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Quad County Corn Processors, after four years of research into an $8.5 million (€6.4 million) expansion, has developed a technology to make 2 million gallons of cellulosic ethanol each year via corn kernel fibre feedstock.
The process, which ferments the starch first and then the fibre rather than a concurrent process that does both at the same time, is expected to increase the 35 million…
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Codexis, a developer of engineered enzymes for biofuel production, has received notice from Dyadic International alleging it is in breach under a license agreement established by the companies in 2008.
Codexis had obtained a non-exclusive license relating to Dyadic's C1-based proprietary fungal expression technology for the production of enzymes to make products in the fields of biofuels, certain…
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Marathon Petroleum has acquired from Mitsui interests in three ethanol companies for $75 million (€56.5 million).
Under the agreement Marathon acquired an additional 24% interest in Andersons Clymers Ethanol, a 34% interest in Andersons Ethanol Investment and a 40% interest in Andersons Albion Ethanol.
Ascendant Partners served as Mitsui’s financial advisor for these transactions,…
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Praj Industries, a process solutions business for bioethanol, has emerged as the first company in South Asia to set up an integrated second generation cellulosic ethanol plant.
The demo plant, located in Maharashtra, India, will operate on different varieties of biomass, including agricultural wastes such as corn stover, cobs and bagasse, at a capacity of 100 dry tonnes per day. It will enable…
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Petrotec, a European producer of waste-based biodiesel predominantly from used cooking oil, has revealed an increase in both sales and earnings during the first half (H1) of 2013.
It reports group sales of €96.9 million ($128.8 million), up 25.8% compared with the figure from the same period last year. The company also generated an operating profit €3.7 million compared to €900,000…
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A Spain-based biodiesel plant is to increase its options in terms of feedstock handling.
BDI-Bioenergy International is to retrofit the Stocks del valles facility so it can handle waste oils, including animal fats and restaurant grease.
The refit will include the installation of a new pre-esterification unit to help bolster the site’s current 9.3 million gallon capacity.
‘This new…
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A political party in Australia considers ethanol production as the key to reinvigorating a region in Queensland.
Ray Sawyer, federal election candidate of the Katter Australia Party, reveals he has feedback from locals in Nambour that directly links problems to the closure of the town’s sugar mill 10 years ago.
‘We have a sound resolve to reinstating the sugar production industry by…
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Advanced biofuels development in the US has been awarded millions of dollars in investment by its Department of Energy (DoE).
A total of $16.5 million (£12.4 million) is to be split between projects located in Hawaii, California and New Mexico, all centred around the development of sustainable and affordable algae-based biofuels, plus $6 million is going to biomass feedstock supply chain…
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UK-based business Insight Commodities (IC), which was offering investment into an untraceable biofuels project in Africa, has been wound up.
After an investigation by the Insolvency Service, which discovered IC had taken over £1 million (€1.1 million) from around 100 investors for a so-called project in Mozambique, the company stopped trading in July.
Registrar Jones stated during the…
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An agreement between the US and Colombia hopes to increase the amount of sugarcane residue and palm oil harvesting intended for fuel ethanol and future blending.
The US Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory will work with Ecopetrol to look at ways of improving bagasse conversion processes and analyse the economic potential of commercial biofuels production.
The 18 month…
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A record for biodiesel production has been claimed this August by the US state of Iowa.
The Iowa Renewable Fuels Association (IRFA) believes a combination of ‘a strong federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) and reinstatement of the federal biodiesel blenders’ tax credit’ has led to state facilities producing 56.7 million gallons of biodiesel during the second quarter of 2013.
The…
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Amyris, a renewable chemicals and fuels company, has entered into agreement for the sale of convertible notes in a private placement for up to $60 million (€44.9 million) in cash proceeds.
Under the terms of the agreement Temasek, one of Amyris's largest stockholders, agreed to purchase $35 million of the notes in an initial tranche and, at Amyris's election, up to $25 million in a…
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A man who lives in Tampa, US is up for trial after it was discovered he conned millions of dollars out of investors by allegedly pretending he worked within Florida’s alternative fuels sector.
William Vasden Jr, who reportedly owns a local gun shop, is supposed to have reaped $3.5 million (€2.6 million) by claiming to be a successful farmer, who had bountiful land which could be used…
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Production at a Green Fuel-owned ethanol plant in Zimbabwe has resumed after the company entered a 49-51% joint venture with the government.
The plant stopped production after Green Fuel failed to get government approval for mandatory ethanol blending within the country, plus the government had other concerns including the company’s shareholding structure.
It is believed foreign companies,…
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Ethanol is set to benefit from a 46% rise in loans to sugarcane mills in Brazil this year.
Brazil’s state development bank is expecting to loan BR6 billion ($2.6 billion), which is up from BR4.1 billion in 2011.
Artur Yabe Milanez, biofuels manager within the Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Economico e Social, says it has been lowering rates on loans for cane mills as demand for ethanol…
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The Shanghai Food and Drug Safety Authorities has been working with Tongji University to provide city buses with biodiesel in 2014.
The partnership conducted a toxic oil recycling programme and will now use swill oil as the basis of fuel for 1,000 buses, despite officials admitting the two processors the city boasts are ‘limited’.
Swill oil made headlines for another reason a few…
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