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UK-based bioethanol producer Vivergo has awarded its distribution contract to local road tanker operator Lewis Tankers (LT). The three-year contract will see LT deliver bioethanol produced at Vivergo’s new £350 million (€429 million) facility to refineries throughout the UK. The aim is for the facility in Yorkshire to be producing up to 420 million litres a year. ‘We will…
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Finland-based bio and forestry business UPM has picked up multi-million investment to aid the construction of a biorefinery in France. The European Commission has awarded a grant of €170 million ($222 million) as UPM earmark a wood waste-to-biodiesel facility based in Strasbourg. ‘This decision is recognition in regard to our knowledge in biofuels development work,’ says head of…
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Portugal-based engineering company Incbio is to supply a new biodiesel plant to DC Biofuels located in Washington, US. The deal will see Incbio provide the 7.5 million gallons a year plant that will convert locally-sourced cooking and vegetable waste oils into biodiesel, which DC Biofuels would then sell on to local centrally fuelled public and private fleets. The deal has been closed through…
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Danish renewable energy company BioGasol is to provide reactor technology to US-based cellulosic sugar producer Sweetwater Energy (SE). SE will purchase a pre-treatment reactor, designed by BioGasol to treat lignocellulosic feedstock before fermentation, as part of a decentralised sugar manufacturing unit for use by Ace Ethanol, a corn ethanol producer. ‘Our use of BioGasol’s…
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Christmas trees are again set to be renewed as energy in Lithuania according to local news reports. Residents across 12 major cities will have the opportunity to drop their trees in specially marked containers, after which the trees will be used for both biofuel and heat for housing projects. This is the seventh year the campaign has run for a week in January. ‘The campaign gets more…
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His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales has granted a royal warrant to Green Fuels in recognition of its supply of biofuel and biofuel related equipment. Royal warrants are granted to companies that have consistently supplied goods or services for no fewer than five years out of the most recent seven to the Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh and the Prince of Wales. It means Green Fuels can now use the…
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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will be seeking a new administrator after Lisa Jackson stepped down from the position after four years. It is believed Jackson told President Barack Obama of her decision to leave her post shortly after his re-election in November. Below is the statement that Jackson issued upon her departure: ‘I want to thank President Obama for the honour he…
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Australia-based renewable oil from algae company Algae Tec has received approval from its government for an AU$12.15 million (€9.6 million) cash refund on Australian and overseas development expenditure. The terms of the payment, covering financial years 30 June 2012 to 30 June 2015, allows for an initial $27 million spend on Algae Tec technology developments, of which the government will…
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The Olvi Foundation (OF) has decided to join in the funding of Green Fuel Nordic’s (GFN) biorefinery project. The decision will represent one of the most significant capital investors into the biorefinery project according to OF CEO Timo Saarelainen. GFN has spent the last 12 months making different players more aware of bio-oil, its production, applications and benefits. Its board believes…
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US-based Renmatix, a manufacturer of cellulosic sugars for biobased chemical and fuel markets, has unveiled its new multiple-feedstock processing facility at its King of Prussia, Pennsylvania headquarters. Secretary Tom Vilsack, leader of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), was present at the commissioning of the BioFlex Conversion Unit and took a tour of the facility with Renmatix CEO Mike…
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A venture deal has been completed between the Mars Cleantech Fund and Woodland Biofuels as the producer closes in on being North America’s lowest-cost ethanol provider. Woodland Biofuels makes cellulosic ethanol from woodchips and other agricultural biomass into fuel at its newly opened demonstration plant in Ontario. ‘This fund seeks technologies with the potential to revolutionise…
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Following a fire that occurred almost a year ago to the day, Australia-based biodiesel producer Australian Renewable Fuels (ARF) has recommissioned its Largs North processing and storage facility.  It has cost AU$6.5 million (€5.2 million) to rebuild, but now also includes a fuel-blending facility on-site. The first truck shipped fuel out at the start of December, with ARF officials…
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A new $7 million (€5.3 million), five year biofuels collaboration has been signed this month. International chemical company Johnson Matthey will work with the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) at producing economical drop-in gasoline, diesel and jet fuel from non-food based biomass. ‘It’s a way of leveraging the expertise of two…
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