Jul 11, 2012
Gevo and Beta plot joint future bioisobutanol projects
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Jul 10, 2012
A new strain of microalgae species, which could benefit the biofuels industry, has been evaluated by researchers at the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI).
The breakthrough comes six years after bioprospecting across several thousand kilometres of South Australian waterways and into the waters of the Great Australian Bight, followed by laboratory... [Read More]
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Jul 9, 2012
US-based Enterprise Holdings, which compromises Enterprise Rent-a-Car, National Car Rental and Alamo Rent-a-Car, is set to convert its fleet to biodiesel operations.
EH has already made the switch in more than 50 North American markets, focusing firstly on airport shuttle buses that are working within a five-mail radius of a biodiesel fuelling station.
At time of writing... [Read More]
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Jul 9, 2012
International engineering and construction services company KBR has been awarded a contract by chemical producer DuPont to help bring its first cellulosic ethanol plant in Nevada, Iowa to realisation.
KBR will provide front-end engineering, along with engineering and procurement services to DuPont's Industrial Biosciences Group, with the value of the contract not disclosed... [Read More]
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Jul 6, 2012
US-based producer of cellulosic ethanol Blue Sugars is set to provide three Brazilian sugar cane mills with its technology by 2015.
It has been reported that at least five Brazilian ethanol producers have visited Blue Sugars’ demonstration plant in Wyoming throughout this year to evaluate the technology on offer.
Blue Sugars, formerly known as KL Energy, has been... [Read More]
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Jul 6, 2012
South African Airways (SAA) is set to explore the implementation of a voluntary carbon offset programme that could also support the development of forestry in South Africa.
The state-owned airline, which works on a global scale, is vulnerable to policies in other countries that impose penalties and taxes on carbon emissions. Public enterprise minister Malusi Gigaba believes... [Read More]
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Jul 5, 2012
Oxford Catalysts Group, a technology manufacturer for the production of synthetic fuels, is to supply its technology to the GreenSky London plant.
A joint venture between Solena Fuels and British Airways, GreenSky London will be Europe's first commercial-scale sustainable jet fuel facility, producing renewable jet fuel from waste biomass.
Oxford Catalysts will now provide... [Read More]
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Jul 5, 2012
US-based champions of second generation ethanol Epec Biofuels announce a supply chain partner agreement with Biodimensions Delta Biorenewables (BDB).
Epec provides an industry integration platform to realise the commercial reality, from production to utilisation, of second generation ethanol from sweet sorghum feedstock. BDB is a joint venture company that assesses the... [Read More]
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Jul 4, 2012
UK-based road tanker operator Lewis Tankers has won a two-year contract to transport biofuel on behalf of Petrolneos Fuels (PF).
PF currently imports bulk quantities of bioethanol in its natural form and mixes it with 1% gasoline. Lewis Tankers will collect fuel from PF’s storage tanks at Grangemouth Docks, Yorkshire and deliver it to their Grangemouth refinery,... [Read More]
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Jul 4, 2012
A $62 million (€49.2 million) development is the latest effort by the US government to invest in biofuels.
Around half that figure will be made available via federal funding to advance the development of biofuels to replace diesel and jet fuel used in both the military and the commercial and shipping sectors.
The rest of the investment will be used to fund research... [Read More]
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Jul 4, 2012
A team of researchers at the US Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Science Centre believes it has identified key new proteins which could aid in the production of next generation biofuels.
Analysis of eight species of heat-loving bacteria from the genus Caldicellulosiruptor has revealed it may be possible to break down complex plant material, like switchgrass, using... [Read More]
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Jul 3, 2012
Public-listed Greenergy Holdings has confirmed a planned PHP25 million (€476,550) investment in a local Philippines biofuel company Isabela Alcogas.
Greenergy’s board of directors disclosed to the Philippine Stock Exchange that the company had the ‘green light’ to subscribe the PHP25 million worth of Isabela Alcogas shares, with authority to even... [Read More]
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Jul 3, 2012
The US Department of Defence (DoD) has announced a public-private partnership opportunity to support an integrated domestic advanced drop-in biofuel biorefinery.
The funding opportunity is designed to share the cost of establishing one or more first-of-a-kind biorefineries and feedstock supply chains to provide the US military with already certified blends of biofuels.
The... [Read More]
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Jul 2, 2012
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has joined forces with jet engine producer General Electric (GE) Aviation, in addition to the Ohio Aerospace Institute, air carriers and producer groups, to produce renewable jet fuel from agricultural products.
The biojet will be provided at GE Aviation's Cincinnati, Ohio-based facilities and GE Aviation plans to buy around 5 million... [Read More]
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Jul 2, 2012
Advanced biofuels producer Sundrop Fuels (SF) is set to use ExxonMobil technology at the site of its first commercial ‘green gasoline’ plant in Louisiana, US.
The plant will use sustainable forest waste combined with hydrogen from clean-burning natural gas to produce up to 50 million gallons annually of what SF claims will be the ‘world’s first... [Read More]
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Jul 2, 2012
A redeveloped Columbia Pacific ethanol plant has delayed production due to being confronted with what it calls ‘declining market conditions’.
Columbia Pacific had hoped to begin ethanol production in February but have now taken the decision to wait out a combined slump in ethanol price while corn feedstock price remains high.
General plant manager Dan... [Read More]
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Jun 29, 2012
An agreement has been signed by The Netherlands and Brazil at international sustainable energy conference Rio+20 designed to boost biofuels development between the two countries.
Dutch state secretary for infrastructure and environment Joop Atsma co-signed with Brazil’s chief negotiator at Rio+20 Luiz Figueiredo Machado, which will also see the two countries... [Read More]
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