May 12, 2009
EU becomes main importer of argentine biodiesel
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May 11, 2009
Canadian Pacific Railway and Global Partners are proposing a $14.8 million (€10.8 million) ethanol storage and distribution facility along the Hudson River.
The facility would be based at Global's distribution terminal on the Hudson River just north of the Port of Albany, and adjacent to CP's Kenwood intermodal yards.
The companies are seeking $8.8 million... [Read More]
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May 11, 2009
Indonesia's palm-based biodiesel firms await a fair price formula and government subsidies to survive as they feel the squeeze of surging palm oil prices.
The fledgling industry is expected to play a key role in absorbing growing palm output in world's top producer, but as feedstock prices become more expensive than fossil oils, it is difficult for the industry... [Read More]
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May 11, 2009
US President Barack Obama has proven his support for the biomass and biofuel industries by providing nearly $800 million (€588 million) in funding and forming a market development programme.
The new funding will be allocated under the directive of the US Department Of Energy biomass programme across four main areas which include $480 million (€353 million) to the... [Read More]
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May 8, 2009
US Biofuels and Go Green Home Stores have come together to plan the construction of an algae biodiesel plant in Rosemont, California.
New American company, Go Green Home Stores has partnered with US Biofuels to, start up algae production in mid fall in order to produce 500,000 gallons of biodiesel gas.
The two companies plan to produce algae to make oil that can be... [Read More]
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May 8, 2009
President Barrack Obama issued a presidential directive to the US Secretary of Agriculture to form an interagency biofuels group to aggressively accelerate the investment in and production of biofuels.
Directive aims to make the biofuels industry cleaner and encourage output of ethanol made from non-food crops.
The Biofuels Interagency Working Group, to be headed... [Read More]
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May 8, 2009
AgStar Financial Services’ lending group has announced that Carbon Green BioEnergy has entered into an agreement to purchase the Woodbury, Michigan, US, ethanol plant.
The AgStar lending group recently bought the 40mgy plant following the bankruptcy of its former owners VeraSun Energy. The purchase represents the first direct ownership of ethanol production for Chicago-based... [Read More]
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May 8, 2009
Plantation Energy, Australia’s largest manufacturer and exporter of Densified Biomass Fuel (DBF) pellets, has announced the signing of a three year €39 million supply agreement with Belgium-based Electrabel NV.
The agreement between Plantation Energy and Electrabel, a subsidiary of Europe’s largest power company GdF-Suez, is the first of its kind in Australia that... [Read More]
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May 8, 2009
Süd-Chemie, a leading manufacturer of catalysts and adsorbents, and a leading global company in the sector of gases and engineering, the Linde Group, have launched the production of climate-friendly biofuels based on lignocellulosic biomass in Munich.
The process developed by Süd-Chemie and Linde allows biofuels, such as ethanol, to be extracted from plant matter containing... [Read More]
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May 7, 2009
Switzerland's first bioethanol refinery could soon be built in Jura canton if authorities there approve a planning application for the project.
The €66.42 million plant in Delémont, western Switzerland, if approved could produce almost 100,000 tonnes of fuel and 30,000 tonnes of pharmaceutical-grade alcohol annually.
Switzerland has some of the most stringent... [Read More]
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May 7, 2009
The German and Polish governments have agreed an alliance for cooperation on the development of bioenergy feedstocks, after a meeting between the Polish Minister for Agriculture Marek Sawicki and German Agricultural Minister Ilse Aigner.
The move establishes Bio-GEPOIT, a task force group that will be coordinated by the Polish Research Institute of Construction, Mechanics... [Read More]
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May 6, 2009
The US Environmental Protection Agency has issued a draft rule calling for further use of advanced biofuels and to measure carbon dioxide emissions from alternative motor fuels.
The regulatory body’s move looks to reduce the impact biofuels have on the climate and food prices.
The move confirms the schedule of the 2007 Renewable Fuels Standard which called for the... [Read More]
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May 6, 2009
With less than a month to go before the 2nd Biofuels International expo & conference in Amsterdam there are over 200 companies registered to attend the two day conference and exhibition.
Companies registered include Shell Global Solutions, Total, Neste Oil, EcoPetrol, Standic, Mercuria Energy Trading, Oiltanking, Royal Vopak, Swedish Energy Agency, TNO, Solvay solexis,... [Read More]
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May 5, 2009
Fourteen southern African nations have been welcomed into the Global Renewable Fuels Alliance.
The move to join the alliance is clear indication of the southern African countries’ desire to promote biofuels policies throughout the world.
Andrew Makenete, President of the Southern African Biofuels Association (SABA), called on other nations to speak out in favour... [Read More]
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May 5, 2009
One of Brazil’s largest sugar and ethanol groups Santelisa has confirmed that it has been bought by French commodities group Louis Dreyfus.
The Brazilian subsidiary of Louis Dreyfus, Commodities Bioenergia (LDC), expects to incorporate Santelisa within two months pending the Brazilian company restructuring its debt of €970 million.
In order to make the deal viable... [Read More]
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May 5, 2009
Filipino manufacturer Chemrez Technologies has reported a 37.2% jump in net income to €2 million in Q1 2009 from €1.4 million in the same period last year, owing to strong oleochemical and biodiesel sales, as well as higher margins.
The company largely attributed the revenue growth to the surge in domestic demand for coconut-based biodiesel or coco-biodiesel after... [Read More]
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May 5, 2009
Omaha, US-based Green Plains Renewable Energy has won a €1.6 million state grant for a pilot project to produce algae from by-products of its Shenandoah, Iowa, ethanol plant.
Pending the success of the pilot project, Green Plains intends to develop a commercial plant producing algae for biofuels.
The high-protein algae could be added to the dried distillers grains... [Read More]
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