Apr 17, 2013
New biorefinery demo plant opened in Norway
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Apr 16, 2013
US development of viable biofuel for the aviation industry has received further long-term support from the government this April.
US Department of Agriculture (USDA) secretary Tom Vilsack and Transportation secretary Ray LaHood signed a five-year agreement with the Federal Aviation Administration, which was announced at the Advanced Biofuels Summit.
The federal government... [Read More]
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Apr 16, 2013
Blume Distillation (BD), a provider of appropriate-scale bioethanol production equipment, has closed a $2.2 million (€1.6 million) financing round, including angel and impact investor backing.
The funds are being used to accelerate the assembly of BD’s prototype bioethanol production system. It is focused on developing and acquiring intellectual property... [Read More]
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Apr 15, 2013
The Colorado Economic Development Commission has dangled a multi-million dollar carrot in front of biomass company Cool Planet Energy Systems (CP) to try and entice it to the state.
CP, a California-based start-up, claims to have a petrol generating process via biomass and plant waste that does not need to rely on federal subsidies.
The CEDC hopes $3 million (€2.3... [Read More]
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Apr 15, 2013
A new report by UK think tank Chatham House titled The Trouble with Biofuels warns of the detriment to the country via a desire to increase usage.
The author of the report believes that biodiesel made from vegetable oil is worse for the environment than fossil fuels, plus push up food prices and hit consumers at the pump, as the UK heads towards an EU target of 5% biofuels... [Read More]
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Apr 15, 2013
A new agreement has been signed in the US between Agrisoma Biosciences (AB) and PGF Biofuels.
PGF will now have exclusive rights to distribute resonance carinata, a non-food industrial oilseed crop, and arrange production contracts with growers in North America and Australia.
AB oversaw more than 6,500 hectares of contracted plantations with 40 growers across Alberta and... [Read More]
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Apr 15, 2013
The Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels (RSB) has changed its name following a recent meeting of its delegates.
The organisation is now known as Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials to reflect its expansion of scope to apply its standards to biomass that is being used for other products in addition to biofuels.
‘There is a large range of biomaterials including bio-plastics,... [Read More]
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Apr 12, 2013
The US District Court for Delaware has entered a final judgement in one of the court battles between Butamax Advanced Biofuels and Gevo.
The long running dispute between the two isobutanol producers, over claims about patent infringements (catchily named 188 Patent and 889 Patent for ease of reference), was settled on 10 April in favour of Gevo.
‘It is hereby ordered... [Read More]
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Apr 12, 2013
TMO Renewables a UK developer of second generation biofuels technology, and Brazil-based Usina Santa Maria (USM) have entered a joint venture to build a commercial second generation production plant in São Paulo.
Under the agreement TMO, with USM, will build, own and operate the 10 million litre ethanol pilot plant in São Paulo using sugarcane... [Read More]
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Apr 12, 2013
Extreme Biodiesel has entered talks to acquire fellow California-based Promethean Biofuels in a move to increase its presence in the sector.
PB is a co-operative corporation and, apart from the used motor oil and waste vegetable oil collection, its products and services are only available to members of the co-operative.
‘This relationship between us and Promethean... [Read More]
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Apr 11, 2013
Canada saw the official launch of the Growing Forward 2 (GF2) policy framework for Canada's agricultural and agri-food sector this April.
And the Canadian Renewable Fuels Association (CRFA) has applauded this launch as ‘good news’ for its industry and for the farmers who work closely with biofuels producers.
GF2 is a CN$3 billion (€2.2 billion) investment... [Read More]
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Apr 11, 2013
An ethanol plant in North Dakota, US is to be dismantled despite optimistic rescue plans.
The Alchem corn-to-ethanol plant, based in Grafton, opened in 1985 but closed in 2007. An energy investment group located in Iowa mooted plans to purchase the facility last year but the idea didn’t come to fruition.
This news follows the closure of another ethanol plant in North... [Read More]
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Apr 10, 2013
Zimbabwe has increased biofuel awareness by approving an E85 blend suitable for the country’s flexi-vehicles.
The blend will contain a 15% unleaded petrol content and is hoped to lower the price of fuel throughout the country, which at the moment stands between $1.51 (€1.15) and $1.59 a litre.
‘The quality specification of E85 conforms to Standard Association... [Read More]
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Apr 9, 2013
The US Environmental Protection Agency announced in April that 77.6 million gallons of biodiesel were produced in February.
Biodiesel in the US has exceeded targets under the Renewable Fuel Standard for two consecutive years and the new numbers show a total of more than 80.4 million gallons of biomass-based diesel for February, but that total also includes renewable diesel... [Read More]
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Apr 9, 2013
The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) is urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reduce competition between food and fuel as it implements the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).
The science group submitted its recommendation at the start of April with comments on the EPA’s proposed biofuel mandate volumes for 2013. EPA’s proposal calls for so-called... [Read More]
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Apr 8, 2013
Palm oil reserves in Malaysia took the steepest drop in number in more than two years this March.
A report by Bloomberg believes inventories declined by 7% to 2.27 million tonnes from February, the steepest monthly drop since January 2011. These details were pulled from estimates from two plantation companies and four analysts. Exports however went up by 2.1% to 1.4 million... [Read More]
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Apr 8, 2013
Papaya feedstock will play a role in a biofuels and animal feed project in Hawaii that has just received government funds.
The state has invested $200,000 (€153,800) into a conversion project with Florida-based Biotork Hawaii via its USDA Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Centre.
The conversion process, which can now move to pilot stage, takes two weeks and uses... [Read More]
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