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Deinove, a French biotech company developing processes for producing biofuels and bio-based chemicals by using Deinococcus bacteria, has produced muconic acid in their laboratory using second-generation substrates. This July Deinove announced that it had deployed a new R&D platform dedicated to the production of muconic acid, a versatile chemical intermediate whose derivatives…
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Chicago, US-based Lakeview Energy has purchased the assets of the former Producer’s Choice Soy Energy facility in Moberly, Missouri. Lakeview made the purchase with the aid of a $3.3 million (€2.9 million) loan from the USDA Rural Energy for America programme. With a further $5 million investment, Lakeview plans to upgrade the 10 million gpy capacity biodiesel production facility, now…
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Vireol Bio Energy has ceased production at its 62 million gpy ethanol plant in Hopewell, Virginia, US after the 48% plummet in crude oil prices in the past year dragged gasoline prices down with it and placed a cap on ethanol. US Federal Standards require petrol producers to blend their final product with 10% ethanol. EPA’s proposal earlier this year to reduce ethanol consumption…
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James Jariv, 64, of Las Vegas, Nevada, has been sentenced to ten years in prison for his role in illegal schemes to generate fraudulent biodiesel credits and to export biodiesel without providing biodiesel credits to the United States. Jariv was also ordered to make restitution in the amount of over $6 million (appr. €5.5 million) and to forfeit between $4 to $6 million in cash and other…
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SJC Bioenergia, a joint venture between Cargill and Group USJ, has purchased equipment Fluid Quip Process Technologies to integrate corn ethanol production at its sugarcane ethanol facility located in Quirinopolis, Brazil. SJC Bioenergia will utilise FQPT's SGT milling, BOS front-end corn oil, Fiber Separation, and MSC Protein Recovery technologies. The combined patented and patent-pending…
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Alliance BioEnergy Plus enters into 56 plant development agreement with Renewable Resources Development of AmericaAlliance BioEnergy Plus, a publicly traded company focusing on green energy and renewable technologies, has entered into a non-exclusive development agreement with Renewable Resources Development of America (RRSA) for the construction and operation of up to 56 cellulose conversion…
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Indian Central Railway (CR) has completed its first year of biodiesel production at its workshop in the Parel area of Mumbai. The plant has produced nearly 20,000 litres of biodiesel with an aim to provide cleaner alternatives for CR’s diesel locomotives.  ‘We have successfully achieved our target to produce 1,500 litres of bio-diesel per month since August 2014 from edible…
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Iranian researchers have produced biodiesel from flixweed as a potential renewable energy substitute for fossil fuels.  Under a project to deliver a new generation of green transport fuel, researchers at the Islamic Azad University (IAU) produced 2 litres of biomass which could be turned into biofuel. ‘Engine and field tests of the synthetic green fuel are currently being…
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The Philippines' National Bioethanol Board (NBB) says the future of the bioethanol industry in the country looks promising, as local and foreign direct investments in the sector have grown from $206 million in 2012 to $386 million in 2015. Investments are projected to double to $770 million in 2016. ‘When the policy guidelines on the utilization of locally-produced bioethanol was…
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Propel Fuels has begun offering Neste’s renewable NexBTL diesel at 13 Southern California locations. The provided fuel is marketed as Diesel High Performance Renewable (HPR) and it consists of 98.5% NexBTL. Diesel HPR has also been launched in commercial and bulk availability across California, with the fuel bundled with Propel Fuels’ CleanDrive emissions account software. The…
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The EU has given permission to the Czech government to continue providing aid for biofuels until the end of 2020. The Czech government’s aid system, launched in 2008, provides cuts in excise duty or tax refunds to pure or highly concentrated biofuels. All biofuels benefiting from the aid programme must meet set sustainability criteria. ‘The commission concluded that the scheme would…
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Ethanol producer Poet has made a positive impact on the US economy, the company’s first published economic impact study suggests. The study, published yesterday, reports Poet has generated a total of $13.5 billion (appr. €12bln) in sales for US businesses, added $5.4 billion in national gross domestic product, supported an estimated 39,978 full time jobs, and contributed $3.1 billion…
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South Africa is reforming its biofuels funding incentive in the wake of global crude oil prices dropping by half over the past year. The South African government is concerned that the funding programme is becoming unaffordable. The country has set an initial target of having 2% of its annual fuel consumption – totalling at around 400 million litres – come from domestic fuel supplies…
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