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Final approval on E15 petrol blends has been granted by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) but it may still be some time before consumers can begin selecting it at the pumps. The approval means US companies will be able to sell fuel consisting 85% petrol and 15% ethanol, up-scaling from the current E10 model allowed throughout the country. The EPA, who first set the wheels in…
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International supplier of fermentation ingredients to the fuel ethanol industry Lallemand Ethanol Technology (LET) has announced the brand name of its collaboration with Mascoma Grain Technology (MGT). The yeast product project will be marketed under the name TransFerm and be available for use by the fuel ethanol industry. It represents the first commercial application of MET's proprietary…
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More US fuel plants are potentially considering retrofits to be able to produce isobutanol biofuel on-site. Technology provider Butamax Advanced Biofuels has signed up four ethanol plants for potential retrofits, bringing the total of what it is calling ‘the early adopters group’ to seven interested parties overall. The latest plants are Granite Falls Energy, Platinum Ethanol, Little…
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Strategic investor company Intercore Energy has announced a $1 million (€794,000) equity investment into Epec Biofuels Holdings to advance the commercialisation of ethanol 2.0 in the US. Epec has positioned itself as a pioneer of bringing ethanol 2.0 to commercial reality since late 2011 and this investment is part of a bigger approximately $1.25 million financing plan proposed by…
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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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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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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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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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The National Biodiesel Board (NBB) and global energy information provider Genscape has announced the launch of the GEnscape Renewable Identification Number (RIN) Integrity Network dashboard. The NBB call the initiative ‘another step to stabilising the RIN market’ and its RIN task force has continuously worked with the petroleum industry to provide solutions to the uncertainities in…
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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. ‘The startup of this plant…
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US-based clean energy technology provider Zere Energy and Biofuels has been awarded nearly $1 million (€796,000) to demonstrate a ‘near zero emissions’ fuel flexible combined heat and power system. The money has come from the California Energy Commission and Zere will design and build a system prototype which employs a ‘near zero emissions’ oxidation process. It will…
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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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A recent report concerning Alcorn State University in Mississippi, US reveals it has conducted research into using bamboo as a feedstock for biofuels production. The Mississippi Development Authority legislation, in conjunction with next-generation renewable fuels company KiOR’s state-wide research project, has provided the funding for the university to get involved in biofuels research…
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