Aug 20, 2013
First algae tests near in Spain
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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]
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Aug 20, 2013
Fox River Valley Ethanol, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ace Ethanol, has been revealed as the purchaser of the Utica Energy ethanol plant and its related assets.
The sale includes the 50 million gallon ethanol production facility in Utica, Wisconsin, a nearby distiller’s grains drying facility and a grain elevator in Green Bay. It is believed Ace’s ethanol plant... [Read More]
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Aug 19, 2013
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has supported a biodiesel project based in Botswana, Africa.
JICA will donate an estimated P$2 million (€175,000) worth of equipment to aid a biodiesel processing plant, which uses jatropha feedstock, at helping the country reduce its dependency on fuel imports.
The overall project started in Botswana last year and... [Read More]
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Aug 16, 2013
A biofuels feasibility study in Australia has received funding from the local government of Victoria.
The Hepburn Shire Council will use the AU$60,000 (€41,235) as it considers converting heavy fleet vehicles to biodiesel.
Hepburn Shire will work with fellow councils in Golden Plains and Pyrenees Shire to work out the best way for their local communities to benefit... [Read More]
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Aug 14, 2013
Quad County Corn Processors, after four years of research into an $8.5 million (€6.4 million) expansion, has developed a technology to make 2 million gallons of cellulosic ethanol each year via corn kernel fibre feedstock.
The process, which ferments the starch first and then the fibre rather than a concurrent process that does both at the same time, is expected to... [Read More]
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Aug 14, 2013
Codexis, a developer of engineered enzymes for biofuel production, has received notice from Dyadic International alleging it is in breach under a license agreement established by the companies in 2008.
Codexis had obtained a non-exclusive license relating to Dyadic's C1-based proprietary fungal expression technology for the production of enzymes to make products in the... [Read More]
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Aug 14, 2013
Marathon Petroleum has acquired from Mitsui interests in three ethanol companies for $75 million (€56.5 million).
Under the agreement Marathon acquired an additional 24% interest in Andersons Clymers Ethanol, a 34% interest in Andersons Ethanol Investment and a 40% interest in Andersons Albion Ethanol.
Ascendant Partners served as Mitsui’s financial advisor... [Read More]
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Aug 14, 2013
Praj Industries, a process solutions business for bioethanol, has emerged as the first company in South Asia to set up an integrated second generation cellulosic ethanol plant.
The demo plant, located in Maharashtra, India, will operate on different varieties of biomass, including agricultural wastes such as corn stover, cobs and bagasse, at a capacity of 100 dry tonnes... [Read More]
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Aug 13, 2013
Petrotec, a European producer of waste-based biodiesel predominantly from used cooking oil, has revealed an increase in both sales and earnings during the first half (H1) of 2013.
It reports group sales of €96.9 million ($128.8 million), up 25.8% compared with the figure from the same period last year. The company also generated an operating profit €3.7 million... [Read More]
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Aug 13, 2013
A Spain-based biodiesel plant is to increase its options in terms of feedstock handling.
BDI-Bioenergy International is to retrofit the Stocks del valles facility so it can handle waste oils, including animal fats and restaurant grease.
The refit will include the installation of a new pre-esterification unit to help bolster the site’s current 9.3 million gallon capacity.
‘This... [Read More]
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Aug 12, 2013
A political party in Australia considers ethanol production as the key to reinvigorating a region in Queensland.
Ray Sawyer, federal election candidate of the Katter Australia Party, reveals he has feedback from locals in Nambour that directly links problems to the closure of the town’s sugar mill 10 years ago.
‘We have a sound resolve to reinstating the sugar... [Read More]
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Aug 12, 2013
Advanced biofuels development in the US has been awarded millions of dollars in investment by its Department of Energy (DoE).
A total of $16.5 million (£12.4 million) is to be split between projects located in Hawaii, California and New Mexico, all centred around the development of sustainable and affordable algae-based biofuels, plus $6 million is going to biomass... [Read More]
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Aug 9, 2013
UK-based business Insight Commodities (IC), which was offering investment into an untraceable biofuels project in Africa, has been wound up.
After an investigation by the Insolvency Service, which discovered IC had taken over £1 million (€1.1 million) from around 100 investors for a so-called project in Mozambique, the company stopped trading in July.
Registrar... [Read More]
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Aug 9, 2013
An agreement between the US and Colombia hopes to increase the amount of sugarcane residue and palm oil harvesting intended for fuel ethanol and future blending.
The US Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory will work with Ecopetrol to look at ways of improving bagasse conversion processes and analyse the economic potential of commercial biofuels... [Read More]
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Aug 9, 2013
A record for biodiesel production has been claimed this August by the US state of Iowa.
The Iowa Renewable Fuels Association (IRFA) believes a combination of ‘a strong federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) and reinstatement of the federal biodiesel blenders’ tax credit’ has led to state facilities producing 56.7 million gallons of biodiesel during the... [Read More]
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Aug 8, 2013
Amyris, a renewable chemicals and fuels company, has entered into agreement for the sale of convertible notes in a private placement for up to $60 million (€44.9 million) in cash proceeds.
Under the terms of the agreement Temasek, one of Amyris's largest stockholders, agreed to purchase $35 million of the notes in an initial tranche and, at Amyris's election, up to... [Read More]
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