Aug 18, 2009
Helius Energy to produce biodiesel from whisky waste
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Aug 18, 2009
From land to engine, biofuels continue to stoke up debate about environmental and social sustainability.
Large subsidies and quotas for biofuels are wreaking social and environmental havoc and in many cases exacerbating climate change, a new Christian Aid report concludes.
‘Vast sums of European and American taxpayers’ money are being used to prop up industries which... [Read More]
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Aug 17, 2009
In the US state of Oregon, cellulosic ethanol specialist Trillium FiberFuels has received a grant of $750,000 (€531,000) from the US Department of Energy (DoE) to commercialise its cellulosic ethanol technology.
The trillium process works by using an existing industrial enzyme to convert xylose, which is not digestible by yeast, to another sugar called xylulose, which... [Read More]
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Aug 17, 2009
The presence of trace amounts of biodiesel in marine diesel is becoming increasingly hazardous to shipping, according to marine fuel specialists.
Marine fuel is often transported in pipelines also used to transport biodiesel. Trace contamination of marine fuel is therefore almost inevitable.
‘Since there is today no accepted test method available to quantify biodiesel... [Read More]
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Aug 17, 2009
A council in Scotland has come up with a smelly way of generating clean electricity.
Scottish Borders Council will use methane from the Easter Langlee Waste Disposal site near Galashiels to create enough green electricity to power more than 1,000 homes, while cutting annual carbon emissions by the equivalent of around 30,000 tonnes.
The project takes away the local... [Read More]
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Aug 14, 2009
Indian biofuels specialist Emami Biotech is to invest $80 million (€56 million) in Ethiopian biofuel production. The cost includes the purchase of 12,000 acres of land for a feedstock plantation.
Although Emami will grow other crops including various herbs on the plantation, the main crop will be jatropha, which will be processed into biofuel at a nearby factory.
The... [Read More]
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Aug 14, 2009
Chinese research scientists believe that chitin, the compound secreted by aquatic animals to make shells, could provide an environmentally friendly catalyst for the conversion of organic oils into biodiesel, and they have already convinced one commercial producer to invest.
The team, from Hua Zhong Agriculture University in the Wuhan province of China, found that carbonised... [Read More]
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Aug 13, 2009
UK energy giant BP and Maryland, US-headquartered Martek Biosciences are teaming up to create biodiesel from sugar-based feedstocks.
The sugar to biodiesel pathway uses advanced biological science to convert sugars derived from biomass into lipids using unique fermentation micro-organisms; the lipids are then converted into fuel molecules through chemical or thermocatalytic... [Read More]
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Aug 12, 2009
The conference programme for the upcoming Biofuels International Asia expo & conference in Singapore on 19-20th November is now available online and can be viewed at:
http://www.biofuelsinternationalexpo.com/asia/conf_prog.html
Speakers include:
•Henri Bardon, Biofuels trading manager, Trafigura
•Allan Lim, CEO, Alpha Biofuels
•Long Tian Ching, Managing Director,... [Read More]
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Aug 12, 2009
In the US, endeavours to cut back on burning coal for power generation have moved a step in the green direction.
A subsidiary of FirstEnergy, Ohio Edison, has agreed to switch two coal-powered generators to biomass fuel, creating electricity by burning a mixture of wood, crop residues and other waste.
The plan is the result of a Justice Department order that mandated... [Read More]
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Aug 11, 2009
UK entrepreneur Richard Branson has raised £150 million (€174 million) through private equity to invest in renewable energy.
A significant proportion of this money will be invested in biofuels, notably isobutanol, which Branson intends to use as aircraft fuel.
The Virgin Green Fund is one of the few private equity ventures to raise its target amount this year. ... [Read More]
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Aug 11, 2009
Nigeria will start producing biodiesel commercially at some point next year, say scientists.
Nigeria has been experimenting with biodiesel for several years. The Sweden-based telecoms operator Ericsson funded the first pilot biodiesel production in Nigeria under its corporate responsibility programme: several operators have been powering their mobile base stations... [Read More]
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Aug 11, 2009
US Biofuels manufacturers are lobbying Congress for a share of the free carbon permits needed to emit carbon dioxide under the Obama administration’s proposed carbon-trading scheme.
The bill passed by the House of Representatives last month would give away 85% of the permits to pollute to industries regarded as essential in the first years of a cap. The remaining 15%... [Read More]
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Aug 11, 2009
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposes to restrict the official designation of ‘renewable fuel’ to biofuel from producers which can provide documentary evidence that their feedstock is sustainably produced.
This has drawn complaints from biofuels producers which argue they will face a bureaucratic nightmare.
The proposal is contained in the consultation... [Read More]
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Aug 11, 2009
Sweden-headquartered Chemrec’s pulp mill-integrated BioDME (dimethyl ether) biorefinery demonstration plant project will break ground in September in Piteå, Sweden.
Production is expected by mid-2010. The project will demonstrate the production of an advanced diesel fuel, DME, from forest biomass over the black liquor route and will also demonstrate the use of this... [Read More]
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Aug 10, 2009
A dispute delaying construction work on the UK’s largest bioethanol plant has been resolved.
On Tuesday 4 August workers on the plant at Teesside were sent home on paid leave over a commercial dispute involving project managers Simon Carves and its sub-contractors.
Simon Carves reportedly cut strings with the project leaving Ensus to manage the build.
But an Ensus... [Read More]
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Aug 10, 2009
In Pakistan, the Ministry of Environment has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Rural Support Programmes Network (RSPN) to implement a commercially viable Rs2.8 million (€24,000) biogas programme.
In the programme’s first phase, set to run until 2012, 30,000 digesters will be installed in selected rural areas. The programme aims to use the market and... [Read More]
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