
Oct 21, 2010
Meet Petronas, Shell, ConocoPhillips, ASB Biodiesel and more
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Oct 20, 2010
Kinder Morgan’s redevelopment project at its terminal in Carteret, New Jersey, is approximately 15% complete.
The company is adding new petrol/ethanol blending systems and storage facilities in a $60 million (€43.4 million) project.
The seven blending tanks will allow for about 1.035 million barrels of storage, making the Carteret facility the energy giant's... [Read More]
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Oct 20, 2010
Originally planned to be operational this week, it is now expected that the production of biodiesel at the Bahamas Waste plant will commence by the end of the month.
When operations do begin it is hoped that some of the 500,000 gallons of imported cooking oil will be replaced.
Earl Deveaux, environment minister, said: ‘We import a significant amount of cooking oil... [Read More]
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Oct 20, 2010
With E15 now approved for vehicles with model years 2007 upwards in the US, transportation fuel provider Sunoco has announced that it will supply NASCAR with its new fuel – Sunoco Green E15 – in NASCAR’s three national touring series for the 2011 season.
As the new official fuel of NASCAR, Sunoco Green E15 will replace Sunoco 260 GTX. Starting in 2011 the new fuel... [Read More]
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Oct 19, 2010
Ong Eng Tong, business development manager for the Asia Pacific at Mabanaft, Singapore, is the latest speaker to confirm his participation in the upcoming Bioenergy International/Tank Storage Asia expo & conference.
Tong has over 30 years of experience in the bulk liquid storage sector, and is also an emerging expert in the renewable energy market so will speak on... [Read More]
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Oct 19, 2010
A car that runs on wood pellets alone has achieved a world speed record at the World of Speed 2010 competition held at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, US after reaching 48mph.
Speaking about the competition the owner of the 1989 Mercury Cougar XR7 Robert ‘Chip’ Beam said: ‘There’s no category for a wood-powered car. This year we set the record. Next year we’re... [Read More]
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Oct 19, 2010
Illinois-based regional agricultural cooperative and biofuels distributor Growmark will acquire Magellan Pipeline Company’s refined fuels terminal near Ft. Dodge, Iowa.
Acquisition of the facility will allow Growmark to ensure continued supply of refined fuels and solidify the cooperative’s commitment to the energy business as well as to North Central Iowa.
In addition... [Read More]
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Oct 18, 2010
Brazil-based integrated energy company Petrobras and Novozymes have entered into an agreement to develop a new process for the production of biofuel from sugarcane bagasse.
The deal will see the development of enzymes and production processes to make second generation lignocellulosic ethanol from bagasse in an enzymatic process.
The commercial potential of cellulosic... [Read More]
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Oct 18, 2010
INEOS Bio’s first commercial project in the US has secured key permits to build its waste-to-bioenergy facility in Indian River County, Florida.
The INEOS Bio joint venture has obtained its final air permit and environmental resource permit from the State of Florida, its wetlands permit from the US Army Corps of Engineers and a Final Environmental Assessment (EA) and... [Read More]
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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]