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Solar Acquisition Corp. has successfully established its wholly owned biofuels subsidiary B151. B151 will be responsible for the production of B100 at a cost lower than that of rival biofuel manufacturers, before selling it on to downstream blenders and refiners. It will be blended with conventional fossil fuel-based diesel. ‘Biofuels derived from biomass and advanced biofuels are becoming…
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Key German biodiesel producer EOP Biodiesel has declared bankruptcy following ongoing issues with its banks. Production at the company’s Pritzwalk-based biodiesel plant ceased in October after a gear unit at its oil mill was damaged. However it is thought that production could commence once again early next year after repairs have taken place.
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The US Senate has approved the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010. The legislation retroactively extends the biodiesel tax incentive through 2011. ‘The National Biodiesel Board (NBB) is pleased by the Senate’s vote to retroactively extend the biodiesel tax incentive,’ said Manning Feraci, NBB VP of federal affairs. ‘This will help ensure that…
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In a bid to meet growing demand and renewable fuels targets put in place by the government, Canada-based biofuel firm Energy Innovation Corp. is planning to build a biodiesel production facility in Toronto. When the plant comes online in 2011 it will be the first of its kind in the region, producing 10 million litres a year of biodiesel. According to Energy Innovation, the plant will be one of…
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In Washington, US, the DoE is to award $30 million (€22.4 million) in a new round of funding for advanced biofuels. The $30 million will be awarded to small-scale projects focusing on process integration that support the development of drop-in biofuels. The key focus will be on those projects looking to produce biofuels and bioproducts from biomass. The new funding opportunity will support…
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Argentina's installed capacity of 1.8 million tonnes of biodiesel a year is set to rise to 2.5 million tonnes a year in 2011. The road to 2011 has seen a ramp-up in production with Argentina's biodiesel output totalling 1.5 million tonnes in the first ten months of 2010, up 56.8% on the year. The country exported 76.7% of the output. Its biodiesel exports rose 22.4% to 1.12 million…
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Despite facing lawsuits totalling over $18 million (€13.6 million) in three counties, Green Power is planning to reopen and hire an estimated 500 staff. Green Power markets municipal waste-to-biodiesel technology. Despite there being no plant utilising this technology to date, Green Power owner Michael Spitzauer claims he has received orders and plans to begin constructing systems for…
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Europe’s main biofuel production port, and a key player in bulk liquid fuel storage, Ghent has 600 hectares of land available for investment following 14 years of infrastructural work. The new space has already attracted 13 companies and at the end of November Brazil-based Companhia Brasileira de Logistica announced it would invest €70 million in the construction of a liquid bulk terminal,…
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In the US, 13.95 billion gallons of biofuels must be blended with conventional fossil-based transport fuels by next year, according to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS2) requirements for 2011. Of this renewable fuel, 0.78% (1.35 billion gallons) of it will be made up of advanced biofuel, 0.69% (800 million gallons) of biomass-based diesel and 0.003%…
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Illinois is traditionally known for mass ethanol production owing to its position in the US corn belt, but now biodiesel availability is on the up thanks to fuel terminal operator Kinder Morgan. From mid-December Renewable Energy Group’s REG 9000/1 biodiesel will be available for splash blending at Kinder Morgan’s Argo, Illinois, terminal. REG expects biodiesel from its Illinois facilities,…
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From April 2011 Europe’s largest airline Lufthansa is to trial biofuel in an Airbus A321 engine. The six-month trial will see the airline use a 50:50 blend of biofuel and kerosene on its local commercial flights from Hamburg to Frankfurt and back again. The project will allow Lufthansa to test the effect of biofuels on plane engines, looking at engine maintenance and the effect of biofuel…
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Switzerland-headquartered biodiesel producer BioPetrol Industries is to acquire the entire issued share capital of Dutch Biodiesel BV, a manufacturer of biodiesel, after signing an agreement. The deal is subject to shareholder approval and customary closing conditions being satisfied by BioPetrol and Dutch Biodiesel shareholders. Following the satisfaction of these conditions, the deal is…
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Mexico’s first biodiesel plant has begun operations. The nation’s president Felipe Calderon opened the production facility on 26 November 2010 in the south eastern state of Chiapas. The plant will convert jatropha, palm oil and recycled oil into 20,000 litres per day of biodiesel for use as transport fuel in local vehicles.
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