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US renewable chemicals and next-generation biofuels company Gevo has begun start-up of what it is calling the world’s first commercial biobased isobutanol production plant.
Based in Luverne, Minnesota Gevo broke ground on the project a year ago and reached its goal of initiating production of biobased isobutanol at commercial level within 12 months.
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German technology and engineering supplier ThyssenKrupp Uhde is set to partner with Sundrop Fuels to create the first ‘green gasoline’ production facility in the US.
Sundrop expects to break ground for the new facility later this year and hopes to produce around 50 million gallons of renewable fuels per annum, it said in a statement.
The facility will be the proving ground for…
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A new bioenergy alternative for the future is being created by researchers at the University of Birmingham, UK.
By creating clean hydrogen from food waste this research hopes to provide answers to the questions concerning whether the mass production of bioethanol using sugarcane is a long-term sustainable solution, particularly in countries like Brazil.
‘Bioethanol is the current biofuel of…
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Metal producing company Harmony Gold Mining is planning renewable energy plants in the north of South Africa.
As well as a solar power plant, Harmony has been looking into the feasibility of growing crops for a biofuels plant that may be built in South Africa’s central Free State province.
The reason for these projects is because Harmony is assessing ways of generating energy and improving…
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Investment company Future Capital Partners (FCP) has secured both senior debt and government underwriting for a proposed ethanol plant in Grimsby, UK.
The Belgian Export Credit Agency, the Office National De Ducroire (ONDD), has underwritten the senior debt for its £210 million (€259.5 million) bioethanol project. In addition FCP has also confirmed that a major senior lender will be…
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The chairman of the Karnataka State Biofuel Development Board in Bangalore helped lay the foundation for the first of a proposed 13 new biofuel research centres in the district.
Mr Y B Ramakrishna spoke during the foundation laying ceremony at the Bangalore University of Agricultural Sciences.
‘Thirteen new centres will be added to the 17 existing information outlets, but these…
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Independent certification provider Scientific Certification Systems (SCS) has become the latest certification body in the US to be accredited by the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification biofuel certification system.
This means SCS has been approved to conduct biofuel certifications on quantities sold into the European Union that need to comply with set targets and minimum…
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Biofuel producer and distributor Whole Energy Fuels (WEF) is to compensate Snohomish County, Washington State for services and goods it didn’t deliver for a canola project.
WEF agreed to design, build and install a canola-crushing system for farmers in the county and signed a $465,000 (€365,600) contract in 2008. A settlement agreement was agreed last month to the tune of $143,000 for…
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Green energy provider Vega Biofuels (VB) is to build a new bio-coal manufacturing facility in Georgia, US.
It will use torrefaction, a process that takes place at temperatures between 475 – 575°F to make the physical and energetic properties of the biomass more comparable to traditional coal, to compress the biomass into briquettes and sell to end users.
VB says it will produce the…
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US scientists have claimed to have discovered a family of plant proteins that can play a role in the future production of seed oils.
The researchers, based at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies and Iowa State University, have identified three related proteins in thale cress plants that can regulate the metabolism of fatty acids (chemical components of all cell membranes and vegetable…
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After six months of uncertainty Griffiss Utility Services (GUS) has confirmed an $18 million (€14 million) biofuel project will go ahead.
The project, to be housed in a vast hangar called Building 100, would allow GUS to use wood chip fuel alongside existing oil and gas pipelines that heats many buildings on-site at the Griffiss Business and Technology Park.
The project appeared to stall in…
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Bangkok-based green solutions company Loxley will spend THB60 million (€1.49 million) on building a new pilot plant for algae-based biofuel.
This news comes after Loxley signed a memorandum of understanding for the development project with Bangchak Petroleum, Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding and the Department of Alternative Energy Development and Efficiency.
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Jatropha plants that have been genetically modified (GM) to grow seeds with a high oleic acid content have been successfully developed in Singapore.
The project was a joint venture between global bioenergy company Joil and the Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory.
‘Oleic acid is the most desirable oil component for the purpose of biofuel as it gives the best balance between cold flow property…
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The Filipino government’s energy department is to look into ‘more realistic targets’ for the country’s bioethanol production.
Energy undersecretary Jay Layug says the Philippines’s bioethanol production has remained minimal compared with demand since the Biofuels Law was passed in 2006.
‘Five years ago the government wanted us to be a top ethanol producer in…
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Provider of small modular bioenergy systems Community Power Corporation (CPC) has produced ‘drop-in’ diesel and aviation fuels from wood chips and other waste biomass materials with a new system.
CPC’s LiquiMax uses a proprietary enhanced Fischer-Tropsch process, housed in 20” shipping containers, which converts the nitrogen-diluted syngas produced by its biomass…
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