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Boeing and GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes are to work together to speed the research, development and approval of new sources of sustainable aviation biofuel in Brazil. Their collaboration will support GOL's plans to use this lower-carbon jet fuel on more flights during upcoming major sporting events, including the 2014 football World Cup, and also will benefit long-term development of a new…
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A report from a technical committee of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is, according to non-governmental organisations, under-estimating the amount of greenhouse gas emitted by palm oil grown on tropical peatlands by nearly 50%. The low emissions estimate stems from a technical committee on wetlands of the Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories of the IPCC which…
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Sugar producer Roxas has sold 31% of its 66% share in Roxas Holdings to Hong Kong-based First Pacific PHP2.23 billion (€37.8 million). Pedro Roxas, executive chairman of Roxas, says the move ‘ends the group’s long search for a strategic partner and will accelerate our plan to be the dominant sugar company in the Philippines’. The move reportedly paves the way for the…
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Imperium Renewables will move ahead with plans to expand its business at the US Port of Grays Harbour despite the Shoreline Hearings Board’s decision to require additional permitting work. Imperium Terminal Services submitted permit applications for the construction of new storage tanks, rail infrastructure and office space over 10 acres within the port and adjacent to its existing…
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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released its proposed figures for the amount of renewable fuels to be blended into petrol and diesel via the Renewable Fuels Standard. Amid industry speculation that volumes required would be a lot lower than previously thought, the following figures were released on 15 November: Cellulosic ethanol - 17 million gallonsBiomass-based diesel –…
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Research at the National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan has developed a microwave-based process which transforms waste cooking oils into biodiesel in 10 seconds. The team was led by the visiting Aharon Gedanken from the Department of Chemistry at Bar-Ilan University, Israel. ‘I was told Taiwanese people like to cook a lot but waste cooking oils are a problem for the environment. So we come…
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An ethanol biorefinery in Iowa, US is offering retailers grants to install new fuel pumps to dispense a higher blends of ethanol than the current E10 available at many petrol stations. The biorefinery is offering the $15,000 to five willing retailers which agree to install the blender pumps, capping the total project cost at $75,000. 'We wanted to come up with a programme that would entice more…
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It has been reported auto manufacturer MAN Latin America has completed tests on diesel made from sugarcane. The company is believed to have performed over 500 hours of testing on Euro 5 engines within four Volkswagen Constellation trucks and another two Volkswagen model 24280 vehicles. All six ran on 100% sugarcane diesel throughout the month of June in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. In a statement…
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Sequential Pacific Biodiesel (SPB), a commercial biodiesel producer in the US, has added two new suppliers of feedstock to its roster this autumn. Woodland Park Zoo and Husky Stadium, home of the Washington Huskies, have become cooking oil recycling customers and both join a list of others which, last year alone, helped SPB recycle enough oil from Washington to offset more than 10 million pounds…
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The 5,000 tonnes of waste generated in the city of Chennai, India, per day has the potential to be converted to 120 million litres of aviation fuel and 40.5 million litres of diesel per year. An expert told newspaper The New Indian Express that through plasma gasification and vitrification process - a technology developed by NASA - the waste could be generated into wealth. Vinod Bose, coordinator…
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The Beijing Shougang LanzaTech New Energy Science and Technology joint venture has earned the Roundtable of Sustainable Biomaterial's sustainability certification for a facility which converts waste steel mill gases to sustainable biofuels. RSB claims the facility is the first RSB-certified biofuel plant in China and also the first of its kind anywhere to receive certification for industrial…
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Canada-based ethanol producing company Energentium is close to entering full production at its new plant in Ontario. The company is due to start recycling soft drink and beer waste into ethanol at the 15 million litres a year facility before the end of 2013. The plant, which uses a reverse osmosis process, can also handle other waste feedstocks such as fruit, jams, sweets and…
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Multi-national company Cargill has begun operating its corn wet mill ethanol plant in Iowa, US.  It purchased the idled facility from global ingredients supplier Tate and Lyle back in 2011. The plant, according to Cargill, will provide the base load corn grind for the campus and will eventually support additional business growth in the future. ‘When full production capacity is reached,…
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