Dec 7, 2009
Explosion at Imperium Renewables' plant
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Dec 7, 2009
The US state of New Jersey is well on its way to biofuels mandates after it recently increased biodiesel blending capabilities from 5% to 30%.
Norman Woolley Jr, of New Jersey’s Woolley Fuels, stated that biofuels mandates in the state are ‘around the corner’.
Woolley said: ‘We’re trying to stay ahead of the curve and were the first to put in a biodiesel pump... [Read More]
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Dec 2, 2009
Four new distilleries will be built in the Philippines to quench the country’s growing thirst for bioethanol fuel.
The distilleries will be running by the first quarter of 2010 and will be located in La Carlota City, Magallanes, San Mariano and Cagayan de Oro City.
The largest distillery will be located in San Marino with a capacity to produce 54 million litres a year.
The... [Read More]
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Dec 2, 2009
The US industry expected to hear the news this month, but now the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will further delay a decision to raise ethanol in blended petrol to 15% from 10%.
The decision date is likely to be mid-2010, something which will frustrate ethanol producers which have expressed concerns sitting on the E10 wall will limit growth of the industry to... [Read More]
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Dec 2, 2009
Less than one month after it sold its stake in Germany-based biomass to liquid (BTL) producer Choren, energy major Shell forecasts a more distant commercial reality for advanced biofuels.
Since the turn of the twenty-first century it was widely believed that by 2010 advanced fuels such as BTL, biobutanol and biomethanol would become widely commercial.
Now Shell CEO... [Read More]
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Dec 1, 2009
Japan’s first cellulosic bioethanol demonstration plant capable of continuous processing is about to launch operation.
The facility is located at the Futami Plant of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ Kobe Shipyard & Machinery Works in Hyogo Prefecture. It will produce ethanol, for use in petrol, from rice straw and wheat straw.
The companies MHI, Hakutsuru Sake Brewing... [Read More]
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Dec 1, 2009
California’s eco-friendly city Santa Monica has launched a new recycling program to turn reused cooking oil into biofuel.
The city has joined forces with the Los Angeles based company GeoGreen in the hope of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, clogged sewer lines and the city’s dependence on fossil fuels.
The programme is mainly aimed at restaurants in the downtown... [Read More]
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Dec 1, 2009
Canada’s railways could be run on animal fat, grease and oils if the biodiesel fuel can stand the harsh winters.
The Canadian government plans to bring about a 2% biofuel mandate in diesel by 2011. C$800,000 (€507,719) will be spent on a train trial that will blend 5% biofuel with diesel. The trial will run from November to March.
The tests will be the first of... [Read More]
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Dec 1, 2009
UK ports are changing green at an alarmingly fast rate. The Ports of Tyne, Teesside, Talbot, Grangemouth and Tilbury are experiencing biomass and biofuel projects taking place on their shores.
Most recently on 25 November the Port of Tyne and green power station operator Drax Power signed an agreement to invest £16 million (€17.6 million) in handling and covered storage... [Read More]
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Dec 1, 2009
Construction on a new biomass cogeneration facility has begun in the US.
US energy secretary Steven Chu broke ground at the opening of the $795 million (€526 million) biomass facility at Savannah River Site (SRS) in Georgia this week.
The new Biomass Cogeneration Facility will generate electricity and steam by burning more than 300 tonnes of wood and shredded tires... [Read More]
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Dec 1, 2009
The global recession has hit wood chip sales due to a reduced demand for paper.
Global sales of wood chip fell by 26% during the first half of 2009 compared with the same period a year ago.
As a result of the fall in sales, volumes fell to 25 million tonnes, the lowest level since 2002.
The biggest market for wood chips is in Japan whose pulp mills account for 53... [Read More]
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Nov 30, 2009
The president and managing director of Total Philippines Ernst Wanten has called on the Philippines government to encourage the building of more ethanol processing plants.
‘There’s a shortage [of ethanol] in both the local and international markets so it is really difficult to get reliable supply of ethanol at the moment.’
Wanten says the government must invest... [Read More]
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Nov 30, 2009
The town of Lenox in Massachusetts, US, will decide whether to allow the construction of a $30 million (€19.9 million) project to renovate the Niagara and Centennial mills into a biodiesel production plant.
The plant has been proposed by Interstate Biodiesel which plans to start fuel production in late 2010. The new plant would be capable of producing 15 million gallons... [Read More]
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Nov 30, 2009
British Airways has started trials for using biofuels in its jets in conjunction with Rolls-Royce.
BA plans to test a range of fuels made from various plants sometime next year.
BA’s head of environment, Jonathan Counsell, said that the airline would use one of its jumbo engines for testing and are in talks with Rolls, the aero-engine maker, about using its facilities.
Many... [Read More]
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Nov 27, 2009
Europe’s biofuels industry plans to lodge a complaint with EU trade authorities against US companies which it believes are evading anti-dumping duties.
The European Commission imposed anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties on imports of biodiesel from the US but the European Biodiesel Board (EBB) believe that subsidised and dumped US biodiesel still enters the European... [Read More]
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Nov 27, 2009
Pacific Ethanol will resume production at its Magic Valley plant in Burley after closing earlier this year.
The company suspended production at the plant in February due to unfavourable market conditions and in May the company’s subsidiariesfiled voluntary petitions under Chapter 11 of the US bankruptcy code in an effort to ‘restructure their indebtedness’.
A... [Read More]
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Nov 27, 2009
UK energy company BP and science solutions company DuPont have formed Kingston Research to focus on the commercialisation of advanced biofuel technology.
‘Biobutanol is a biofuel that can be made from all the same crops as bioethanol and can be blended into petrol at higher levels, which means that we’ll be able to introduce biofuels more quickly,’ Kingston Research... [Read More]
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