Dec 2, 2009
Shell eyes 2020 advanced fuels
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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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Nov 26, 2009
Being green is not necessarily inexpensive. The Norwegian Government has proposed to remove a tax exemption on biodiesel for the safety of people rather than the health of the environment.
The Government argues that costs related to road accidents, congestion, noise and road wear and tear are the same whether cars are run on fossil fuels or renewable fuels.
Norway has... [Read More]
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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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