Feb 3, 2009
USDA and DoE announce further biofuels funding
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Feb 3, 2009
The US Air Force (USAF) is planning to test two types of biofuel for use in a 50-50 mix with jet fuel by 2013.
USAF will acquire more than 300,000 gallons of biofuels, building on initiatives under way at commercial airlines.
The Air Force will select about 160,000 gallons of each type of biofuel. The winning biofuels will be used for lab analysis, engine testing and... [Read More]
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Feb 3, 2009
Green Gold Ray Energies will open a jatropha biodiesel refinery in Nasipit Port, Agusan del Norte, the Philippines, in Q2 this year.
The plant will have a capacity of 180 million gallons of biodiesel a year.
The research and development team of Green Gold Ray Energies has designed a biodiesel processing and refining technology to fit jatropha oil market requirements.... [Read More]
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Feb 2, 2009
Gas made from waste food or sewage could heat half of the UK’s homes, a study by Ernst and Young on behalf of utility firm National Grid finds.
Biodegradable waste could be used to make biomethane which would be piped into the gas grid, and would help achieve targets to source 15% of all energy from renewable sources by 2020.
Biogas, which is already being produced... [Read More]
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Feb 2, 2009
Japan Airlines completed a 90-minute flight powered by fuel with a 50% biodiesel blend on 30 January.
The flight is the first to use camelina oil, which made up 84% of the biofuel blend. The remainder was less than 16% jatropha oil and the rest algae oil.
The camelina blend was used in the No. 3 engine made by Pratt & Whitney. The Boeing 747-300 aircraft took off... [Read More]
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Feb 2, 2009
UK-based food waste recycler Prosper de Mulder (PDM) has announced plans to spend £110 million (€123 million) over the next three years on waste to energy plants.
The company will construct five new food waste-to-energy plants using both biomass and anaerobic digestion (AD) technology.
PDM will secure 17,000 tonnes a year of waste from UK supermarket Sainsbury's... [Read More]
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Jan 30, 2009
Indonesia's government is planning to pay a subsidy to biofuel producers this year to ensure the stability of the market.
Biofuel became more expensive than crude oil-based fuel after oil prices dived more than 70% from their peak in July last year.
Under the plan, if prices of biofuel products are higher than crude oil-based fuels, the government will pay a subsidy... [Read More]
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Jan 30, 2009
The five railroad trains at Disneyland in the US began running on biodiesel made with waste vegetable oil from the resort’s restaurants and hotels on 28 January.
Park officials tried a soyabean-based biodiesel starting in 2007 on the trains that circle a one-mile perimeter of the park. The project was abandoned in November 2008 following issues with storage underground.
Officials... [Read More]
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Jan 29, 2009
ECB Enviro North America and StormFisher Biogas have formed a partnership to build a 3.2 megawatt biogas plant in Lethbridge, Alberta, one of Canada’s major agricultural centres.
Once operational, the plant will create enough energy to power more than 3,000 homes and offset the carbon dioxide equivalent of more than 17,000 tonnes every year.
Biogas plants naturally... [Read More]
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Jan 28, 2009
US ethanol producer Poet may bid on plants owned by VeraSun Energy during an auction to be held in March, CEO Jeff Broin says.
Earlier in January VeraSun obtained approval from a judge to auction seven of the eight ethanol plants it had bought from U.S. BioEnergy in 2008 for approximately $700 million (€527 million).
Poet first expressed an interest in making investments... [Read More]
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Jan 28, 2009
Brazil exported a record-high 5.16 billion litres of ethanol fuel in 2008, up 45.7% from 2007, the Ministry of Mines and Energy reports.
The amount of ethanol fuel exported in 2008 was over two times higher than the exports of petrol made by state-owned oil giant Petrobras in the same period.
The fuel sold for $0.47 (€0.35) per litre in 2008, up 16% from 2007. The... [Read More]
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Jan 28, 2009
The UK Government has set a higher target for the use of biofuels in vehicles for 2009-10.
The initial 3% limit deliberated by the Government has been lifted to 3.25%, using feedstock sources such as palm oil and sugar beet.
Transport Minister Lord Adonis has set a slightly higher target in response to a legal loophole which meant less renewable fuel was supplied than... [Read More]
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Jan 27, 2009
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) plans to assist the ailing ethanol industry by improving efficiency.
The USDA will research, develop and promote best practices to improve efficiency at corn-based ethanol plants, which have suffered volatile corn prices and low demand for a fuel more expensive than petrol, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says.
VeraSun Energy,... [Read More]
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Jan 27, 2009
The sale of petrol with 7% ethanol content is anticipated for March in Costa Rica following a pilot plan conducted in the north-western area Guanacaste.
Biofuels in the country will use a number of feedstocks. Ethanol is made from sugarcane and cassava, while biodiesel is extracted from oil-producing plants such as castor bean and jatropha.
Roberto Dobles, minister of... [Read More]
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Jan 27, 2009
Energy companies Shell and BP have joined the British government in pumping £27 million (€29 million) into research on biofuels that steer away from food crops.
It is Britain's largest public investment in bioenergy to date, and includes input from a total of 15 businesses.
The sum will fund research at six centres around Britain with the goal of replacing petrol... [Read More]
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Jan 26, 2009
Sierra Leone has launched a $200 million (€154 million) renewable energy project, which includes the production of ethanol.
The project’s sugarcane plantation will take 20,000 hectares of land and the ethanol plant will produce more than 1.2 million litres of ethanol a year.
In addition, a 30MW power plant will also be in operation. The project’s funding has been... [Read More]
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Jan 26, 2009
The Netherlands-based biodiesel producer Solarix, the University of Amsterdam (UvA), and technology company Yellow Diesel have received a €1 million subsidy for developing new biofuels from the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, as part of the EOS KTO programme (short term energy research).
The funding forms part of a €1.5 million R&D project for synthesising... [Read More]
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