Apr 5, 2012
Maple Energy starts up ethanol facility
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Apr 4, 2012
Energy company Kinder Morgan has completed the build on its 16” ethanol pipeline between its unit train facility in Linden, New Jersey in the US, and its New York Harbor terminal in Carteret, New Jersey.
The pipeline has a full automation and a state-of-the-art leak detection system.
The terminal in Linden handles about 36,000 barrels of ethanol a day, storing 550,000... [Read More]
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Apr 3, 2012
The first test run of B100 Marine Microalgal Biodiesel has been carried out at the CSIR headquarters in New Delhi, India.
Last year the government successfully tested B20 biodiesel derived from marine microalgal and these most recent tests follow further developments.
For the test, a regular vehicle was powered by the B100 biodiesel for 200km and the government says it... [Read More]
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Apr 3, 2012
Algae-based green oil producer, Sapphire Energy, has closed its final round of Series C investment funding, raising $144 million (€108 million).
Not all of the investors were disclosed but those that were included Arrowpoint Partners and Monsanto. Including this funding round, Sapphire Energy has now raised a total of $300 million from public and private sources.
The... [Read More]
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Apr 3, 2012
Commodities company ED & F Man has signed an agreement with BioMCN to source, risk manage and deliver crude glycerine from Argentina.
BioMCN, the second biggest second generation biofuels producer in the world, produces and sells biomethanol from sustainable renewable resources including glycerine. Argentina is quickly becoming the world’s largest producer of... [Read More]
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Mar 30, 2012
A white paper has been released, detailing the extent and impact the advanced biofuels and bio-based chemicals industry in the future on the region of Minnesota, US.
The BioBusiness Alliance of Minnesota, the association behind the research, says the demand for safer materials, volatile petroleum prices and policies requiring consumption of advanced biofuels will all affect... [Read More]
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Mar 29, 2012
Car manufacturer Volkswagen has partnered with biofuels companies Solazyme and Amyris to evaluate the amount of emissions produced from biodiesel in order to show the environmental benefits.
Volkswagen is to supply the companies with two cars – the 2012 Passat TDI and 2012 Jetta TDI – so that they can examine the effects the fuels will have on the Volkswagen... [Read More]
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Mar 29, 2012
A recent study published says that investors should look at renewables and clean tech as growth areas as it is estimated that the global oil supply will start to diminish.
The research, carried out by the DGFI, says that oil resources will be scarcer by 2020, yet the demand for energy is on the rise. It points out that 30 countries provide the entire world’s production... [Read More]
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Mar 29, 2012
Australian airline Qantas is to operate the country’s first commercial flight on biofuels on 13 April 2012.
The flight will run from Sydney to Adelaide and an Airbus A330 will be used, powered by biofuels made from used cooking oil (50%) and conventional jet fuel (50%).
Qantas says that it wants to get involved in aviation biofuels because with rising fuel prices... [Read More]
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Mar 29, 2012
Porter Airlines is to power a Bombardier Q400 turboprop airliner on biofuels in Canada as the first such revenue flight in the country.
As part of the test flight, the aircraft was the first in Canada to fly on the ASTM D7566 bio derived jet fuel, which has recently been certified.
The fuel is made up of a 50/50 blend with Jet A1 fuel. The biofuels is produced from Camelina... [Read More]
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Mar 29, 2012
World Health Energy Holdings has signed a letter of intent with Prime, an Indian industrial and transport company, to build a biodiesel production facility on a budget of $100 million (€75 million).
The development will be built on 250 acres and Prime has tested batch samples of spirulina algae which it plans to cultivate under the project, for biodiesel production.
The... [Read More]
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Mar 28, 2012
Kior, a renewable fuels company, says it made net loss of $64 million (€48 million) in 2011, which was more than the $46 million loss it made the year prior.
The company did not make any revenue throughout last year because it was investing in the construction of its first commercial facility in Columbus, Mississippi, as well as into R&D which it hopes will improve... [Read More]
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Mar 28, 2012
Enzyme developer Codexis has been awarded a patent from the US Patent and Trademark Office which covers a component of the company’s enzymatic technology used for the production of cellulosic biofuels.
Codexis received US Patent Number 8,143,050: Recombinant Beta-Glucosidase Variants for Production of Soluble Sugars from Cellulosic Biomass and says that it will help... [Read More]
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Mar 28, 2012
Italy-based Agroils Technologies has received investment funds of €900,000 from X-Capital, which it says it will use to develop technology to produce biofuel, protein biomass for animal feed and jatropha.
The process of production was developed by Roberto Crea, who also developed the first recombinant production of human insulin at Genentech in California in 1978.
‘The... [Read More]
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Mar 26, 2012
Verbio Bioenergie has reported a rise in sales to €754 million for the 2011 financial year, with EBITDA growing by more than 50%.
Using the profit made, €150 million will be invested into growing the biomethane sector of the company.
The main reason for the 45% increase in sales was because of third party sales from the Märka branch of the business, which... [Read More]
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Mar 26, 2012
The US Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD )has signed a deal with Albemarle for it to produce biojet fuel derived from bio n-butanol which will be provided by Cobalt Technoloigies.
Albemarle will use technology provided by NAWCWD to produce the renewable jet fuel from Cobalt’s n-butanol in its processing facility located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
The... [Read More]
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Mar 23, 2012
Boeing, Airbus and Embraer have agreed to work together on the development of drop-in, affordable aviation biofuels. The agreement was signed by all respective CEOs and Presidents, at the Air Transport Action Group (ATAG) Aviation and Environment Summit in Geneva. It will see the airframe manufactures speak in unity to government, biofuel producers and other key stakeholders... [Read More]
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