Oct 12, 2009
Scottish paper mill to use biomass
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Oct 12, 2009
Asia has long fuelled the biofuels boom with its oil-rich feedstocks. It is now using the feedstock waste for generation of green power.
Asiatic Group (Holdings) will take a 30% stake in joint venture to develop a RM150 million (€29.9 million) biomass project in Perak to convert empty oil palm fruit bunches into electric power.
The group, through subsidiary,
Colben... [Read More]
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Oct 9, 2009
US-based biofuel manufacturer Qteros has announced plans to build a $3.2 million (€2.2 million) cellulosic ethanol plant.
The plant will be located next to Westover Air Reserve Base in Chicopee, Massachussets, and could potentially create 150 jobs.
The facility, which will demonstrate the company’s patented process for converting plant matter to ethanol, is expected... [Read More]
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Oct 9, 2009
Cellulosic ethanol company Coskata will officially unveil its demonstration plant next week in Madison, Pennsylvania, after an 18-month construction period.
The $25 million (€16.9 million) plant will allow the company to scale to 50 million gallons a year and 100 million gallons a year facilities.
Coskata employs a three-step process technology that is capable of... [Read More]
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Oct 9, 2009
Two firms are looking to invest P3 billion (€43.7 million) in two planned facilities that will produce bioethanol in the Philippines.
Artech and Eco Frontier are consulting with the Bureau of Agriculture Research (BAR) for technical support while scouting areas where they could plant sweet sorghum, the preferred feedstock of both companies.
'Eco Frontier and... [Read More]
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Oct 7, 2009
The Ensus and Hull wheat ethanol plants are expected to utilise 19% of the British wheat harvest, 2.3 million tonnes out of a total annual harvest of 14 million tonnes.
The chairman of the National Farmers Union crops board welcomed the plants despite the prospect of wheat imports to meet food needs, saying that the plants represented a price support for the wheat crop.
The... [Read More]
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Oct 7, 2009
In New Zealand animal tallow biodiesel producer Ecodiesel is raising further funds to complete its full-scale commercial plant in Onehunga.
The company eyes an extra NZ$4.5 million (€2.25 million) capital. It already operates a $4.7 million pilot plant running on tallow it sources from the meat processing industry.
The plant is a staged development and would eventually... [Read More]
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Oct 5, 2009
Suncor has recommenced work on expanding the capacity of its St. Clair ethanol plant in Ontario, Canada.
The plant will have a capacity of 105 mgy.
The $120 million (€82 million) project was halted in January 2009 due to the current economic crisis. Suncor cut its capital expenditures by 70% for 2009.
The company said that the expanded ethanol plant and four wind... [Read More]
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Oct 2, 2009
US-based Gevo has launched a 1 mgy biobutanol plant in St. Joseph, Missouri.
The plant, originally a conventional ethanol plant, underwent conversion to a biobutanol facility.
With the launch, Gevo has advanced on two fronts: first, towards demonstration of the viability of its fuel both as a petrol replacement and as an intermediate, convertible into renewable green... [Read More]
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Oct 2, 2009
Murphy Oil has announced that it will buy a corn-based ethanol plant in North Dakota for $92 million (€ 63 million), marking the company's first foray into biofuel manufacturing.
The Arkansas-based oil company said the deal will be financed primarily through non-recourse debt offered through the sellers.
The company plans to invest $15 million in working capital... [Read More]
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Oct 1, 2009
US-based Ultra Green Energy Services has announced that it is adding two terminals to its expanding New York network.
Burt’s Reliable and Westmore Fuel, both located in New York, have joined with Chicago-based Ultra Green to store, blend and sell Ultra Green Biodiesel at their terminals.
The additional terminals expand Ultra Green’s biodiesel network from the... [Read More]
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Oct 1, 2009
Global biofuel use is expected to increase two-fold by 2015.
A Hart Energy Consulting report predicts worldwide ethanol demand will represent 12-14% of the global petrol pool by 2015.
While Brazil will remain the world's top exporter of biofuel, the US is expected to see the largest increase in biofuel use per country, increasing its current consumption by more... [Read More]
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Oct 1, 2009
In support of the upcoming Biofuels International Conference & Expo Canada on 28-29th October in Montreal, Will Thurmond, President of Emerging Markets Online, will present the following webinar on algae’s potential.
Webinar Overview: The webinar is scheduled for Tuesday October 6th 2009 at 3pm GMT (UK), 10am EST (New York), and 9am CST Houston.
The Algae 2020... [Read More]
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Sep 30, 2009
A study of energy subsidies by the Environmental Law Institute confirmed that the federal government provides substantially larger subsidies to fossil fuels than to renewables.
Fossil fuels benefited from approximately $72 billion (€49 billion) over the seven-year period studied from 2002 to 2008, while subsidies for renewable fuels totalled $29 billion.
More than... [Read More]
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Sep 30, 2009
The Swedish Energy R&D Board has invested in industrial scale demonstration of the Chemrec technology for production of the renewable motor fuels BioDME and biomethanol.
The plant will be built in Örnsköldsvik. The SEK 500 million (€49 million) grant is contingent on approval by the EU Directorate General for Competition according to the State aid rules.
The... [Read More]
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Sep 28, 2009
Canada-based Husky Energy's ethanol plant in Lloydminster received $71.8 million (€48.9 million) in assistance under the federal government's EcoEnergy programme to sustain biofuel production in the face of volatile feed grains markets.
With ethanol plants in Lloydminster and Minnedosa, Husky is Western Canada's largest ethanol producer, making 260 million... [Read More]
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Sep 28, 2009
Scientists in Singapore and Switzerland claim that converting the rubbish that fills the world’s landfills into biofuel may be the answer to both the growing energy crisis and to tackling carbon emissions.
New research reveals how replacing petrol with biofuel from processed waste could cut global carbon emissions by 80%.
Biofuels produced from crops have proven... [Read More]
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