Nov 30, 2010
EPA announces 2011 RFS
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Nov 29, 2010
Despite facing lawsuits totalling over $18 million (€13.6 million) in three counties, Green Power is planning to reopen and hire an estimated 500 staff.
Green Power markets municipal waste-to-biodiesel technology. Despite there being no plant utilising this technology to date, Green Power owner Michael Spitzauer claims he has received orders and plans to begin constructing... [Read More]
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Nov 29, 2010
In northern Peru energy company Maple Energy is looking to commence the first phase of its ethanol and biomass project before the end of the year.
Phase one of this $254 million (€191.4 million) development will see Maple Energy plant 7,800 hectares of sugarcane in the main estate.
Upon construction, the plant, which is slated for mid-2011, will convert 5,000 tonnes... [Read More]
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Nov 25, 2010
B5 biodiesel will not be available to the people of Thailand until the end of January next year, after flooding in the southern region is thought to affect palm production.
The energy ministry has delayed the introduction of B5 to petrol stations from 1 January 2011 to mid- to late January.
Energy minister Wannarat Charnnukul believes that the introduction of B5 may... [Read More]
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Nov 24, 2010
In Maryland, the US Navy has successfully flown a MH-60S Seahawk helicopter over the Patuxent River.
The helicopter, which was from the Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Two One, was powered by a biofuel blend produced from camelina seeds.
The news comes less than a year after the Navy tested the same fuel on its F/A-18 Super Hornet. Results from this test showed that... [Read More]
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Nov 24, 2010
On 22 November an Airbus A320 was flown off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, Latin America, fuelled by a 50:50 blend of biofuel and conventional aviation fuel.
The 45-minute flight, which was conducted by Brazil’s largest airline TAM, Airbus and engine manufacturer CFM International, used biodiesel derived from jatropha seeds in what has been named the first experimental... [Read More]
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Nov 24, 2010
Brazil-based energy firm Petrobras has begun building a 528-mile ethanol pipeline, in conjunction with PMCC and construction company Camargo Correa.
Work on the pipeline commenced on 22 November 2010, the first section of which will connect the cities Ribeirao Preto to Paulinia. Ribeirao Preto is a major sugarcane- producing region, while Paulinia is a key fuel distribution... [Read More]
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Nov 23, 2010
October this year saw the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) increase the blending limit of ethanol to E15 for vehicles made after 2006. Now the EPA’s decision on whether the same E15 blend can be used in cars and light trucks manufactured between 2001 and 2006 is to be delayed until January next year.
The EPA was expected to give its decision in December. However,... [Read More]
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Nov 23, 2010
Following the closure of the Coshocton Ethanol plant in Ohio, US, back in January 2009, production at the facility is due to commence in Q1 2011.
The plant has a 60 million gallon-a-year production capacity. However following just 10 months in operation it was forced to close as the ethanol market took a downturn. But as Erik Chaffer, the general manager of Altra Biofuels,... [Read More]
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Nov 19, 2010
A special Eurobarometer report released by the European Commission has revealed that 72% of the public support biofuels across the EU27, with 83% public approval for sustainable biofuels.
The report, commissioned to test public opinion on biotechnology, concludes that Europeans believe that the use of biofuels should be widely encouraged.
‘This strong public support... [Read More]
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Nov 19, 2010
Denmark-based second generation ethanol producer Inbicon has begun providing fuel supplier Statoil with green fuel to meet the oil major’s roll out of a 5% ethanol blend at 100 selected petrol stations across Denmark.
Inbicon’s second generation bioethanol is made from wheat straw.
In 2009, the two companies signed an agreement for Inbicon to supply Statoil with... [Read More]
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Nov 19, 2010
South America has long been home to an ethanol boom. Now two countries in the continent are joining forces on the biodiesel front.
Colombia's agricultural research institute CORPOICA and Mexico's southern Chiapas state will launch a $3.6 million (€2.7 million) biodiesel plant in Chiapas in January 2011.
The plant will be able to produce 38,000 litres of... [Read More]
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Nov 19, 2010
A recent surge in Brazilian sugarcane processing is to be crushed by a gradual reduction owing to the conclusion of milling operations.
The volume of sugarcane processed in the South-Central region of Brazil until 1 November reached 500.88 million tonnes, a 12.64% increase compared with the same period in the 2009-10 harvest.
In the second half of October, crushing... [Read More]
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Nov 19, 2010
Liquid fuels stored in above ground storage tanks (ASTs) are strictly regulated. With limited land space and terminals with high occupancy rates, underground storage of biofuels is becoming a viable option with a little EPA guidance.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released draft guidance for underground storage tank (UST) owners and operators who want... [Read More]
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Nov 18, 2010
All diesel sold in the province of Alberta, Canada, is to be blended with 2% biodiesel by 2011.
However, Alberta does not produce any biodiesel which can be consumed in cold temperatures, meaning the biofuel will have to be imported.
Planned for northern Alberta is an innovative biodiesel production facility which will convert non-food-grade canola and pennycress... [Read More]
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Nov 17, 2010
With its ability to be blended with conventional fossil fuels without the need for a new type of engine, drop-in fuel is a major part of the biofuels industry right now.
In a move that will see the production of drop-in jet fuel, New Zealand-based biofuel firm LanzaTech is to work with the US DoE.
Working with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) LanzaTech... [Read More]
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Nov 17, 2010
Bioenergy crop firm SG Biofuels, dedicated to developing and producing jatropha seeds, has partnered with Bunge North America to research and develop a model to produce a biofuel feedstock from jatropha seeds.
The president and CEO of SG Biofuels Kirk Haney announced the news at the Advanced Biofuels Markets Conference & Expo in San Francisco, California.
The venture... [Read More]
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