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PowerHouse Energy Group moves forward with waste-to-hydrogen system design London-based clean energy company PowerHouse Energy Group announced that it had completed early design work on its UK-based 25 tonne-per-day synthetic gas (syngas) plant, according to news channel ProActive Investors. The pre-front-end engineering and design, or pre-FEED, stage validated the company's technology and its…
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The price of US renewable fuel credits has plummeted, hitting a two month low according to Reuters. Efforts by the White House to mediate talks between the oil and corn industries over the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) are said to be behind the fall in prices. The RFS requires refiners to blend increasing amounts of biofuel into the US fuel supply. Under the RFS programme, fuel refiners lacking…
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A Philippine-based institute has called for increased research into genomics to help improve the variety and yield of the country’s sugarcane, particularly by increasing its resistance to common diseases. To sustain the industry’s growth, new and superior varieties of sugarcane should be developed, Dr. Liwayway M. Engle of the Philippine Sugar Research Institute (PhilSURIN) told…
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Chinese and Cuban firms have teamed up to sign agreements in order to strengthen renewable energy ties. The agreements were inked at a three-day renewable energy forum, which took place in Cuba. According to Xinhua.com, the form analysed cooperation strategies to expand the development of renewable energy in Cuba. Both countries are interested in developing the renewable energy industry as it is…
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The publication of the European Commission’s renewable energy report shows that the EU is falling behind in its climate policies for transport, according to European renewable ethanol trade body ePURE. The EC published its report entitled Renewable energy progress report yesterday (1 February, 2017). The report stated: “Progress has been fastest in the electricity sector, while the…
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Poet-DSM Advanced Biofuels will build an on-site enzyme manufacturing (OSM) facility in Emmetsburg, Iowa, pending state and local approvals. The facility will be integrated into the Project Liberty technology package, replicable in future facilities. For Project Liberty, the OSM will directly pipe enzymes into the Liberty production process without requiring downstream processing, stabilizers and…
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A team of researchers at the UK-based University of Cambridge has developed a way of using solar power to generate a fuel that is both sustainable and relatively cheap to produce. The team used natural light to generate hydrogen from biomass. In a statement, the researchers said:  “One of the challenges facing modern society is what it does with its waste products. As natural…
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The global bioethanol market will rise to $9,544 million by 2022, according to a report by Big Market Research. Valued at $5,652 million in 2015, the bioethanol market is forecast to have a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.6% up until 2022. The report identifies a number of factors which are driving the growth of the bioethanol market. The rise in environmental concerns and need to lower…
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US technology company D3MAX has announced that its cellulosic ethanol technology is helping ACE Ethanol to produce “higher yields from corn fiber at lower costs”. In February, D3MAX announced the completion and shipment of its pilot plant employing the patented D3MAX cellulosic ethanol technology. Installed at ACE Ethanol, LLC, in Stanley, Wisconsin, the testing of the patented D3MAX…
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The owners of the S4 Turtas have put their ethanol plant in Šilutė, Lithuania, up for sale S4 Turtas is part of the MG Baltic Group. The group is engaged in a number of industries including retail, logistics, media and real estate. The facility can produce around 55 million litres of bioethanol per year and 150,000 litres per day, according to S4 Turtas. The plant can also produce…
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A subsidiary of the world’s second largest palm oil plantation company has cultivated a new palm planting material allowing an increase of oil yields to the highest levels in the industry. Smart Tbk, a subsidiary of Golden-Agri Resources, has registered two clones of high-yielding oil palm plant material in Indonesia’s Catalogue of Seeds, receiving approval for use from the Ministry…
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EXCLUSIVE - The biofuels industry has reiterated its commitment to tackling climate change in light of President Trump’s announcement that the US will withdraw from the Paris climate change agreement. Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor told Biofuels International: “Biofuels like ethanol stand ready to continue helping reduce greenhouse gas emissions - with or without the Paris deal. In…
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Scientists in Germany have found a way to refine biodiesel so that it works in standard diesel car engines, according to an article appearing on Live Science. Differences in molecular structure mean that biodiesel made from plant material burns at a different temperature to petrodiesel. As a result, only specially designed engines can run on pure biodiesel or blends that contain substantial…
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The European Biodiesel Board (EBB) has heavily criticised what it deems unfairly low priced biodiesel exports from Poland, claiming they are causing serious harm to the EU internal market for renewable fuels, and to fuel operators in many countries. For more than a year Polish ‘fuel market players’ have been deliberately exploiting a loophole in the country’s biofuels…
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