Jun 25, 2010
E85 fuelling pumps boosted in US
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Jun 24, 2010
In a bid to boost local biofuels producers Germany wants to increase the level of ethanol that can be blended with conventional petrol. The move would benefit domestic producers such as bioethanol manufacturer CropEnergies AG.
Clemens Neuman, head of the ministry’s section dedicated to sustainable agriculture and forestry, explained that the ethanol blend, which currently... [Read More]
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Jun 24, 2010
Following US-based Amyris’ advancements in the development of its second generation technology, which uses microorganisms to produce biodiesel from crushing cane, oil group Total wishes to acquire a percentage in the company.
Located in France Total is to invest an undisclosed sum to purchase a 17% stake in the biofuels producer as it plans to expand into sustainably-sourced... [Read More]
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Jun 23, 2010
Following the EU’s introduction of US anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties on US biodiesel in March last year, Australia could be next to follow suit after a local biodiesel producer issued a complaint about US biodiesel dumping in Australia.
Australian firm Biodiesel Producers said that US biodiesel was being dumped onto the Australian market and the Australian Customs... [Read More]
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Jun 22, 2010
Formed towards the end of 2005 and opened in 2006 biodiesel production facility Memphis Biofuels, based in Memphis, Tennessee, US, has been shut down.
The facility was opened with the intention of initially producing 36 million gallons of biodiesel each year before ramping up production to 100 million gallons a year.
However the company soon defaulted on an $8.3 million... [Read More]
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Jun 22, 2010
A project proposed by Kenya Jatropha Energy has received resistance from environmental groups as the implementation of more jatropha plantations for use as fuel threatens the existence of rare birds.
The jatropha plantation requires the destruction of the Dakatcha woodland forest in Malindi town, Kenya, an area used by native birds for breeding.
50,000 hectares of Trust... [Read More]
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Jun 22, 2010
With a vision to become a key player within the biofuels industry Brazil-based oil firm Petrobras is to invest $240 million (€195.7 million) in the Sao Martinho Group.
The investment is part of a $2.4 billion expansion plan by Petrobras.
Investing the funds through a joint venture called PBio Petrobras will acquire a 49% stake in two of Sao Martinho’s ethanol-producing... [Read More]
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Jun 21, 2010
The rubbish collectors of the city of Anchorage, Alaska, have begun running their rubbish trucks on biodiesel sourced from waste cooking oil which is picked up during their rounds.
Alaska Waste’s plant, which cost $3 million (€2.4 million) to construct, was unveiled on 17 June this year and has already begun producing the biofuel for use in its trucks.
Alaska Waste... [Read More]
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Jun 18, 2010
Dedicated to converting greenhouse gases into biofuels Tomorrow Biofuels is to construct a pilot plant in Cranston, Rhode Island, US, to do just that.
Tomorrow’s first plant will capture gases emitted from an adjacent power plant and utilise them to enhance the growing time of algae.
Oil will then be extracted from the algae and converted into biodiesel before being... [Read More]
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Jun 17, 2010
In an attempt to boost the use of ethanol as a vehicle fuel, South Dakota, US, is to award a $1 million (€1.2 million) grant to a possible 100 ethanol blender pumps at fuel stations across the state.
The funding came from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act incentive and will be used to fit an additional 49 filling stations with around 100 blender pumps in 40... [Read More]
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Jun 17, 2010
After it began construction earlier this year the Bahamas Waste biodiesel production facility is expected to be fully operational by July this year.
When up and running the waste collection company’s $750,000 (€606,440) plant will see the company’s 50 strong fleet of vehicles switch from fossil fuels to being powered by biodiesel.
‘I am hoping that we will... [Read More]
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Jun 16, 2010
While the US ethanol industry still awaits news of an E15 blending allowance exports of the fuel remain high.
The Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) says April ethanol exports reached 40.8 million gallons, including both denatured and undenatured non-beverage ethanol. That volume compares to 48.3 million gallons in March. Year-to-date exports are 124.3 million gallons,... [Read More]
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Jun 16, 2010
Covanta, a US company which incinerates municipal solid waste to generate electricity, and its partner Global Energy have completed construction of a commercial pilot municipal solid waste to diesel plant in the US.
The two companies signed a contract to set up the plant two and a half years ago.
Covanta will operate hundreds of facilities, which will use Global Energy's... [Read More]
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Jun 16, 2010
The world’s largest producer of corn-based ethanol will see a reduction in carbon emissions by 111% over petrol when it opens its first planned commercial cellulosic ethanol plant.
This means Poet’s cellulosic ethanol actually has negative emissions; it will offset more greenhouse gas emissions than it produces.
The analysis, compiled by Air Improvement Resource... [Read More]
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Jun 15, 2010
The Indonesian government is issuing a subsidy for the distribution of biofuels when the biofuel market price is higher than the market price for oil-based fuel.
The subsidy is for the distribution of biofuel ranging between Rp 2,000 and Rp 2,500 (€0.18-0.22) per litre in the 2011 state budget.
Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Darwin Zahedy Saleh says the subsidy... [Read More]
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Jun 15, 2010
US agri-giant and biofuels producer Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) is cleaning up its emissions with the assistance of a Department of Energy (DoE) grant.
The $99.2 million (€80.9 million) grant is for a commercial-scale carbon sequestration project to capture and store 1 million tonnes of carbon dioxide a year from ADM’s ethanol facility in Decatur, Illinois.
The... [Read More]
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Jun 14, 2010
High production of maize ethanol in the US, meaning less price-competitive ethanol, has forced Brazil to cut its exports to the world’s largest producer.
The US has no intention to lower the barriers for the entrance of the Brazilian product in that country, the head of Brazil's Development, Industry and Trade Ministry, Miguel Jorge, says.
‘We do not have a... [Read More]
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