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Valero Renewable Fuels has purchased a 110-million gallon, idle ethanol plant at an Indiana port on the Ohio River, the company announced on Friday. The San Antonio-based energy company bought the plant, based at the Port of Indiana-Mount Vernon from Aventine Renewable Energy. Bill Day, Valero's spokesman, believes the company will be able to begin production at the plant within the next few…
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Fiberight LLC is closer to constructing a $15 million (€11 million) facility at its existing ethanol plant, which is currently under renovation in Blairstown. The facility, which will extract the organic material from waste and convert it into ethanol, has received an economic-development incentive worth up to $850,000 (€617,000) from Marion City Council. On Thursday, the City Council…
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This week, the German Federal Office of Economics and Export Control (BAFA) revealed that biodiesel sales fell by 300,000 tonnes in 2013. Last year’s sales figures stood at 2.2 million tonnes, compared to an average of 2.5 million tonnes, which remained stable throughout the period between 2009 and 2012.   The Union zur Förderung von Oel- und Proteinpflanzen (UFOP) has announced…
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Johnson Matthey Davy Technologies Ltd. (JM Davy), an advanced process technologies company and Rennovia, Inc., a producer of chemicals from renewable feedstocks, have announced they are teaming up to undertake a start-to-finish catalytic process technologies project. The companies will develop, demonstrate and commercialise the project, which will concentrate on the production of bio-based…
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German-based Petrotec AG has achieved record results during the 2013 business year. The waste to biodiesel producer has reported group sales of €193 million, 16% up from last year's results, and an operating profit of €4.9 million, an increase of €2 million. Their net profit has increased significantly from €0.9 million in 2012 to €4 million in 2013. Petrotec AG also…
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The majority of the Biofore Concept Car's parts, which would traditionally come from plastics, have been replaced with biomaterials.  UPM used materials to make up a number of the car's core components, and Metropolia University designed and manufactured the car, which 'has endless possibilities,' says Elisa Nilsson, Vice President of Brand and Communications at UPM. UPM Grada thermoformable…
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The 2014 Agricultural Act (farm bill), is providing crucial funding for ethanol biofuels, as well as investment in infrastructure and development. The bill announced $881 million (€630 million) will be offered in energy funding levels. This money is going to be spent on primary energy programmes to aid farmers' development of new biofuels from non-food sources. The $881 million backing will…
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Argentina's biofuel company Diaser has opened its bioethanol plant in the San Luis province. The $40 million (€29 million) plant will open its production doors in 27 days. The plant, which covers 13.6ha, will produce 250m3/d of ethanol from 650t/d of corn at full capacity. Claudio Poggi, San Luis' governor, says the bioethanol plant will require over 200,000 tonnes of corn a year from San…
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Indonesia's Pertamina is set to offer a third tender to buy palm oil for biodiesel blending, before the end of April. In August 2013, the world’s biggest producer of palm oil introduced a new regulation, targeting the increased burning of palm-based biodiesel. The move indicates the nation’s desire to up its alternative fuel usage, while cutting its oil import bill in the…
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New York City’s first ever large-scale biodiesel production plant hopes to emerge by the end of 2014.  United Biofuels has asked the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to grant it permission to transform an existing fuel storage facility. The conversion will enable the facility to receive vegetable oil and to then turn it into fuel that can supply diesel…
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A record-breaking over 190 delegates have registered for the StocExpo 2014 conference. Those heading to the event, which takes place from 18 to 20 March 2014 at Ahoy, Rotterdam, include major decision makers from Shell, BP, Vopak, Stolthaven, Vesta Terminals, Saudi Aramco as well as the Federation of European Tank Storage Associations. Attendees registered for the three day conference will enjoy…
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A new method for recognising and assessing optimum algae locations is set to boost biofuel production. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Sapphire Energy commissioned the article: 'Siting Algae Cultivation Facilities for Biofuel Production in the United States: Trade-Offs between Growth Rate, Site Constructability, Water Availability, and Infrastructure', in the journal Environmental…
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China New Energy (CNE), the bioenergy engineering and technology firm, has secured a contract to build a biorefinery for Ubon Bio Ethanol in Thailand. CNE hopes to begin work on the new project – worth RMB100m (€12 million) - in late 2014, and reach completion by 2016. The existing facility, commissioned by Ubon Bio Ethanol, is a first-generation biorefinery, converting cassava…
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The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing almost $60 million (€43 million) in the production of advanced biofuels.  The Advanced Biofuel Payment Programme, established in the 2008 Farm Bill and again supported in the recently signed 2014 Farm Bill, is delivering the funding. The money will be made in payments to 195 advanced biofuel producers. The eligibility of producers…
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