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The second annual Bioenergy International Asia expo & conference is now only days away on 10-11th November in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Don’t miss out on your chance to meet those already registered including Sitimas Holdings, Sime Derby, ASB Biodiesel, Thai Oil, ConocoPhillips, Dialog, MISC, SK Energy, Langsat Terminal, Dovechem, Vopak and many more. Sustainability standards forms one of…
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In an attempt to get more value out of the corn used in its biofuel production facility, ethanol producer United Ethanol is to install an anaerobic digester. Within a matter of weeks United Ethanol’s anaerobic digestion project will be underway at its 50 million-gallon-a-year ethanol plant in Milton, Wisconsin, US. Eisenmann Corp. has been contracted to install the biomass equipment, which…
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Sweden-based Vargardbuss is to purchase 11 buses with methane/diesel technology from Volvo Buses. The order includes the Volvo 8500 intercity bus model and the fleet will begin running in July next year. The buses consist of a conventional diesel-powered vehicle containing gas tanks attached to the roof. These tanks inject gas into the engine, producing a combination of air and fuel. The…
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Syed Nadeem Ahmed, Senior Power Plants Engineer at Pakistan International Airlines, is the latest speaker to confirm his participation at the upcoming Bioenergy International Asia expo & conference, being held on 10-11 November at the Hotel Maya in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. World aviation fuel demand is growing rapidly, and is being led by Asia. The global aviation fuel in 2010 is forecast to…
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Bioenergy company Ineos Bio’s joint venture Ineos New Planet BioEnergy has awarded the engineering procurement and construction (EPC) contract to build its bioenergy facility in Southeast Florida, US, to Amec. Amec will provide engineering and construction expertise to build this first commercial scale facility, valued at over $100 million (€71.5 million). The facility will produce 6MW…
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Researchers at the University of Illinois in the US have completed the first extensive geographic yield and economic analysis of potential bioenergy grass crops in the Midwestern US. In recognition of this problem, federal regulations mandate that 79 billion litres of biofuels must be produced annually from non-corn biomass by 2022. Large grasses, such as switchgrass and miscanthus, could…
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Ethanol producer Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) is to begin building its second Brazil-based biofuel plant. Construction of the biodiesel production plant is expected to commence next year before it is operational in 2012. With an annual output capacity of 164,000 tonnes of biodiesel, the facility will be erected nearby to a soyabean crushing facility in Santa Catarina. The news comes as ADM…
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An ethanol-from-sugarcane processing plant in Chisumbanje and Middle Sabi will now be completed in March 2011 following logistical delays. Green Fuel is behind the multi-million dollar project and general manager Graeme Smith explained that some of the equipment for the refinery has still not arrived from Brazil. ‘Delivery of equipment was held up by, among many factors, the strikes in RSA…
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Western Biodiesel, a biodiesel company based in Alberta, Canada, is facing charges under the Environmental Protection Act and the Waste Control Regulation following a number of offences. Back in 2008 two incidents occurred at the facility where wastewater containing methanol and biodiesel was released onto nearby land. As a result Western Biodiesel and the plant’s former operations manager…
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Kinder Morgan’s redevelopment project at its terminal in Carteret, New Jersey, is approximately 15% complete. The company is adding new petrol/ethanol blending systems and storage facilities in a $60 million (€43.4 million) project. The seven blending tanks will allow for about 1.035 million barrels of storage, making the Carteret facility the energy giant's second-largest liquids…
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With E15 now approved for vehicles with model years 2007 upwards in the US, transportation fuel provider Sunoco has announced that it will supply NASCAR with its new fuel – Sunoco Green E15 – in NASCAR’s three national touring series for the 2011 season. As the new official fuel of NASCAR, Sunoco Green E15 will replace Sunoco 260 GTX. Starting in 2011 the new fuel will be used by every car…
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Operations at Germany-based biofuel manufacturer EOP Biodiesel’s production facility have ceased. According to EOP Biodiesel a gear unit at its oil mill has been damaged. It is this oil mill which produces rapeseed oil prior to the biodiesel being made. Although a new gear has been ordered, the company is unsure when it will be delivered to the site in Pritzwalk, Germany. Before the plant…
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UK-based renewable energy firm Living Fuels has opened its new biofuels processing plant in Hockwold, near Thetford. Part of the Renewable Energy Generation Group, Living Fuels produces biofuel from used cooking oil (UCO) collected from over 270 recycling centres located in the UK. This fuel, known as LF100, is then used by the company to generate electricity and heat in CHP units across the…
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