Dec 9, 2010
US ethanol production increases
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Dec 8, 2010
Sweden-headquartered private equity group EQT Infrastructure will acquire independent storage terminal operator Koole Tanktransport.
The shareholders have accepted the offer, subject to the advice of the company’s works council on the transaction. Completion of the transaction will be conditional upon all anti-trust approvals having been obtained.
Koole’s terminals... [Read More]
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Dec 8, 2010
In Sao-Paulo, Brazilian-based Rio Vermelho produces ethanol from around 1.3 million tonnes of sugarcane per season.
Now, in its first ever investment in the sugarcane sector, Glencore, a supplier of commodities and raw materials to industrial consumers, has acquired a stake in the company’ sugarcane mill for over $80 million (€60.5 million).
Switzerland-based Glencore... [Read More]
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Dec 8, 2010
Product chemical manufacturer JSC Mogilevkhimvolokno Organic Synthesis Factory in Mogilev, Belarus, has placed an order to construct a biodiesel plant with BDI BioEnergy International.
The value of the order is just under €10 million.
The biodiesel production facility, which will produce 50,000 tonnes of biodiesel a year from rapeseed oil, is planned for the city... [Read More]
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Dec 8, 2010
With the issuance of all required permits, the initial activities of clearing, rough grading and drainage improvements at the BlueFire Renewables site in Fulton, Mississippi, have commenced.
In conjunction with Itawamba County and the city of Fulton, BlueFire is currently deploying Recovery Act funds provided by the US DoE’s Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Program.... [Read More]
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Dec 7, 2010
With a vision to decrease the nation’s dependence on fossil fuels, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has awarded two research grants in a bid to advance the use of bio-based fuels and lubricants.
‘We are committed to reducing our carbon footprint through the use of alternative sources,’ said US transportation secretary Ray LaHood. ‘These innovative projects... [Read More]
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Dec 7, 2010
On 1 December the California Energy Commission (CEC) approved the project grant for biodiesel producer Biodiesel Industries to support the state’s Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program.
The biofuel production plant grants provide funding and financial assistance for the development of new, California-based biofuel production and enhance the... [Read More]
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Dec 7, 2010
In California, the US, Mendota Bioenergy has become the latest company to receive a grant from the California Energy Commission (CEC) in a bid to develop more renewable energy projects in the region.
The $1.5 million (€1.12 million) grant will see Mendota Bioenergy test the feasibility of converting sugar beets and agricultural waste into ethanol and other forms of... [Read More]
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Dec 7, 2010
Japan-based Itochu Corp is to collaborate with PetroVietnam for the production of bioethanol in Vietnam.
Earlier this year the Vietnamese government began testing E5 and is now looking for the ethanol blend to be introduced by 2012.
With this in mind, PetroVietnam has developed a project that will see three new bioethanol production facilities come online in two years’... [Read More]
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Dec 2, 2010
As the UK reaches a critical crossroads for renewable energy, and specifically the generation of biogas through anaerobic digestion (AD), The Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Association (ADBA)’s National Conference 2010 could not come at a more important time.
Bringing together government departments and agencies, interest groups and industry, the conference will consider... [Read More]
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Dec 2, 2010
UK-based BP Biofuels has outlined four criteria for successful sugar-based biofuels.
Speaking at the International Sugar Organisation meeting in London on 26 November, Phil New, head of BP Biofuels, explains that, for one, it needs to be low in cost. In order to compete with oil priced at between $40 and $50 (€30.4 and €38) a barrel, the biofuel must be $1 a gallon.... [Read More]
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Dec 2, 2010
As refining and marketing company Neste Oil’s renewable fuels business enters a new phase following two major investment projects, the company has decided to merge its Oil Products and Renewable Fuels business areas.
Neste Oil’s financial reporting will remain unchanged and Oil Products and Renewable Fuels will continue to form separate reporting segments.
Currently... [Read More]
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Dec 1, 2010
Mexico’s first biodiesel plant has begun operations.
The nation’s president Felipe Calderon opened the production facility on 26 November 2010 in the south eastern state of Chiapas.
The plant will convert jatropha, palm oil and recycled oil into 20,000 litres per day of biodiesel for use as transport fuel in local vehicles.... [Read More]
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Dec 1, 2010
Switzerland-headquartered biodiesel producer BioPetrol Industries is to acquire the entire issued share capital of Dutch Biodiesel BV, a manufacturer of biodiesel, after signing an agreement.
The deal is subject to shareholder approval and customary closing conditions being satisfied by BioPetrol and Dutch Biodiesel shareholders. Following the satisfaction of these conditions,... [Read More]
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Dec 1, 2010
Illinois is traditionally known for mass ethanol production owing to its position in the US corn belt, but now biodiesel availability is on the up thanks to fuel terminal operator Kinder Morgan.
From mid-December Renewable Energy Group’s REG 9000/1 biodiesel will be available for splash blending at Kinder Morgan’s Argo, Illinois, terminal.
REG expects biodiesel from... [Read More]
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Dec 1, 2010
From April 2011 Europe’s largest airline Lufthansa is to trial biofuel in an Airbus A321 engine.
The six-month trial will see the airline use a 50:50 blend of biofuel and kerosene on its local commercial flights from Hamburg to Frankfurt and back again.
The project will allow Lufthansa to test the effect of biofuels on plane engines, looking at engine maintenance... [Read More]
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Nov 30, 2010
Europe’s main biofuel production port, and a key player in bulk liquid fuel storage, Ghent has 600 hectares of land available for investment following 14 years of infrastructural work.
The new space has already attracted 13 companies and at the end of November Brazil-based Companhia Brasileira de Logistica announced it would invest €70 million in the construction... [Read More]
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