Aug 28, 2013
Scientific key could unlock camelina bio-jet fuel
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Aug 27, 2013
Darling International, a provider of rendering, recycling and recovery solutions to the US food industry, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all of the assets of Rothsay, a division of Maple Leaf Foods, for approximately CA$645 million (€459 million) in cash.
Rothsay is a biodiesel producer and recycler of animal by-products in Canada by processing... [Read More]
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Aug 27, 2013
Commercial iso-butanol producer Gevo has cut the ribbon on its new biorefinery this August.
The demonstration-scale plant is located adjacent to its jet fuel plant in Texas, US and will produce renewable paraxylene, a chemical prevalent in fibre and plastic production.
Gevo is working with Toray Industries to develop the renewable chemical at the plant, having successfully... [Read More]
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Aug 22, 2013
Ghana-based Smart Oil, active in the production of renewable energy from jatropha curcas and subsidiary of Italian company Smart Oil 2, has signed a license and services agreement with Quinvita, a developer of jatropha as a sustainable bioenergy crop.
The agreement provides Smart Oil with access to Qunivita’s advanced agronomy know how as it plans to further develop... [Read More]
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Aug 21, 2013
Jatropha grown in Hawaii is the subject of a new partnership in the US state.
Pacific Biodiesel (PB) have signed an agreement with Hawaii Pure Plant Oil under its PB Technologies brand for the crop under the federally funded Hawaii Military Biofuel Crop project.
The project involves developing production models for jatropha, and other crops, to eventually share with potential... [Read More]
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Aug 21, 2013
An ethanol plant in Texas, US is to restart operations after a seven month idle period.
White Energy claims the Plainview Ethanol facility will resume production before November and the company is holding job interviews over the summer. It hopes to be running at around 80% of its 325,000 gallons of ethanol a day capacity to begin with, before working up to full capacity... [Read More]
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Aug 21, 2013
A new bioethanol plant development has been launched by the Indonesian government this August.
To be located in East Java, the plant will use molasses as its base feedstock and have a production capacity of 30 million litres when complete.
The project is the result of a partnership between the Indonesia Industry Ministry and the Japanese New Energy and Industrial Technology... [Read More]
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Aug 21, 2013
Canadian biofuel company Lignol Energy is set to invest additional monies into a currently idle Australia-based biodiesel facility.
The additional $908,000 (€678,100) investment will increase Lignol’s holding in plant owner Territory Biofuels to 66% of issued and outstanding shares and 68% on fully diluted basis. The 140 million litre capacity facility is the... [Read More]
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Aug 20, 2013
It has been claimed an EU-backed project in Spain has produced its first crop of algae for biofuel use.
The All-gas project, located in Chiclana and led by water company FCC Aqualia has used wastewater to grow the algae as it has a high nutrient quality. The initial fuel will be tested in local rubbish trucks and buses.
Since the five year plan was launched in 2011, it... [Read More]
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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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