Aug 30, 2013
EPA announces latest US biodiesel figures
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Aug 30, 2013
Sequential Pacific Biodiesel, a commercial producer in the Pacific Northwest, has produced its 20 millionth gallon of clean burning, locally produced fuel in eight years.
While hitting that milestone, and expecting to go on to produce over 6 million gallons of biodiesel in 2013 alone, Sequential has also agreed to recycle cooking oil from the concessions stands operated... [Read More]
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Aug 30, 2013
The first ever biofuel ethanol plant in Guyana was started up and commissioned this August by President Donald Ramotar.
The 1,000 litre a day capacity demonstration plant is a cornerstone of the government’s energy and transport policy, which includes moving towards a 10% ethanol blend. The unit will use black strap molasses as a feedstock, which is essentially... [Read More]
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Aug 29, 2013
NIS, a subsidiary of Gazprom Neft, has invested RSD 100 million (€874,165) into a biodiesel production project in Serbia.
The investment is part of many activities NIS is involved in at the Pančevo oil refinery. The company believes biodiesel production will start within the next two months and it is expected that the biofuel will be exported into the EU.
As well... [Read More]
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Aug 29, 2013
An ethanol processing plant proposed in north Queensland, Australia has had changes accepted by the Planning and Environment Court.
Austcane, the company looking to use around one million tonnes of sugarcane a year to produce its ethanol, recently supplied several minor changes to its initial plans for the facility in the Burdekin. The changes concerned subjects such as... [Read More]
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Aug 29, 2013
Canadian mining exploration and development business Terreno Resources has signed a memorandum of understanding to purchase biofuels concern Dominican Renewables.
The deal is said to be worth around $2.5 million (€1.8 million) and would make Dominican a wholly-owned subsidiary of Terreno, which will then concentrate on biofuel production in the Dominican Republic... [Read More]
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Aug 28, 2013
Diamond Green Biodiesel, a joint venture between Valero Energy and Darling International, has reached capacity during its start-up phase.
The plant, based next to Valero’s St Charles refinery in Louisiana, began operations in June and uses animal fat, used cooking oil and other waste grease to produce just over 9,000 barrels of biodiesel per day (bpd) currently.
The... [Read More]
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Aug 28, 2013
Scientists at Canadian-based bioscience research organisation Genome Prairie has developed a full genome sequence of camelina sativa, a crop gaining prominence as a feedstock for biodiesel and jet fuel.
The study, under a public-private partnership called Prairie Gold, believes camelina could now also thrive in the Canadian prairies, offer producers another option within... [Read More]
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Aug 27, 2013
Darling International, a provider of rendering, recycling and recovery solutions to the US food industry, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all of the assets of Rothsay, a division of Maple Leaf Foods, for approximately CA$645 million (€459 million) in cash.
Rothsay is a biodiesel producer and recycler of animal by-products in Canada by processing... [Read More]
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Aug 27, 2013
Commercial iso-butanol producer Gevo has cut the ribbon on its new biorefinery this August.
The demonstration-scale plant is located adjacent to its jet fuel plant in Texas, US and will produce renewable paraxylene, a chemical prevalent in fibre and plastic production.
Gevo is working with Toray Industries to develop the renewable chemical at the plant, having successfully... [Read More]
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Aug 22, 2013
Ghana-based Smart Oil, active in the production of renewable energy from jatropha curcas and subsidiary of Italian company Smart Oil 2, has signed a license and services agreement with Quinvita, a developer of jatropha as a sustainable bioenergy crop.
The agreement provides Smart Oil with access to Qunivita’s advanced agronomy know how as it plans to further develop... [Read More]
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Aug 21, 2013
Jatropha grown in Hawaii is the subject of a new partnership in the US state.
Pacific Biodiesel (PB) have signed an agreement with Hawaii Pure Plant Oil under its PB Technologies brand for the crop under the federally funded Hawaii Military Biofuel Crop project.
The project involves developing production models for jatropha, and other crops, to eventually share with potential... [Read More]
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Aug 21, 2013
An ethanol plant in Texas, US is to restart operations after a seven month idle period.
White Energy claims the Plainview Ethanol facility will resume production before November and the company is holding job interviews over the summer. It hopes to be running at around 80% of its 325,000 gallons of ethanol a day capacity to begin with, before working up to full capacity... [Read More]
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Aug 21, 2013
A new bioethanol plant development has been launched by the Indonesian government this August.
To be located in East Java, the plant will use molasses as its base feedstock and have a production capacity of 30 million litres when complete.
The project is the result of a partnership between the Indonesia Industry Ministry and the Japanese New Energy and Industrial Technology... [Read More]
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Aug 21, 2013
Canadian biofuel company Lignol Energy is set to invest additional monies into a currently idle Australia-based biodiesel facility.
The additional $908,000 (€678,100) investment will increase Lignol’s holding in plant owner Territory Biofuels to 66% of issued and outstanding shares and 68% on fully diluted basis. The 140 million litre capacity facility is the... [Read More]
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Aug 20, 2013
It has been claimed an EU-backed project in Spain has produced its first crop of algae for biofuel use.
The All-gas project, located in Chiclana and led by water company FCC Aqualia has used wastewater to grow the algae as it has a high nutrient quality. The initial fuel will be tested in local rubbish trucks and buses.
Since the five year plan was launched in 2011, it... [Read More]
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Aug 20, 2013
Green Plains Renewable Energy will officially open its recently-acquired ethanol plant in Atkinson, Nebraska this August.
Plains commenced operations of the approximately 50 million gallon capacity facility this July after it signed a purchase agreement to acquire the membership interests of Choice Ethanol Holdings.
‘The communities of Atkinson and O'Neill were very... [Read More]