Mar 23, 2012
Celanese to produce industrial ethanol in China
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Mar 22, 2012
The model Misfueling Mitigation Plan for E15 (15% blended petrol) that the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) submitted to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has met the requirements of EPA's waiver decision.
This means that E15 is well on track to its introduction onto the market.
States, including Iowa, Illinois, and Kansas, will be among the first to see E15 in... [Read More]
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Mar 22, 2012
POET-DSM Advanced Biofuels have announced the planned construction of a commercial scale cellulosic ethanol plant. The Iowa facility named 'Project Liberty' will use corn as feedstock and is set to open in 2013.
POET-DSM Advanced Biofuels was formed in January after POET and Royal DSM entered into a joint-venture agreement, each holding a 50% share of the project.
The... [Read More]
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Mar 22, 2012
The combined global revenue for solar PV, wind power, and biofuels rose by 31% in 2011, according to the Clean Edge Annual Report. The report showed that revenue grew from $188.1 billion (€142.9 billion) in 2010 to $246.1 billion (186.96 billion) in 2011.
The report saw biofuels reach record revenue of $83 billion (63.07 billion) in 2011, but suggested that this... [Read More]
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Mar 20, 2012
In the city of Sault Ste. Marie in Ontario, Canada, MSE Enviro-Tech has signed a two-year agreement with Wardlaw Fuels to supply the Transit Commission with biodiesel for its fleets of buses.
Under the agreement, MSE Enviro-Tech will source the biodiesel and fossil diesel. Wardlaw Fuels will then collect the biodiesel and blend it with petrol diesel to make B5-B20 blends.
The... [Read More]
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Mar 16, 2012
Developer of a proprietary process to produce petrol and other fuels from biomass and natural gas, Primus Green Energy, has announced the completion of its third round of funding. IC Green Energy, the renewable energy sector of Israel Corp, has invested $12 million (€9.18 million) in the company, raising the total funding since 2007 to $40 million (30.62 million).
'IC... [Read More]
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Mar 16, 2012
Verbio (Vereinigte BioEnergie) is continuing to expand its sales of biomethane. VNG (Verbundnetz Gas) is now selling verbiogas, a fuel derived solely from agricultural residue, at all 10 of the natural gas filling stations belonging to VNG-T (VNG-Erdgastankstellen, a wholly owned subsidiary of VNG AG).
Furthermore, VNG has opened 2 natural gas fuelling stations in Berlin,... [Read More]
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Mar 16, 2012
The throughput of biofuels in the Port of Rotterdam decreased to 4.3 million tonnes in 2011. This was a 6% decrease compared to 2010.
The throughput of ethanol fell 15%, from 2 to 1.7 million tonnes with incoming cargo dropping from 1.2 to 1.1 million tonnes. Along with a decrease in imports from Brazil, there has been almost an entire loss of ethanol imports from Spain... [Read More]
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Mar 12, 2012
The refining and marketing venture jointly owned by affiliates of Shell and Saudi Aramco, Motiva Enterprises (Motiva), is planning to convert its High Sulfur Diesel Heating Oil (2000 ppm) to Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel (ULDS) (15 ppm) at its 5,000,000+ barrel Sewaren Terminal, located in New Jersey.
The conversion has been prompted by a State of New York mandate which... [Read More]
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Mar 12, 2012
JOil, a scientific bioenergy crop developer of a new generation of jatropha, has achieved first-year yields in its India field trials of over 2 tons of seeds per hectare.
'Our [JO S1 and JO S2] seedlings started flowering three months after planting and in five months yielded their first harvest of fruit. Most current jatropha plants have no fruiting in the first year... [Read More]
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Mar 9, 2012
LAN Airlines and Air BP Copec have joined together to conduct a commercial flight demonstration between the Chilean cities of Santiago and Concepcion, using biofuels.
An Airbus from the A320 family with CFM56-5B motors was powered with fuel from refined vegetable oil and illustrates a positive step towards sustainable commercial use of biofuels in South America.
Second... [Read More]
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Mar 9, 2012
Brazilian ethanol producer, Usina de Acucar Santa Terezinha, is to invest 500 million reais (€215.56 million) in sugar-cane plantations and a mill.
The first phase of a cane project situated in the state of Mato Grosso is expected to be completed by 2015. The company will also be investing in its 8 existing mills, developing plantations for each.
This project,... [Read More]
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Mar 8, 2012
Cobalt Technologies has successfully demonstrated of one of its advanced biocatalysts in partnership with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), which forms part of the US Department of Energy. Cobalt completed multiple fermentation campaigns in a 9,000 litre fermenter, exceeding the target yield and other performance metrics for a commercial scale facility.... [Read More]
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Mar 7, 2012
Developer of next generation n-butanol, Cobalt Technologies, has successfully demonstrated its biomass pretreatment process.
The dilute acid hydrolysis pretreatment process, which is the initial step for converting sugars into n-butanol, was tested in cooperation with Andritz, supplier of technologies, equipment and plants for pulp and paper industries. The process, which... [Read More]
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Mar 6, 2012
Energy investment group Energae has signed a purchase agreement, which would see them buy Northeast Energy's closed facility in Grafton, US. The company reportedly intends to start sourcing potential investors within the next few weeks, and any money raised will be put towards facility refurbishment.
The former Alchem Ethanol plant, which closed in 2007, is expected... [Read More]
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Mar 5, 2012
Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding (RATCH) has announced it will take a 40% stake in Songkhla Biofuel. Precise Power Producer already holds a 40% shareholding in the company, and Assiddeek Savings Cooperative a 20% shareholding.
Songkhla Biofuel is to guarantee the supply of 300-370 tonnes of biomass residues per day to the Songkhla Biomass Power Station in... [Read More]
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Mar 2, 2012
The Algal Biomass Organization (ABO) has conducted a new survey of more than 380 US algae industry contacts, which shows algae companies to be increasing production in 2012. The research also suggests that algae biofuels are expected to be price-competitive with petroleum fuels by 2020, and also that stable and effective Federal policy would accelerate production and... [Read More]
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