Feb 27, 2015
Celtic Renewables produces vehicle fuel from distillery leftovers
Bioethanol News
Feb 25, 2015
Ethanol producer Aventine Renewable Energy has installed a $2.4 million (€2 million) Valicor corn-oil separation system at its Nebraska Energy plant in Aurora, Nebraska.
'By investing in this system we are adding to our revenue stream and diversifying beyond ethanol production in Nebraska,' says Mark Beemer, Aventine president and CEO.
The system began operations... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Feb 25, 2015
Calgren Renewable Fuels has opened a new manure-to-ethanol plant in California's San Joaquin Valley, located in one of the top dairy producing counties in the US and also one of the country's most air-polluted areas.
The Calgren Ethanol Biodigester sits around 60 miles south of Fresno and will help reduce emissions and dependence on fossil fuels in the area while contributing... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Feb 25, 2015
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) will award start-up private company Renergi with $5.2 million (€4.5 million) in funding for the design and construction of a pilot-scale biofuel plant in Perth.
ARENA CEO Ivor Frischknecht explains that the project would result in simple, cost effective production of renewable energy from biomass: 'Renergi was created... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Feb 25, 2015
The Energy Department's Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) has chosen seven projects across the US to receive up to $10 million (€8.8 million) to support innovative technologies and solutions to help advance bioenergy development.
These projects will support BETO's work to develop renewable and cost-competitive biofuels from non-food biomass feedstocks by reducing... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Feb 24, 2015
Biofuel supply chain company Eco-Energy has opened its distribution facility located within the Knoxville, Tennessee terminal complex.
The project, which is a joint venture between Eco-Energy and Kinder Morgan Southeast Terminals, can receive tank cars daily from the CSX Railway for outbound ethanol distribution via pipeline connection and tank truck delivery to all area... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Feb 18, 2015
Renewable energy producer Statkraft, and Södra, a forestry operations company with experience in paper pulp, sawn timber and bioenergy, have signed a letter of intent (LOI) to create a company that will produce biofuels from forest waste.
The agreement will see Statkraft acquire Södra Cell Tofte, which owns the industrial site of the former Tofte pulp plant in... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Feb 17, 2015
Fluid recovery and regeneration solutions specialist Valicor has completed the acquisition of a patent that covers the extraction of protein from corn ethanol stillage and is designed to help ethanol producers maximise their coproduct recovery and value.
The patent for invention number 7,829,680 is for a system and method that isolates gluten (protein) as a coproduct of... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Feb 16, 2015
On 16 February, Iowa, US-based Golden Grain Energy reached a milestone when it produced its one billionth gallon of ethanol. The plant has been operating for around a decade.
'The one billion gallon mark is certainly a reason for celebration and we are proud of each of every gallon of high quality ethanol we produce,' says Jim Boeding, board member at Golden Grain Energy.... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Feb 16, 2015
Renewable isobutanol produced by biofuels company Gevo can be used in marine engines of up to 16.1% without deterioration of engine or boat performance.
This was the conclusion following four years of tests on the company's isobutanol by a consortium of organisations from the recreational marine industry. The tests were performed in collaboration with the National Manufacturers... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Feb 16, 2015
BlueFire Renewable received a strong endorsement for its Fulton project from China Three Gorges (CTG) executive VP Lin Chuxue.
Presented at The US-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT), co-chaired by US Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker, US Trade Representative Michael Froman, and Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang, Chuxue said: 'BlueFire's Fulton project... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Feb 12, 2015
A bioethanol plant in Teesside, UK, has been taken offline amid reports of a downturn in the market.
The Ensus facility, owned by Germany-based firm CropEnergies, uses wheat to produce bioethanol which is blended with transport fuel, dried animal feed and carbon dioxide for the drinks industry. The £250 million (€336.4 million) plant employs around 100 people... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Feb 11, 2015
Evogene, a company working to improve crop productivity and economics for biofuel, food and feed industries, has signed a letter of intent with plans to establish an R&D facility in the Bio-Research and Development Growth (BRDG) Park, located on the campus of the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in St. Louis, Missouri.
The establishment of the facility is a key... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Feb 9, 2015
Associated British Foods (ABF) has decided to impair its £98 million (€132 million) investment in Vivergo Fuels, citing 'the continuing fall in crude oil and bioethanol prices, and the further weakening of the euro against the sterling'.
ABF is a shareholder in Vivergo and its wheat-to-ethanol production plant in the UK, along with BP and DuPont.
ABF said in... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Feb 4, 2015
As a result of the continuing fall in crude oil and bioethanol prices, along with the weakening of the euro versus sterling, Associated British Foods (ABF) has decided to impair its investment in Vivergo Fuels, its wheat-fed bioethanol joint venture with BP and DuPont in the UK.
The interim results for the 24 weeks ending 28 February will include a non-cash exceptional... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Feb 3, 2015
On 2 February, the Brazilian government agreed, along with ethanol producers, to increase the level of the sugar-based fuel in petrol.
From 15 February, all petrol sold in Brazil will be required to include at least 27% ethanol, a 2% increase from the current minimum of 25%. This level was agreed upon in a meeting between Aloizio Mercadante, presidential chief of staff,... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Feb 2, 2015
Flint Hills Resources, a biofuels and chemicals company, has finalised the acquisition of an ethanol plant near Camilla, Georgia, from Southwest Georgia Ethanol.
Flint Hills Resources' biofuels business now includes seven ethanol plants with a combined annual capacity of 820 million gallons, a biodiesel plant and investments in biofuels technology and feedstock development.... [Read More]
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