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Canadian company Dynamotive Energy Systems have begun scalable production of renewable petrol and diesel from biomass. Its two-stage process will use a pyrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass to produce a bio-crude. Dynamotive said it can deliver renewable fuels from biomass at a cost of less than €1.5 per gallon of 'ethanol-equivalent fuel' at a volume of up to 4.5 mgy per processing…
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The second generation cellulosic ethanol pioneer KL Energy will spread its wings to Brazil after announcing an exclusive deal with add blue Ltda. The move will see KL Energy and add blue optimizing KL Energy's proprietary cellulosic ethanol technology for the use of sugarcane bagasse and straw feedstock. They plan to build a cellulosic ethanol plant using KL's enzymatic process in…
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Japanese sake and liquor maker Oenon Holdings will start making ethanol at the nation’s largest biofuel plant this year using rice imported by the government. The Tokyo-based company plans to use 12,000 metric tonnes of foreign rice from government stockpiles in order to produce 5,000 kilolitres (kl) by December. Oenon are to double output next year and plan to reach the plant’s annual…
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The UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), has welcomed the measures in the 2009 Budget that encourage investment in low carbon jobs and anaerobic digestion, with the chancellor Alistair Darling announcing additional funding of €11 million (€12.2 million) of anaerobic digestion and waste infrastructure. The Secretary of State for Environment Hilary Benn announced…
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An ethanol tank explosion at Bartow Ethanol Florida has led to the plant being closed until further investigation. The explosion was in a 50,000-gallon tank that contained about 1,000 gallons of ethanol, says David Wyant, a spokesman for the Bartow Police Department. The fire following the explosion forced the evacuation of employees at Bartow Ethanol and at three other nearby companies -…
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New York State-based Buffalo Biodiesel has completed the expansion of its processing facilities, increasing its capacity from 1 to 5 million gallons of biodiesel annually. By doing so the subsidiary of alternative energy company HydroGenetics has increased its production capacity by 500%. Such a move indicates that HydroGenetics anticipates the already solid demand for biodiesel will…
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Spain's biodiesel plants are running at just nine percent of capacity, according to producers. The producers hope recent duties imposed by the European Union on US imports will help revive production. ‘Nonetheless, imports and subsidiaries from countries like Argentina, Malaysia and Indonesia, could also become as damaging as those from the US,’ a report by the biofuels division of…
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In the US the Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009, or H.R. 1105, has been signed into law, pumping millions into biofuels projects. The $410 billion (€315 billion) legislative package contains appropriations bills that were not completed in the 110th congress. Biofuel projects in Michigan, Minnesota and Louisiana will receive funding under the legislation. The bill awards $1.4 million in…
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Biofuels International expo & conference in Amsterdam is now only 6 weeks away, on the 27-28th May. Don’t miss out on your chance to be there - last year’s event attracted over 500 attendees and this year’s event is expected to be even bigger and better. The two day conference and exhibition brings you presentations from Shell Global Solution, Bentley Motors, Ineos Bio, Inbicon,…
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Tennessee-based Biofuels America is seeking around $20 million (€15 million) in equity investment towards development of a ligno-cellulosic biorefinery The biorefinery Project Tennessee will be developed on a 35-acre closed ethanol facility and will use wood waste and municipal solid waste as feedstocks to produce 30 mgy of ethanol, high value bio-chemicals such as lignin and furfural as well…
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US-based NexGen Biofuels has revised its biofuel plans following its inability to raise funds and adverse changes in the market. The company aims to build a 10 million gallon storage and blending terminal in the US. It also intends to blend 10% ethanol with petrol and distribute E10 as well as blending 2% biodiesel with diesel and distribute B2. NexGen’s strategy is to develop, construct…
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US-based algae-to-biofuel producer Sapphire Energy has revealed an updated timeline for deployment of its green drop-in replacement transportations fuels. The company has developed a process using sunlight, carbon dioxide, photosynthetic microorganisms (algae), non-potable water and non-arable land to produce a renewable and scalable low-carbon alternative to petrochemical-based processes and…
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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has spoken in favour of further use of sugarcane-based ethanol to replace fossil-based fuels to combat the threat of global warming. Speaking at the fifth Summit of the Americas, President Lula declared that Brazil is ‘ready to share the technologies it developed for more than 30 years and to expand and strengthen initiatives of…
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