Apr 1, 2015
Ethanol and agriculture groups challenge anti-biofuels effort
Bioethanol News
Mar 30, 2015
The Transport Energy Task Force has highlighted the important role sustainable biofuels will play in meeting the UK's future transport needs, in its concluding report.
The report identified that there is a clear role for sustainable biofuels over the medium to longer term and at least to 2030 when fossil transport fuels will still be dominant. It also called for a 'robust... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Mar 30, 2015
Ukrainian state-run spirits group Ukrspyrt has brought online an upgraded bioethanol plant in the western region of Ternopil, it has been reported.
Investments in the plant's modernisation stood at UAH 60 million (€2.3 million), with financing coming from Armenian investors, according to a company statement.
The facility was launched on the premises of Zarubynsky... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Mar 25, 2015
In San Francisco, US, petrol blended with 85% ethanol (E85) is now available to flex-fuel vehicle owners.
Robert White, VP of industry relations at the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA), says: 'There are more than 18 million flex-fuel vehicles registered in the US. Drivers of these vehicles deserve access to E85.'
E85 is approved for use in all flex-fuel vehicles and more... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Mar 25, 2015
Praj Industries, a global process solutions company, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to become a Gevo licensee for producing renewable isobutanol at sugar-based ethanol plants.
Under the MoU, Praj will undertake to license up to 250 million gallons of isobutanol capacity for sugar-based ethanol plants over the next 10 years. Gevo will market the isobutanol... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Mar 17, 2015
Ceres, an agricultural biotechnology company, and Brazilian energy company Raízen have signed a multi-year collaboration agreement to develop and produce sweet sorghum on an industrial scale.
Sweet sorghum can be grown to complement existing feedstock supplies and extend the operating season of Brazilian sugarcane-to-ethanol mills.
Under the collaboration, the companies... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Mar 16, 2015
Ergon Biofuels, a subsidiary of Ergon, a privately held company that operates under six primary business segments (refining and markets; asphalt and emulsions; transportation and teminaling; oil and gas; real estate; and corporate and other) has entered into a comprehensive services arrangement with logistics company Gavilon to originate and market grain at the company's... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Mar 16, 2015
Celtic Renewables, the world's first company to produce biofuel capable of powering cars from residues of the whisky industry, has received £500,000 (€702,124) in a new round of investment, taking its valuation to £10 million.
The company has announced investment worth £250,000 from the Scottish Investment Bank. The investment arm of Scottish enterprise,... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Mar 12, 2015
Green Plains has announced that its newly-formed subsidiary, Green Plains Partners (the partnership), has confidentially submitted a draft registration statement on Form S-1 with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
The registration statement is for a proposed underwritten initial public offering (IPO) of common units representing limited partner interests in the... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Mar 11, 2015
Byogy Renewables, a biofuels producer based in San Jose, CA, acting through its AusAgave Agricultural Division Headquartered in Aldgate, Australia, has executed an MoU and Work Plan with EMBRAPA, Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation, a Brazilian Government institution under the Ministry of Agriculture, to introduce adapted agave plants from Australia into Brazil... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Mar 11, 2015
On 16 March 2015, Brazil will increase its ethanol blend in petrol from 25% to 27%.
'This is an operation in which everyone wins,' said Eduardo Braga, the Minister of Mines and Energy.
Tests carried out by energy company Petrobras in 2014 into the impacts of a higher ethanol blend on vehicle engines did not show any technical problems arising from the use of petrol mixed... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Mar 9, 2015
Ghent Bio-Economy Valley (GBEV) and Malaysian Biotechnology (BiotechCorp) have signed a collaboration agreement in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in support of companies and research institutes in the bio-economy business in Belgium and Malaysia. The main goal is to facilitate collaboration and the development of commercial applications in both countries.
A non-profit and network... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Mar 4, 2015
Two US senators have introduced legislation to eliminate the renewable fuels standard (RFS) corn ethanol mandate.
Sens. Diane Feinstein (D-CA) and Pat Toomey (R-PA) introduced the 'Corn Ethanol Mandate Elimination Act of 2015' last week.
'The federal mandate for corn ethanol is both unwise and unworkable,' says Senator Feinstein. 'Roughly 40% of corn in the United States... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Feb 27, 2015
Edinburgh, Scotland-based Celtic Renewables has become the first in the world to produce biofuel capable of powering cars from residues of the whisky industry. The company now plans to build a production facility in central Scotland after manufacturing the first samples of biobutanol from the by-products of whisky fermentation.
Celtic Renewables, a spin-out company from... [Read More]
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]
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