Jul 26, 2010
Kenya targets E10 blend
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Jul 26, 2010
The world’s largest manufacturer of commercial jetliners and military aircraft Boeing expects 1% of fuel used by commercial airlines to be sourced from biomass by 2015.
‘We need to get to 1% to get that foundation and then the trajectory will be significantly steeper,’ Billy Glover, MD of environmental strategy at Boeing’s commercial airplanes unit, says. ‘We’re... [Read More]
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Jul 23, 2010
Fuel provider Exousia Advanced Materials headquartered in New York, US, has nearly completed its new biodiesel production facility, which is expected to begin operations later on in the year.
Maintenance and re-tooling of the plant, which is located in South Carolina, are well underway and will start delivering biodiesel orders in August.
Wayne Rodrigue, chairman and... [Read More]
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Jul 22, 2010
In a bid to cut its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, British Airways (BA) has teamed up with Solena Group, a renewable energy producer, to construct a waste-to-biofuels plant.
Solena will invest around $300 million (€233.9 million) in the plant and is already considering two potential sites, both located close by to Dagenham, east London, UK.
The plant will produce... [Read More]
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Jul 22, 2010
In Taubate, Brazil, biofuel producer BioVerde Industria e Commercio de Biocumbustiveis SA is to purchase Companhia Petroquimica do Nordeste (Copenor) for 23.5 million reais (€10.3 million).
The acquisition comes as BioVerde aims to dramatically increase its biodiesel production capacity 14 times over by Q4 2011. By June 2012 the company wants to be producing 1.2 billion... [Read More]
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Jul 22, 2010
On 17 July this year a biodiesel project commenced that will see BNSF Railway test Montana, US-made biodiesel produced by biofuels manufacturer Earl Fisher Biofuels.
20% of the fuel will be blended with conventional diesel and used in one of BNSF Railway’s switch engines at the Havre Depot.
Throughout the year Montana State University-Northern’s BioEnergy Center... [Read More]
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Jul 22, 2010
The Renewable Fuels Agency (RFA) has published data from the second year of the Renewable Transport Fuels Obligation (RTFO), showing that the UK has met its 3.25% target.
The report shows that close to 1.6 billion litres of biofuels has been used in the UK, the equivalent of taking 500,000 million vehicles off the road. This equates to Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast... [Read More]
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Jul 22, 2010
Texas-headquartered pipeline transportation and energy storage company Kinder Morgan Energy Partners (KMEP) has experienced strong financial growth at its terminals and pipelines in Q2, namely due to an increase in ethanol handling.
‘Growth in [the products pipelines] segment compared to the second quarter last year was driven by strong financial performance at our... [Read More]
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Jul 21, 2010
Located in Ames, Iowa, US, biodiesel producer and marketer Renewable Energy Group (REG) is acquiring California-based biodiesel firm Tellurian Biodiesel and American BDF (ABDF).
ABDF is a joint venture owned by Golden State Service Industries, a wholly owned subsidiary of Golden State Foods of Irvine, California, Eagan, Minnesota-based Restaurant Technologies (RTI) and... [Read More]
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Jul 21, 2010
In the US car producers are apparently meeting targets that will soon see an increase of ethanol-fuelled vehicles on US roads.
There are currently around 8 million flex-fuel vehicles in operation and, although not as efficient as petrol, E85 is cheaper due to the subsidies awarded by the government. These total around $6 billion a year.
According to General Motors... [Read More]
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Jul 16, 2010
In Pittsboro, North Carolina, US, industrial enzyme producer Novozymes and biofuels leader Piedmont Biofuels are to unveil a new pilot plant that will be the first of its kind in the US.
The pilot facility will convert low quality waste grease into biodiesel using groundbreaking technology developed by Piedmont Biofuels and Novozymes.
Built at Piedmont’s site in... [Read More]
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Jul 15, 2010
In China, Baosteel, the country’s largest steel and iron business, is developing a biofuels plant.
After signing a deal with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in June this year Baosteel is now planning the construction of a waste gas-to-ethanol facility near to one of its factories. The plant will produce ethanol using the waste gas emitted from the factory.
LanzaTech,... [Read More]
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Jul 15, 2010
Dedicated to investing in alternative energy projects, Ohio, US-based Rex American Resources Corp. has acquired a 48% stake in ethanol producer NuGen Energy.
After parting with $9.2 million (€15 million) for the stake on 14 July this year, Rex has expressed its willingness to invest an additional $6.5 million in the South Dakota-based company depending on future sales.
NuGen... [Read More]
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Jul 15, 2010
Energy company BP Biofuels North America is to acquire Verenium’s cellulosic biofuels business.
Under the terms of the agreement BP Biofuels’ investment of $98.3 million (€76.4 million) will purchase Verenium’s facilities in Jenninigs, LA, US, including the pilot plant and the demonstration-scale facility; the San Diego, California-based R&D facilities; the... [Read More]
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Jul 14, 2010
In Columbus, Nebraska, US, ethanol producer Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) has inaugurated its recently constructed dry milling plant and ethanol production facility.
The christening took place on 9 July this year after the facility opened in November last year. The project was originally announced in February 2006.
The dry mill has the capacity the produce 300... [Read More]
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Jul 14, 2010
Aventine Renewable Energy, a leading ethanol producer based in Illinois, US, is reportedly on target to complete the construction of its biofuel plant by September this year.
Located in the Ports of Indiana-Mount Vermont the 110 million gallon-a-year ethanol refinery began construction towards the end of 2007 but the build was brought to end when Aventine filed for bankruptcy... [Read More]
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Jul 14, 2010
American Jianye Greentech Holdings has begun the construction of its second biofuels plant in southern China.
The clean energy company plans to invest $21 million (€16.5 million) in the project throughout the year that will see the erection of a clean fuels production refinery and filling station located at the Xiangzhou Shilong Industry Zone, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous... [Read More]
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