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Illinois Sustainable Technology Centre (ISTC) along with non-for-profit business, Jatropha Pepinyè, has been working on achieving a consistent biofuel production method in Haiti. Jatropha Pepinyè has developed this production method and thought of adequate ways to obtain indigenous Jatropha curcasa bushes. The beans in the pine have a high level of bio-oils in seed types and so, a…
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Tyton N.C Biofuels, which produces biofuels from tobacco, has purchased the former Clean Burn Fuels ethanol plant in Raeford. The company, part of Danville, Virginia-based Tyton BioEnergy Systems, is reportedly buying the plant for less than $15 million (€11 million). Tyton BioEnergy has reportedly developed a proprietary tobacco extraction process that allows the company to produce…
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Argentine biodiesel exports will increase by 30% this year as a result of recent tax cuts. The government has cut export taxes on the alternative fuel from 21% to 11%. Claudio Molina, head of the Argentine Biofuels Association, which represents companies that make soyabean biodiesel, said this year's shipments of biodiesel are expected to rise to 1.5 million tonnes, not far off the country's…
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Australia's government plans to remove its ethanol production subsidy, ceasing the Ethanol Production Grants Programme on 30 June, 2015. The government's decision to eradicate the ethanol subsidy was made in its 2015-16 budget announcement. From 1 July, 2015, the fuel excise on domestically produced ethanol will be lowered to zero and then increased each year for the next five years by 2.5 cents…
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Aventine Renewable Energy, a producer and end-to-end supplier of ethanol, will send its first railcar shipment of ethanol produced at its Aurora West facility in Aurora, Nebraska. The Aurora West facility is unique as it only uses sugar-based feedstock. 'By producing sustainable green energy, we're also helping to ensure the US' domestic energy security,' says Mark Beemer, Aventine's president…
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Researchers at the University of Georgia in the US have engineered the thermophilic bacterium Caldicellulosiruptor bescii to directly convert biomass to biofuel. Janet Westpheling, University of Georgia professor in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences department of genetics, led the research team, which engineered the organism C bescii to deconstruct un-pretreated plant biomass. 'Now,…
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China and India are set to dominate Asia's alternative fuels market, but ambitious targets, including China's 10% ethanol in 2020 and India's 20% biofuels in 2017, are doubtful. India is likely to overtake Asia's biodiesel growth, according to Lux Research's new report, titled 'Planning for the long-term in Asia Pacific alternative fuel markets'. Indonesia, China and Malaysia are the three…
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A facility in Edmonton, Alberta, is considered the first commercial biorefinery to exclusively use municipal solid waste to produce advanced biofuels and chemicals. Enerkem has officially inaugurated its first full-scale municipal waste-to-biofuels and chemicals facility in Edmonton, Alberta. The facility will have a production capacity of up to 38 million litres per year and is expected to…
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Praj Industries, a solutions provider for sugar mills and breweries, will soon start commercial production of second generation cellulosic ethanol using agro waste and municipal solid waste as feedstock. The company, will set up a manufacturing facility with a capacity of 20,000 to 30,000 litres per day and an investment of over Rs 70 crore (€510 million). Praj already runs a pilot plant…
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Brazil's Gol airlines will use a 4% biofuel mixture to power 200 flights over the course of the World Cup. Biokerosene flights indicate 'that it is possible to reduce emissions voluntarily though technological innovation,' says Izabella Teixeira, Brazilian Environment Minister. The Brazilian airline reports that biokerosene can cut emissions of CO2 by up to 80%. In October last year, Amyris…
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Ennovor Group, a European biodiesel producer, has earned the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB) sustainability certification for its biodiesel produced from used cooking oil methyl ester (UCOME). The company uses an online 'digital chain of custody' record for every consignment of biofuel it trades. It focuses on converting natural and recovered oil and fats, such as used cooking oil…
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Renewable Energy Group will buy Tyson Foods' 50% share of Dynamic Fuels. The Iowa-based ethanol producer will buy Dynamic Fuels' Geismar biofuels plant, which makes diesel from animal fat, in an agreement that could be worth up to $65 million (€48 million). The Geismar facility was the first large-scale biorefinery in the US and can produce up to 75 million gallons of renewable…
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The Global Renewable Fuels Alliance (GRFA) is forecasting global ethanol production and use in 2014 will reduce GHG emissions by over 106 million metric tonnes. The GRFA in cooperation with (S&T)² Consultants released their Global Green House Gas (GHG) Emissions Reduction Forecast for 2014. Compared to last year, this figure for 2014 shows that 90.38 billion litres of global ethanol…
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