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In Columbus, Nebraska, US, ethanol producer Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) has inaugurated its recently constructed dry milling plant and ethanol production facility.
The christening took place on 9 July this year after the facility opened in November last year. The project was originally announced in February 2006.
The dry mill has the capacity the produce 300 million gallons of…
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Aventine Renewable Energy, a leading ethanol producer based in Illinois, US, is reportedly on target to complete the construction of its biofuel plant by September this year.
Located in the Ports of Indiana-Mount Vermont the 110 million gallon-a-year ethanol refinery began construction towards the end of 2007 but the build was brought to end when Aventine filed for bankruptcy in February 2009.…
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American Jianye Greentech Holdings has begun the construction of its second biofuels plant in southern China.
The clean energy company plans to invest $21 million (€16.5 million) in the project throughout the year that will see the erection of a clean fuels production refinery and filling station located at the Xiangzhou Shilong Industry Zone, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
Under…
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A petroleum products terminal in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, US, has changed hands with the new owners considering future biodiesel production.
El Maniel Energy, a subsidiary of El Maniel International (EMLL), acquired the 24 million gallon terminal in eastern Pennsylvania, which includes five acres of land, buildings and equipment valued at over $2 million (€1.59 million).
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Aura Bio Corp., a US company operating in Nigeria, has entered into a formal agreement with Nigerian biodiesel producer Tolao Energy. The agreement comes after Aura Bio Corp. completed its due diligence assessment of the biodiesel project in Cross River State, Nigeria.
The project will see the cultivation of jatropha on 3,000 acres of land and the construction of a biodiesel plant with an…
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A joint venture between Everpure Biodiesel Coop. and Zuraw Technologies has seen the construction of a new biodiesel plant in Acton, Ontario, Canada.
The facility means that Everpure can now collect waste vegetable oil from eateries around the local area before Zuraw Technologies converts it into biodiesel in the new plant.
Prior to the construction of the biofuel production facility Everpure…
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Oil producer Petrobras, construction firm Camargo Corrêa and Mitsui & Co. have secured a preliminary environmental license to construct an ethanol pipeline in Brazil.
Expected to cost $1.1 billion (€900 million) to build, the pipeline will be 337 miles (542km) long.
The pipeline will be ready for use by Q3 2011 and will connect mills located in the states of Minas Gerais and Sao Paulo…
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After recently acquiring joint venture operations in Central Java, Indonesia, renewable energy company Jatoil has secured its first sale of a commercial quantity of crude jatropha oil.
The sale is under a new four-year off-take agreement with Jatoil’s partner Waterland International, covering all crude jatropha oil produced from the first 1,000 hectares of the project. The initial shipment of…
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In Massachusetts, US, the mandate that would have seen 2% of biofuels blended with conventional heating oil and diesel has been put on hold.
Due to come into effect last week (30 June 2010) the Clean Energy Biofuels Act would have begun at 2% before being increased to 5% in 2013.
The legislation was signed in 2008 in order to reward second generation biofuels and other non-corn-based…
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In Santa Cruz, California, US, an increasing number of taxis from Yellow Cab and Go Green Cab are switching from regular vehicle fuel to biofuels.
While Yellow Cab begins to integrate its first hybrid taxi, a Ford Escape, onto the roads, Go Green is transporting passengers around the city using biodiesel.
One Yellow Cab driver explained that he used to spend between $400 (€317.6) and $500…
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Located in Rehovot, Israel, biofuel plant producer Evogene has produced biojet that meets the key international standards for alternative aviation fuels. Also known as bio synthesised paraffinic kerosene (Bio-SPK) and hydroprocessed renewable jet (HRJ), biojet is the plant-based alternative to aviation fuel.
Evogene Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Evogene Ltd. and developed the biojet…
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Cellulosic ethanol technology provider BlueFire Ethanol is one step closer to constructing its ethanol production facility in Fulton, Mississippi, US.
After receiving an $88 million (€69.9 million) grant the firm, based in Irvine, California, has now met the conditions required in order to receive an additional $250 million loan guarantee from the Department of Energy (DoE).
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Despite a number of attempts to pass a tax extenders package, the US Senate was unable to get the 60 votes needed in order to continue.
The bill included extending the $1 (€0.8) -a-gallon tax credit for biodiesel and the future of the tax credit for biodiesel production now appears uncertain.
According to the head of the National Biodiesel Board (NBB), the industry for biodiesel will…
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Dedicated to the production of sustainable energy, UK-based Vepower has entered into an exclusivity agreement with biofuel feedstock company Jatropha Africa, with the goal of financing the company’s 50,000 hectare plantation in Ghana, West Africa.
In five years the plantation in Ghana will have matured and yield as much as 1400kg of crude jatropha oil per harvest. The jatropha plantation can…
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Ethanol producer Poet has purchased its most recent facility – a 90mgy ethanol plant in the town of Cloverdale, Indiana, US.
Poet’s CEO Jeff Broin said: ‘In total, POET will have the capacity to produce 1.7 billion gallons of ethanol and more than 4.5 million tons of dried distillers grains. We will continue to look for opportunities to expand that capacity.’
The Cloverdale plant, which…
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In Saint John, New Brunswick province, Canada, energy company Irving Oil has withdrawn its application that would have seen the construction of a biodiesel production facility adjacent to the company’s oil refinery.
On the 31 March this year Irving Oil applied for environmental impact assessment for a biodiesel plant that would manufacture biofuel from food waste.
The facility, which was…
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