Aug 8, 2013
Ethanol demand sees more loan investment in Brazil
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Aug 7, 2013
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... [Read More]
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Aug 7, 2013
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded biotechnology company Microvi Biotechnologies a grant to develop its breakthrough technology that improves the yield and performance of biobutanol processes.
Microvi claims its MicroNiche technology overcomes the toxic and inhibitory effects on butanol producing microorganisms, a ‘major bottleneck in scaling existing... [Read More]
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Aug 7, 2013
Two ethanol plants situated close by in Minnesota, US have formed a relationship via a new business deal.
Granite Falls Energy has acquired a majority interest in Heron Lake BioEnergy and the facilities will share three management positions between them.
The three individuals now stretching their roles over to Heron are Granite CEO and general manager Steve Christensen,... [Read More]
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Aug 7, 2013
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has divulged its final ruling on percentage standards for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) programme.
It requires 16.5 billion gallons of renewable fuels to blended into the overall volume of US fuel supply, a total which makes up 9.7%. The EPA standard breaks down as this:
Advanced biofuels – 2.75 billion gallons (1.6%)
Biomass-based... [Read More]
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Aug 6, 2013
A man in Texas, US has been jailed for fraud and money laundering in a plot surrounding a non-existent biodiesel plant.
Kenneth Paul Lawrence was sentenced to five years for his role in defrauding investors to put money into a biodiesel plant that was never going to be built. He also received a probated 10 year sentence for engaging in organised crime.
In a statement the... [Read More]
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Aug 6, 2013
Construction is set to begin on a long proposed ethanol plant in North Dakota, US this August.
The ground is scheduled to be officially broken on the Dakota Spirit AgEnergy plant, back by Minnesota-based Great River Energy, after two years of planning.
It is believed the plant will cost around $150 million (€113 million) and will use over 20 million bushels of corn... [Read More]
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Aug 6, 2013
Parcel delivery business TNT Express is to trial biofuels within its fleet in the United Arab Emirates.
It is working with Lootah Biofuels to help reduce its carbon footprint via locally produced B5 biodiesel made from used cooking oil for Lootah’s commercial vehicles in Dubai. TNT hopes to save 32 tonnes of carbon emissions through this collaboration.
‘This... [Read More]
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Aug 5, 2013
A new collaboration between Malaysia-based Hock Lee Group (HLG) and global bio-tech business Beta Renewables may yield the first commercial-scale biomass ethanol plant in the region.
The agreement was announced by Agensi Inovasi Malaysia (AIM) which claims the development is in line with the government’s vision for biomass owners to be involved in downstream activities... [Read More]
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Aug 5, 2013
A fire has been reported at a biodiesel plant owned by Green Energy Products in Kansas, US.
Firefighters battled through thick black smoke to put out the blaze, said to have originated from a stock of burning corn oil, on 30 July.
Local news reports claim 12 people were inside the facility when the fire started, but all escaped without injury.
The cause of the fire has... [Read More]
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Aug 5, 2013
The US Department of Energy (USDoE) is to work with several energy industry institutes and stakeholders to make biofuels more cost-competitive to gas alternatives.
Ernest Moniz, US energy secretary, revealed more than $22 million (€16.5 million) will be made available for investment into new projects, with algae-based production expected to benefit the most. This... [Read More]
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Aug 2, 2013
A collaboration in the Philippines is set to see road tests within public transport vehicles of biofuel blend B5.
The Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) and the University of the Philippines’ National Centre for Transportation Studies will trial the fuel, made with coconut oil, in seven jeepneys across various transport groups.
The move to B5 comes after the National... [Read More]
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Aug 2, 2013
UK transport minister Norman Baker has announced millions of pounds worth of capital funding to enable the construction of demonstration-scale waste-to-fuel, and other advanced, biofuel plants within the country.
The £25 million will be used to underpin private sector investment in the sector in order to drive the development of the UK’s biofuel industry.
‘It... [Read More]
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Aug 2, 2013
Frits Eulderink, COO of Vopak, Nancy De Groof, Commercial Director at Oiltanking, Margit Blok, HSE Director at VTTI Terminals and Eduard Ruijs, Director at First Reserve are all confirmed to speak at StocExpo 2014, on 18-20 March.
Next year's StocExpo, the market's leading storage conference and exhibition, will take a multi-faceted approach to terminal development... [Read More]
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Aug 1, 2013
US-based Renewable Energy Group (REG) has completed the purchase of a 30 million gallon per year capacity biodiesel plant in Iowa, formerly owned by Soy Energy.
Soy Energy unit holders approved the sale in a vote on 29 July. Pursuant to the purchase agreement, REG acquired the biorefinery for $11 million (€8.3 million) in cash and the issuance of a $5.6 million promissory... [Read More]
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Jul 31, 2013
Ineos Bio, owned by global chemicals companies Ineos, has begun production of commercial-scale bioethanol at its first facility.
The Indian River BioEnergy Centre, Florida is now producing commercial quantities of bioethanol from vegetative and wood waste, while also exporting renewable power to the local community. It is also permitted to use municipal solid waste (MSW),... [Read More]
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Jul 31, 2013
Green crude producer Sapphire Energy (SE) has paid off the entire loan guarantee it was awarded by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) in December 2009.
SE was awarded a $54.5 million (€41 million) loan guarantee through the Biorefinery Assistance Programme, administered by the USDA Rural Development-Cooperative Service, to build a fully integrated, algae-to-crude... [Read More]
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