Apr 24, 2015
ZeaChem announces technology institute and processing services
Bioethanol News
Apr 23, 2015
Aventine Renewable Energy, a producer, marketer and supplier of ethanol, has announced its first BNSF unit-train shipment of ethanol produced at its two ethanol facilities in Aurora, Nebraska.
On 19 April Aventine's first unit train pulled out of Aurora heading to Birmingham, Alabama. The ethanol will be blended in petrol to enhance octane, and will also help reduce America's... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Apr 23, 2015
Taiwan's largest integrated steel maker, China Steel Corporation (CSC), has announced formal Board approval of a 1.4 billion TWD (€42.8 million) capital investment in a LanzaTech commercial ethanol facility. This follows the successful demonstration of the revolutionary carbon recycling platform at the White Biotech (WBT) Demonstration Plant in Kaohsiung using steel... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Apr 23, 2015
Total has announced an investment of €200 million to transform the La Mède refinery and create France's first biorefinery, which will be one of the biggest in Europe, to meet growing demand for biofuels.
In order to sustainably restore the competitiveness of its La Mède site, Total will transform some existing units for activities with strong future... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Apr 17, 2015
NexSteppe, a producer of sustainable feedstock solutions for the bio-based industries, sold more than 10,000 hectares (25,000 acres) of its Palo Alto biomass sorghums in Brazil this past growing season, compared to just over 1,000 hectares in the previous year.
Just as many of the leaders of the bio-based economy have begun proving their conversion technologies at commercial... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Apr 15, 2015
A recent impact study by University of Nebraska-Lincoln economists reveals Nebraska's ethanol production capacity growth between 1995 and 2014 is tenfold. The results of the 'Economic Impacts of the Ethanol Industry in Nebraska' study were released during a press conference on 14 April.
The authors - Dr. Kathleen Brooks, UNL agricultural economics professor; Dr. Dennis... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Apr 15, 2015
Pearson Fuels and G&M Oil Company are celebrating their latest partnership with the grand opening of California's newest E85 station.
A ribbon cutting ceremony will take place on 15 April and E85 will be available all day for just $0.85 (€0.80) per gallon.
This event is part of a larger announcement of Pearson Fuels and G&M Oil Company, who have announced... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Apr 15, 2015
Renewable company Cascades has invested in a new technology at its Norampac-Cabano facility. This new process extracts hemicellulose from woodchips.
The project is worth a total $26 million (€24.5 million). It is backed by a $10 million investment from Natural Resources Canada's Investments in Forest Industry Transformation (IFIT) programme and an additional $4.4... [Read More]
Policy News
Apr 15, 2015
On April 14, the European Parliament's environment committee (ENVI) moved a step closer to an agreement on plans to cap the production of traditional biofuels and accelerate the shift to alternative sources, such as certain types of waste and residues and new sources such as seaweed, with the environment committee's vote backing a deal struck by legislators. The plan aims... [Read More]
Policy News
Apr 13, 2015
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says it will finalise the volume requirements for the 2014, 2015 and 2016 Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), in addition to the 2017 volume requirement for biomass-based diesel, by 30 November.
The following schedule has been established following a proposed consent decree in litigation brought against EPA by the American Petroleum... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Apr 10, 2015
According to UNEP's ninth 'Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2015', prepared by the Frankfurt School-UNEP Collaborating Centre for Climate and Sustainable Energy Finance and Bloomberg New Energy Finance, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Bloomberg New Energy Finance — the past year brought a rebound of green energy investments worldwide... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Apr 9, 2015
Algenol has joined the US Secretary of Energy, Ernest Moniz, and the US Secretary of Commerce, Penny Pritzker, on a business development mission to China.
Algenol joins a team which also includes the likes of GE, Southern Company, Honeywell, Praxair, Alcoa and Lockheed Martin.
'The companies selected [...] are key reminders that, through world class innovation of US companies,... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Apr 9, 2015
Biofuel manufacturer Viridis Fuels will receive a $3.4 million (€3.15 million) grant from the California Energy Commission (CEC) to build and operate a biodiesel production plant in Oakland.
The funding is part of more than $83.7 million in grants and loans that the CEC has approved for 46 renewable projects, ranging from a plant that converts forest waste to electricity... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Apr 9, 2015
Biodiesel sales activity is accelerating in India with travel bus operators who cater to the tourism industry, says California-headquartered advanced renewable fuels and biochemicals company Ametis.
Aemetis has expanded sales activity since the Government of India allowed biodiesel manufacturers to sell to customers directly. India's diesel market is estimated at 25 billion... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Apr 9, 2015
In the April edition of its Short-Term Energy Outlook, released on 7 April, the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) says that ethanol production was around 944,000 barrels per day (bpd) in March 2015. This is a drop from the all-time high 1 million bpd recorded in December 2014.
Ethanol production averaged 935,000 bpd last year, and EIA expects it to average 944... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Apr 8, 2015
On 2 April, shortly after 6pm, a fire broke out at the REG Geismar biorefinery in Louisiana, US.
The fire was contained within a few hours and completely extinguished at approximately 11pm. Two employees were injured.
An assessment and investigation into the cause of the fire and the damage to the facility is ongoing and the biorefinery will remain shut down until these... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Apr 7, 2015
PureVision Technology, a Colorado, US-based biorefinery developer, will scale up its biorefining technology at an industrial site in Boardman, Oregon owned by biorefinery developer ZeaChem.
PureVision's patented biorefining technology takes in raw biomass, such as corn stalks, wheat straw and industrial hemp, and produces sugars, pulp, lignin and other value-added materials... [Read More]
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