Nov 26, 2009
Biodiesel: a new Norwegian tax target
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Nov 26, 2009
Over the last year we have heard numerous success stories of part biodiesel-fuelled aeroplane tests, the latest of which featured camelina-based fuel, and carried passengers for the first time.
Now aircraft manufacturer Embraer and US-based technology company General Electric will test fly a renewable jet fuel by early 2012 made from sugarcane developed by Californian... [Read More]
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Nov 26, 2009
A biofuel plant which converts straw into renewable fuel has been opened in Kalundborg, Denmark.
The 1.5 million gallon a year second generation plant will be operated by Danish energy company Dong Energy and biofuel producer Inbicon.
The facility, one of the world's first and largest second generation ethanol demonstration biorefineries, will use Genencor enzymes... [Read More]
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Nov 25, 2009
An ethanol storage project has been given the go-ahead in Pennsylvania, US.
The proposed ethanol storage facility will be situated on property owned by the SEDA-Council of Governments Joint Rail Authority at the Newberry Rail Yard.
Nittany Oil has been granted a conditional use permit to build four, double-wall storage tanks adjacent the new Bulkmatic facility at the... [Read More]
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Nov 25, 2009
Feedstock supplier GEM BioFuels has started commercial production of crude jatropha oil (CJO).
The company plans to make its first shipment of CJO, bound for Europe and Australia, early next month and expect the value of the initial shipment to be relatively low.
Paul Benetti, CEO of GEM BioFuels said: ‘The commencement of commercial jatropha oil production is a... [Read More]
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Nov 24, 2009
Energy group Mercuria Energy has acquired Germany-based biodiesel refinery 3B Biofuels
The refinery has 250,000 tonnes of production capacity.
3B Biofuels will help Mercuria to meet its customers’ need for diesel that is pre-blended with mandatory biofuel components.
The plant is a state of the art facility with multi-feedstock technology and was recently upgraded... [Read More]
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Nov 24, 2009
Europe may be the world's biodiesel leader and the Americas are second to none for ethanol but another region is growing in status as a biofuels producer.
Thailand’s energy minister says the Association of Southeast Asian Nations is a biofuels hub with the potential to become the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) of biofuels.
Wannarat... [Read More]
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Nov 24, 2009
In an attempt to kick start its commercial biofuel production project, Viridas has announced a €940,000 share placing to fund a plantation in Brazil.
The share placing is just one of the ways the Leeds, UK-based company is raising money to establish a new administrative organisation in Brazil and to buy a 250 hectare farm in Bahia.
Stanley Wootliff, chairman of Viridas,... [Read More]
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Nov 23, 2009
Texas-based Valero is reaping the benefits of buying seven corn ethanol plants for $477 million (€316 million).
The company’s high profits are linked to an increase in demand for ethanol. This is most likely due to the low prices of corn and the government mandates to boost usage.
Valero’s profits are spurring producers on to ask the EPA to increase the blend of... [Read More]
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Nov 23, 2009
A pilot cellulosic ethanol plant in Wyoming, US, has won approval to take part in a new programme supporting the development of biofuels.
KL Energy is currently working on producing ethanol from wood chips, gathered from Black Hills National Forest on the Wyoming-South Dakota state line, at its test plant in Upton.
The new programme by the US Department of Agriculture... [Read More]
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Nov 23, 2009
Brazil has signed an agreement with Mozambique for a $6 billion (€4 billion) investment in biofuel exploration.
The report was confirmed by António de Godoy, chairperson of the Brazilian confederation of biofuel companies Arranjo Produtivo Local do Alcool (APLA).
The biofuels, made from sugarcane, will be exported to Brazil in the hope that the new source of fuel... [Read More]
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Nov 23, 2009
Brazil state-owned energy company Petrobras’ wholly-owned subsidiary Petrobras Biocombustível has acquired a 50% stake in BSBIOS Marialva Indústria e Comércio de Biodiesel Sul Brasil.
The investment amounts to R$55 million (€21.28 million) and strengthens the company’s green fuel foray.
BSBIOS Marialva is located in the municipality of Marialva, in the state... [Read More]
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Nov 23, 2009
The demand for biodiesel in Europe has spurred one Bulgarian port to develop a storage terminal.
Infrastructure is being eyed for an imported palm oil storage facility at one of its Black Sea ports.
Palm oil will arrive from Indonesia. The nation is conducting market expansion of agricultural products to Europe.
Aside from feedstocks that could be used to create biodiesel,... [Read More]
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Nov 23, 2009
It has been tested in aeroplanes before, but now biofuels have made new aviation headlines.
On Monday 23 November KLM Royal Dutch Airlines transported passengers above the Netherlands for 90 minutes with one engine powered with a 50% mix of biofuel and 50% kerosene, the typical air craft fuel, which fuelled the three other engines.
Biofuel used on the flight reduces... [Read More]
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Nov 19, 2009
Poet Energy, the US’ largest corn-based ethanol producer, sees the race between cellulosic ethanol and petrol prices head-to-head by 2011.
Poet’s one-year-old pilot plant in South Dakota has minimised the cost of making ethanol from corn cobs from $4.13 (€2.77) a gallon to $2.35 a gallon by slimming down capital costs and using an improved cocktail of enzymes.
‘Two... [Read More]
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Nov 19, 2009
Elsewhere in the US, cellulosic ethanol developer ZeaChem has begun construction on its 250,000 gallon a year semi-commercial scale production facility in Oregon.
The company has enlisted Hazen Research to fabricate the front-end fermentation modules and will install the units at ZeaChem’s. The facility is expected to be fully operational by the end of 2010.
The... [Read More]
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Nov 18, 2009
Australia will soon have its first fully self-sustainable biodiesel plant operating in the next few weeks.
The plant, situated in Moree, New South Wales, will use algae ponds to create biodiesel, stock feeds and water for the local community.
Talks about the new plant began 12 months ago between CubicQED and the Moree Plains Shire Council.
The plant has garnered significant... [Read More]
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