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Researchers with the US Department of Energy’s (DoE) Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI), have reported the first demonstration of a one-pot, wash-free process for the ionic liquid pretreatment and saccharification of switchgrass.
Using an imidazolium-based ionic liquid pretreatment, a team from Sandia National Laboratories was able to release high concentrations of two sugars essential to…
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The Hawaiian Electric Companies has begun a search for suppliers of cleaner fuels, including ultra-low sulfur diesel (ULSD), biodiesel or biodiesel blends.
The companies are seeking up to 150,000 barrels per year to supply Maui Electric and Hawaii Electric Light generation facilities beginning 1 January 2015 and lasting for three years.
‘This request for proposals offers biodiesel…
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A new US study by Air Improvement Resource, consultancy (S&T) Squared and the University of Illinois Chicago concludes in much lower ILUC values for biodiesel and biofuels.
Economic modelling applied to bioenergy has been heavily questioned recently. With successive reports proposing improvements in assumptions, the indirect land use change (ILUC) estimates on biofuels have decreased…
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Clariant, a chemical producing company, has received International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) for its Sunliquid-brand demonstration plant in Germany.
The certificate confirms that the cellulosic ethanol from agricultural residues produced at the facility, which celebrated its first birthday this July, is compliant with the sustainability criteria set out in the European…
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It has been revealed oil company TWA is set to build a new biodiesel facility in the Philippines moving forwards.
The company has said the facility will have a capacity of 30 million litres and potentially be based in the Visayas region as it aims to be able to cope with a higher demand for biodiesel blends in the future.
‘The Philippine Coconut Authority has said there are enough local raw…
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An agreement has been made by aircraft manufacturer Airbus and RT-Biotechprom, a division of technology and construction company Rostec, to make aircraft biofuel from renewable sources in Russia.
It has been reported the partnership hopes to yield some results by the second half of 2014 and positive test flights will be part of any decision made to take the project to…
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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reported 132 million gallons of biodiesel production for the month of July and a year-to-date volume of over 768 million gallons.
The latest numbers show a total of more than 166 million gallons of biomass-based diesel in July, but that total also includes production of renewable diesel. The biodiesel portion of…
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Sequential Pacific Biodiesel, a commercial producer in the Pacific Northwest, has produced its 20 millionth gallon of clean burning, locally produced fuel in eight years.
While hitting that milestone, and expecting to go on to produce over 6 million gallons of biodiesel in 2013 alone, Sequential has also agreed to recycle cooking oil from the concessions stands operated by the University of…
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The first ever biofuel ethanol plant in Guyana was started up and commissioned this August by President Donald Ramotar.
The 1,000 litre a day capacity demonstration plant is a cornerstone of the government’s energy and transport policy, which includes moving towards a 10% ethanol blend. The unit will use black strap molasses as a feedstock, which is essentially a waste stream, from…
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NIS, a subsidiary of Gazprom Neft, has invested RSD 100 million (€874,165) into a biodiesel production project in Serbia.
The investment is part of many activities NIS is involved in at the Pančevo oil refinery. The company believes biodiesel production will start within the next two months and it is expected that the biofuel will be exported into the EU.
As well as a broad range of…
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An ethanol processing plant proposed in north Queensland, Australia has had changes accepted by the Planning and Environment Court.
Austcane, the company looking to use around one million tonnes of sugarcane a year to produce its ethanol, recently supplied several minor changes to its initial plans for the facility in the Burdekin. The changes concerned subjects such as vehicle access and…
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Canadian mining exploration and development business Terreno Resources has signed a memorandum of understanding to purchase biofuels concern Dominican Renewables.
The deal is said to be worth around $2.5 million (€1.8 million) and would make Dominican a wholly-owned subsidiary of Terreno, which will then concentrate on biofuel production in the Dominican Republic region while also expanding…
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Diamond Green Biodiesel, a joint venture between Valero Energy and Darling International, has reached capacity during its start-up phase.
The plant, based next to Valero’s St Charles refinery in Louisiana, began operations in June and uses animal fat, used cooking oil and other waste grease to produce just over 9,000 barrels of biodiesel per day (bpd) currently.
The project, two years in…
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Scientists at Canadian-based bioscience research organisation Genome Prairie has developed a full genome sequence of camelina sativa, a crop gaining prominence as a feedstock for biodiesel and jet fuel.
The study, under a public-private partnership called Prairie Gold, believes camelina could now also thrive in the Canadian prairies, offer producers another option within crop rotation and provide…
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Darling International, a provider of rendering, recycling and recovery solutions to the US food industry, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all of the assets of Rothsay, a division of Maple Leaf Foods, for approximately CA$645 million (€459 million) in cash.
Rothsay is a biodiesel producer and recycler of animal by-products in Canada by processing raw materials into finished…
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