confirming significant sales of US ethanol to Peru.
The 10 million gallons of ethanol, valued at more than $15 million (€13.7m), were sold after the US Grains Council (USGC) led a team of Peruvian ethanol buyers and producers to participate in the International... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Dec 7, 2015
China New Energy has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Sunbird Bioenergy Africa for the development of two biorefineries, one each in Zimbabwe and Zambia.
The Memorandum of Undestanding (MOU) was signed at the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) 6th Ministerial Conference and Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Under the terms of the MOU, China New... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Nov 26, 2015
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is expected to increase requirements for biofuels use through 2016 due to higher total fuel demand, when it publishes a final Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) rule in the coming days, sources say.
The environmental regulator is expected to announce requirements on its plan for the programme, on or by Monday, 30 November, when global... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Nov 25, 2015
Ensyn, a producer of cellulosic liquid biofuels from wood residues and other non-food biomass, has been granted regulatory approval from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its renewable petrol product.
The approval, in accordance with Title 40 CFR Part 79 of the Clean Air Act, is required for Ensyn’s RFGasoline to be sold in the US.
The endorsement... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Nov 20, 2015
Deinove, a French biotech company developing processes for producing biofuels and bio-based chemicals from non-food biomass with its Deinococcus bacteria, has produced 2G ethanol with an exceptional performance level in a 300l fermenter.
The trials were conducted at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Deinove's long-term partner, which has the necessary... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Nov 19, 2015
A committee of the Parliament of Queensland has decided not to suggest increasing the Australian state’s biofuel mandate.
The committee chose not to recommend increasing the mandate despite admitting that the current 2% blending level is ‘unlikely’ to drive industry growth.
AgForce, a lobbying organisation for Queensland agriculture, and a Member of Parliament... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Nov 17, 2015
Construction of a long-awaited Pentland Bio-Energy bioethanol plant in northeastern Australia could finally be set to begin.
The plant project, to be located on a 66,152 hectare plot in Pentland, Queensland, has been in development since 2004 but now it could at long last see building begin in June 2016.
With commissioning scheduled for June 2018, planned production at... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Nov 3, 2015
Green Plains and petrol retailer Murphy USA have signed a definitive agreement regarding the purchase by Green Plains of Murphy USA's ethanol production facility located in Hereford, Texas.
Under the terms of the agreement, Green Plains will acquire Hereford Renewable Energy for approximately $93.8 million (€85 million), subject to customary closing adjustments. The... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Nov 2, 2015
In India, the government of the state of Punjab has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a consortium of Beta Renewables, Novozymes, and CVC India Infrastructure to set up a bioethanol refinery in the state.
The INR9.5 billion (€131 million) facility is expected to begin operation in 2017, and it is projected to make Punjab the Indian state... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Oct 30, 2015
DuPont has celebrated the opening of its cellulosic biofuel facility in Nevada, Iowa, US with a ceremony attended by the state's governor Terry Brandstad and other dignitaries.
With the capacity to produce 30 mgy of clean fuel that offers a 90% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions compared to petrol, this biorefinery is the world's largest cellulosic ethanol plant.
The... [Read More]
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