Nov 15, 2010
Gevo’s isobutanol secures EPA Registration
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Nov 15, 2010
Brazilian oil and gas company Petrobras has set up a network for distribution and storage of ethanol and other liquids.
Petrobras joins five other players to form a new company with an initial capital of BRL100 million (€42.5 million) to develop the network.
The shareholders in the new company will be Petrobras with 20%; Cosan SA Industria e Comercio (20%); Copersucar... [Read More]
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Nov 11, 2010
Renewable energy and green tech company GreenGold Ray Energies has announced its revenue forecast for the next five years’ cumulative sales for jatropha-based biodiesel.
Based on today’s jatropha biodiesel prices GreenGold has estimated that its revenue should reach $178 million (€129.5 million) by year five, whereby a cumulative sales of $356 million are expected.... [Read More]
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Nov 11, 2010
Bioenergy firm Solena Group has signed a letter of intent with clean energy company Rentech for the use of its proprietary Fischer-Tropsch synthetic fuel technology in Solena’s sustainable biojet fuel project – GreenSky.
The facility will convert more than 500,000 tonnes of waste biomass feedstock into synthesis gas every year using Solena’s plasma gasification... [Read More]
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Nov 11, 2010
In Avon, Colorado, local buses and other town vehicles will soon be running on biodiesel following moves by the area’s fuel supplier in October.
In response to federal EPA standards, which will see US suppliers offer renewable fuels, Sinclair Oil Company is looking to replace its No.2 diesel with a 2% biodiesel blend.
‘This renewable fuel is another step the town... [Read More]
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Nov 8, 2010
Biofuels company AE Advanced Fuels Keyes’ wholly owned subsidiary AE Biofuels has secured over $4 million (€2.87 million) in funding from Third Eye Capital to retrofit and restart operations at its Keyes-based ethanol plant in California, US.
The retrofit is expected to be completed and the plant fully operational by Q1 2011.
The facility was originally opened back... [Read More]
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Nov 8, 2010
Sudan-based White Nile Sugar Co. has signed an agreement with China’s Beijing-based CAMC Engineering Co. for the development of an ethanol production facility and an animal feed plant.
It is expected that both plants will come online towards the end of April 2012 when White Nile begins its sugar production, but managing director Hassan Satti refused to comment on the... [Read More]
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Nov 8, 2010
A $160 million (€116.3 million) biofuel plant, located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, US, is now operational.
Owned by Tyson Foods and fuel manufacturer Syntroleum Corp., Dynamic Fuels has been designed to produce 75 million gallons of renewable diesel a year from leftovers from Tyson’s meat-processing factories and eateries, including chicken fat, beef tallow and grease.
'Our... [Read More]
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Nov 5, 2010
Renewable energy firm AMG Bioenergy Resources Holdings has signed a letter of intent with China Zhejiang Biodiesel (CZBC) to acquire the eucalyptus and jatropha plantation assets, which it has developed in Guangdong province, southern China.
AMG will initially acquire the 145-hectare jatropha and the 330-hectare eucalyptus plantation assets for around CA$2.6 million (€1.85... [Read More]
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Nov 5, 2010
October this year saw Imperial Petroleum’s wholly owned subsidiary e-biofuels, based in Middletown, Indiana, sell 1.98 million gallons of biodiesel, bringing in approximately $6.3 million (€4.48 million) in revenues for that month alone.
First quarter revenues for biodiesel sales represent approximately $16.7 million on 5.2 million gallons sold.
‘It has been... [Read More]
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Nov 4, 2010
Sitimas Holdings, Sime Derby, Mabanaft, Dialog, Shell, Jurong Port, ASB Biodiesel, Thai Oil, ConocoPhillips, Dialog, MISC, SK Energy, Langsat Terminal, Dovechem, Vopak – just some of the names registered for next week’s Bioenergy International Asia expo & conference at the Hotel Maya in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 10-11th November.
Sustainability standards forms... [Read More]
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Nov 4, 2010
Ethanol producer Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) is to begin building its second Brazil-based biofuel plant.
Construction of the biodiesel production plant is expected to commence next year before it is operational in 2012.
With an annual output capacity of 164,000 tonnes of biodiesel, the facility will be erected nearby to a soyabean crushing facility in Santa Catarina.... [Read More]
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Nov 4, 2010
Researchers at the University of Illinois in the US have completed the first extensive geographic yield and economic analysis of potential bioenergy grass crops in the Midwestern US.
In recognition of this problem, federal regulations mandate that 79 billion litres of biofuels must be produced annually from non-corn biomass by 2022. Large grasses, such as switchgrass... [Read More]
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Nov 4, 2010
An ethanol-from-sugarcane processing plant in Chisumbanje and Middle Sabi will now be completed in March 2011 following logistical delays.
Green Fuel is behind the multi-million dollar project and general manager Graeme Smith explained that some of the equipment for the refinery has still not arrived from Brazil. ‘Delivery of equipment was held up by, among many factors,... [Read More]
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Nov 4, 2010
Western Biodiesel, a biodiesel company based in Alberta, Canada, is facing charges under the Environmental Protection Act and the Waste Control Regulation following a number of offences.
Back in 2008 two incidents occurred at the facility where wastewater containing methanol and biodiesel was released onto nearby land.
As a result Western Biodiesel and the plant’s... [Read More]
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Nov 4, 2010
The city of LaHarpe in Illinois, US, will soon be home to Bio-NRG’s new $38 million (€26.7 million) biodiesel plant.
The plant is still in the development stages, however Bio-NRG is looking to start building the facility in 2011. With an estimated completion time of between 12 and 15 months, the plant should be up and running by 2012.
Bio-NRG will operate the plant... [Read More]
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Nov 4, 2010
Following the recent stakeholders' consultation organised by the European Commission to address the issue of indirect land use change (ILUC), the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA) calls on the Commission to review modelling work and ensure scientific robustness to calculate ILUC.
Developing the science to calculate and understand ILUC has become crucial... [Read More]
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