Sep 30, 2010
Green Plains acquires Global Ethanol
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Sep 30, 2010
In the US a group of 23 environmental, consumer, food, auto and other industry organisations want to block ethanol producers’ endeavours to have the government mandate the sale of petrol containing 12% ethanol (E12).
The group approached the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on 28 September to deny the request.
In a letter to EPA Assistant Administrator Gina... [Read More]
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Sep 30, 2010
While Brazil’s ethanol industry continues to boom South American neighbour Peru’s industry is facing further set-backs.
The nation has decided to delay the planned roll-out of an obligatory biofuel blending mandate in the Peruvian capital, Lima, and in the province of Callao in order to avoid the need for imports.
Projected national demand including the capital is... [Read More]
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Sep 30, 2010
CORE BioFuels is planning to build its first facility in Houston, British Columbia, Canada.
The $100 million (€73.3 million) plant, which takes biomass as a feedstock to produce 92 octane petrol, will employ 40 to 50 people and begin operations by the end of 2012.
CORE BioFuel’s patent-pending MKS Gasoline Synthesis Process (MKS Process) is a ground breaking development... [Read More]
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Sep 30, 2010
Kenya’s Mumias Sugar Company plans to start production of ethanol from sugarcane by the end of 2011.
The plant is expected to produce about 22 million litres of ethanol a year to be sold primarily to the East African Community and COMESA member states.
The project includes electricity co-generation, and the company is currently working on a carbon trading initiative.
Funding... [Read More]
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Sep 30, 2010
In a deal that will help the African nation of Sudan diversify its energy portfolio, Kenana Sugar Company has signed two deals with Brazil-based Dedini.
Reported to be worth between $300 and $500 million (€220 and €367 million), the deal will see Dedini supply machinery and equipment to the company’s ethanol-from-sugarcane plant in Sudan.
Dedini’s equipment... [Read More]
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Sep 30, 2010
Sweden has 310 million litres of installed ethanol capacity using a range of feedstocks including cereals, raw alcohol and pulp. Now a new research project is examining a new feedstock: corn waste.
Swedish ethanol producer Sekab and Swedish technology specialist Taurus Energy will begin a two-month trial on ethanol production from corn waste in October in partnership... [Read More]
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Sep 29, 2010
Renewable fuels company BlueFire Renewables has signed a 15-year supply contract with Cooper Marine and Timberlands (CMT) to provide feedstock for BlueFire’s planned cellulosic ethanol facility in Fulton, Mississippi, US.
The cellulosic ethanol plant will convert materials such as wood chips, forest residual chips and wood waste in approximately 7 million gallons of... [Read More]
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Sep 29, 2010
As energy firm Jatoil moves into the second stage of its joint venture PT Jatoil Waterland, its initial jatropha land holdings in central Java, Indonesia, is set to increase by 42.375%.
In addition to the jatropha plantations held by the joint venture, Jatoil will plant a further 500 hectares next to the existing plots.
Throughout the next 12 months PT Jatoil Waterland... [Read More]
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Sep 23, 2010
Biodiesel producer Renewable Energy Group (REG) is to acquire biodiesel assets from Ares Corporation.
Burlingame, California-based Ares is an engineering, risk management, software/IT and project management firm, which will invest an additional $8 million (€5.99 million) into REG in an all common stock transaction.
Ares previously owned the 15 million gallon-a-year... [Read More]
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Sep 23, 2010
Thailand-based Bangchak Petroleum is planning to invest approximately Bt2 billion (€48.7 million) in the acquisition of at least two ethanol plants by 2011.
The company currently sells 95-octane petrol but plans to stop doing so by 2012 as ethanol demand for transportation fuel is expected to increase from 200,000 barrels per day in 2009 to 400,000 barrels per day.... [Read More]
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Sep 23, 2010
By 2019 it is predicted that the production of ethanol for vehicle fuel will reach 64 billion litres, over double what is currently produced today.
According to energy minister Marcio Zimmerman: ‘Brazil produces 26 billion litres today and will reach 64 billion litres in 2019. With that we will even have a surplus to export.’
To date 47% of the nation’s energy... [Read More]
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Sep 20, 2010
Bioethanol producer CropEnergies has increased its revenues in the first half of the current 2010/11 financial year (1 March – 31 August 2010) by 16.5% to €215 million. This is a significant increase from the previous year’s €184 million. The operating result reached €17 million.
For the full financial year 2010/11, CropEnergies has increased its outlook for... [Read More]
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Sep 20, 2010
On 20 September 2010 TMO Renewables, a developer of a new process for converting biomass into ethanol for transportation fuel, entered into a 20-year exclusive contract with clean tech company Fiberight.
The contract could be worth in excess of $25 million (€19.09 million) a year and will see Fiberight design and build a number of US-based bioethanol refineries.
The... [Read More]
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Sep 20, 2010
Leading global publication Biofuels International magazine has just boosted its market position by becoming the only one in the biofuels sector to be independently audited.
The magazine has just gone through an independent audit of its circulation with BPA, the global industry resource for verified audience data and media knowledge.
This proves that 10 times a year... [Read More]
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Sep 20, 2010
Bioenergy International expo & conference is now less than a week away – don’t miss out on the opportunity to learn from and network with biofuels experts from throughout Canada and the US.
Starting on Tuesday the 28th September at the Coast Plaza Hotel, Calgary, Alberta, the day conference and exhibition features speakers including Bruce McEwen, Oil, gas and... [Read More]
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Sep 17, 2010
SEA-Tank Terminal Antwerp, a member of the SEA-Invest Group, has opened a new terminal for the storage of fuel oils, gasoils, petrol and biofuels.
The terminal, built at quay 254-312 at the 6th Harbour dock in the Port of Antwerp, harbours 515,000m3 of storage capacity in 30 liquid tanks ranging from 1,000m³ up to 48,000m³. There is also the potential to expand the... [Read More]
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