Apr 2, 2009
Rabobank backs Caribbean biofuel project
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Apr 2, 2009
Indian biotech research company Reliance Life Sciences (RLS) has announced plans to increase biodiesel production by setting up crushing and extraction facilities for producing over 100,000 tonnes of biofuels a year.
RLS currently produces 6,500 tonnes a year of biodiesel from non-edible crops at a pilot project at Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh, India.
RLS plans to work... [Read More]
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Apr 2, 2009
US energy company ExxonMobil has become the first petrol company to sell a biodiesel blend at the pump in New Zealand.
The blend, 5% tallow-based biodiesel and 95% mineral diesel, has gone on sale as a trial in the Bay of Plenty.
In 2007, Gull Petroleum introduced Gull Force 10, a 90% petrol and 10% bioethanol blend.
Another renewable biofuel choice may soon be on offer... [Read More]
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Apr 2, 2009
US senators have introduced a new legislation in Washington DC, for renewable biomass.
Senators John Thune, Jon Tester, and Saxby Chambliss all agreed that a new bill, previously known under the RFS and the 2008 Farm Bill gives a clearer and better understanding of renewable biomass.
Prior to the 2008 Bill, The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 bill excluded... [Read More]
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Apr 1, 2009
South African biodiesel production company First In Spec BioDiesel is planning to build a R250-million (€20 million) biodiesel plant that would convert waste vegetable oil into biodiesel.
The company is planning to build a plant to produce 50 million litres a year of biodiesel.
The company has already signed letters of intent for about 15 million litres a year of feedstock... [Read More]
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Apr 1, 2009
Finnish energy company St1 has begun selling its new domestic biofuel product Refuel containing 80-85% of bioethanol produced from Finnish bio-waste using the company’s Etanolix concept.
The bioethanol in the fuel blend is produced from local industrial waste and side-streams with highly energy efficient concept and it can lead up to 80% less fossil carbon dioxide emissions... [Read More]
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Mar 31, 2009
Delegates can now start networking and arrange meetings even before Biofuels International expo and conference starts.
The event, now only a few weeks away in Amsterdam on 27-28 May, features a networking suite for all delegates and speakers which have registered, allowing you to specifically choose who you want to have lunch with.
Lionel Clarke, Biodomain Global Strategic... [Read More]
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Mar 30, 2009
Construction will start on a 100MW biomass facility in Sacul, Texas, in September.
The biomass facility, to be operated by Nacogdoches Power, plans on using logging debris for much of the biomass supplies and will be situated on a 238-acre site.
Approximately 70% of the biomass supply will be from logging debris, while the remaining 30% will come from residual chips... [Read More]
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Mar 30, 2009
The Mozambican Government approved a National Biofuel Policy and Strategy on 24 March, with the aim of ramping-up production on a nationwide-scale.
The strategy establishes a regulatory framework for production of biofuels by the public and private sectors, based on principles of transparency, social and environmental protection, Government spokesman, Luis Covane, comments.
The... [Read More]
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Mar 30, 2009
Poland’s state-owned sugar maker Krajowa Spolka Cukrowa (KSC) is in talks with France-based producer Tereos to refine sugar from cane and to cooperate in biofuel production.
KSC and Tereos are discussing joining forces to produce the sugar from Poland and fulfill EU production capacity quotas.
The company has had to cut back production of beet sugar and has spare... [Read More]
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Mar 30, 2009
Petrotec looks to boost finances
Biodiesel manufacturer Petrotec has reported sales are up 28%, but financial performance has suffered due to the current economic contraction.
While its used cooking oil-based biodiesel has sold in higher quantities, interest and tax losses have increased due to depreciation of the euro.
Petrotec reported sales in 2008 at €77.7 million,... [Read More]
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Mar 30, 2009
Over 60 new biogas plants will be opened in Tanzania, in the Tanga region, by June this year.
The plants are coming online with the help of the Tanzania Domestic Biogas Program in Kilindi, Handeni and Korogwe, as well as the districts of Pangani and Muheza.
Tanga District Commissioner Ibrahim Msengi says five plants are already in use in the region.
Biogas serves... [Read More]
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Mar 30, 2009
The international airline association IATA is aiming to approve biofuels for commercial flights by 2010 or 2011.
Recent tests by Continental Airlines, Japan's JAL, Air New Zealand and Virgin had shown that next generation sustainable clean burning biofuels were successful, IATA director general Giovanni Bisignani says.
Biofuels would still need to be produced in... [Read More]
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Mar 30, 2009
US-based Nova Biosource Fuels has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy with a need to restructure its biodiesel refining business.
The company has up to $50 million (€37.8 million) of both liabilities and assets.
Nova Biosource produces diesel from animal-derived fats, greases and vegetable-based oils, operating in five refineries.
Nova Biosource, which reported a Q1... [Read More]
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Mar 27, 2009
The implementation of a 10% ethanol blend in unleaded petrol in stations in France has hit delays.
The higher blend, currently 5%, should be sold in 75% of the nation’s stations by the end of the year, Jean-Louis Schilansky, president of the oil trade group UFIP, says.
Ethanol must be moved by truck rather than by pipeline; existing oil depots and service station tanks... [Read More]
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Mar 26, 2009
Ghana has attracted the interest of several nations around the world for biofuels projects, the latest being India.
Indian alternative energy companies have entered Ghana and have begun processes to cultivate crops for biofuels in the country.
Currently, Brazilian, Norwegian, Israeli, Chinese, German, Dutch, Italian and Belgian businesses are investing in Ghana to cultivate... [Read More]
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Mar 25, 2009
South Africa’s Eastern Cape has been selected as the site for a pilot project for which marine algae will be used to convert carbon dioxide into biofuels and other products.
Jacobs University in Germany has partnered with Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU), in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, to expand the research with the intention of establishing pilot sites... [Read More]
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