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International trading company PFP Group has acquired an idle biodiesel plant located in Brescia, Italy. The plant in Castenedolo, with an annual production capacity of 70,000 metric tonnes, is set to be revamped and adapted to be able to process low-quality and second generation feedstock like used cooking oils, animal fats and other residues. The plant is also set to be equipped with a…
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Technology supplier Metso is to provide a Swedish combined heat and power plant with a biofuel-fired boiler. The plant, based in Torsvik and owned by Jönköping Energi (JE), is expanding and the new 100MW unit will serve to help meet district heating and electric power needs of Jönköping municipality. The expansion the CHP plant represents a significant investment for the…
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Almost 86 million gallons of biodiesel were produced in the US throughout September, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reported. Almost 843 million gallons of biodiesel have been produced since the beginning of the year. The amount of biodiesel produced goes towards the Renewable Fuels Standard's (RFS) 'biomass-based diesel' category. The amount of biodiesel, including renewable diesel,…
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Raizen Group, the largest producer of sugarcane-based ethanol, and Iogen, operator of the world's longest running second generation ethanol plant, have partnered to create commercial-scale volumes of cellulosic ethanol in Brazil. Raizen will invest an undisclosed amount in Iogen. Following a thorough review of cellulosic technologies, Raizen concluded that Iogen has the most advanced technology…
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Biofuels, refining and chemicals company Flint Hills Resources is to acquire a 115 million gallon a year ethanol plant. The plant currently belongs to Advanced Bioenergy, who chose to sell the plant following interest from a potential buyer earlier this year. The company believes the transaction, expected to close later this year, will be beneficial to all parties including its unit holders, of…
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Felda Global Ventures Holdings is developing a renewable energy plant in Malaysia that will turn palm oil mill effluent (POME) into biogas. The RM8 million (€2 million) pilot plant will be built in Kota Tinggi, Johor by technology company Weida Bhd, who says construction will be completed within four months. The biogas will be used to generate 2MW of electricity that will be sold to Tenaga…
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Dubai-based alternative fuels company Lootah Biofuels and AlgaOil, a Philippines-headquartered algae production company, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop algae-derived biofuels. The partnership, which will involve the construction of a biodiesel production plant in Dubai, will bring together Lootah's local knowledge and engineering specialities with AlgaOil's existing…
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Ethanol manufacturer Bunge-Ergon Vicksburg, a JV between Bunge Group and Ergon, is to halt production at its Vicksburg, Mississippi-based plant by the end of the year, resulting in 40 people losing their jobs. The announcement comes as companies struggle to make ethanol profitable as corn prices continue to rise due the drought in the US Midwest coupled with high demand. The company says it could…
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Portuguese company Assunto Importante has upgraded its biodiesel plant in Sines to increase feedstock flexibility and improve biofuel quality so that it meets the requirements of the more stringent quality standard EN 14214/2013. The project means Assunto Importante will be able to manufacture biodiesel from second generation feedstocks such as animal fat and used cooking oil. The plant will be…
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Buckeye Partners is to offer crude oil services at its storage terminal in Albany, New York after forming a long-term agreement with an Irving Oil subsidiary. Under the agreement, Buckeye will provide around 1.8 million barrels of oil storage, off-loading unit trains and throughput when the terminal opens at the beginning of November. Buckeye president and CEO Clark Smith says the offering of…
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A strategic alliance between US liquid fuels from non-food biomass producer Ensyn and Brazilian wood pulp provider Fibria Celulose has been signed. This partnership will include the establishment of an equally-owned joint venture for the production of cellulosic liquid fuels and chemicals in Brazil, as well as a US$20 million (€15.4 million) equity investment in Ensyn by Fibria Both…
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Carinata seeds form the basis of a new research project into biojet fuel according to Albuquerque, US-based Applied Research Associates (ARA). ARA and Chevron Lummus are working with Agrisoma Biosciences, the National Research Council of Canada (NRCC) and the US Air force Research Laboratory to evaluate and ultimately produce a 100% drop-in ReadiJet fuel. ‘It is easy to make biodiesel…
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Platts, global provider of energy, petrochemicals and metals information, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Kingsman SA, a privately-held, Switzerland-based provider of price information and analytics for the global sugar and biofuels markets. The purchase price was not disclosed but is expected to close on 1 November.   ‘Kingsman is recognised as the leading global…
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The minister for Energy and Power Development in Zimbabwe, Elton Mangoma, has addressed public doubts over an ethanol project in the village of Chisumbanje. The project, which has cost $600 million (€465 million) so far, halted in August as politicians could not agree on how best to proceed with it. Speaking to displaced villagers that paved the way for the project and members of an…
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