Oct 15, 2014
Chempolis and NRL partner for bamboo-based ethanol production
Bioethanol News
Oct 13, 2014
US-based renewable fuels producer BlueFire Renewables has finalised and signed a new master engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for its cellulosic ethanol plant in Fulton, Mississippi.
The contract is with China International Water and Electric, a subsidiary of renewable energy company China Three Gorges (CTG).
'The master EPC structure will utilise... [Read More]
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Oct 9, 2014
Ecuador's government is looking to expand local ethanol distribution throughout the country by 2017 to reduce gas emissions and fuel imports.
The mix, which contains locally-produced sugarcane ethanol is expected to replace a type of petrol named extra, and will represent 45% of the national fuel market, after diesel and other types of petrol.
The government anticipates... [Read More]
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Oct 9, 2014
Biochemtex and Beta Renewables signed a contract with Energochemica for the construction of a second generation ethanol plant in the Slovak Republic.
The plant, which will be built in Strazske, Slovak Republic, will deliver 55,000 metric tonnes per year of cellulosic ethanol while using non-food biomass as its feedstock.
The project begins immediately and the start-up... [Read More]
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Oct 7, 2014
Argentina's cooperatives association (Aca-Bio) has started work on a $130 million ethanol plant outside the city of Villa María.
The plant will process 380,000 tonnes per year of corn, which will produce 125,000 cubic metres per year of biofuel.
Excess steam will power a turbine that will then be used to power the plant.
Operations will start in February. ... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Oct 7, 2014
Zimbabwe’s energy sector regulator plans to licence new ethanol producers to avoid dependency on single supplier Green Fuel (GF).
Under the country’s mandatory blending policy, only GF can license or is accredited to trade the commodity for petrol blending purposes.
The current law states that an ethanol producer for mandatory blending has to be in partnership... [Read More]
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Sep 30, 2014
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved permits for Archer Daniels Midland's ethanol plant.
The permits enable the underground injection and storage of carbon dioxide emissions from an ethanol plant.
Issued under the relatively new Underground Injection Control Program Class VI, the permits are expected to facilitate carbon capture and sequestration (CCS)... [Read More]
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Sep 29, 2014
Green Fuel's ethanol plant in Chisumbanje, Zimbabwe, is reportedly discharging harmful waste matter.
Zimbabwe's parliament has heard how the waste matter has reportedly caused some people to become partially blind, while others are developing feet sores.
Appearing before a parliamentary committee on Youth, Indigenisation and Empowerment, Mutsa Chasi, head of Environmental... [Read More]
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Sep 26, 2014
A minor fire broke out earlier this week at Archer Daniels Midland's ethanol plant in Peoria, Illinois, US.
At approximately 11.30 am on 22 September, an evaporator vessel that was down for repairs caught fire at the company's corn processing plant in Peoria. This then activated the sprinkler system, which contained the fire.
There were no injuries and the plant is now... [Read More]
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Sep 26, 2014
GranBio Investimentos, a Brazilian biotechnology company, has started production at its cellulosic ethanol plant in Alagoas, Brazil.
The company invested $190 million (€149 million) in the facility, which is the first commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plant in the southern hemisphere.
The Bioflex 1 plant has the capacity to produce 82 million litres per year of... [Read More]
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Sep 24, 2014
A stolen tanker crashed and leaked ethanol on Tuesday 24th September, in Autauga County, Alabama, US.
The driver, who stole the tanker truck from Florida Rock and Tank Lines in Montgomery, Alabama, US, has now been identified.
Shortly after 11 am, crews had started transferring ethanol to another tanker, after containing the leak.
There were no reported injuries.... [Read More]
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Sep 24, 2014
A fire has broken out at Abengoa Bioenergy's ethanol plant in Madison, Illinois, US.
At approximately 9.45am on Tuesday 24th September, a fire broke out in a corn silo following an electrical shortage.
Despite firefighters spending four hours containing the fire, there was no major damage.
No one was injured.... [Read More]
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Sep 22, 2014
Sales of commercial and passenger vehicles, particularly flex-fuel vehicles that allow end users to choose customised biofuel-fossil fuel blends have increased.
New analysis from Frost & Sullivan, Strategic Analysis of the Global Automotive Biofuels Market, has found that the market generated revenues of $94.61 billion (€73.63 billion) in 2013 and estimates this... [Read More]
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Sep 18, 2014
A new ethanol plant may be built in Onida, Iowa, US.
Plans started earlier this year for a facility that is capable of producing 70 million gallons per year of ethanol and 200 tonnes of distiller’s grain.
‘What ethanol has done for agriculture is help balance supply and demand,’ says Walt Wendland, who, along with Chris Schwarck, has been involved in... [Read More]
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Sep 18, 2014
Germany's biofuel consumption was 2.9 million tonnes in the year to October, a drop of 8.9% compared with the first 10 months in 2012, reports the country's economics agency BAFA.
Despite a 0.5% increase in total road fuel consumption, bringing the total to 43.75 million tonnes and blending rates dropping for all biofuel types, the overall consumption still fell.
There... [Read More]
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Sep 17, 2014
DuPont Industrial Biosciences (DuPont) has selected Murex to market cellulosic ethanol produced from its 30 million gallon plant in Nevada, Iowa.
Once completed, the facility will be the largest cellulosic ethanol plant in the world.
The Nevada biorefinery will use all parts of the corn stover – the stalks, leaves and cobs.
'We are excited to work with an industry... [Read More]
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Sep 17, 2014
Renewable energy technology provider INEOS Bio is restarting its new cellulosic ethanol plant in Florida after contamination forced it to decrease production considerably.
The company has upgraded the facility's technology and is also finishing the installation of equipment to remove impurities from one of the plant's process streams. As a result, this contamination has... [Read More]
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