Jun 19, 2012
Isobutanol gaining more popularity with US plants
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Jun 18, 2012
Renewable energy company Biox will build its second biodiesel production facility within International-Matex Tank Terminals' (IMTT) Bayonne terminal at New York Harbor after the two companies signed definitive agreements.
Biox designs, builds, owns and operates biodiesel production facilities. Its first facility is located in Hamilton Ontario. The $60 million (€47... [Read More]
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Jun 18, 2012
US-based biomass company Incitor will use new funding to demonstrate its low-temperature biofuel production technology.
The funding amounts to $1.5 million (€1.1 million) and comes from an investment group, led by Cottonwood Technology Fund, that hopes to finance an up to 30,000 tonnes per year facility.
Incitor claims its low-temperature process can break down almost... [Read More]
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Jun 18, 2012
Final approval on E15 petrol blends has been granted by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) but it may still be some time before consumers can begin selecting it at the pumps.
The approval means US companies will be able to sell fuel consisting 85% petrol and 15% ethanol, up-scaling from the current E10 model allowed throughout the country. The EPA, who first... [Read More]
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Jun 15, 2012
Brazilian biofuels producer Raizen, owned by oil brand Shell, has signed a landmark agreement in regard to where it will source its feedstock.
Raizen was going to purchase sugar cane for ethanol grown on some farmlands that encroached on indigenous lands in the Mato Grosso do Sul state owned by the Guarani people. The deal was been struck after alleged months of pressure... [Read More]
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Jun 15, 2012
The California Energy Commission has awarded a grant of $1.8 million (€1.42 million) to the Biodiesel Industries of Ventura (BIV), a subsidiary of Biodico.
The money will be used to spearhead new technologies for the production of advanced biodiesels at the Biodico facility at the National Environmental Technology demonstration site in Port Hueneme, which BIV will... [Read More]
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Jun 14, 2012
A crash in Dayton, Ohio left ethanol leaking out of a tanker truck at around 2.25pm.
The fuel left inside the overturned tanker was accessed later that evening by fire fighters and transferred to an empty tanker truck.
Between 400-500 gallons of ethanol was captured during the clean-up operation, however it is believed that some of the fuel entered the city's sewer system.
The... [Read More]
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Jun 14, 2012
LS9, a technology supplier specialising in renewable and sustainable products, officially opened its demonstration-scale plant in Okeechobee, Florida, on 12 June.
The plant's retrofit was completed in May, with large-scale production expected to begin in Q3 2012.
LS9 says the facility will help it improve its production process and enable it to generate large commercial... [Read More]
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Jun 14, 2012
Renewable energy company Sapphire Energy (SE) has taken a step closer to realising its first algae-to-energy commercial demonstration plant this month.
The US-based company has welcomed several new members to its scientific advisory board, including experts in molecular biology, plant biology, biotechnology and chemical engineering.
SE hopes that the new additions will... [Read More]
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Jun 11, 2012
Researchers at Purdue University in Indiana, US have suggested its cost-effective process for creating biofuels could now move out of the laboratory and into production.
Analysis has shown that when using certain energy methods to create hydrogen for thermo-chemical H2Bioil methods of biofuel creation makes it price competitive against barrels of crude oil that cost $100... [Read More]
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Jun 11, 2012
South African oil refineries have estimated the cost of updating facilities as ‘billions’ as calls to move up from E2 to E5 biofuel.
The country currently uses fuel that contains 2% ethanol made primarily from sugarcane and maize crops. While the upgrade has be estimated as reducing vehicle greenhouse gas emissions by around 40%, the government proposal... [Read More]
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Jun 8, 2012
Swedish energy company Umeå Energi is set to build an algae pilot plant in the north of the country which it is calling ‘the biggest in the Sweden’.
The algae produced from this new facility will be used as biomass to potentially biodiesel and the project will be led by Dr Francesco Gentili of the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.
Algae will... [Read More]
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Jun 8, 2012
Canadian biofuels producer Enerkem is to consider licensing its trash-to-ethanol technology following production at a demonstration plant.
In a statement Enerkem has claimed it expects the plant to validate its manufacturing process which will be used at three commercial-scale plants that are currently under construction in the US and Canada.
VP of government affairs and... [Read More]
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Jun 8, 2012
UK prime minister David Cameron and Norwegian prime minister Jens Stoltenberg have agreed a landmark energy partnership between the two countries designed to secure affordable and sustainable long term energy supplies.
Named the Norway-UK Energy Partnership for Sustainable Growth, it will see closer collaboration between the two countries across a wide range of energy... [Read More]
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Jun 7, 2012
Strategic investor company Intercore Energy has announced a $1 million (€794,000) equity investment into Epec Biofuels Holdings to advance the commercialisation of ethanol 2.0 in the US.
Epec has positioned itself as a pioneer of bringing ethanol 2.0 to commercial reality since late 2011 and this investment is part of a bigger approximately $1.25 million financing... [Read More]
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Jun 7, 2012
International supplier of fermentation ingredients to the fuel ethanol industry Lallemand Ethanol Technology (LET) has announced the brand name of its collaboration with Mascoma Grain Technology (MGT).
The yeast product project will be marketed under the name TransFerm and be available for use by the fuel ethanol industry. It represents the first commercial application... [Read More]
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Jun 7, 2012
A request has been made by the Philippines Coconut Authority (PCA) to the National Biofuels Board (NBB) to increase the current 2% blend of coco biodiesel before the end of the year.
The proposal wants the blend to be increased to 5% and would mean an additional 21,000 metric tons of coconut oil would be needed to meet the requirement.
PCA administrator Euclides Forbes... [Read More]
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