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UK home improvement brand B&Q has signed a contract to begin using lorries that run on green fuel this February. European bio-LNG provider Gasrec is to supply B&Q with 50 dual fuel lorries powered by 60% biomethane. ‘We’re pleased to make this announcement and other initiatives we are looking at include 500 new double decker lorries and the replacement of 78 smaller energy…
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Australian research company Agritechnology has found a location as it further develops a biofuels demonstration plant. A site for the plant has been chosen in Orange, New South Wales and it will aim to convert sweet sorghum, native grasses and sugarcane into high quality biofuel. ‘We are a long way off but ultimately we'd like to provide an opportunity for farmers to have a market for…
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US-based biodiesel producer Eslinger has been awarded a multi-million injection by the California Energy Commission (CEC). Around $6 million (€4.5 million) from the CEC will go toward the building an animal fats and waste vegetable oils facility in Fresno, part of an overall $32 million refinery project. ‘Feedstock will come from restaurant and food industry waste, and…
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Biodiesel production has begun at a plant in Connecticut, US this February. Greenleaf Biofuels says its facility in New Haven will be able to produce up to 10 million gallons of biodiesel a year when operating at full capacity. New Haven was selected as the plant’s location due to its harbour, plus good access via road and rail transportation too. Its main source of feedstock will be waste…
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Vopak, an independent bulk liquid storage provider, is expanding its Vlaardingen storage terminal in the Netherlands with the construction of 52 new tanks, according to the Port of Rotterdam. The company knocked down 85 storage tanks at the site in 2012, which totalled 50,000m3. The replacement infrastructure will be able to handle 140,000m3 of product, which could be vegetable/animal fats or…
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Philippines-based Aseagas, a joint venture between Gazasia and Aboitiz Equity Ventures, has allocated funds for the construction of a new liquid biomethane plant. It is believed around $30 million (€22.6 million) has been earmarked for the project and building could commence this summer, mostly likely in Luzon where approximately 70% of the market is to be found. The fruits of the project…
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Bioethanol producer Abengoa Bioenergy has decided to add an oil separation system to two of its plants in the US. The systems, to be supplied by ICM, will be deployed in Illinois and Indiana with the aim of maximising the recovery of non-food grade bio-oil from emulsion concentrate. ‘We will collaborate with Abengoa to deliver corn oil extraction technology and support corn oil’s…
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Evogene, a developer of improved plant traits for the industries including biofuels, has launched a model plant validation system for evaluation of candidate genes for monocot crops. Monocot plants have one single embryonic seed leaf and include three of the most economically important food crops in corn, rice and wheat. It claims this system, which uses Brachypodium as the monocot model plant,…
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New Zealand-based petrol station brand Z Energy wants to bring a biofuel project in Auckland back online. CEO Mike Bennetts says the company wants to reduce its carbon footprint through creating 20 million litres of biofuel from tallow feedstock, which could then go toward making 400,000 litres of E5 diesel. An earlier attempt at this got to pilot level but a loss of financing meant it…
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Finland-based energy company St1 is planning to construct a new bioethanol facility in Kajaani. Company executives aim to make an investment decision bout the project this year, which would enable production to begin in 2015. The plant would use sawdust from the local sawmill industry as feedstock. St1 is keen on second generation biofuels and is aiming to hit an ethanol production target of 300…
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Brazil-based ETH Bioenergy and European technology provider Inbicon will work together to bring second generation ethanol to the Brazilian market. The partnership aims to introduce Inbicon’s technology to ETH’s industrial and commercial experience to produce ethanol and other products from lignocellulosic raw materials such as bagasse. Inbicon is owned by Danish energy company Dong…
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Front Range Energy, an ethanol producer in Colorado, US is to move away from using corn feedstock to woody biomass. FRE says it has tested a new process to make ethanol from wood waste and its facility could start commercial production next year. ‘The idea to use biomass to convert to ethanol is not a new idea,’ says Dan Sanders Jr, FRE VP. ‘What's new is the technology to bring…
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Biodiesel provider Gulf Hydrocarbon Partners has partnered with Akash Energy to resume operations at the Houston, Texas-based Lone Star Terminal, which now offers renewable and biodiesel. The Lone Star Terminal has a total capacity of 6.7 million gallons, of which Gulf Hydrocarbon has leased 420,000 gallons of storage for biodiesel. It is hoped this new offering of biodiesel will provide retail…
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