May 5, 2009
Canada lifts green funding
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May 5, 2009
In March US biodiesel output fell sharply, fuelling calls for the release of federal regulations to require use of advanced biofuels.
The National Biodiesel Board (NBB) said production fell from 49 million gallons in March 2008 to only 30 million gallons in March 2009.
The NBB claimed that if the trend continues, US output would be only half of the 700 million gallons... [Read More]
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May 5, 2009
In Vietnam, Phuc Yen Company and businessman Ngo Xuan Tiec have signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOU) to market, build and operate municipal waste-to-ethanol facilities in the country.
The newly created joint venture Agresti Vietnam, a subsidiary of Agresti Biofuel, will employ the patented GeneSyst Gravity Pressure Vessel technology to produce ethanol and other saleable... [Read More]
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May 4, 2009
Dynamotive USA has secured a supply of 220,000 tonnes per year of sawdust from timber producer Springhill Land and Timber for a proposed bio-oil plant in Arkansas, US.
The contract secures an initial 10-year term for the feedstock supply with pricing linked to energy prices in the region.
Dynamotive Energy uses fast pyrolysis technology to convert waste cellulosic biomass... [Read More]
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May 1, 2009
Minnesota is the first state in the US to require that diesel fuel contain a 5% blend.
‘Increasing biodiesel in our diesel fuel allows us to take advantage of a renewable fuel made in Minnesota, which in addition to being environmentally responsible also adds to the state's bottom line,’ Ed Hegland, chairman of the National Biodiesel Board (NBB), says.
Some... [Read More]
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May 1, 2009
Mississippi-based Encore Energy Systems and Texas Hardin Fuels have confirmed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) calling for joint business development and to assist Hardin Fuels with securing funding for future expansion.
The MOU highlights Encore Energy Systems’ continuing business development and growth strategy in the alternative energy marketplace.
The company... [Read More]
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May 1, 2009
Malaysian biodiesel producer Mission Biotechnologies has been awarded International Sustainability and Carbon Certification.
The biodiesel producer is the first Asian company to receive the certification and will provide it with export entree to the European Union.
The ISCC programme closely conforms to the EU’s latest renewable energy directive (RED) biofuel content,... [Read More]
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May 1, 2009
Greenergy, the UK’s largest biofuel supplier, will refurbish existing tankage at Vopak’s Seal Sands terminal to create an 80 million litre advanced petrol, diesel and biofuel blending terminal, in a scheme worth more than £10 million (€11.2 million).
The facility will deliver diesel supplies by June and full petrol and diesel blending and loading facilities from... [Read More]
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Apr 30, 2009
Panda Ethanol’s subsidiary in Hereford, Texas, has sold its unfinished 115 million gallon per year ethanol plants to creditors for €18.7 million.
Panda put the plant up for sale and filed for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy in later January 2009.
The ethanol plant was destined to be a unique operation in Hereford, unofficially known as ‘the beef capital of the... [Read More]
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Apr 30, 2009
Five new small biodiesel plants in Brazil’s north-eastern region are set to come online this month.
The plants are to be opened in Itapipoca, Limoeiro, Russas and Sobral, with a further plant in Aracoiaba to start up in May that will produce 2,000 gallons of castor bean and sunflower-based biodiesel per day to Petrobras.... [Read More]
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Apr 30, 2009
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has signed an agreement on biofuels with his Hungarian counterpart during an official state visit.
The agreement saw a pledge between the two countries to cooperate on plant growing and seed farming with regards to biodiesel and bioenergy production.
The move is expected to boost production in both eastern European countries. In... [Read More]
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Apr 29, 2009
In the US the Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009, or H.R. 1105, has been signed into law, pumping millions into biofuels projects.
The $410 billion (€315 billion) legislative package contains appropriations bills that were not completed in the 110th congress.
Biofuel projects in Michigan, Minnesota and Louisiana will receive funding under the legislation.
The bill... [Read More]
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Apr 29, 2009
In anticipation of the second annual Biofuels International expo & conference on 27-28 May in Amsterdam, a pre-conference webinar is being held to discuss algae production trends, updates on government biofuel targets, demand for algae and commercial opportunities.
The webinar is scheduled for Wednesday, May 6th, 2009 at 3pm GMT (UK) 9am EST (New York) and 8am CDT... [Read More]
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Apr 29, 2009
A landfill in Knox County, Illinois, is on the verge of signing a contract with ethanol company Big River Resources to build a plant onsite.
The new bioethonal plant could generate revenue of around €150,000 a year for the Illinois landfill, in a deal to accept 15-20 tonnes of ethanol and related byproducts per month.
The Knox County Board is expected to approve the... [Read More]
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Apr 28, 2009
One of the world’s largest landfill gas-to-energy projects was formally unveiled in Istanbul, Turkey, on 25 April.
The landfill gas project, owned by Ortadogu Enerji Sanayi Ve Ticaret, was developed as part of a national initiative to reduce the environmental impacts of solid waste facilities and use the landfills’ gas to generate electricity.
Turkey has been modernising... [Read More]
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Apr 28, 2009
Germany's biodiesel industry is currently working at below 60% capacity because of higher taxes on green fuels and reduced blending levels with fossil fuels.
Germany was likely to consume about 2.5 million tonnes of biodiesel in 2009, down from 2.7 million tonnes in 2008 and 3.3 million tonnes in 2007, said Johannes Daum, political director of German biofuels industry... [Read More]
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Apr 28, 2009
Energy consulting firm Peregrine Energy announced its plan to develop a new woody biomass-fuelled cogeneration plant at Sonoco's manufacturing complex in Hartsville South Carolina.
The company will invest €100 million for the project. The construction of the plant is scheduled to begin once the air permit is issued and the company expects the facility to be commercially... [Read More]
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