May 9, 2011
Rentech to build $500m plant for bio-jet fuel
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May 9, 2011
Privately owned company Greenergy is to start reducing the levels of waste sent to landfill and has partnered with waste food recycling company Brocklesby to produce biodiesel from food leftovers.
In a bid to reduce the environmental impact of the fuel that the company produces, while also creating a new alternative source of fuel, the joint venture will covert edible... [Read More]
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May 6, 2011
Eucalyptus has been found to be a promising option as a biomass feedstock for the production of liquid fuel, as researchers from the US Department of Energy's (DoE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have identified a tree that releases more than twice the usual amount of sugar.
The trees being studied by NREL are lignin-modified eucalyptus lines that have been... [Read More]
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May 6, 2011
Following a dip in 2009, throughput in Zeeland ports seems to have picked up again.
Q1 2011 saw throughput increase by more than 7% compared to the same period in 2010.
In particular, general cargo throughput has increased by 23% and dry bulk by 8%.
In addition to its Q1 2011 results, Zeeland Seaports has also released its final results for 2010.
Throughput for last year... [Read More]
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May 6, 2011
Dyadic International, a company dedicated to the production of enzymes for the bioenergy industry, among others, has been issued a US patent, number 7,923,236 entitled, 'Fungal Enzymes' by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
The patent includes technology relating to the use of and methods for producing novel enzymes and their combinations to convert... [Read More]
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May 5, 2011
At the Chemelot site in Geleen, the Netherlands, technology firm Avantium has completed start-up at its polyester pilot plant, which is the first stage of a pilot facility that will demonstrate the company's YXY technology for the production of green fuels and materials.
The plant is on schedule to begin operations in Q2 2011.
The company's patented YXY technology is a... [Read More]
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May 5, 2011
In the Piura Region on the North coast of Peru, integrated independent energy company Maple Energy is still on target to commence commercial operations at its ethanol project in Q4 2011 as development continues.
The 60kV electric transmission line connecting the ethanol project to the national power grid is now largely complete, as are certain sections of the electric... [Read More]
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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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