May 30, 2013
Jet fuel from biomass project receives funding in US
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May 30, 2013
Global energy brand Exxon Mobil (EM) has revealed it will restructure its attack on biofuels from algae after struggling to reach commercial viability.
EM has reportedly invested over $100 million (€77 million) on the project, in conjunction with US-based Synthetic Genomics (SG), since 2009 and had hoped to hit its target goal within 10 years.
This new stance was... [Read More]
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May 29, 2013
FuturaGene, which works in the enhancement of yield and sustainability in woody crops for biopower and biofuel markets, will work with the Donald Danforth Plant Science Centre (DDPSC) to test its technology on staple crops grown by farmers in Asia, Africa and Brazil.
Yield enhancement technology will be tested on model plants and, if successful, transferred to specific... [Read More]
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May 29, 2013
The Zambian government is to start importing ethanol from Zimbabwe as a way of lowering high fuel prices within the country.
An MoU with Zimbabwe-based company Green Fuel is due to be signed after mines, energy and water development deputy minister Charles Zulu completed a tour of its facilities in Harare.
Zulu reaffirmed the deal would be short-term while the Zambian... [Read More]
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May 29, 2013
Alternative Fuels Americas (AFA) has completed research trials targeting jatropha trees as a feedstock source for sustainable biodiesel.
It is now moving to establish above ground oil fields in central America as a staged entry into a market forecasted to exceed $500 billion (€386 billion) by 2019. AFA already operates a 25 acre pilot plantation with 40,000 mature... [Read More]
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May 28, 2013
Researchers at the Spain-based University of Alicante have patented a new device which allows cultivation of microalgae to be used in biofuel production.
The group, centred in polymer processing and pyrolysis, have designed and developed a device, incorporating a photobioreactor, which can allow for mass production via less cleaning and maintenance operations, a practical... [Read More]
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May 28, 2013
Germany-based biotechnology company Direvo Industrial has been granted US and European patents covering novel cellulase enzymes.
These enzymes, according to Direvo, cleave plant-based cellulose into small sugars and can be used in numerous applications including production of biofuels, pulp and paper and synthesis of platform chemicals from renewable sources.
The granted... [Read More]
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May 24, 2013
A US-based biodiesel production plant has received investment from Itochu Enex Co. (Enex) and Itochu.
The 50 million gallon per year facility is being developed by Flint Hills Resources Renewables and biodiesel process technology company Benefuel in Beatrice, Nebraska.
The projected production volume of this facility alone corresponds to approximately 5% of the current... [Read More]
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May 22, 2013
Two pilot projects have shown promising signs for biomass production that avoids indirect land use change (ILUC) via the relatively new Low Indirect Impact Biofuels (LIIB) methodology.
Initial LIIB studies performed by sustainable energy consultancy Ecofys, which aims to supply eventual certification for biomass production which does not lead to ILUC, have taken place... [Read More]
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May 21, 2013
GEM fuel, a blend of petrol, bioethanol and biomethanol is to be used during the FIA Junior World Rally Championship this year.
GEM has been made via a partnership between Abengoa, Methanex, BioMCN, Eurol and the Methanol institute and will be managed by sustainable race fuels supplier GUUTS.
‘The FIA has a strategy to develop solutions to reduce the environmental... [Read More]
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May 21, 2013
The UK’s first bio-LNG filling station was launched by the under secretary for the Department of Transport this May.
The station, located in Daventry and built by Gasrec, is capable of fuelling up to 250 HGVs a day in the first phase from three bio-LNG dispensers. A second phase will increase that capacity to up to 700 vehicles.
The used bio-LNG is Gasrec’s... [Read More]
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May 20, 2013
The European Commission has approved millions of Euros in aid for a biorefinery research programme.
The Genesys programme will benefit from €39.8 million ($51.2 million) granted by the French government to the PIVERT IEED, an institute working in the field of low carbon energy.
Genesys will aim to use oilseed and lignocellulosic biomass to produce heat and power... [Read More]
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May 20, 2013
Renewable energy company Methes Energies has announced its Canadian subsidiary has signed a purchase and cooperation agreement with Biofuel Aruba (BA).
BA will initially buy a biodiesel processor from Methies Energies Canada so, as the only biofuels producer in Aruba, it can expand its biodiesel production capacity before the end of 2013.
‘With two pilot projects... [Read More]
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May 17, 2013
As part of the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA)new rules for RIN integrity, quality assurance providers (QAP) were required to submit details of their QAP-A replacement plans by 1 May.
Under the new Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), the QAP-A RIN provides an obligated party zero liability if the RIN is ever to be found invalid.
Real-time power information... [Read More]
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May 17, 2013
Brazilian ethanol and sugar company Copersucar believes resurgence in the country’s biofuels industry will help growing global sugar surplus.
CEO Paulo Roberto de Souza claimed his company only sold one-third of its early crop directly to the sugar industry, but a growing need in the ethanol industry will help stabilise prices which fell below $0.17 (€0.13)... [Read More]
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May 16, 2013
Biomaterials and sustainable fuels company Edeniq has completed a successful "performance test" at its first demo plant which exceeded the benchmark of 1,000 hours of continuous operation.
The corn-to-cellulosic facility uses Edeniq's own proprietary technology to process over 1 tonne of cellulosic feedstock per day into cellulosic ethanol.
The project was initially funded... [Read More]
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May 15, 2013
Chemical company BASF and biotechnology provider Dyadic International have entered into a non-exclusive worldwide research and license agreement.
BASF will be able to use Dyadic’s patented and proprietary C1 platform technology to develop, produce, distribute and sell industrial enzymes in certain fields for a variety of applications. It will also fund... [Read More]
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