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In Thailand, the ministries of Commerce and Energy are reportedly set to cooperate to develop a strategy to promote the production of ethanol from cassava.
Energy minister Pongsak Raktapongpaisarn is believed to have been tasked with overseeing the country’s production of cassava as an energy and food crop, with one objective being to prevent a price drop.
Raktapongpaisarn has recently been…
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Pinto Energy, a developer of gas-to-liquids (GTL) facilities, is set to build a new plant on its site in Ohio, US.
The 2,800 barrel per day (bpd) plant will be built at Pinto’s 80-acre industrial site and will convert low-cost natural gas from the Utica and Marcellus shale region into ultra clean transportation fuels and other products like solvents, lubricants and waxes.
The…
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Maverick Biofuels, a provider of biofuels production technology, has been awarded three US patents for producing a mixed-alcohol fuel from synthesis gas (syngas) via a methanol intermediate.
Maverick develops and commercialises technology for producing renewable clean transportation fuels and bio-based chemicals using combinations of proven technologies to produce high-value products by…
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Plant and crop improvement business Syngenta has signed a contract with Arkalon Ethanol in Kansas for the plant to start using corn which features its Enogen trait technology.
Syngenta claims Enogen, a field-to-fuel system, will help deliver alpha amylase enzyme directly in corn grain thus saving the costs of adding liquid enzymes and improving process efficiency.
The way Syngenta explains the…
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University of Arizona (UA) researchers have been granted $8 million (€5.8 million) by the US Department of Energy to continue researching how to use algae to make biofuel, animal feed and plastics over the next four years.
'Our goal is to provide algal biofuel at a production cost equal to the cost of petroleum,' says Randy Ryan, assistant director of the Arizona Agricultural Experiment…
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It is believed the Ukraine may not be able to rely on its molasses feedstock to produce enough bioethanol for 2014.
Mykola Tychenko, a director at Ukrprodspilka, was quoted as saying the country’s molasses harvest forecast amounts to around 400,000-500,000 tonnes.
‘If all of this was used to produce bioethanol we’d only make 100,000 tonnes,’ he says, which would equate to…
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Research from the Public University of Navarre in Europe has reportedly shown that genetically modified tobacco plants are viable as raw material for producing biofuels.
Ruth Sanz-Barrio, an agricultural engineer of the NUP/UPNA-Public University of Navarre and a researcher at the Institute of Biotechnology, has demonstrated the viability of using specific tobacco proteins (known as thioredoxins)…
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ICM, a biorefinery technology provider, has announced a contract with Illionois-based Patriot Renewable Fuels upon the purchase of its selective milling technology (SMT).
SMT is a value-added ICM platform technology investment which ICM claims increases ethanol yield, reduces viscosity and increases oil recovery for its customers.
'ICM's SMT platform technology is an investment that we…
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The RSB Services Foundation, the implementing entity of the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB), a global sustainability standard and certification system for biofuels and biomaterials production, has awarded Camelina Company España (CCE) its sustainability certification.
CCE, a renewable fuels and chemicals group, pioneered the manufacturing and marketing of fuel and chemicals…
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The European Biodiesel Board has applauded a decision, via a vote by the European Parliament’s environment committee this October, to stall a proposal to limit Europe’s use of food-based fuel crops.
French MEP Corinne Lepagewas reportedly due to begin negotiations with EU states for a second-reading procedure of the bill. Below is a statement issued by the EBB:
‘The European…
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UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, has announced that Honeywell Green Jet Fuel produced using Honeywell's UOP Renewable Jet Fuel process powered the first commercial flight in Colombia operating with renewable jet fuel.
A LAN Airbus A320 aircraft traveled with 174 passengers from Bogotá El Dorado International Airport to Santiago de Cali, Colombia. One of the aircraft's two engines was powered…
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A commercial agreement has been signed between PTT, the national energy company of Thailand and technology company Velocys to begin commercial deployment of a smaller-scale microchannel gas-to-liquid (GtL) technology.
PTT is particularly interested in Velocys’ smaller-scale modular technology as a means to monetise associated gas from on-shore wells which is currently disposed of by…
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Evogene, a plant genomics company looking at enhancing crop productivity for the biofuels industries, has extend and expand its multi-year research collaboration with DuPont Pioneer for developing soyabean varieties displaying resistance to Asian Soybean Rust (ASR).
Soyabean is a crop which supplies protein for human and animal consumption, as well as feedstock for oil production. ASR is a major…
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Global Ventures Downstream has acquired a Malaysia-based biodiesel plant from Mission NewEnergy subsidiary Mission Biotechnologies.
The 100,000 tonne a year facility was sold for $11.5 million (€8.4 million) and the proceeds will reportedly go towards reducing loans from the holding company and, in turn, reduce borrowings at group level.
Mission Biotechnologies, after the sale is complete,…
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The National Algae Association (NAA) has announced a new Algae Production Incubator Programme to be located in Texas, US.
The project will be housed across five commercial buildings on 17 acres for new algae production start-up companies that require land, buildings and a source of CO2 for the first 12 months to grow algae for a range of uses including fuels.
‘After 60 years and $2.5…
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