Feb 26, 2013
EPA approves advanced biofuel pathway for camelina
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Feb 25, 2013
US-based Dynamic Fuels has become the latest renewable fuels company to achieve Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels (RSB) sustainability certification.
The RSB certification encompasses Dynamic Fuels' Louisiana plant where it uses its technology to turn animal byproducts, such as beef tallow and pork and chicken fat, into renewable diesel.
‘It is not easy to... [Read More]
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Feb 25, 2013
Philippines-based Aseagas, a joint venture between Gazasia and Aboitiz Equity Ventures, has allocated funds for the construction of a new liquid biomethane plant.
It is believed around $30 million (€22.6 million) has been earmarked for the project and building could commence this summer, mostly likely in Luzon where approximately 70% of the market is to be found.
The... [Read More]
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Feb 22, 2013
Vopak, an independent bulk liquid storage provider, is expanding its Vlaardingen storage terminal in the Netherlands with the construction of 52 new tanks, according to the Port of Rotterdam.
The company knocked down 85 storage tanks at the site in 2012, which totalled 50,000m3. The replacement infrastructure will be able to handle 140,000m3 of product, which could be... [Read More]
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Feb 22, 2013
Biodiesel production has begun at a plant in Connecticut, US this February.
Greenleaf Biofuels says its facility in New Haven will be able to produce up to 10 million gallons of biodiesel a year when operating at full capacity.
New Haven was selected as the plant’s location due to its harbour, plus good access via road and rail transportation too. Its main source... [Read More]
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Feb 21, 2013
US-based biodiesel producer Eslinger has been awarded a multi-million injection by the California Energy Commission (CEC).
Around $6 million (€4.5 million) from the CEC will go toward the building an animal fats and waste vegetable oils facility in Fresno, part of an overall $32 million refinery project.
‘Feedstock will come from restaurant and food industry... [Read More]
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Feb 20, 2013
US-based feedstock and crop breeding technology provider Chromatin has signed off an agreement to produce and deliver sorghum into the production of ethanol with Pacific Ethanol (PE).
The multi-year agreement covers up to 30,000 acres of feedstock to be grown and sent to PE for use in its renewables fuels projects.
‘We have taken initiatives to diversify our feedstock... [Read More]
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Feb 20, 2013
UK home improvement brand B&Q has signed a contract to begin using lorries that run on green fuel this February.
European bio-LNG provider Gasrec is to supply B&Q with 50 dual fuel lorries powered by 60% biomethane.
‘We’re pleased to make this announcement and other initiatives we are looking at include 500 new double decker lorries and the replacement... [Read More]
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Feb 19, 2013
The Canadian government is set to make two investments into the biofuels and biorefining industries.
A CN$600,000 (€444,500) investment by Agriculture and AgriFood Canada will go to aid studies by the Alberta Sugar Growers as it looks into the use of sugar and energy beets as biobutanol, plastics and fibres.
‘This funding will allow us to bring green technology... [Read More]
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Feb 19, 2013
Two former managers of New Zealand state-owned Solid Energy have purchased the company’s biofuels division for an undisclosed sum.
Martin Johnson and Karl Hatton will rename the division Green Fuels but the diesel brand will remain Biogold. Long-term client Stark Brothers and a fourth silent partner were also involved in the purchase.
Production at the facility has... [Read More]
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Feb 18, 2013
A fire that broke out in a fuel tank farm in North Carolina, US on 16 February is thought to have started following a lightning strike.
The blaze set fire to Eco Energy's 40,000 gallon ethanol storage tank located near Paw Creek.
The incident occurred around 4pm and required more than 70 fire fighters to bring it under control using water and foam.
Nobody was injured.
The... [Read More]
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Feb 18, 2013
After finding a potential feedstock in Yellowstone National Park a new biofuels start-up is gathering pace in Montana, US.
New company Sustainable Bioproducts, funded by a Small Business Innovation and Research grant from the National Science Foundation, will partner with Montana State University to turn a fungus discovered at Yellowstone into sustainable energy.
The fungus,... [Read More]
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Feb 15, 2013
State-owned plantation company PT Perkebunan Nusantara (PTPN) is set to widen its product portfolio by expanding into biofuel production during 2013.
It has been reported that its sugar and tobacco lines cannot be fully relied on to support the Indonesia-based company, which is seeing increased manufacturing costs, so biofuels and electricity production are set to... [Read More]
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Feb 14, 2013
Finland-based energy company St1 is planning to construct a new bioethanol facility in Kajaani.
Company executives aim to make an investment decision bout the project this year, which would enable production to begin in 2015. The plant would use sawdust from the local sawmill industry as feedstock.
St1 is keen on second generation biofuels and is aiming to hit an ethanol... [Read More]
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Feb 14, 2013
New Zealand-based petrol station brand Z Energy wants to bring a biofuel project in Auckland back online.
CEO Mike Bennetts says the company wants to reduce its carbon footprint through creating 20 million litres of biofuel from tallow feedstock, which could then go toward making 400,000 litres of E5 diesel.
An earlier attempt at this got to pilot level but a loss... [Read More]
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Feb 14, 2013
Front Range Energy, an ethanol producer in Colorado, US is to move away from using corn feedstock to woody biomass.
FRE says it has tested a new process to make ethanol from wood waste and its facility could start commercial production next year.
‘The idea to use biomass to convert to ethanol is not a new idea,’ says Dan Sanders Jr, FRE VP. ‘What's new... [Read More]
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Feb 13, 2013
Evogene, a developer of improved plant traits for the industries including biofuels, has launched a model plant validation system for evaluation of candidate genes for monocot crops.
Monocot plants have one single embryonic seed leaf and include three of the most economically important food crops in corn, rice and wheat.
It claims this system, which uses Brachypodium as... [Read More]
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