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On 17 July this year a biodiesel project commenced that will see BNSF Railway test Montana, US-made biodiesel produced by biofuels manufacturer Earl Fisher Biofuels. 20% of the fuel will be blended with conventional diesel and used in one of BNSF Railway’s switch engines at the Havre Depot. Throughout the year Montana State University-Northern’s BioEnergy Center will test the biodiesel…
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The Renewable Fuels Agency (RFA) has published data from the second year of the Renewable Transport Fuels Obligation (RTFO), showing that the UK has met its 3.25% target. The report shows that close to 1.6 billion litres of biofuels has been used in the UK, the equivalent of taking 500,000 million vehicles off the road. This equates to Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast being car-free. The…
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Texas-headquartered pipeline transportation and energy storage company Kinder Morgan Energy Partners (KMEP) has experienced strong financial growth at its terminals and pipelines in Q2, namely due to an increase in ethanol handling. ‘Growth in [the products pipelines] segment compared to the second quarter last year was driven by strong financial performance at our Pacific pipeline and…
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Fuel provider Exousia Advanced Materials headquartered in New York, US, has nearly completed its new biodiesel production facility, which is expected to begin operations later on in the year. Maintenance and re-tooling of the plant, which is located in South Carolina, are well underway and will start delivering biodiesel orders in August. Wayne Rodrigue, chairman and CEO of Exousia, said:…
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In the US the Minnesota Department of Agriculture estimates that the state will gain $600 million (€465 million) from the growth of its ethanol industry this year. It estimates production will increase to 1.1 billion gallons in 2010 with an economic impact of $3.1 billion, and providing 1,500 additional jobs. In 2009 Minnesota's ethanol industry generated more than $2.5 billion in…
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The US department of energy (DoE) will pump $106 million (€82 million) from the American Recovery and Reinvestment into six projects which will convert captured carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from industrial sources into useful products such as fuel, plastics, cement, and fertilisers. The funds were matched with $156 million in private cost-share. Converting captured CO2 into products such as…
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On the surface it all seems good news for Europe’s biodiesel industry with capacity growth at 16.6%, but a worrying number of idled plants put its true potential at bay. The total production figure of 9 million tonnes is overshadowed by the EU27’s two-thirds idle capacity, said to be due in part to unfair trade practices on the global biodiesel market. The European Biodiesel Board (EBB)…
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German specialty chemicals company Süd-Chemie is to build Germany´s largest second generation ethanol plant. As from the end of 2011, this large-scale demonstration plant, located in the immediate vicinity of the new Bavarian BioCampus in Straubing, will produce up to 2,000 tonnes of bioethanol from agricultural waste, such as cereal straw. The project comprises an investment volume of some…
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Located in Rehovot, Israel, biofuel plant producer Evogene has produced biojet that meets the key international standards for alternative aviation fuels. Also known as bio synthesised paraffinic kerosene (Bio-SPK) and hydroprocessed renewable jet (HRJ), biojet is the plant-based alternative to aviation fuel. Evogene Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Evogene Ltd. and developed the biojet…
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Cellulosic ethanol technology provider BlueFire Ethanol is one step closer to constructing its ethanol production facility in Fulton, Mississippi, US. After receiving an $88 million (€69.9 million) grant the firm, based in Irvine, California, has now met the conditions required in order to receive an additional $250 million loan guarantee from the Department of Energy (DoE). The company…
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After recently acquiring joint venture operations in Central Java, Indonesia, renewable energy company Jatoil has secured its first sale of a commercial quantity of crude jatropha oil. The sale is under a new four-year off-take agreement with Jatoil’s partner Waterland International, covering all crude jatropha oil produced from the first 1,000 hectares of the project. The initial shipment of…
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A joint venture between Everpure Biodiesel Coop. and Zuraw Technologies has seen the construction of a new biodiesel plant in Acton, Ontario, Canada. The facility means that Everpure can now collect waste vegetable oil from eateries around the local area before Zuraw Technologies converts it into biodiesel in the new plant. Prior to the construction of the biofuel production facility Everpure…
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Oil producer Petrobras, construction firm Camargo Corrêa and Mitsui & Co. have secured a preliminary environmental license to construct an ethanol pipeline in Brazil. Expected to cost $1.1 billion (€900 million) to build, the pipeline will be 337 miles (542km) long. The pipeline will be ready for use by Q3 2011 and will connect mills located in the states of Minas Gerais and Sao Paulo…
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