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US-based Greenlight Biofuels (GB) is to work with Airmall USA, a company which develops and manages concessions at four US airports. GB will collect and recycle waste cooking oil from Airmall’s relevant tenants at the Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport and convert it into biodiesel, which it claims will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 78%. ‘We’re…
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Brazilian energy business Petrobras and state-owned company Embrapa are to develop new technology for sugarcane production to eventually benefit the ethanol market. The two companies signed a technical cooperation agreement in late November aimed towards sugarcane production in Rio Grande do Sul. The project is backed by an investment of BR$ 5.5 million (€1.7 million) and has been approved…
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US-based Greenleaf Biofuels produced its one millionth gallon of biodiesel at the end of October this year. The milestone came since commercial production at its New Haven Terminal location in Connecticut began in the summer. The fuel will primarily be blended into the region’s heating oil supply enabling consumers to heat their homes and businesses with a product which has been shown…
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A lecturer in transportation engineering at the University College Cork (UCC), Ireland believes Irish motorists could be relying on feedstock like sea lettuce to fuel their cars in the future. Jerry Murphy, who has a PhD in energy production from waste, has presented the potential for biomethane produced from slurry and grass via anaerobic digestion. This could help the country meet directives…
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A blaze at a biodiesel manufacturing plant in Arizona, US broke out on 16 November. It is believed a forklift punctured a 330 gallon tank containing an unidentified chemical which sparked the fire, which set off the plant’s sprinkler system. Local firefighting crews and a hazardous materials team responded to clean up the leftover damage and to secure the site. Gilbert Fire division chief…
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Argentina, one of the world's leading biodiesel producers, will require a 10% biodiesel blend in fuel burned for power generation, according to government officials. In a bid to boost the struggling biofuels sector and increase the use of 'green fuels', the blending requirement for biofuel in the diesel used to run local vehicles will also be stepped to 10% in January, planning minister Julio de…
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French retail group Les Mousquetaires has opened what it claims is the first biodiesel from non-edible waste factory in the country. The group, which also owns the second biggest fuel distribution in France, has gone into partnership with German biomass processors Saria Group and the €40 million ($54 million) Estener project is situated in an industrial area of Le Harve port. Estener will…
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BioPower Operations has announced its wholly-owned subsidiary, Global Energy Crops, entered into a 50-50 joint venture agreement with Alternative Green Today (AGT) to license the JV's intellectual property for the production of cellulosic biofuels. Global Energy will manage the JV, which will target oil companies, sugar companies and all other producers of ethanol and transportation fuels. The…
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Critics are railing against the US military’s efforts to adopt biofuels for use in its vehicles, a US newspaper reports. Processing costs and above-market prices have led to claims that the expensive technology is unlikely to yield positive results and has been unsuccessful so far. Biofuel used last year to power the US navy’s ‘green fleet’ was said to have…
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The paper industry in Old Town, Maine, US has been stuck in gradual decline for some years now. However, one company - Old Town Fuel and Fiber (OTFF) - is said to be 'on the cusp' of a breakthrough for a new process to extract sugars from wood waste that can be used to make biofuels and bioplastics. The technology would take the wood waste generated from the mill and break it down in stages until…
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The European Union will impose punitive duties on imports of biodiesel from both Argentina and Indonesia for the next five years, after ruling that producers there were selling at unfairly low prices detrimental to European manufacturers. According to the European Commission, the EU's executive body, the duties would be set at an average of 24.6% for biodiesel from Argentina and 18.9% from…
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TransMessis Columbia Plateau (TCP) has moved into the biodiesel plant in Odessa, Washington, US and expects to be operational by the end of November. CEO Damon Pistulka expects the plant to reach full capacity in the first quarter of 2014. The facility, previously owned and operated by Inland Empire Oilseeds, will produce biodiesel from canola. He estimates the company will use 'well over' 50,000…
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In Illinois, Patriot Renewable Fuels' has approved the formation of a new subsidiary, Patriot Fuels, Biodiesel, to build a 5mgy biodiesel plant adjacent to the company's ethanol plant in Annawan. The plant will use corn oil extracted from corn, utilising the SUPERTM Process production system designed by Jatro Diesel. By adding this process, Patriot will produce both ethanol for the automotive…
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