Oct 18, 2010
INEOS Bio secures key permits
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Oct 18, 2010
Following its dedication ceremony in July earlier this year, sustainable and renewable energy firm Growth Design Energy expects that construction on its biodiesel plant in the US should begin before 2011.
The $9.3 million (€6.69 million) facility, based in Forest City, Iowa will produce 3 million gallons of biodiesel a year from a number of feedstocks, including animal... [Read More]
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Oct 15, 2010
With its ability to be utilised in a number of different biofuels applications including algal oil, biodiesel, aviation biofuel, ethanol, butanol and biomethane, the Algae Biofuels Production Technologies Worldwide reported that company involvement in the algae biofuels industry increased by 550% between 2005 and 2007.
The driving force behind this boom was environmental... [Read More]
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Oct 15, 2010
In the US algae producer LakeMaster Corporation is to co-locate within the refinery of energy company Northern Biodiesel (NBI), based in Ontario, New York.
NBI is currently converting grease and oil derived from animal and vegetable sources into ASTM certified biodiesel. In the future LakeMaster will produce lipid oil from algae as a feedstock for the NBI refinery.
LakeMaster... [Read More]
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Oct 13, 2010
Delegates registering for the upcoming Bioenergy International Asia expo & conference can start networking straight away! Using pre-event software delegates can set-up meetings and contact other visitors, delegates, speakers and exhibitors, maximising networking opportunities at this event.
The two day event, being held on 10-11th November in Kuala Lumpur, organised... [Read More]
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Oct 13, 2010
Maverick Biofuels, a second generation biofuels technology company, is planning to construct a biomass-to-biofuel pilot plant in North Carolina, US.
Although the firm has not yet decided on a specific location Karl von Gunten, the vice president of marketing at Maverick, explains that a site at or near a landfill is most likely.
The actual size of the plant will be... [Read More]
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Oct 12, 2010
A fuel station, which opened on 8 October 2010 in Gloucester in Virginia, US, is the second alternative transport fuel station offering three alternative fuels to open in the state.
The station was opened by Phillips Energy and sells ethanol, biodiesel and propane.... [Read More]
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Oct 11, 2010
Hydrocarbon Hotel, a joint venture between North Sea Group BV, a storage and distribution firm based in the Netherlands, and UK-based Blue Ocean Associates, is building a sea terminal in the Port of Amsterdam.
The groundbreaking ceremony took place on 23 September 2010.
The terminal will consist of 11 tanks and so far the foundations of the first three tanks have been... [Read More]
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Oct 11, 2010
Gevo, a privately held renewable chemical and advanced biofuels company, has closed its acquisition of renewable energy producer Agri-Energy’s ethanol production facility in Luverne, Minnesota, US.
Gevo has already begun retrofitting the plant and the production of isobutanol is expected to begin in Q1 2012. During the retrofit process it is expected that the facility... [Read More]
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Oct 11, 2010
In the Philippines the province of San Mariano, Isabela, is to receive a $120 million (€86 million) investment for the construction of an ethanol plant.
The Japanese firm Itochu Corp. is behind the investment, while Green Future Innovations (GFI) will develop the project. GFI is a joint venture between Itochu, Japan-based JGC Corp., the Philippine Bioethanol and Energy... [Read More]
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Oct 8, 2010
In the US Wanzek Construction, a wholly owned subsidiary of speciality contractor MasTec, has been selected by BlueFire Renewables to build its cellulosic ethanol plant located in Fulton, Mississippi.
The $296 million (€213 million) engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract was signed in early October 2010 and includes around $100 million for the facility’s... [Read More]
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Oct 8, 2010
The Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) has allocated RM1 million (€231,260) to Petronas, Shell, BHP, ExxonMobil and Chevron to set up infrastructure for B5 biodiesel blending facilities, ahead of the introduction of the mandate next year.
The incentive comes as the government aims to fully implement a B5 mandate by mid 2011, a requirement which was supposed to have been... [Read More]
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Oct 8, 2010
Delegates registering for the upcoming Bioenergy International Asia expo & conference can now receive a 10% discount to the event if they register before 15th October.
The two day event, being held on 10-11th November in Kuala Lumpur, organised by market leading publication Biofuels International magazine, is now in its second year and is supported by the Malaysian... [Read More]
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Oct 7, 2010
In Central America the government of Panama is to invest $2 million (€1.4 million) on the construction of a biodiesel facility in what will hopefully encourage further biodiesel production in the region.
The 10,000 litre-a-day production plant will be built in the province of Colon with groundbreaking expected to commence at the beginning of next year.
The plant... [Read More]
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Oct 7, 2010
Buffalo Lake Energy has received a $285,000 (€204,000) fine from the US-based Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) for operations at its ethanol plant in Fairmont.
Since operations began in June 2008 the facility has breached the conditions of its air and water quality permits.
The most significant violation came when Buffalo Lake Energy constructed and ran... [Read More]
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Oct 7, 2010
A producer of hydrocarbons from renewable resources, Global Bioenergies has reached a key milestone in the development of its process for the transformation of renewable resources into gaseous isobutene.
According to Marc Delcourt, the co-founder and CEO of Evry, France-based Global Bioenergies, ‘We have achieved our goal to bioproduce isobutene in vivo ahead of target.... [Read More]
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Oct 6, 2010
On 10 November 2010 ethanol supplier Renova Energy will be auctioned off by Maas Companies of Rochester, Minnesota in the US.
The facility consists of an incomplete $60 million (€43.3 million) ethanol production plant, an AD biogas system and a 3.2MW power plant.
Although the facility is not fully constructed, most of the groundwork and engineering has been completed... [Read More]
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