Jun 16, 2011
San Carlos Bioenergy plant to reopen
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Jun 15, 2011
Bus operator Arriva has put in an order to acquire more than 100 buses from its supplier Scania.
For use in Copenhagen, Denmark's public transport scheme, all buses will have the ability to run on 100% biodiesel.
Three versions of the OmniLink model buses have been ordered, including the 14.6m-long kind, which will be able to carry 107 passengers.
All of the buses feature... [Read More]
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Jun 15, 2011
In the US a bill, which would see the majority of all automobiles manufactured in 2017 and after have the ability to run on biofuels, has been strongly opposed by car manufacturers.
The Open Fuel Standard Act of 2011 has come about in an effort by the Senate to try and keep ethanol tax subsidies in place and raise the tariff.
However, trade group The Alliance of Automobile... [Read More]
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Jun 15, 2011
In the south of Brazil, 99.63 million tonnes of sugarcane was crushed between April 2011 (the start of the 2011/2012 harvest) and 1 June 2011, according to Unica, the sugarcane industry association.
This figure is down on the 134.17 million tonnes crushed the previous year.
Of the 99.63 million tonnes crushed, 57.12% was used in the manufacturing of ethanol, while the... [Read More]
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Jun 15, 2011
Elevance Renewable Sciences, a Bolingbrook, Illinois, US-based company dedicated to the production of specialty chemicals from natural oils, has acquired the Delta BioFuels facility in Adams County.
Elevance will invest over $225 million (€156.6 million) in converting the facility to a biorefinery and derivatives operation in a multi-phase project. In addition to... [Read More]
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Jun 15, 2011
Since E5 became commercially available in Vietnam almost 12 months ago, the numbers of sales are below expected volumes. Now, experts are calling for more support to be given to the nation's biofuel manufacturers and traders.
In 2010 PV Oil was selling the 5% ethanol blend from 30 petrol stations and at the end of the year shifted 4.2 million litres of the fuel. However,... [Read More]
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Jun 14, 2011
The Air Transport Association (ATA), the US airline trade organisation, says it is pleased with the ASTM International Committee on Petroleum Products and Lubricants for giving the go ahead for a new jet fuel specification to push for aviation biofuels.
‘The committee endorsement of this specification is significant for all consumers of jet fuel, bringing the airline... [Read More]
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Jun 9, 2011
KiOR, a next-generation renewable fuels company, and Catchlight Energy have signed a feedstock supply agreement which will see Catchlight Energy provide forestry-based feedstocks to KiOR for commercial renewable fuel production.
Catchlight Energy, a company that is a 50/50 joint venture between Chevron and Weyerhaeuser, will provide the feedstocks to the KiOR fuel facility... [Read More]
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Jun 9, 2011
The biodiesel market worldwide made more than $18 billion (€12.3 billion) last year and it is predicted this figure will climb to $70 billion in the coming years.
A new market report titled Biodiesel World Market Outlook 2011 shows that new technologies, as well as economical and ecological advances in the biodiesel sectors will help to further develop the biodiesel... [Read More]
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Jun 8, 2011
The Brazilian government says it will implement new regulations on its ethanol market next month, which will require producers and distributors to implement supply contracts lasting at least one year, in order to avoid shortages and prevent price spikes.
The new regulations are expected to help the government to plan the supply and demand for sugarcane-based fuel and therefore... [Read More]
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Jun 8, 2011
Airlines are calling on the Australian and New Zealand governments to provide financial assistance to help grow the aviation biofuel industry.
Qantas, Air New Zealand, Boeing and Virgin Australia, all members of the Sustainable Fuel Users Group, helped to create a biofuels roadmap which shows how the region can work towards building a more environmentally-friendly sector.
Qantas... [Read More]
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Jun 8, 2011
ZeaChem, a biorefineries developer, has formed a joint venture with Procter & Gamble (P&G), a consumer goods manufacturer.
The companies plan to further develop ZeaChem’s products, with the aim of commercialising its ‘drop-in’ bio-based chemicals and other products.
ZeaChem uses feedstocks such as poplar trees and agricultural residues to produce... [Read More]
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Jun 8, 2011
Elevance Renewable Sciences, a renewable specialty chemicals maker, has acquired the Delta BioFuels facility in Adams County, Mississippi, in the US.
The company plans to invest $225 million (€154 million) into the facility, converting it into a biorefinery and creating 165 full-time jobs over the next five years. During the expansion process, 300 construction jobs... [Read More]
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Jun 7, 2011
A university has produced jet fuel from a mixture of both coal and biomass feedstocks which will be tailored to be used in US military jet fuel applications.
The Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) at the University of North Dakota says its refining technologies helped to produce the coal-biomass feedstock which will be used as another source of fuel that... [Read More]
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Jun 5, 2011
The multi-billion dollar joint venture between energy and petrochemical company Shell and Cosan was launched on 2 June 2011.
Based in Brazil, Raízen will manufacture and sell more than 2 billion litres of sugarcane-derived ethanol annually.
Raízen’s 24 mills can process up to 62 million tonnes of sugarcane into biofuel a year.
‘We are... [Read More]
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Jun 2, 2011
Neste Oil's NExBTL renewable diesel is to be tested under race conditions for the first time this summer in Germany.
Between 23 and 26 June two teams will compete in the ADAC 24-Hour Race at the Nürburgring circuit and run their cars on 100% renewable diesel regenerative. The fuel contains NExBTL renewable diesel and up to 7% conventional FAME biodiesel, both produced... [Read More]
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Jun 2, 2011
Deinove, a specialist in Deinococcus bacteria for biofuels, green chemistry and antibiotics, has received €1.6 million from the French state innovation agency Oseo.
The payment corresponds to the second tranche of Oseo's financial support for the Deniol project and takes the total amount received by the company to just under €3 million.
'We are delighted to announce... [Read More]
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