Aug 24, 2012
Liquid bulk throughput increases at Port of Rotterdam
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Aug 23, 2012
Global engineering and technology company Chemtex has won a partnership with the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to build a new advanced biofuels plant.
Backed by a federal-private partnership and earmarked to open in 2014, the biorefinery will create 315 jobs and produce cellulosic ethanol from energy crops. The location of the site is believed to be Sampson County,... [Read More]
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Aug 23, 2012
Biofuels and renewable chemicals company Aemetis plans to use technology developed by energy provider Chevron and construction company Chicago Bridge and Iron (CBI) to explore jet fuel and diesel production.
The technology, provided by Chevron and CBI joint venture Chevron Lummus Global, uses water to convert plant oils into products that are similar to petroleum crude... [Read More]
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Aug 22, 2012
The Argentinean government has begun to formally accuse the European Union of violating rules set by the World Trade Organisation in regard to biodiesel import restrictions from the South American nation.
The move comes following a decision made by Spain this spring that required all imported biodiesel to come only from European producers. The decision effectively ended... [Read More]
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Aug 21, 2012
Two German researchers have re-ignited the debate that European-produced biodiesel does not meet the required sustainability targets claimed by Brussels.
Gernot Pehnet and Christoph Vietze of the Friedruch Schiller University claim eight of the ten tests on locally-produced rapeseed biodiesel failed to meet the promised 35% of greenhouse gas savings promised. In many cases... [Read More]
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Aug 21, 2012
The successful completion of its sixth test period of ‘no harm’ tests for oxidation stabilisers and additional products has been announced by the Association Quality Management Biodiesel (AGQM).
The tests make sure that the chemical and physical properties in biodiesel are not affected by the use of oxidation stabilisers, there are no inadmissible reciprocal... [Read More]
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Aug 20, 2012
A new 400,000 litres a day ethanol plant in Ubon Ratchani, Thailand is set to be completed by November this year.
The Thai Ubon Bioethanol project is still under construction, but the plant will have the capacity to produce both hydrous and anhydrous material and could use both cassava and molasses as feedstock.
‘We will be able to produce both ethanol grades and... [Read More]
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Aug 20, 2012
Philippines-based bioenergy company Secura International Corporation (SIC) has signed a joint venture agreement with two cooperatives for the future production of biodiesel.
SIC will be working with the Higaonon Indi Tribes Cooperative and the Tumanod Indi Napier Marketing Cooperative to create biodiesel from napier grass and other feedstocks.
Each company has to gather... [Read More]
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Aug 17, 2012
Bioethanol yeast developing company Lesaffre, and its business unit Fermentis, has acquired xylose isomerase technology from yeast technology providers Butalco.
‘This acquisition, combined with our own intellectual property, allows us to finalise the construction of an industrial yeast strain suitable for second generation ethanol,’ says Fermentis general manager... [Read More]
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Aug 17, 2012
Exploring sustainable aviation biofuels will be the first project by a newly opened airline technology centre in China.
The Boeing-COMAC Aviation Energy Conservation and Emissions Reductions Technology Centre is a collaborative effort to support commercial freight and passenger aviation growth by passenger aircraft manufacturers Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China... [Read More]
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Aug 17, 2012
A joint-venture project called Ineos New Planet BioEnergy (INPB) has been granted parts 79 and 80 registration from the US Environmental Protection Agency for the production and sale of advanced bioethanol from non-food waste materials.
Headed by waste to biofuel company Ineos Bio, the notice of registration came after successful completion of the construction of... [Read More]
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Aug 17, 2012
The US Appeals Court for the District of Columbia Circuit has sided with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and its partial waiver approval for E15 ethanol fuel for model year 2001 and newer light duty vehicles and all flex-fuel vehicles.
Those vehicles represent nearly two-thirds of all vehicles on the road and almost 75% of vehicle miles driven.
Since the initial... [Read More]
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Aug 16, 2012
Sinopec Zhenhai Refining & Chemical Co., a unit of petroleum and petrochemical enterprise group China Petrochemical Corp. (Sinopec Group), is looking to convert waste cooking oil into jet fuel, The Economic Observer reports.
The company has been investigating the potential of green jet fuel since 2009 and recently it successfully produced renewable aviation kerosene... [Read More]
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Aug 16, 2012
A research team at the University of Missouri has been awarded a multi-million grant to study ways of obtaining alternative biofuels without further impacting food supply.
The $5.4 million (€4.4 million) grant was awarded by the US Department of Energy and will be used to further study non-food biofuel crops, like switchgrass.
“In the 10 states along the Missouri... [Read More]
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Aug 16, 2012
Global biotech company Novozymes claims to have developed a microorganism that aids the production of bio-based malic acid from renewable raw materials instead of oil.
Malic acid is used as a flavour enhancer in the food industry and can also be converted into other chemical derivatives used for a variety of plastic, polymer and resin products.
‘This is our first... [Read More]
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Aug 16, 2012
The Council of Energy Resource Tribes (CERT) and BioJet International have formed a strategic alliance to further the development of biojet fuel.
BioJet International is a supply chain integrator in renewable (bio)jet fuel and related co-products which include green diesel for the aviation and related commercial transportation sectors.
In 2011 BioJet received a $1.2 billion... [Read More]
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Aug 15, 2012
The Renewable Energy Group (REG) has posted several positive figures following its financial results for second quarter 2012.
REG posted $271.9 million (€220.4 million) revenue for the second quarter, an increase of 39% compared to revenues of $196.3 million for the same period in 2011. Second quarter 2012 adjusted EBITDA was $26.5 million, an increase of 3% compared... [Read More]
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