Jun 20, 2011
Bolzan to build second biodiesel plant
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Jun 20, 2011
In the area of Rosario in Argentina, agricultural company Louis Dreyfus is planning to build a biodiesel plant.
Costing the company $40 million (€28 million), the plant will produce 300,000 tonnes of biodiesel a year from soya oil.
Argentina is one of the largest exporters of soya oil-based biodiesel in the world.
The new facility will be located in the town of General... [Read More]
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Jun 20, 2011
In Cumberland, Wisconsin, US, SunPower Biodiesel has started producing biodiesel at its new facility.
The plant will convert locally grown canola into the biofuel.
A ribbon cutting ceremony, tours of the facility and a biodiesel workshop marked the opening.
'SunPower is very unique in our region,' says Laura Richard, Wisconsin Clean Cities, Southeast Area. 'It's a full... [Read More]
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Jun 17, 2011
'Biodiesel: Growing A New Energy Economy', a book highlighting the advantages that biodiesel poses, has been translated into Arabic.
Pahl hopes the translated version of his book will help highlight the importance of renewable energy around the world. He noted that, although biodiesel is not the solution for a carbon-free transport sector, it is at least part of the solution.
Ali... [Read More]
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Jun 17, 2011
Technology and speciality materials firm Celanese is to begin producing ethanol in China earlier than previously scheduled.
In addition to the company's previous plans to develop a possible two greenfield units, Celanese plans to modify and enhance its existing integrated acetyl facility at the Nanjing Chemical Industrial Park with its TCX technology.
These modifications... [Read More]
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Jun 17, 2011
Originally viewed as the solution to all of Zimbabwe's fuel issues, one of the nation's key biodiesel plants faces a period of drawn-out closure after the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has pulled out of the project.
Despite having already invited bids for its 50% shareholding in fuel manufacturing company Transload, investment and economic analysts predict the project... [Read More]
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Jun 17, 2011
A new company has been created in the US that will aid producers and buyers of biodiesel in buying and selling the fuel.
Biodiesel consultancy firm Lee Enterprises Consulting will manage Diesels and the company's owner Wayne Lee says the new company is a 'revolutionary step in the biodiesel industry'.
He says: 'Diesels, LLC was formed by four individuals with lots of experience... [Read More]
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Jun 17, 2011
In the US, farmer-owned cooperative Ag Processing (AGP) is to acquire a defunct biodiesel plant located in Algona, Iowa.
According to the company's CEO Marty Reagan, the plant is scheduled to resume operations by 1 September 2011 and will create 31 jobs. He said AGP agreed to buy the facility because it will support its soyabean processing and biodiesel operations.
Terms... [Read More]
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Jun 17, 2011
In Mozambique, a total of 31 biofuel projects have been announced since 2007, according to figures from the nation's Centre of Agricultural Promotion (Cepagri). These projects are reported to span across 324,000 hectares.
It was not disclosed how much has been invested in these 31 developments.In recent years the government has begun supporting biofuels in order to promote... [Read More]
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Jun 17, 2011
In Canada, renewable energy company Suncor Energy's St. Clair ethanol plant reached a production milestone in May 2011, when it produced 1 billion litres of the biofuel.
Operations at the St. Clair first started in June 2006 and it had an annual production capacity of 200 million litres. The facility then underwent an expansion project, which was completed in February... [Read More]
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Jun 17, 2011
In Hopkins, Missouri, US, the nation's fourth largest ethanol producer Green Plains Renewable Energy has acquired 2 million bushels of federally-licensed grain storage.
The acquisition of the grain storage, which was previously owned by Horizon Grain and GS Grain, was completed through the company's wholly owned subsidiary Green Plains Grain Company.
The grain elevator... [Read More]
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Jun 17, 2011
In the US, biodiesel producer Mission NewEnergy has supplied its first batch of biofuel under its most recent contract – a $100 million (€70.6 million) deal to manufacture and deliver its product to a key distributor of refined oil products.
The new contract was signed in May 2011 and, subject to a preliminary three-month probation period, will see Mission manufacturer... [Read More]
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Jun 16, 2011
Medford, Massachusetts, US-based Agrivida, a company dedicated to finding novel crop varieties for the production of biofuels, has reportedly raised $2 million (€1.4 million) of a planned $8 million round of equity funding.
The company collaborated with agribusiness firm Syngenta Ventures back in December 2010 to develop new corn and switchgrass strains that can be... [Read More]
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Jun 16, 2011
In Accra, Ghana, a 'Next-Generation Urban Sanitation Facility' is being developed at Columbia University, US, after receiving a $1.5 million (€1.06 million) grant from Bill Gates and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Upon completion the facility, which has not yet broken ground, will produce biodiesel and methane from faecal sludge.
Kartik Chandran, a professor... [Read More]
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Jun 16, 2011
In Brazil, ethanol producers cannot meet the demand from the number of flex-fuel vehicles on Brazilian roads.
The nation has suffered two low sugarcane harvests throughout 2010 and 2011 and this was attributed to excessive rainfall. As a result, the mandatory percentage of ethanol to be blended with fossil petrol was lowered.
The Brazilian government then declared an ethanol... [Read More]
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Jun 16, 2011
In move that will hopefully reduce the cost of fuel by 10%, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, will import ethanol from Brazil.
In addition to lower fuel prices, the Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC) is keen to encourage the use of ethanol in order to reduce the region's reliance on fossil fuels within the transport sector.
With this push towards the use of biofuels... [Read More]
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Jun 16, 2011
China's largest producer and supplier of oil and gas China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC, is planning to invest RMB10 billion (€1 billion) in the development of new energy sources in 2020, according to reports.
The news comes after the corporation's vice president Hu Wenrui posted on an forum that CNPC will be looking into the production of ethanol and biodiesel,... [Read More]
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