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Technology supplier Metso is to provide a Swedish combined heat and power plant with a biofuel-fired boiler. The plant, based in Torsvik and owned by Jönköping Energi (JE), is expanding and the new 100MW unit will serve to help meet district heating and electric power needs of Jönköping municipality. The expansion the CHP plant represents a significant investment for the…
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Germany-based bioethanol manufacturer CropEnergies has posted a new record level for its first half of this financial year. The final figure announced by the company was €319.9 million ($412 million), which was an increase of 16% during March and August compared to 2011. Its operating profit improved by 28% to €37.2 million and its net financial debt has been reduced by €37.3…
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Biorefineries operator Biodico has agreed to develop renewable fuel and technologies with the US Navy on behalf of the US Department of Defence (DoD). Both US Naval and DoD facilities across the globe will benefit from the partnership as it seeks to optimise the operation of sustainable biorefineries that would produce biofuels, energy using renewable resources and other bio-based…
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US-based ethanol plant Heron Lake Bioenergy has been working with an energy company to cut its running costs. Interstate Power and Light, a division of Alliant Energy, has worked with Heron to convert a coal-fired boiler system to natural gas, plus installing a new fan system at the same time. The plant will see a drop in internal electricity usage of approximately 4.5MKW/h per year, which…
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Biofuels and chemicals company Advanced Bioenergy is expected to sell its Nebraska, US ethanol plant by the end of the year to Flint Hills Resources. The news comes after Advanced Bioenergy wanted to see how much interest would come from a sale after receiving interest from another potential buyer earlier this year. The deal is still subject to regulatory approval. The Fairmont-based plant opened…
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The minister for Energy and Power Development in Zimbabwe, Elton Mangoma, has addressed public doubts over an ethanol project in the village of Chisumbanje. The project, which has cost $600 million (€465 million) so far, halted in August as politicians could not agree on how best to proceed with it. Speaking to displaced villagers that paved the way for the project and members of an…
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A coalition of US biofuel trade organisations have urged House and Senate leaders ‘to stay the course’ on the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). A drafted letter claims the RFS as the cornerstone of the association’s efforts to reduce foreign oil dependence and create jobs and economic growth across America. It also tells the Environmental Protection Agency that a waiver of RFS…
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Platts, global provider of energy, petrochemicals and metals information, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Kingsman SA, a privately-held, Switzerland-based provider of price information and analytics for the global sugar and biofuels markets. The purchase price was not disclosed but is expected to close on 1 November.   ‘Kingsman is recognised as the leading global…
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The owner of a 30 million gallon a year biodiesel plant in Iowa, US has temporarily suspended production. Soy Energy has said ‘recent volatile market conditions and continued production challenges’ have taken their toll hence the suspension. Some employees have been laid off since the announcement. ‘In order to ensure the long-term health of the business for both our customers…
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Carinata seeds form the basis of a new research project into biojet fuel according to Albuquerque, US-based Applied Research Associates (ARA). ARA and Chevron Lummus are working with Agrisoma Biosciences, the National Research Council of Canada (NRCC) and the US Air force Research Laboratory to evaluate and ultimately produce a 100% drop-in ReadiJet fuel. ‘It is easy to make biodiesel…
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A strategic alliance between US liquid fuels from non-food biomass producer Ensyn and Brazilian wood pulp provider Fibria Celulose has been signed. This partnership will include the establishment of an equally-owned joint venture for the production of cellulosic liquid fuels and chemicals in Brazil, as well as a US$20 million (€15.4 million) equity investment in Ensyn by Fibria Both…
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Buckeye Partners is to offer crude oil services at its storage terminal in Albany, New York after forming a long-term agreement with an Irving Oil subsidiary. Under the agreement, Buckeye will provide around 1.8 million barrels of oil storage, off-loading unit trains and throughput when the terminal opens at the beginning of November. Buckeye president and CEO Clark Smith says the offering of…
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Spain-based renewable energy and engineering company Abengoa is set to temporarily idle an ethanol plant in the US. The plant in Illinois allegedly produces 88 million gallons of ethanol annually but is due to idle because of current poor production margins, mainly in part because of the summer drought experienced by the US. Abengoa was authorised by the US Environmental Protection Agency to help…
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