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Zimbabwe will need more biofuels to blend into its fuel supply as it pushes ahead with ethanol production, according to the Zimbabwe Mail.
Zimbabwe will now increase its mandatory petrol blending from 5% to 10%.
This comes after government in March reduced to 5% from 15% the mandatory amount of local ethanol to be blended with petrol as President Robert Mugabe’s cash-squeezed government…
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Second-generation biofuels made from managed trees and perennial grasses may provide a sustainable fuel resource, according to newly published research.
A team from the universities of Oklahoma and Pittsburgh investigated the full life cycle of second generation biofuel produced from short-rotation oak, in order to check if it really offered greenhouse gas emission reductions relative to…
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Brazil is set to toughen requirements on imported ethanol to protect domestic producers, according to Reuters.
The move, announced by Brazilian Energy Minister Fernando Coelho, is in response to a surge of imported US corn oil to the country.
Those buying imported ethanol will now have to follow rules applied to Brazilian ethanol producers concerning minimum stocks to guarantee supplies in the…
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US ethanol producer Poet Biorefining is undergoing an expansion to more than double its capacity from nearly 70 million gallons per year to 150 million gallons per year at its Marion, Ohio-based facility.
According to the company, this plan will improve the grain market for local farmers and adding new jobs to the community.
With the expansion, high-protein animal feed production will also grow…
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Denmark-based biotechnology company Novozymes has announced a $36m (€32m) expansion of its enzyme manufacturing plant in Blair, Nebraska.
The company said that this investment will increase the plant’s capacity to meet growing needs within the bioscience industry and global biofuels market.
Novozymes’ expansion efforts support the company’s long-term commitment to the…
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Scientists from the University of Hong Kong have developed a new strategy to enhance the efficiency of rice straw for biofuel production.
Significantly, the authors of the study detailing the breakthrough claim the strategy can also be used to boost efficiency of biofuel production from other cereals like maize, wheat, and barley.
As biofuel demand has rocketed in recent years, cellulose from…
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US ethanol trade body Growth Energy has filed comments to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in response to the agency’s request for comment following President Trump’s Executive Order, “Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda.”
Growth Energy’s comments outlined multiple concerns with regulations that hinder the growth of American biofuel.
Chiefly, Growth…
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Iowa’s largest fuel retailer Casey’s has opened its first E15 and E85 store.
The first Iowa station, located 509 Main Street in Pella, is the state’s 103rd E15 station. The Pella store is only the first of seven expected to open across the state.
“This opening marks a big milestone for E15,” said Iowa Renewable Fuels Association managing director Lucy Norton.…
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Spanish renewable energy Abengoa has announced a positive first quarter bottom line of €5.56bn, including non-recurring profits derived from its now-completed financial restructuring.
In its first quarter of it had finalised its financial restructuring process on 31 March, after conduction a share capital hike and issuing warrants. For the three month period, Abengoa booked a non-recurring…
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Diesel and petrol cars will disappear from the roads within eight years, according to a new report.
The report “Rethinking Transportation 2020-2030: The Disruption of Transportation and the Collapse of the Internal-Combustion Vehicle and Oil Industries,” was released earlier in May by San Francisco think tank RethinkX. It was written by venture investor James Arbib…
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called for infrastructure projects in the renewable energy sector to be accelerated, to speed-up economic growth and create jobs, according to the Hindustan Times.
At the periodic review meeting between the Prime Minister and Union Ministers, Modi called for a greater focus on farm-based ethanol blending to reduce India’s dependency on fossil fuels.…
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India’s first integrated bio-refinery for renewable fuels and chemicals has been inaugurated by the country’s minister for road transport, highways and shipping, Nitin Gadkari. Implemented by Indian process and project engineering company Praj Industries, the new facility will play a vital role in accelerating the country’s ethanol blending program.
The new advanced bio-refinery…
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The owners of the S4 Turtas have put their ethanol plant in Šilutė, Lithuania, up for sale
S4 Turtas is part of the MG Baltic Group. The group is engaged in a number of industries including retail, logistics, media and real estate.
The facility can produce around 55 million litres of bioethanol per year and 150,000 litres per day, according to S4 Turtas.
The plant can also produce…
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US advanced biofuels producer Renewable Energy Group announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire approximately 82 acres of land at its Geismar, Louisiana biorefinery from Lion Copolymer.
REG has agreed to purchase the land it has leased for its Geismar operations, as well as more than 61 adjacent acres, which the company plans to improve and utilize to support existing production…
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The American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) has announced that it submitted a public comment focused on its ethanol priorities soon after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) formally began seeking input on existing regulations to be reviewed by its newly established Regulatory Reform Task Force.
The Task Force was formed in response to Executive Order 13777 to evaluate existing…
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