Sep 9, 2014
Stora Enso to build demo-scale plant in US
Bioethanol News
Sep 4, 2014
Project Liberty, the US's first commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plant, located in Emmetsburg, Iowa, has been officially opened.
A joint venture of DSM and Poet, Project Liberty will convert 285,000 tonnes a year of biomass sourced from within a 45-mile radius of the plant into renewable fuel. Feedstocks will include baled corn cobs, leaves, husk and stalk.
The plant... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Sep 3, 2014
Refineries in the Iowa, US, will begin full operations using feedstocks other than corn kernels.
Iowa has two major cellulosic plants under construction that will use corn plant leaves, stalks and cobs to produce ethanol.
Project Liberty, a plant in Emmetsburg built by Sioux Falls, South Dakota-based ethanol-maker POET and biotechnology company Royal DSM. The $250 million... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Sep 3, 2014
Green Fuel is setting up an ethanol project in Zambia, which will see the company build a $500-million facility.
The biodiesel processor supplier entered into a partnership with the Development Trust of Zimbabwe (DTZ) resulting in the creation of a company called Zimbabwe Bio-Energy in 2008.
It is this company that will implement the ethanol project.
The move comes after... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Sep 3, 2014
As demand coming from the US slows, biofuels growth in the 2013-18 period will be modest compared to the 2008-13 period, says the Freedonia Group report.
Asia, the Africa/Mideast region and Central and South America will drive global biofuels demand to 115 million tonnes in 2018, up 18.7 million tonnes from 2013 figures, reports the Freedonia Group's new study, 'World... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Sep 3, 2014
Renewable energy specialist Summit Group will construct a corn ethanol production facility in Brazil.
The Iowa-based Summit Group will develop a $140 million (€107 million) plant near Lucas do Rio Verde in Mato Grosso.Summit Group will use ICM's technology to power its 50 million gallon per year Brazilian ethanol plant.
Initial work on the plant will begin within... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Sep 3, 2014
Lurgi, a member of the Air Liquide group of companies, has completed construction and start-up of an ethanol facility for Calgren Renewable Fuels.
The Calgren plant is currently the only ethanol plant operating in the US state of California.
Calgren and Lurgi worked together to design a plant that optimises the plant's energy efficiency, while producing value added co-products.
The... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Aug 29, 2014
Biofuels technology providers ICM has commissioned and started production at a dry-mill corn ethanol plant in Cordoba, Argentina.
The plant excelled the initial production capacity of 400 cubic metres per day during the testing period.
The facility completed construction and installation in February 2014.... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Aug 27, 2014
Valero Renewable Fuels Company, international transportation fuels manufacturer, has restarted its recently purchased Mount Vernon ethanol plant.
The Mount Vernon plant is the 11th corn ethanol plant in Valero Renewables' system and its second in Indiana.
With an annual production capacity of 110 million gallons, the plant uses Delta-T technology that is similarly used... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Aug 27, 2014
Indonesia Sekawan Intipratama, a company predominantly involved in the coal mining industry, plans to invest $239 million (€181 million) in an ethanol plant in East Kalimantan province in 2015.
Swiss-based ProCone will provide technology for the facility, which aims to produce 60,000 metric tonne per year of ethanol, using coal as its feedstock.
The plant is expected... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Aug 20, 2014
In the US Energy Information Administration's August issue of its Short-Term Energy Outlook, ethanol production has averaged approximately 940,000 barrels per day over the past three months.
This level is amongst the highest monthly levels ever recorded. The highest weekly level ever recorded was 972,000 barrels per day during the week ending June 13. Ethanol production... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Aug 20, 2014
North European Bio Tech Oy (NEB) is investing in a bioethanol plant on the Renforsin Ranta industrial estate in Kajaani, Finland.
The plant, which has a production capacity of 10 million litres per year of bioethanol, will be leased to oil and bioproduct traders North European Oil Trade Oy (NEOT).
St1 Biofuels Oy, which is responsible for design, permits and coordination... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Aug 20, 2014
Renewable Energy Group (REG) plans to spend $15 million (€11.3 million) in the next 12 months on its Geismar facility.
The biofuels plant, which makes diesel from animal fat, will soon be able to use an increased variety of feedstocks.
Although the timescale is still unknown, REG's Geismar plant hasn't operated since October 2012.... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Aug 18, 2014
Mahtani Group has partnered with UK-based Sunbird Group to develop a $150 million (€112 million) bioethanol plant in the Luapula Province, Zambia.
The plant will produce bioethanol and will use cassava as its by-product. The feedstock is widely grown in the province with most of it going to waste.
The project is going to be 'the first to use cassava to extract bioethanol... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Aug 13, 2014
Poet-DSM has announced that the grand opening ceremony for its commercial-scale second generation ethanol plant, Project Liberty, will take place on 3 September.
When it comes online, the Emmetsburg, Iowa-based plant will process 770 tonnes of corn cobs, leaves and husk to produce 20 million gallons a year of cellulosic ethanol. This annual production capacity will later... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Aug 13, 2014
Vancouver, Canada-based Arcade Station has become the first filling station in the region to sell E85 fuel – an ethanol-petrol blend comprising 85% ethanol.
The site now sells regular and diesel fuel in addition to E85.
Arcade Station is a member of the Canadian Renewable Fuels Association (CRFA). 'Canadian consumers need and deserve more choices at the fuel pump,'... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Aug 5, 2014
Egypt is looking to invest $250 million (€187 million) in a bioethanol plant in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
The Ministry of Petroleum in Egypt has plans to construct a bioethanol plant in UAE that will process 100,000 tonnes of molasses annually.
Machinery and other related infrastructure will be installed at the molasses plant, which will also contain a processing... [Read More]
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