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In the US, Tidewater Biodiesel is one step closer towards building its biodiesel plant in the state of Virginia. The company has been granted planning approval from the local commission. Construction can now get underway once the final approval is given by Chesapeake's city council. Upon completion, scheduled for 2012, the facility will produce 10 million gallons a year of biodiesel from waste…
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Biodiesel producer Sirona Fuels began selling biodiesel produced from locally-grown feedstocks on 22 April 2011. The move will see its customers purchase the fuel for $0.25 (€0.17) less per gallon than the cost of fossil diesel. In addition, when local businesses give their used cooking oil to the Sircona facility, 20% of what the biodiesel sells for will be donated to The Sircona Cares…
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Renewable energy firm Mission NewEnergy and palm oil producer Felda Global Group have entered into a long-term supply agreement to establish the first fully integrated ISCC (International Sustainability and Carbon Certification System) certified palm biodiesel supply and production chain in Asia. Together Felda and Mission have completed ISCC certification of two of Felda's mills and eight…
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Biodiesel production around the world will increase at a CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of approximately 15.5% between 2010 and 2013, according to a research report by market research and information analysis company RNCOS. The company's report, named 'Global Biofuel Market Analysis', states that government incentives and a boom in the number of biodiesel plants in Asia, will significantly…
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Located in Texas, US, biofuel company KiOR, which is building three plants in Mississippi, has found a buyer for its renewable oil that will be produced at its Columbus-based facility, due to begin operations in 2012. Tuscaloosa's Hunt Refining, a petroleum refining company, will purchase the renewable crude oil, converted from wood chips. 'The announcement is an important milestone for the…
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A US air force test pilot successfully flew an A-10 Thunderbolt II jet aircraft at Eglin Air Force Base on March 25, testing a blend of biomass-derived and conventional JP-8 jet fuel. It was the first time such a flight had been carried out using this specific jet fuel blend. The biomass fuel was created from camelina oil, a flowering plant, and the fuel is called hydro-treated renewable jet…
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The White Paper, titled 'Roadmap to a Single European Transport Area – Towards a competitive and resource efficient transport system,' has been introduced by the European Commission and welcomed by ePURE. The White Paper recommends that Europe reduce its dependence on imported oil and cut its carbon emissions in the transportation sector by 60% by 2050. Transport emissions have increased…
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NASA recently tested a type of biofuel on a NASA DC-8 to measure its performance and emissions as part of the Alternative Aviation Fuel Experiment II (AAFEX II). The Hydrotreated Renewable Jet Fuel is made from chicken fat and is an eco-friendly way to travel. ‘The Air Force bought many thousands of gallons of this to burn in some of their jets and provided about 30,283 litres to NASA for…
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In northern Peru work is ongoing with Maple Energy's ethanol project and the ethanol company expects commercial operations to begin in the second half of 2011. Costing an estimated $254 million (€180.6 million), the greenfield project, which includes main water delivery and drip irrigation systems, comprises an ethanol production plant and a 7,800-hectare sugarcane plantation in the first…
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The Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels (RSB) has launched the RSB Certification System, which provides the assurances operators need to guarantee the sustainability and traceability of their feedstocks and fuels. The 18 March 2011 saw the new RSB system receive provisional recognition by the German government under its regulatory scheme for biofuels. And on 22 March 2011 Boeing launched a…
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Integrated energy company Suncor Energy has completed the expansion of its St. Clair ethanol plant, located in the Sarnia-Lambton region of Canada. The expansion project has doubled the plant's production capacity and it is now recognised as Canada's largest biofuel production facility, after its output was ramped up from 200 million litres a year of ethanol to 400 million litres a year. To mark…
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US-based renewable fuels producer Pacific Ethanol released its fourth quarter and year-end 2010 financial results on 28 March 2011. The company sold 50% more ethanol gallons in the fourth quarter of 2010 and increase 57% for all of 2010, compared to the same periods in 2009. Net sales were $134.2 million (€95 million) for the fourth quarter of 2010, compared to $87.9 million for the fourth…
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The US government yesterday outlined its energy security strategy, pledging to fund more production of biofuels for fighter jets, trucks and commercial airliners. The Air Transport Association of America (ATA), the trade organisation representing airlines in the US, says it ‘applauded’ the directive, of which the Department of Energy, the navy and the Department of Agriculture (USDA)…
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