Feb 1, 2012
Microbubbles set to make algae harvesting easier
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Jan 31, 2012
VTT, a company working at developing Vietnam’s solid biomass fuel resources on an industrial level as part of the Energy and Environment Partnership Programme run by the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, is to create multi-fuel delivery chains for power plants and industrial boilers.
The programme will make sure biomass fuels are available all year round through... [Read More]
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Jan 31, 2012
Bioenergy company ZeaChem has been awarded a $232.5 million (€176 million) loan guarantee from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to build a biorefinery that will convert biomass into sustainable fuels and chemicals.
It will be the company’s first commercial size cellulosic biorefinery and will use woody biomass and agricultural residues to produce... [Read More]
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Jan 31, 2012
Scientists from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) Sustainable Bioenergy Centre (BSBEC) have uncovered a series of genes which could help grasses being breed with better characteristics for bioenergy production.
The genes help to better develop the wood part of the grass, called the fibrous, such as what is in rice and wheat. In understanding... [Read More]
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Jan 30, 2012
The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) has provided bioenergy company Vaskiluodon Voima Oy with €18 million to build a gasification plant in Vaasa, Finland. The total project cost is expected to be about €40 million.
The facility will produce 140MW and is to be connected to a power plant that is already established, allowing for the coal from the old plant to be substituted... [Read More]
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Jan 27, 2012
In order to discover better ways to harvest, store and transport corn residue, DuPont is working with Iowa State University to combat residue buildup.
If the residue buildup is able to be reduced then stand establishment concerns when the next crop is grown can be avoided.
A second benefit is that nitrogen tie-up caused by residues can be reduced. At the moment, some farmers... [Read More]
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Jan 27, 2012
Construction has begun on the Hairy Hill biorefinery in Canada which is to turn farmers’ grain into ethanol whilst at the same time producing power for the grid.
The construction marks the second phase of the development, which already features a biogas plant that produces 1MW for the power grid from manure and other waste.
That facility is expected to cost about... [Read More]
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Jan 26, 2012
Middle Eastern airline Etihad Airways has flown its first biofuels flight from Seattle to Dubai, using a Boeing 777-300ER.
The airline is the first to operate such as flight around the Gulf and the fuel was supplied by SkyNRG, which is an Amsterdam-based sustainable jet fuel supplier.
From the factory to the plane, the fuel was delivered with the help of SkyNRG’s... [Read More]
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Jan 26, 2012
Following major reviews, reversals and amendments of government policies over the past 18 months, biofuels in Australia should now be able to look to the future with more certainty and support
As with most other countries promoting renewable fuels, targeted policies and support from federal and state governments are critical components for determining the transport fuel... [Read More]
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Jan 24, 2012
DSM and POET have joined forces to convert a facility into its first commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plant in the US, which will be based in Emmetsburg, Iowa.
The POET-DSM Advanced Biofuels joint venture will produce 20 million gallons of ethanol in the first year, growing to about 25 million gallons the year following.
The plant is due to come online in the... [Read More]
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Jan 23, 2012
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has asked the US District Court for the Eastern District of California to stay its injunction it issued at the end of last year to stop CARB’s introduction of the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS).
Judge Lawrence O'Neill, who implemented the injunction, says he did so because he believes the LCFS ‘violates... [Read More]
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Jan 23, 2012
Australian company Algae.Tec has raised AUS$5 million (€4 million) through Patersons Securities and the money will be used to fast-track the business’ commercial plans.
Recently Biofuels International reported that Algae.Tec formed a joint venture with Chinese company Shandong Kerui to build a 250-module algae biofuels facility in China.
Algae.Tec executive... [Read More]
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Jan 23, 2012
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has formed a $25 million (€19 million) partnership with Fiberight, money which will be put towards building a new biofuels plant in Blairstown, Iowa.
The facility will convert waste into biofuels, producing six million gallons a year when the plant comes online in the first half of next year.
Fiberight is spending $20 million... [Read More]
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Jan 20, 2012
Joule Biotechnology has closed a $70 million (€54 million) third round of financing which it says it will use to bring its developments to commercialisation.
This means the total amount raised is more than $110 million and a facility will now be built in Hobbs, New Mexico, which will begin its commissioning process in the middle of this year.
In the facility, Joule’s... [Read More]
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Jan 20, 2012
Novozymes’ shares fell to the lowest they have been in two months following the announcement that the company’s earnings for the fourth quarter of 2011 were lower than predicted.
The Denmark-based company, which uses enzymes to produce biofuels, says the results could be blamed on the price of raw materials rising and a drop in sales for bioenergy enzymes.
However,... [Read More]
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Jan 20, 2012
Green Biologics Limited (GBL), a UK-based industrial biotechnology company has merged with butylfuel, a US-based renewable chemicals and biofuels company.
The new company will operate under the Green Biologics name and continue to be head-quartered in Abingdon, UK with a strong operational presence and commercial focus in the US contributed by butylfuel, which will become... [Read More]
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Jan 19, 2012
Biodiesel production in Europe dropped last year and illegal imports from countries such as Argentina and Malaysia are being blamed.
Biodiesel production has fallen for the first time in Europe, even though consumption figures have remained stagnant. Although 2010 showed that the production of biodiesel had risen by 5.5% when compared to the previous year, latest figures... [Read More]
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