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Biodiesel producer Methes Energies Canada's newly retrofitted biodiesel plant will be officially opened on 10 August – International Biodiesel Day. The Sombra, Ontario-based plant is able to produce 13 million gallons a year of biodiesel from mostly cooking oil and animal fat, although it is able to handle a variety of different feedstocks. Methes Energies began retrofitting the plant after…
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A joint-venture project called Ineos New Planet BioEnergy (INPB) has been granted parts 79 and 80 registration from the US Environmental Protection Agency for the production and sale of advanced bioethanol from non-food waste materials.  Headed by waste to biofuel company Ineos Bio, the notice of registration came after successful completion of the construction of the Indian River Bioenergy…
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In June this year, 112 million gallons of biodiesel were produced throughout the US, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reports, with a year-to-date production of 557 million gallons through the first six months of the year. Biodiesel is classified under the EPA's biomass-based diesel category in the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). The 117.5 million gallons of biomass-based diesel that was…
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Bioethanol yeast developing company Lesaffre, and its business unit Fermentis, has acquired xylose isomerase technology from yeast technology providers Butalco. ‘This acquisition, combined with our own intellectual property, allows us to finalise the construction of an industrial yeast strain suitable for second generation ethanol,’ says Fermentis general manager Didier…
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Biodiesel producer and marketer, REG, has signed an agreement with independent energy logistics company Maxum Petroleum that will see it supply biodiesel at its Rancho Dominguez terminal near Long Beach, California. Under the supply agreement, Maxum will begin offering REG-9000 biodiesel in mid-August, when it will be available to petroleum jobbers or large fleets. 'This new terminal will help…
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The US Appeals Court for the District of Columbia Circuit has sided with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and its partial waiver approval for E15 ethanol fuel for model year 2001 and newer light duty vehicles and all flex-fuel vehicles. Those vehicles represent nearly two-thirds of all vehicles on the road and almost 75% of vehicle miles driven. Since the initial waiver filing in March…
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Commodity management firm Gavilon has become the exclusive ethanol marketer for Advanced BioEnergy's three facilities located in Fairmont, Nebraska; and Aberdeen and Huron, South Dakota. The announcement was made after subsidiaries of the Gavilon Group entered into multi-service commercial agreements with subsidiaries of Advanced BioEnergy. Under the terms of the agreement, Gavilon will also be…
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Philippines-based bioenergy company Secura International Corporation (SIC) has signed a joint venture agreement with two cooperatives for the future production of biodiesel. SIC will be working with the Higaonon Indi Tribes Cooperative and the Tumanod Indi Napier Marketing Cooperative to create biodiesel from napier grass and other feedstocks. Each company has to gather landowners with a minimum…
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The US Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture has awarded a $6 million (€4.9 million) grant to the University of Hawaii to increase locally produced renewable energy. To be spread over four years, the University and its partners want to develop high-yielding biofuel feedstocks, establish advanced local biofuel production processes and guide the local…
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The University of Georgia (UGA) has been awarded $2 million (€1.6 million) in federal money for projects aiming to drive more efficient biofuels production and feedstock improvements. UGA has been awarded $500,000 to use a genetic analysis of biomass to identify the plant architecture that is important for optimised biomass production in a range of environments. A second award of $1.5…
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Up to 125 advanced biofuel producers will be receiving payments from the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Bioenergy Programme for Advanced Biofuels. Producers become eligible for payments from the programme based upon the amount of biofuels that are produced from renewable biomass other than corn starch. Some biofuels eligible for the program include those produced from cellulose,…
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The European Commission has given a boost to the Scottish rapeseed industry by accepting Scottish Quality Crops (SQC) into its sustainability certification scheme for biofuels. This means SQC’s quality assurance schemes, which covers both oilseed and cereal crops throughout the country, have met sustainability criteria set by the EU renewable energy and fuel quality directives. ‘For…
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NuStar and biofuel supply chain company Eco-Energy Holdings are to build an ethanol storage facility complete with unit train infrastructure after forming a partnership. To be located at NuStar's Dumfries site in Virginia, US, the facility will benefit the northern Virginia and Washington, DC markets. It will comprise ethanol unloading, storage and truck loading solutions. The terminal will be…
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