May 5, 2011
Maple Energy on track for Q4 2011
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May 5, 2011
In California, US, Cobalt Technologies, dedicated to the commercialisation of biobutanol as a renewable chemical and fuel, has closed a $20 million (€13.7 million) Series D round of funding.
The financing will aid Cobalt in constructing its 470,000 gallon-a-year demonstration plant in Alpena, Michigan. The facility will be the world's first cellulosic biorefinery... [Read More]
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May 4, 2011
Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, US, has been given a grant from the Biofuels Center of North Carolina worth more than $145,000 (€97,500).
The money will be used to expand the university’s testing facilities for biofuels catalysts. The grant is for one year’s worth of research and will be used to produce biodiesel from cheap feedstocks and other... [Read More]
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Apr 28, 2011
Prairie Skies Biomass Co-op, a grower cooperative based in Madelia, Minnesota, US, is to build a third-generation biofuels project to produce petrol, diesel and ammonia.
Perennial and other agricultural feedstocks will be supplied by Prairie, and an existing torrefaction facility will be used in the first phase of the development.
The second two phases of the project will... [Read More]
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Apr 27, 2011
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded three new research grants to Michigan State University to research the production of bioenergy and bio-based products.
It is hoped the grants will help develop sustainable regional systems and create jobs in the sector.
Already at the university there is a cellulosic ethanol pre-treatment research lab and an AFEX technology... [Read More]
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Apr 27, 2011
New research has estimated 27% of fuel could come from biofuels by 2050, a rough increase from about 55 million tonnes to 750 million tonnes within the space of four decades.
A report, released by the International Energy Agency (IEA), says biofuels can help to reduce CO₂ emissions in the transport sector and increase energy security, if produced sustainably.
Currently... [Read More]
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Apr 26, 2011
Rentech has acquired additional equity in ClearFuels Technology, and will now own a substantial majority of the equity of ClearFuels, with existing ClearFuels investors retaining a minority interest.
ClearFuels, a company developing advanced sustainable biorefineries that convert multiple mixed cellulosic biomass feedstocks into sustainable, high-value energy products,... [Read More]
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Apr 26, 2011
Gevo, a renewable chemicals and advanced biofuels company, has signed an engineering and consulting agreement with Mustang Engineering to convert Gevo’s renewable isobutanol into bio-jet fuel.
The agreement will focus on the downstream processing of isobutanol to paraffinic kerosene (jet fuel) for jet engine testing, airline suitability flights and advancing commercial... [Read More]
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Apr 21, 2011
In California, US, the California Energy Commission has given a $1.88 million (€1.3 million) grant to AE Advanced Fuels Keyes, the wholly owned subsidiary of AE Biofuels.
According to AE Biofuels, the funding will be used to develop the commercialisation of its enzyme-based technology for the production of cellulosic ethanol.
The company's new facility will be developed... [Read More]
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Apr 21, 2011
At around 11am on 20 April 2011, a tanker transporting ethanol in Cheatham County, Tennessee in the US was involved in a crash, which left the vehicle overturned and leaking the fuel onto the Interstate 24.
Both the eastbound and westbound lanes were closed as teams threw sand over the spill to contain it. The spill was later contained but the cleanup continued.
It was... [Read More]
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Apr 21, 2011
Biodiesel producer Sirona Fuels began selling biodiesel produced from locally-grown feedstocks on 22 April 2011.
The move will see its customers purchase the fuel for $0.25 (€0.17) less per gallon than the cost of fossil diesel.
In addition, when local businesses give their used cooking oil to the Sircona facility, 20% of what the biodiesel sells for will be donated... [Read More]
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Apr 21, 2011
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has developed technology for ethanol fuel production which complies with the standards set by the Japanese Automotive Standards Organisation (JASO), from lignocellulose (soft cellulose) such as rice straw and barley straw.
The Japanese government, academia and the agricultural and industrial sectors in Hyogo Prefecture, supported by the... [Read More]
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Apr 20, 2011
In the US, Tidewater Biodiesel is one step closer towards building its biodiesel plant in the state of Virginia.
The company has been granted planning approval from the local commission. Construction can now get underway once the final approval is given by Chesapeake's city council.
Upon completion, scheduled for 2012, the facility will produce 10 million gallons a year... [Read More]
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Apr 20, 2011
In Argentina, 26% of the nations soya crop was used for the production of biodiesel, according to a study by the Consorcios Regionales de Experimentacion Agricola (CREA).
Argentina manufactured 2.6 million tonnes of biodiesel last year and as a result consumed 14 million tonnes of the total 55 million tonnes of soya cultivated.
In 2010 Argentina sold 1.1 million tonnes... [Read More]
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Apr 20, 2011
In the US, renewable fuels company Cobalt Technologies and biorefinery technology firm American Process (API) have partnered to build an industrial-scale cellulosic biorefinery for the production of biobutanol.
In addition, the two companies have also agreed to jointly market a GreenPower+ Biobutanol solution that will convert biomass into power.
GreenPower+ Biobutanol... [Read More]
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Apr 20, 2011
The EU's goal of slashing greenhouse gases (GHGs) by 35% can be met through utilising jatropha, according to sustainability consultants Partners for Innovation and its independent report.
Designed by the Jatropha Alliance and Sun Biofuels, the study highlights how Sun Biofuels Mozambique could save 39% of GHGs compared to fossil fuels if the jatropha-derived biodiesel... [Read More]
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Apr 19, 2011
In a bid to encourage the use of biogas across China, Austria's GE Energy is to supply its Jenbacher biogas engine technology to power China's largest ethanol production plant, which is currently under construction in the city of Nan Yang, Henan Province.
Owned and operated by Henan Tianguan Group, the new ethanol plant will produce 500,000m3 of biogas a day, from organic... [Read More]
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