
Sep 7, 2011
Washakie Renewable Energy opens biodiesel plant in Utah
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Sep 6, 2011
General Electric (GE) is the newest member of a consortium set up to research and develop biomass-based aviation fuel.
In addition to GE, the association consists of Virgin Australia, Renewable Oil, the Future Farm Industries CRC and Dynamotive Energy Systems, of Canada. Together the companies are looking to mallee eucalypt trees as a feedstock for producing commercial... [Read More]
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Sep 1, 2011
US ethanol exports could exceed exports from Brazil throughout the rest of this year, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA). This is due to relaxed trading limitations and the soaring cost of sugar.
The first five months of 2011 saw US ethanol exports more than double, compared to the same period in 2010. By May 2011, export levels had reached 120 million... [Read More]
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Sep 1, 2011
Denmark's Danish Biofuel has been renamed in order to reflect the 'proud Danish tradition for the processing of agricultural products'.
The company's new name, hveiti a/s, means 'wheat' in Old Norse.
However, as Svend Brandstrup, hveiti's managing director, says: 'The production concept remains the same as always, but with the name change, we get a name that more accurately... [Read More]
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Sep 1, 2011
Energy company Dong Energy, along with local companies, is developing a consortium called Måbjerg Energy Concept.
The consortium has been established to examine the feasibility of bioenergy projects and determine which ones will be profitable. These projects include building new plants and upgrading existing ones.
All the projects will utilise locally sourced biomass... [Read More]
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Sep 1, 2011
Global Petroleum will begin transporting ethanol to its Revere, Massachusetts-based blending terminal by trains comprising 60 cars, starting in 2012.
Two trains per week will be used to transport the biofuel, and with each car carrying 29,000 gallons of ethanol, this amounts to almost 3.6 million gallons a week.
Currently, the majority of ethanol-blended petrol enters... [Read More]
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Sep 1, 2011
Honeywell UOP, a key player in the development of process technology for the refining, petrochemical and natural gas industries, has broken ground on a biofuels demonstration unit in Hawaii, US.
The biorefinery will handle cellulosic biomass, forest residuals and algae to produce biofuels for the transportation industry, upgrading biomass into renewable petrol, diesel... [Read More]
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Sep 1, 2011
In Nigeria, Nosak Distilleries, part of the Nosak Group, is looking to increase its supply of ethanol from 350,000 litres a day to 540,000 litres at its production plant in Lagos.
The company is also planning to build a new facility in Calabar, Cross River, which will produce 150,000 litres a day of ethanol when it comes online.
Nosak Distilleries' first plant began operations... [Read More]
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Aug 31, 2011
In Minnesota, US, biodiesel producer Renewable Energy Group (REG) commenced production at the newly acquired REG Albert Lea plant.
REG purchased the facility earlier this year after it stood idle for three years prior.
REG sold the first truckload of biodiesel on 25 August to the Trail's Travel Center in Albert Lea. The biodiesel is available via truck and rail from the... [Read More]
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Aug 25, 2011
In Minneapolis, Minnesota, US, Rosemount Clean Energies has converted a 50-acre industrial site into a large terminal facility that will provide biodiesel blending.
The terminal features a large-scale rail spur and storage capacity of almost 500,000 million barrels, and can receive and ship products via rail, trucks, tanks and pipeline.
'Biofuels are here to stay,' Tim... [Read More]
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Aug 24, 2011
AltAir Fuels, a Washington, US-based company dedicated to the production of jet fuel, is developing a bio-jet production plant in Bakersfield, California.
The facility is slated to come online towards the end of 2012, when it will produce bio-jet fuel from camelina.
Local farmers in San Joaquin County, Central Valley and other areas of southern California are now being... [Read More]
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Aug 24, 2011
Mission NewEnergy, an Australia-based biodiesel producer, has entered into a six-month contract to supply its sustainable biodiesel to an unnamed oil giant.
The deal will begin in January next year and is foreseen to generate revenues over $40 million (€27.7 million) for Mission.
'Our unique position of having a fully certified biodiesel under the International Sustainability... [Read More]
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Aug 24, 2011
In the US, Ineos New Planet BioEnergy has finalised $75 million (€52 million) in private financing, utilising funds awarded by the US Department of Agriculture's (USDA) loan guarantee programme for its new BioEnergy Center.
The financing will be used to complete the project, including equipment, engineering and construction.
The BioEnergy Center is located near Vero... [Read More]
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Aug 24, 2011
In Quirinópolis in Goiás, Brazil, Petrobras Biocombustível and Grupo São Martinho, through Nova Fronteira, are planning to increase the sugarcane milling capacity of the Boa Vista plant with an R$520.7 million (€226 million) investment.
The expansion will be completed ready for the 2014/2015 harvest, increasing the plant's capacity to 8... [Read More]
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Aug 23, 2011
The production of biodiesel in the US reached record highs in June this year when volumes hit 81 million gallons, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Biodiesel production for the first half of 2011 alone has already surpassed the levels produced in the whole of 2010, having exceeded 375 million gallons. These figures come following the reinstatement... [Read More]
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Aug 23, 2011
In Japan, Hitachi Zosen has teamed up with the city of Kyoto and Kumamoto University to begin converting municipal waste into ethanol on a trial basis.
The initiative will begin in April 2012, using waste products from households and businesses. The biofuel produced will be used to fuel cars and as boiler fuel for factories.
The process, which involves combining the waste... [Read More]
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Aug 23, 2011
In Illinois, US, Coskata, a developer of biofuels technology, has completed the first close of its Series D round of financing.
Key investors which have participated in previous rounds include The Blackstone Group, Khosla Ventures, Total Energy Ventures International (part of oil and gas giant Total), ATV, Globespan Capital Partners, General Motors, Arancia, and Sumitomo.
'We... [Read More]