Jul 11, 2011
$105m USDA loan guarantee offer for Poet
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Jul 8, 2011
Choren Industries, a biofuel technology company headquartered in Feiberg, Germany, has started bankruptcy proceedings, along with its two German subsidiaries Choren Fuel Freiberg and Choren Components.
Choren USA and Choren China have not yet been affected by the insolvency.
Choren was currently commissioning a demonstration plant in Feriberg, which was to produce second... [Read More]
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Jul 8, 2011
In the Mexican state of Morelos, the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN) has installed a pilot plant for the production of biodiesel from jatropha.
The facility has been developed to produce 3,000 litres a month of biodiesel, according to project director Jorge Martinez Herrera.
The National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT) and the National Forestry Commission... [Read More]
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Jul 8, 2011
In Hawaii, biodiesel producer Aina Koa Pono is developing a biofuel plant and has awarded Aecom Technology with the EPC management contract.
Upon completion, the $350 million (€245 million) production facility will produce biofuel from a variety of biomass feedstocks, including invasive plants, for use in a number of applications, including transport and power plants.
Most... [Read More]
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Jul 7, 2011
BioJet International, a US-headquartered company dedicated to renewable jet fuel and related products in the aviation and transportation sectors, and the University of the West Indies Cave Hill (UWI-Cave Hill) Campus in Barbados have joined forces for a biosciences research and commercial project.
The agreement will see BioJet financially support research at UWI-Cave Hill,... [Read More]
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Jul 7, 2011
In the US, biofuels company AE Biofuels has completed the acquisition of Zymetis, a Maryland-based biotechnology company that develops products for the renewable chemicals and advanced fuels industries.
Now a wholly owned subsidiary of AE Biofuels, Zymetis holds four granted patents and more than 10 pending patents on the Z-microbe, a marine organism that was originally... [Read More]
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Jul 6, 2011
Designed to transport offshore wind farm structures and energy wood, it seems only right that the 105m long by 19m beam Aura II vessel is capable of reducing carbon emissions too.
Shipbuilding company STX Finland has contracted Wärtsilä, a company dedicated to power solutions for the marine and energy sectors, to install its engines on board the ship, which can... [Read More]
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Jul 6, 2011
Green Source of Spain, a subsidiary of SNIACE, is moving forward with its plans to build a bioethanol plant in Poland.
The company has bought a plot of land in Kostrzvn on which it will build the facility.
Green Source is scheduled to break ground on the project in Q3 2011 and operations will begin almost two years later. The plant will produce 200,000 tonnes of bioethanol,... [Read More]
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Jul 6, 2011
Within the next 12 months renewable energy company Solena is looking to submit a planning application for a biofuels production plant.
Expected to cost between $300 and $350 million (€209-244 million), the plant, which could be located in Gilroy, California, US, will produce 16 million gallons a year of renewable jet fuel.
However, the company still has a lot of development... [Read More]
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Jul 5, 2011
In Peru, the nation's largest sugar producer is to start manufacturing ethanol.
By the end of 2011, Gloria S.A. is to produce ethanol at two of its sugar mills; Casa Grande and Complejo Agroindustrial Cartavo.... [Read More]
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Jul 5, 2011
In its largest effort yet to raise awareness of biodiesel, the National Biodiesel Board is launching a multi-million dollar campaign to highlight to its economic, environmental and national security advantages.
The national outreach includes a television advert, which features a school bus and the tag line: 'Biodiesel. America's Advanced Biofuel'. Also part of the awareness... [Read More]
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Jul 4, 2011
In Brazil, a wholly owned subsidiary of energy giant Petrobras, Petrobras Biocombustível S.A. – Pbio, has purchased a 50% stake in a biodiesel plant for $128 million (€88 million).
The plant is located in Rio Grande do Sul and owned by BSBIOS Indústria e Commércio de Biodiesel Sul Brasil.
The biodiesel production plant is able to produce... [Read More]
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Jul 4, 2011
In Miller, South Dakota, US, oilseed processing facility South Dakota Oilseed Processors is to be sold at auction by Maas Companies of Minnesota.
South Dakota Oilseed Processors began building the 25,536 square foot plant in 2007 before it came online in 2009. However, the facility closed in December 2010, citing market conditions.
Located on 22 acres of land, the defunct... [Read More]
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Jul 4, 2011
Thomson Airways will become the UK's first airline to fly passengers on a plane powered by biofuels.
The flight will take off from Birmingham airport before landing in Palma, Majorca, on 28 July 2011. Weekly flights of the same kind will then follow the same route from September.
It is thought Thomson Airways' biofuel-powered flights between Birmingham and Palma will take... [Read More]
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Jul 4, 2011
A revised version of the ASTM D7566-11, Specification for Aviation Turbine Fuel Containing Synthesized Hydrocarbons, was approved on 1 July 2011.
The new specification means that up to 50% renewable fuels can now be blended with traditional fossil jet fuel. These renewable fuel components are derived from vegetable oil-containing feedstocks, including algae, camelina and... [Read More]
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Jun 30, 2011
Between 2005 and 2015 the worldwide market value of biodiesel is expected to increase by 26%, reaching $62 million (€43.3 million) in 2015. This is according to a report released from market research reports database companiesandmarkets.com.
In 2009, a total of 14.7 billion gallons of biodiesel were produced. The report, entitled Biodiesel and Feedstocks: A Global... [Read More]
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Jun 30, 2011
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released new specifications for a label that will be displayed at all fuel pumps dispensing petrol blended with 15% ethanol (E15).
The new orange and black label will include information about which vehicles can use E15. It will also discourage the use of E15 in cars manufactured before 2011, motorbikes and boats, as well... [Read More]
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