Jul 6, 2012
Blue Sugars targets Brazilian ethanol producers
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Jul 6, 2012
South African Airways (SAA) is set to explore the implementation of a voluntary carbon offset programme that could also support the development of forestry in South Africa.
The state-owned airline, which works on a global scale, is vulnerable to policies in other countries that impose penalties and taxes on carbon emissions. Public enterprise minister Malusi Gigaba believes... [Read More]
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Jul 5, 2012
Oxford Catalysts Group, a technology manufacturer for the production of synthetic fuels, is to supply its technology to the GreenSky London plant.
A joint venture between Solena Fuels and British Airways, GreenSky London will be Europe's first commercial-scale sustainable jet fuel facility, producing renewable jet fuel from waste biomass.
Oxford Catalysts will now provide... [Read More]
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Jul 5, 2012
US-based champions of second generation ethanol Epec Biofuels announce a supply chain partner agreement with Biodimensions Delta Biorenewables (BDB).
Epec provides an industry integration platform to realise the commercial reality, from production to utilisation, of second generation ethanol from sweet sorghum feedstock. BDB is a joint venture company that assesses the... [Read More]
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Jul 4, 2012
UK-based road tanker operator Lewis Tankers has won a two-year contract to transport biofuel on behalf of Petrolneos Fuels (PF).
PF currently imports bulk quantities of bioethanol in its natural form and mixes it with 1% gasoline. Lewis Tankers will collect fuel from PF’s storage tanks at Grangemouth Docks, Yorkshire and deliver it to their Grangemouth refinery,... [Read More]
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Jul 4, 2012
A $62 million (€49.2 million) development is the latest effort by the US government to invest in biofuels.
Around half that figure will be made available via federal funding to advance the development of biofuels to replace diesel and jet fuel used in both the military and the commercial and shipping sectors.
The rest of the investment will be used to fund research... [Read More]
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Jul 4, 2012
A team of researchers at the US Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Science Centre believes it has identified key new proteins which could aid in the production of next generation biofuels.
Analysis of eight species of heat-loving bacteria from the genus Caldicellulosiruptor has revealed it may be possible to break down complex plant material, like switchgrass, using... [Read More]
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Jul 3, 2012
Public-listed Greenergy Holdings has confirmed a planned PHP25 million (€476,550) investment in a local Philippines biofuel company Isabela Alcogas.
Greenergy’s board of directors disclosed to the Philippine Stock Exchange that the company had the ‘green light’ to subscribe the PHP25 million worth of Isabela Alcogas shares, with authority to even... [Read More]
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Jul 3, 2012
The US Department of Defence (DoD) has announced a public-private partnership opportunity to support an integrated domestic advanced drop-in biofuel biorefinery.
The funding opportunity is designed to share the cost of establishing one or more first-of-a-kind biorefineries and feedstock supply chains to provide the US military with already certified blends of biofuels.
The... [Read More]
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Jul 2, 2012
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has joined forces with jet engine producer General Electric (GE) Aviation, in addition to the Ohio Aerospace Institute, air carriers and producer groups, to produce renewable jet fuel from agricultural products.
The biojet will be provided at GE Aviation's Cincinnati, Ohio-based facilities and GE Aviation plans to buy around 5 million... [Read More]
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Jul 2, 2012
Advanced biofuels producer Sundrop Fuels (SF) is set to use ExxonMobil technology at the site of its first commercial ‘green gasoline’ plant in Louisiana, US.
The plant will use sustainable forest waste combined with hydrogen from clean-burning natural gas to produce up to 50 million gallons annually of what SF claims will be the ‘world’s first... [Read More]
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Jul 2, 2012
A redeveloped Columbia Pacific ethanol plant has delayed production due to being confronted with what it calls ‘declining market conditions’.
Columbia Pacific had hoped to begin ethanol production in February but have now taken the decision to wait out a combined slump in ethanol price while corn feedstock price remains high.
General plant manager Dan... [Read More]
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Jun 29, 2012
An agreement has been signed by The Netherlands and Brazil at international sustainable energy conference Rio+20 designed to boost biofuels development between the two countries.
Dutch state secretary for infrastructure and environment Joop Atsma co-signed with Brazil’s chief negotiator at Rio+20 Luiz Figueiredo Machado, which will also see the two countries... [Read More]
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Jun 29, 2012
US-based Greenleaf Biofuels is due to fully open what it is claiming to be the ‘biggest biodiesel facility in New England.
Construction begun eight months ago and the plant is expected to produce around 10 million gallons of biodiesel a year. Greenleaf is hopeful it will be online by September and its Waterfront Street location has links to both rail lines and a... [Read More]
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Jun 28, 2012
Experienced energy advocates In Thailand have called for the country to step up its development on biodiesel and ethanol production by working with nearby countries.
Former executive director of the Petroleum Institute of Thailand, Khunying Thongtip Ratanarat, believes joint development programmes with the likes of Indonesia and Malaysia would help reduce Thailand’s... [Read More]
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Jun 28, 2012
US-based oil refiners Valero Energy (VE) and ethanol producers Nedak Ethanol (NE) have both temporarily closed their ethanol plants in Nebraska recently.
VE spokesman Bill Day cited ‘poor profit margins’ returned by its facility, which produces up to 110 million gallons of biofuel annually, as the reason behind the suspension. There were no signs that VE’s... [Read More]
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Jun 27, 2012
The South African Department of Energy (SA DoE) will publish its final set of mandatory regulations concerning blended biofuels use next month.
As well as revealing the initial ratio of blended fuels using bioethanol and biodiesel, the regulations will also define who, from cane farmer to dispenser, gets paid what in its production. The SA DoE issued draft regulations... [Read More]
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