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VTT Vasiliko, the company which aims to build a private oil storage terminal in Cyprus with an investment of €220 million, said it would take a positive view if the state wished to use its facilities.
According to the company, this would save up to €50 million in investment for the Republic of Cyprus, a saving which could be passed onto the Cyprus tax payer.
It also said the VTT…
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In the US, ethanol producer Big River Resources has agreed to purchase an ethanol plant located in Boyceville, Wisconsin.
The 55 million gallon a year plant is currently owned by Western Wisconsin Energy, which put the plant up for sale in mid-2010.
Under the contract, Big River Resources will continue to employ the existing workers.
Big River Resources' total production capacity will reach 385…
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In New Haven, Connecticut, US, biodiesel producer Greenleaf Biofuels has broken ground on its biodiesel plant.
The plant, which has been designed to manufacture 10 million gallons a year of biodiesel, has been under development for five years and could be operational by Q2 2012.
Upon completion, a system from Greenline Industries will be installed, enabling the plant to include methanol recovery,…
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Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) is to construct a biodiesel plant in Canada to help fulfil the nation's renewable diesel mandate.
In response to the B2 blending mandate that came into effect on 1 July this year, the new plant will be designed to produce 265 million litres a year of biodiesel from canola. It will be located in Lloydminster, Alberta, Canada, adjacent to ADM's existing canola crushing…
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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is calling on key players within the aviation industry to unite to ensure fuel supply safety.
The IATA says this is the responsibility of stakeholders within the aviation and air transport fuel supply sectors, who must come together for fuel safety, as well as environmental and commercial issues.
IATA's director general and CEO, Tony Tyler, says…
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The Netherlands-based oil company North Sea Group is planning to construct the largest ethanol plant in Asia.
Located in the Philippines, the plant will have a capacity of 400 million litres of ethanol a year from a variety of feedstocks.
The plans have come about following the implementation of an E10 blending mandate, which requires oil companies to sell petrol with a 10% ethanol by February…
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Green Plains Renewable Energy’s wholly owned subsidiary, BlendStar, will build, own and operate a new ethanol unit train terminal in Birmingham, Alabama on the BNSF Railway.
The new terminal will have 160,000 barrels of storage, and will receive full 96-car unit trains of ethanol, which can be offloaded within 24 hours.
The terminal is expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2012…
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South African company Sasol Synfuels has opened its first cobalt catalyst manufacturing facility in Sasolburg which will convert gas to liquids (GTL).
The company will supply the catalyst production to Qatar, Nigeria and Uzbekistan; creating 50 permanent jobs in the local South African community in the process.
Lean Strauss, Sasol senior group executive, says: ‘Our total capital spend in…
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Boeing has signed an agreement to collaborate with Hawai'i BioEnergy to produce renewable fuels, identify biofuel sources and build new technology.
The companies plan to examine crops including sorghum and eucalyptus for possible biofuel feedstocks – which can be grown locally in Hawaii in order to be produced into jet biofuel.
Boeing vice president of environment and aviation policy, Billy…
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Cascade Grain plant in Washington could come back into operation over the next couple of months after being shut down in 2009 because of bankruptcy.
JH Kelly Ethanol, a JV between The Industrial Company and JH Kelly Holdings, acquired the plant back in December 2009 and at the time JH Kelly’s president Mason Evans said: ‘We were very disappointed when Cascade Grain succumbed to the…
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Alaska Airlines has powered its first flights using a blend of biofuels derived from used cooking oil.
The airline, along with its sister company, Horizon Air, says they will operate 75 flights between Seattle and Washington DC over the next three weeks using the fuel.
The blend, which consists of 20% biofuels, will cut greenhouse gases by about 10% over the 75 flights, which Alaska says is the…
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Biofuels producer Verbio says its group sales have so far risen by more than 45% over the past year to €539 million, which it has attributed to the rising prices of biofuels along with trading activities.
In the first three quarters of this year, Verbio produced more than 410,000 tonnes of biofuels, and although this was less than the 427,000 tonnes of biofuels produced in the same period in…
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Biofuels company BioAmber and chemicals business Mitsui have joined forces to build a manufacturing facility in Ontario, Canada.
The first phase of the development will produce 17,000 tonnes of biosuccinic acid and is due to open in 2013. The companies plan to expand the facility, adding a further 35,000 tonnes of succinic acid and then increase the size of the facility to include facilities for…
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The first US commercial flight to be powered by biofuels derived from algae has flown from Houston’s IAH airport to Chicago’s O’Hare airport.
The microbially-derived biofuel, called Solajet, was manufactured by Solazyme and is a 60% petroleum-derived jet fuel.
Solazyme has signed a letter of intent with United Airlines to produce 500,000 tonnes of renewable fuel by 2015, and to…
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Biotechnology company Codexis says its revenues for the third quarter of 2011 were up 23% on the same period last year, increasing from $27.1 million (€19.6 million) to $33.3 million.
The revenue from products also increased by 29% to $12.2 million, mainly because of the progress made through the collaboration with Shell into the company’s carbon capture programme.
Operating expenses…
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