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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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Aemetis, an advanced fuels and renewable chemicals company, has been granted US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approval to produce ethanol using grain sorghum and biogas. The move means the plant’s existing combined heat and power system can generate higher-value D5 advanced biofuels renewable identification numbers (RINs). The EPA approval also includes D5 RIN generation for…
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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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A multi-university study into biomass-to-energy has claimed to have found a new lignin gene which could aid conversion. A research project involving universities in Scotland, the US and Belgium used the model plant Arabidopsis thanliana and identified an enzyme called caffeoyl shikimate esterase (CSE), which fulfils a central role in lignin biosynthesis. The research says by removing the CSE gene…
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A biofuels feasibility study in Australia has received funding from the local government of Victoria. The Hepburn Shire Council will use the AU$60,000 (€41,235) as it considers converting heavy fleet vehicles to biodiesel. Hepburn Shire will work with fellow councils in Golden Plains and Pyrenees Shire to work out the best way for their local communities to benefit from the switch. As well…
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The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has supported a biodiesel project based in Botswana, Africa. JICA will donate an estimated P$2 million (€175,000) worth of equipment to aid a biodiesel processing plant, which uses jatropha feedstock, at helping the country reduce its dependency on fuel imports. The overall project started in Botswana last year and the donated equipment will…
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Fox River Valley Ethanol, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ace Ethanol, has been revealed as the purchaser of the Utica Energy ethanol plant and its related assets. The sale includes the 50 million gallon ethanol production facility in Utica, Wisconsin, a nearby distiller’s grains drying facility and a grain elevator in Green Bay. It is believed Ace’s ethanol plant is similar in capacity…
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Green Plains Renewable Energy will officially open its recently-acquired ethanol plant in Atkinson, Nebraska this August. Plains commenced operations of the approximately 50 million gallon capacity facility this July after it signed a purchase agreement to acquire the membership interests of Choice Ethanol Holdings. ‘The communities of Atkinson and O'Neill were very helpful in our efforts…
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It has been claimed an EU-backed project in Spain has produced its first crop of algae for biofuel use. The All-gas project, located in Chiclana and led by water company FCC Aqualia has used wastewater to grow the algae as it has a high nutrient quality. The initial fuel will be tested in local rubbish trucks and buses. Since the five year plan was launched in 2011, it has already seen an algae…
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Canadian biofuel company Lignol Energy is set to invest additional monies into a currently idle Australia-based biodiesel facility. The additional $908,000 (€678,100) investment will increase Lignol’s holding in plant owner Territory Biofuels to 66% of issued and outstanding shares and 68% on fully diluted basis. The 140 million litre capacity facility is the largest biodiesel plant in…
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A new bioethanol plant development has been launched by the Indonesian government this August. To be located in East Java, the plant will use molasses as its base feedstock and have a production capacity of 30 million litres when complete. The project is the result of a partnership between the Indonesia Industry Ministry and the Japanese New Energy and Industrial Technology Development…
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An ethanol plant in Texas, US is to restart operations after a seven month idle period. White Energy claims the Plainview Ethanol facility will resume production before November and the company is holding job interviews over the summer. It hopes to be running at around 80% of its 325,000 gallons of ethanol a day capacity to begin with, before working up to full capacity before the end of…
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Jatropha grown in Hawaii is the subject of a new partnership in the US state. Pacific Biodiesel (PB) have signed an agreement with Hawaii Pure Plant Oil under its PB Technologies brand for the crop under the federally funded Hawaii Military Biofuel Crop project. The project involves developing production models for jatropha, and other crops, to eventually share with potential biofuel crop growers…
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