May 9, 2012
Monarch signs five year deal with Pratt and Whitney
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May 9, 2012
After the EPA announced that palm oil did not meet the requirements of the US renewable fuels standard earlier this year, new research claims that it could reach the 20% lower emissions required under RFA to qualify.
The EPA had set a carbon emission reduction requirement for palm oil to at least 20% to enable it to be used as raw biofuel in the US. Its research reported... [Read More]
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May 8, 2012
Several US industry groups have written a ‘call to arms’ to accelerate the production of American-made, advanced drop-in biofuels.
The Advanced Biofuels Association, the Algal Biomass Organisation, Airlines for America, the Biotechnology Industry Organisation and the National Farm Bureau Federation sent a letter to leaders of the House and Senate Armed Services... [Read More]
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May 8, 2012
Pure Biofuels del Peru management has entered into a partnership with US-based private equity fund manager Pegasus Capital Advisors to acquire the business.
Both companies combined to purchase the equity of Pure Biofuels in a move to provide growth capital for both terminal and operational expansion.
‘Pegasus' extensive expertise in biofuels make it an ideal partner... [Read More]
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May 3, 2012
Energy crop company Ceres has announced its improved sweet sorghum hybrids have been successfully processed into renewable diesel by Amyris.
The pilot-scale project evaluated both sugars and biomass from Ceres' sweet sorghum hybrids grown in Alabama, Florida, Hawaii, Louisiana and Tennessee.
The sorghum juice was first extracted from the stems of the plants and concentrated... [Read More]
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May 3, 2012
Energy company Jatenergy has sold the first of its high-yielding jatropha seeds from its specialist oil seed plant breeding program in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
The seeds have been sold to companies in Europe, Japan and Mexico for use in trialing the development of crude oil plantations based on the second generation renewable oil crop, jatropha curcas, with an additional... [Read More]
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May 2, 2012
Global biobutanol technology development company Butamax Advanced Biofuels, has announced that a further two ethanol producers have joined their Early Adopters Group (EAG).
The EAG is an association of leading ethanol production companies that are interested in adopting Butamax biobutanol technology for transportation fuel. It was announced in December 2011 with Minnesota-based... [Read More]
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May 2, 2012
The Andersons has completed the purchase of an ethanol facility in Denison, Iowa. The plant is now called The Andersons Denison Ethanol.
Amaizing Energy Denison and Amaizing Energy Holding Company previously owned the ethanol production facility, which neighbours a 2.7 million bushel grain terminal. It is accessible via two Class 1 railroads in Iowa.
The Andersons will... [Read More]
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May 2, 2012
FuturaGene has received approval from the Brazilian National Technical Commission on Biosafety (CTNBio) to initiate its fourth regulatory field trial for yield enhanced eucalyptus plantations in Brazil. The company specializes in the enhancement of yield and sustainability of woody crops for plantation forestry, biopower and biofuel markets.
The trial is designed to evaluate... [Read More]
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May 2, 2012
Industrial biotechnology company Aemetis has celebrated its first year of production at its commercial ethanol facility in Keyes, California.
Operations at the facility commenced in late April 2011, with the company now able to boast an uninterrupted year of production, requiring no days down for repairs. Aemetis took possession of 50-employee strong facility under an... [Read More]
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May 2, 2012
Royal Dutch Shell and Iogen have cancelled plans to construct a commercial-scale biofuel plant in Manitoba, Canada. This about-turn has resulted in the loss of 150 jobs.
The joint venture was set to construct a plant that produced ethanol from straw and other plant waste rather than food crops. Shell first invested in Iogen in 2002 and the two companies have jointly operated... [Read More]
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May 2, 2012
Lukoil has commissioned a new petroleum terminal at the port of Barcelona, Spain.
The project was made possible due to a joint venture between Spanish company, Meroil, and international oil company Litasco (a Lukoil subsidiary) that was reportedly established in July 2010.
The new terminal, which is connected to the Hydrocarbonates Logistics Company pipeline system, includes... [Read More]
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May 2, 2012
Green Fuel, who jointly own an ethanol plant in Chisumbanje, Zimbabwe may have to let go of over 4,500 employees as the plant was forced to cease operations due to it being unable to sell the 10 million litres of ethanol it produced. The plant was the result of a joint venture between Green Fuel, the Agricultural and Rural Development Authority, Rating Investments and... [Read More]
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May 2, 2012
DuPont Industrial Biosciences is to contract with Fagen to build one of the world's first commercial cellulosic ethanol biorefineries in Nevada, Iowa. Fagen is a biofuels engineering, procurement and construction contractor that has built more ethanol plants in the United States than any other company.
'Our selection of Fagen as a partner to build our plant in Iowa marks... [Read More]
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May 1, 2012
Dyadic International is a global biotechnology company focused on the discovery, development, manufacture and sale of enzyme and protein products for the bioenergy, biochemical, biopharmaceutical and industrial enzyme industries. The company has announced that Abengoa Bioenergy New Technologies (Abengoa), has agreed to pay them $5.5 million for an expansion of its rights... [Read More]
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May 1, 2012
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has granted motions to allow the Advanced Biofuels Association (ABFA), the American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE), the Advanced Ethanol Council (AEC), the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), Growth Energy, the National Biodiesel Board and the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) to intervene and address the... [Read More]
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Apr 30, 2012
China New Energy (CNE) and Chinese state-Owned ethanol producer, Jilin Tianshun Biochemical Development, a subsidiary of JEIC, have signed an agreement of intent. The contract will see an existing, Jilin-located, JEIC production facility upgraded into a commercial-scale, integrated plant with an annual capacity of 50,000 tonnes of biofuel.
The redeveloped facility, which... [Read More]
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