May 19, 2010
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May 18, 2010
After signing a Memorandum of Understanding solutions provider MBD Energy has become the first customer of algae-related technology producer OriginOil (OOIL).
The deal will see OOIL provide Australia-based MBD Energy with its Quantum Fracturing and Single-Step Extraction technology.
To begin with MBD Energy will use the technology in its research and development facility,... [Read More]
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May 17, 2010
US petrol refiner Sunoco’s ethanol plant located in New York is expected to come online in the beginning of July this year..
The plant has been undergoing repairs for almost six months in order to get it to operate at its full capacity of 100 million gallons of ethanol a year.
Sunoco purchased the ethanol plant for $8.5 million (€10 million) in June last year after... [Read More]
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May 13, 2010
On May 6 this year Brazil launched the Program for Sustainable Production of Palm Oil with the aim to promote sustainability of the biodiesel feedstock and help prevent deforestation.
A major feature of the programme is a proposed bill that, if passed by the National Congress, would put into effect agro-ecological zoning rules that would restrict the cultivation of palm... [Read More]
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May 13, 2010
Airport shuttles at the San Antonio airport, Texas, US, are to join forces and power the vehicles on biodiesel.
The collaboration between the three rental car companies Alamo Rent A Car, Enterprise Rent-A-Car and National Car Rental will see a cut back from 16 to seven fleets, all of which will now run on a 20% biodiesel blend.
Enterprise Holdings owns and operates... [Read More]
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May 13, 2010
The Environmental Protection Agency has named Iowa’s first ‘RFS2 ready’ generating facility. Biodiesel producer Renewable Energy Group (REG) owns the plant, located in Newton, Iowa, US.
The facility, which has the capacity to produce 30 million gallons of biodiesel annually, has completed stages one and two of the three-part compliance preparedness timeline and... [Read More]
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May 13, 2010
The third annual Bioenergy International expo & conference was held last week in Prague and delegates certainly had no shortage of subjects to talk about.
The event was opened by Vladimír Vlk, advisor to the Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic, who outlined the Czech Republic’s potential in terms of renewable energy.
The country may not be the... [Read More]
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May 12, 2010
Ethanol producer Osage Bio Energy, headquartered in Glen Allen, Virginia, US, is currently building the state’s first ethanol plant, which is due to be operational by July this year.
Located in Hopewell the Appomattox Bio Energy plant will produce 65 million gallons of ethanol from 30 million bushels of barley each year as well as protein feed when running at full capacity.
John... [Read More]
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May 12, 2010
Following a meeting held on 6 May this year in São Paulo, Brazil, ten organisations have come together to form the Brazilian Alliance for Aviation Biofuels with a vision to promote public and private initiatives that seek to develop and certify sustainable biofuels for aviation.
The ten groups forming the alliance include Algae Biotechnology, Amyris Brazil, the Brazilian... [Read More]
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May 12, 2010
Following poor weather conditions in Brazil last year, which affected the cultivation of the nation’s sugarcane, this year’s CS Brazil harvest is set to reach an all-time high.
The UK’s oldest sugar trader Czarnikow has reported that around 590 million tonnes of sugarcane is set to be crushed this year, increasing production by 17% to 33.5 million tonnes.
However... [Read More]
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May 11, 2010
In the US a joint ethanol distribution terminal project between Louisiana-based fuel storage provider Red River Terminals and Tennessee ethanol producer Eco-Energy has entered operations.
The project will serve the bulk ethanol needs of the Shreveport area as ethanol blending increases over the next several months.
The facility is located close to the area’s petrol... [Read More]
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May 10, 2010
Based in the Netherlands, ethanol producer and yeast developer Royal Nedalco is to form a partnership with biofuel enzymes company Novozymes in order to develop a new fermentation process that is capable of fermenting C5 and C6 sugars for the commercialisation of cellulosic biofuel.
The two companies will work together on the development of a more efficient fermentation... [Read More]
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May 7, 2010
Brazilian oil company Petrobras will collaborate with Galp Energia that will see the construction of a biodiesel plant in Portugal.
Producing 250,000 tonnes of biodiesel each year, the refinery will process a 300,000-tonne-a-year supply of palm oil from the Brazilian state of Para.
The partnership will focus mainly on selling its biofuel to the Iberian market but other... [Read More]
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May 7, 2010
Valero Services, a subsidiary of Valero Energy Corporation, and ethanol technology producer Algenol Biofuels are to embark on a joint development agreement.
The two companies are keen to manufacture biofuels and chemicals through the marriage of Valero’s expertise in the sector and Algenol’s Direct to Ethanol technology.
If all goes well the signed agreement could... [Read More]
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May 7, 2010
It has been a busy month so far for Brazilian oil giant Petrobras with four separate projects taking place in both Brazil and Portugal.
The company is to purchase a 45.7% share in ethanol producer Acucar Guarani, previously controlled by France-based sugar, starch and ethanol producer Tereos.
Petrobras Biocombustivel will acquire the stake for $920 million (€706.3... [Read More]
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May 7, 2010
US vehicle manufacturer General Motors has increased annual production of flex-fuel vehicles to more than 850,000, an increase of 55% from 2006 volumes.
GM offers 17 models in its 2010 lineup with flex-fuel capability, allowing them to run on E85 ethanol, petrol, or any combination of the two.
More than 5 million of the 7.5 million flex-fuel vehicles on the road in... [Read More]
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May 6, 2010
LL Biofuels Namibia is set to produce its own biodiesel after signing an agreement that will see the cultivation of jatropha on 300,000 hectares of land located in the north-eastern Caprivi Region, Namibia.
The 20-year deal between LL Biofuels and the Caprivi Regional Council and Namibia Development Corporation (NDC) allows the company to undertake various crop experiments... [Read More]
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