Oct 1, 2015
Argentinian company inaugurates ethanol dehydration facility
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Oct 1, 2015
Joule, a US producer of liquid fuels from recycled CO2, has announced that its fuel grade Sunflow-E ethanol has been registered by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for commercial use in E10 and E15 gasoline blends.
Earlier this year Joule announced that Sunflow-E had successfully passed the tests for ASTM D4806 and DIN EN 15376 certifications, US... [Read More]
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Sep 30, 2015
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) will lead a $13.5 million (€12 million) multi-institutional research effort to improve sorghum as a sustainable source for biofuel production.
Funded by the US Department of Energy (DOE), the five-year grant takes a comprehensive approach to better understand how plants and microbes interact and to learn which sorghum... [Read More]
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Sep 24, 2015
Hippo Valley Estates, a sugar producer based in Chiredzi, Zimbabwe, has announced it has reached an ethanol production capacity of 41 million litres per month and is now applying for a licence to supply the local market.
Zimbabwe requires a monthly supply of 50 million litres of petro, of which 7,5 million litres is ethanol under the country’s E15 blending mandate.
Hippo... [Read More]
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Sep 22, 2015
The Danish biotech company Novozymes has announced the launch of a new enzyme for ethanol producers who want to reduce their use of chemicals without sacrificing yield.
Liquozyme LpH is an alpha-amylase effective at low pH that thins the mash by breaking down starch into shorter dextrin chains.
A more fluid mash ensures more efficient operational performance for ethanol... [Read More]
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Sep 21, 2015
Offering ethanol made from algae for the first time commercially, Algenol Biotech and Protec Fuel Management have entered into an agreement to market and distribute ethanol from Algenol’s Fort Myers, Florida, commercial demonstration module.
The companies will also offer Algenol’s future 18 million gallons per year from its commercial plant, which is planned... [Read More]
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Sep 18, 2015
The Nigerian Cassava Growers’ Association (NCGA) has partnered with the Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF), an international private infrastructure financier, to set up a bioethanol plant, according to the News Agency of Nigeria.
National president of NCGA Segun Adewumi says the plant, which is to use cassava as feedstock, will also serve as a bioenergy and... [Read More]
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Sep 17, 2015
Canadian farmers might one day grow sugar corn for a potentially huge alternative fuels market through a new project involving University of Guelph researchers.
Along with scientists from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA), and Western University, the Guelph researchers will study sugar corn varieties... [Read More]
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Sep 15, 2015
MBI, a US-based biotech company, has been granted a patent (patent no. 9,102,964) for its Afex biomass pre-treatment technology by the US Patent and Trademark Office.
The Afex technology enables energy producers to utilise the nearly 2 billion tonnes of biomass left on the fields annually after the harvest of crops such as corn, wheat, and rice and turn it into feedstock... [Read More]
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Sep 15, 2015
Oakland Biofuels is looking to launch a new cellulosic ethanol production technology in Mid-Wales, UK, using bracken as a feedstock.
The facility will be the first of its kind in Europe to use the new technology in conjunction with bracken.
Jeremy Oakley, director of Oakland Biofuels, says the company has been looking for alternative uses for bracken already for some years,... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Sep 14, 2015
Biofuel production in Brazil grew by 28% in the January-May 2015 period when compared to the same time frame last year, according to the Brazilian TV channel NBR.
In July, the consumption of hydrous ethanol, used in Brazil as a standalone biofuel for flex-fuel vehicles, reached a record high of 1.55 billion litres sold.
The Brazilian government has taken steps to stimulate... [Read More]
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Sep 14, 2015
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (UN FAO) has released data showing that global food prices have experienced the steepest monthly drop since 2008.
According to the Global Renewable Fuels Alliance (GRFA), the decline in food prices has coincided with a period of record ethanol production expansion, reaching a high of 94 billion litres in 2014 from 83.5... [Read More]
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Sep 11, 2015
The US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced that 21 states will receive grants through the Biofuel Infrastructure Partnership (BIP) programme to add infrastructure needed to supply more renewable fuel to US drivers.
Since announcing the programme in May 2015, the US Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) has received applications... [Read More]
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Sep 10, 2015
Germany produced 370,484 tonnes of bioethanol in the first half (H1) of 2015, a 5.2% increase year-on-year, the German Bioethanol Industry Association (BDBe) data reveals.
However, while production grew, demand for bioethanol declined by 3.7% to 562,459 tonnes.
Food crops were the most used feedstock for bioethanol production with 63.4%.
There was also a 21.1% rise from... [Read More]
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Sep 9, 2015
Enerkem, a Canadian waste-to-biofuels and chemicals producer, has raised CAD152.6 million (€103.7 million) in financing.
Simultaneously, the company announced it has initiated the production of biomethanol from non-recyclable household garbage at the Enerkem Alberta Biofuels facility in Edmonton, Canada.
‘I must say a huge thank you to our... [Read More]
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Sep 7, 2015
US ethanol production hit a 16-week low last week, according to US Energy Information Administration (EIA) data analysed by the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA).
In the past week, ethanol production averaged at 948,000 barrels per day, equalling 39.82 million gallons a day.
These numbers are down 4,000 barrels a day from the week before and the lowest in 16 weeks overall.
The... [Read More]
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Sep 3, 2015
The Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung prompts the country’s relevant agencies to undertake measures to boost the production and consumption of E5 and E10 ethanol-blended petrol.
The Southeast Asian country has had an implementation plan in effect since 2012 to promote environmental protection and national energy security, but progress has been slow as consumers... [Read More]
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