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Several research groups at HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology are passionate about producing crops that can be used as fuel to create clean and sustainable energy. And now with the help of a newly awarded Department of Energy (DOE) grant, they can move one step closer to this goal. The grant is part of a DOE project that will provide $68 million (€57 million) in funding over five…
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THE national B20 biodiesel programme for the transport sector in Malaysia — which was initially postponed at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic — has recommenced to speed up the uptake of biodiesel. Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Dr Mohd Khairuddin Aman Razali said the programme is expected to see petrol stations in the country retailing the green fuel beginning…
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Alliance BioEnergy (Alliance) has leased 18 acres of land in south-west Florida to establish a test plot for Giant King Grass as a renewable cellulosic feedstock. Giant King Grass grows all year round up to 20ft tall and can be harvested multiple times. According to Alliance, the crop can produce up to 44 tons per acre of cellulosic feedstock, which has a composition similar to corn stover. Corn…
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The aviation industry is synonymous with producing high volumes of carbon emissions. In 2019, flights produced 915 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) according to the Air Transport Action Group (ATAG). As such, making air transport ‘green’ has become a top political priority, with the UK Government recently announcing funding to support these efforts. Matthew Stone, chairman of Renovare…
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POET has announced a partnership with the Farmers Business Network (FBN) to boost profits for farmers while promoting sustainable agricultural practices through the new GRO Network. The GRO Network creates environmental transparency and matches farmers who use environmentally friendly practices with buyers who pay a premium for low-carbon corn. “At POET we know that agriculture is the key to…
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Aviation accounts for around 15% of global oil demand growth up to 2030 in the International Energy Agency (IEA) New Policies Scenario, a similar amount to the growth from passenger vehicles. Such a rise means that aviation will account for 3.5% of global energy related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 2030, up from just over 2.5% today, despite ongoing improvements in aviation…
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European renewable ethanol association (ePURE) members produced 5.6 billion litres of ethanol and 5.33 million tonnes of co-products in 2019, according to new data. The new figures confirm the importance of European renewable ethanol biorefineries to achieving EU Green Deal objectives for reducing emissions. Of the total ethanol output from ePURE members in 2019 more than 82% was for fuel use,…
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Supply chain services provider Czanikow Group has revealed it will start operations in the Brazilian ethanol and power markets. The British company plans to expand its business with local sugar mills that also produce fuel and electricity. Czarnikow has been given the go-ahead from Brazil’s oil and fuels regulator ANP to open a new company called CzEnergy to trade ethanol in the country, a…
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Dr Roger Marshall, US Congressman and co-chairman of the House Biofuels Caucus, is working to boost ethanol exports. Kansas is home to 10 biofuel facilities, which provide high-quality jobs for plant workers in rural areas and use more than 25% of all corn grown in the state, as well as thousands of bushels of soybeans and milo annually. In total, the biofuel industry is responsible for…
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Haldor Topsoe has joined an ambitious sustainable fuel project in Denmark that seeks to develop a hydrogen and sustainable fuel facility based on electrolysis. The innovative project, based in the Greater Copenhagen Area, is expected to be completed by 2030 in three stages, reaching 10 MW capacity in 2023, 250 MW in 2027, and 1.3 GW in 2030. Roeland Baan, Haldor Topsoe’s CEO, said: “For…
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Swiss firm Bloom Biorenewables has received a major investment to complete its biomass fractionation pilot project, which will produce alternative fuel. Yokogawa Electric Corporation’s investment brings Bloom’s seed funding round to a total of €2.9 million. Bloom and Yokogawa, a global automation and industrial production processes firm, also signed a cooperation agreement on the…
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Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds has allocated approximately $100 million (€84.7 million) of federal CARES Act relief funds for a range of agricultural programmes to offset the impact of COVID-19 on farmers, producers, and agricultural industries. A large portion of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act funding will directly support the biofuels industry. In a statement, Governor…
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Advancing Africa’s biofuels potential has been a long, slow process with the continent’s various country-by-country development plans tending to sit in their respective government in-trays for far too long. At the point, however, where there is finally evidence of real biofuels’ development intention being seen across the continent, especially in South Africa, the impact of COVID-19 has…
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Gevo has entered into a binding renewable hydrocarbons (drop-in biofuels) purchase and sales agreement with Trafigura Trading, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Trafigura Group Pte. The agreement is a long-term, take-or-pay contract and is the largest contract in Gevo’s history. Trafigura is a major independent commodity trading company with over $171 billion (€144 billion) and more than $54…
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