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A company in the central east African country of Tanzania is planning to venture into the production of biogas from waste from the sisal plant, following the successful piloting of the project at Hale Sisal Estate in
Korogwe District.
Segera Estates, which owns three sisal estates in the region and another in the Coast Region, is currently looking for partners to develop the biogas production…
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Biofuel made from paddy rice is now being sold at a petrol station pump in Niigata, Japan.
The National Federation of Agricultural Cooperative Associations Zennoh (JA Zennoh) began sales of the biofuel, a mixture of petrol and bioethanol made from rice for animal feed, on 17 July.
An annual ethanol production of about 1,000 kilolitres is expected from some 2,250 tonnes of brown rice grown in…
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It’s been 22 years since crime-fighting Robocop cleaned up the dirty Detroit streets. Now a new ‘greener’ robot has entered the scene.
A steam-powered, robot designed for the Pentagon, headquarters of the US Department of Defense, has been programmed to fuel itself on biomass.
Maryland-based Robotic Technology’s Energetically Autonomous Tactical Robot (EATR) can find, ingest, and…
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In the US, the Department of Energy (DoE) has seen sense in scouring the ponds for renewable fuel potential.
The Department has announced $85
million (€60 million) in funding for the development of algae-based biofuels and advanced, infrastructure-compatible biofuels.
The funding comes as part of the funds released from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
The goal of the monies…
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Canadian biodiesel producer Milligan Bio-Tech will open its new crushing and production facility on 23 July in Saskatchewan, Canada.
Canada’s pending Federal Renewable Fuels Bill C-33, requiring a 2% renewable fuel content in diesel by 2012, has ushered in the need for greater production volumes.
Milligan’s products include biodiesel that meets US and European quality standards, which has…
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Plantation Energy, Australia’s largest manufacturer and exporter of wood pellets, has signed a three-year AUD 60 million (€34 million) supply agreement with Essent Trading, an international merchant energy trading company based in Switzerland.
The agreement between Plantation Energy and Essent Trading comes only days after the company announced its first export deal, with Electrabel, a…
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Exxon Mobil has finally joined the likes of BP in entering the biofuels industry. The US energy company will make its first major investment in biofuels in a $600 million (€426 million) partnership with biotech company Synthetic Genomics to develop transportation fuels from algae.
A late-comer to the green fuels sector, one of the company's requirements was finding a biofuel source that…
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Following recent reports of poor output in Spain and Germany, the European Biodiesel Board (EBB) has released figures showing EU capacity climbed more than 35% in 2008.
EBB capacity will grow again this year although half the plants are idle due to poor demand, the producers group says.
The European production of biodiesel had reached 7.76 million tonnes last year putting the EU's global…
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Biomass-fuelled power plant developer Prenergy’s proposals for a 350MW wood-burning plant in Port Talbot, Wales, have been granted a draft permit by the UK’s Environment Agency.
The £400 million (€465 million) plant received provisional planning permission based on the project receiving this environmental permit.
Progression of the plant plans has hit a hurdle, however, with Neath Port…
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BP Biofuels, a subsidiary of UK energy giant BP, and US agri-tech company DuPont have formed Butamax Advanced Biofuels to accelerate biobutanol commercialisation.
BP and DuPont have conducted four years of extensive technology development and fuel testing.
The technology demonstration facility located at the BP Saltend site in Hull, UK, is planned to be operational in 2010.
The first…
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Researchers at the US’ Argonne National Laboratory are studying a systems approach to sustainable biomass feedstock production.
If implemented the approach could mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and the impact of biomass for biofuels production on food crops, help restore contaminated water resources and reduce the cost of transporting biomass.
In the study, agricultural, energy and…
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Brazil’s largest producer of sugar and ethanol Cosan has signed a three-year contract with Mitsubishi to export bioethanol to the Japanese market starting in 2010.
Cosan will ship around 80,000 kl of bioethanol a year, reports say. Mitsubishi will the import it as the raw material for making ethyl tertiary butyl ether (ETBE), a petroladditive used for production of biopetrol.
Brazilian-made…
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Consent has been given to one of the world’s largest biomass plants from the UK Government.
Approval for the £500 million (€587 million) Tees Renewable Energy Plant being built by MGT Power was given under Section 36 of the Electricity Act.
The 300MW plant, which will enter commercial operation in 2012, will save 1.2 million tonnes of carbon dioxide a year and will generate enough…
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Management, engineering and development consultancy Mott MacDonald has completed a report on Thailand’s eight-year programme working to promote the renewable energy sector, funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and implemented through the Energy for Environment Foundation.
The programme which includes a biomass energy focus has seen by many in the industry as significantly…
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Only a few slots remain for the upcoming Biofuels International Asia expo & conference, being held in Singapore on 19-20 November 2009.
After the success of Biofuels International expo & conference in Europe in 2008, leading global publication Biofuels International magazine widened its portfolio to include Biofuels International Asia expo & conference.
Confirmed speakers for the…
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The NASA Glenn Research Center and Israel-based marine microalgae developer Seambiotic's US subsidiary are developing a collaborative R&D programme for optimisation of open-pond microalgae growth processes for biofuels production.
The goal of the agreement is to make use of NASA’s expertise in large scale computational modelling and combine it with Seambiotic’s biological process…
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