Jul 18, 2011
Brazil's cane crush drops 4.21%
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Jul 15, 2011
Virgin Australia, Richard Branson’s airline, is to fuel its planes with biofuel derived from gum trees.
In the first project of its kind in the world, the airline has partnered with the Renewable Oil Corporation, Dynamotive Energy Systems Corporation (DYMTF) and Future Farm Industries Co-operative Research Centre (FFI CRC), to process eucalyptus trees into fuel in... [Read More]
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Jul 13, 2011
Germany-based bioethanol producer CropEnergies has released its first quarter results for the 2011/12 financial year.
Revenues for Q1 reached €132.1 million – a 41% increase on the previous year's €93.5 million in revenues. The operating profit also increased, from €2.4 million to €15.3 million.
The production of bioethanol increased by 14% in... [Read More]
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Jul 13, 2011
In the US, biofuels company Sundrop Fuels and Chesapeake NG Ventures (CNGV), a wholly owned subsidiary of Chesapeake Energy, have struck a deal that will see Sundrop break ground on a commercial demonstration facility to produce bio-based transport fuel from cellulosic materials.
The deal, which closed on 11 July 2011, will see CNGV invest $155 million (€110 million)... [Read More]
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Jul 13, 2011
Renewable Energy Group (REG), the largest biodiesel producer in the US, has finalised the acquisition of the majority of SoyMor Biodiesel's Albert Lea, Minnesota assets.
The assets include the company's biodiesel plant and the soya lecithin facility assets of SoyMor Cooperative in exchange for common stock and the assumption of certain liabilities.
The biodiesel plant... [Read More]
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Jul 11, 2011
'Brazil ended trade-distorting subsidies for ethanol more than a decade ago and eliminated its ethanol tariff early last year. We are pleased that this agreement would have the United States do the same. As the world's top producers of ethanol, the US and Brazil should lead by example in creating a free market for clean, renewable energy.'
This is a statement released... [Read More]
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Jul 11, 2011
In the US, ethanol producer Poet has been offered a conditional commitment for a $105 million (€75 million) loan guarantee from the US Department of Energy (DoE).
If finalised, the loan will go towards building a biofuel production plant in Emmetsburg, Iowa, that will convert corncobs, leaves, husks and stalks into 25 million gallons a year of cellulosic ethanol.
'This... [Read More]
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Jul 8, 2011
Choren Industries, a biofuel technology company headquartered in Feiberg, Germany, has started bankruptcy proceedings, along with its two German subsidiaries Choren Fuel Freiberg and Choren Components.
Choren USA and Choren China have not yet been affected by the insolvency.
Choren was currently commissioning a demonstration plant in Feriberg, which was to produce second... [Read More]
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Jul 8, 2011
In the Mexican state of Morelos, the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN) has installed a pilot plant for the production of biodiesel from jatropha.
The facility has been developed to produce 3,000 litres a month of biodiesel, according to project director Jorge Martinez Herrera.
The National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT) and the National Forestry Commission... [Read More]
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Jul 8, 2011
In Hawaii, biodiesel producer Aina Koa Pono is developing a biofuel plant and has awarded Aecom Technology with the EPC management contract.
Upon completion, the $350 million (€245 million) production facility will produce biofuel from a variety of biomass feedstocks, including invasive plants, for use in a number of applications, including transport and power plants.
Most... [Read More]
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Jul 7, 2011
BioJet International, a US-headquartered company dedicated to renewable jet fuel and related products in the aviation and transportation sectors, and the University of the West Indies Cave Hill (UWI-Cave Hill) Campus in Barbados have joined forces for a biosciences research and commercial project.
The agreement will see BioJet financially support research at UWI-Cave Hill,... [Read More]
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Jul 7, 2011
In the US, biofuels company AE Biofuels has completed the acquisition of Zymetis, a Maryland-based biotechnology company that develops products for the renewable chemicals and advanced fuels industries.
Now a wholly owned subsidiary of AE Biofuels, Zymetis holds four granted patents and more than 10 pending patents on the Z-microbe, a marine organism that was originally... [Read More]
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Jul 6, 2011
Designed to transport offshore wind farm structures and energy wood, it seems only right that the 105m long by 19m beam Aura II vessel is capable of reducing carbon emissions too.
Shipbuilding company STX Finland has contracted Wärtsilä, a company dedicated to power solutions for the marine and energy sectors, to install its engines on board the ship, which can... [Read More]
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Jul 6, 2011
Green Source of Spain, a subsidiary of SNIACE, is moving forward with its plans to build a bioethanol plant in Poland.
The company has bought a plot of land in Kostrzvn on which it will build the facility.
Green Source is scheduled to break ground on the project in Q3 2011 and operations will begin almost two years later. The plant will produce 200,000 tonnes of bioethanol,... [Read More]
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Jul 6, 2011
Within the next 12 months renewable energy company Solena is looking to submit a planning application for a biofuels production plant.
Expected to cost between $300 and $350 million (€209-244 million), the plant, which could be located in Gilroy, California, US, will produce 16 million gallons a year of renewable jet fuel.
However, the company still has a lot of development... [Read More]
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Jul 5, 2011
In Peru, the nation's largest sugar producer is to start manufacturing ethanol.
By the end of 2011, Gloria S.A. is to produce ethanol at two of its sugar mills; Casa Grande and Complejo Agroindustrial Cartavo.... [Read More]
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Jul 5, 2011
In its largest effort yet to raise awareness of biodiesel, the National Biodiesel Board is launching a multi-million dollar campaign to highlight to its economic, environmental and national security advantages.
The national outreach includes a television advert, which features a school bus and the tag line: 'Biodiesel. America's Advanced Biofuel'. Also part of the awareness... [Read More]
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