Apr 14, 2011
Pannonia's ethanol plant to be completed by Q1 2012
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Apr 13, 2011
M&G, a Novozymes partner, conducted the groundbreaking ceremony for an ethanol plant on 12 April 2011.
Located in Crescentino, Italy, the production facility will produce 13 million gallons a year of cellulosic ethanol from wheat straw, energy crops and other forms of biomass. It is due to start production in 2012.
'Laying the foundation for the world's first commercial-scale... [Read More]
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Apr 11, 2011
Energy supplier Sprague Energy of White Plains, New York, in the US, and privately owned Biodico have launched a pilot programme – Bio Genset – that will encourage the use of biodiesel and biodiesel blends in diesel-powered generators and power units, with a goal to reduce emissions from diesel fuel generators, decrease the dependence on foreign oil and promote... [Read More]
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Apr 7, 2011
South Africa's AGZAM Project Developers has made one of the largest investments into a sector outside of the mining industry, in Zambia.
The company is planning to build a $251 million (€175.65 million) sugar and ethanol facility after it signed a deal with the nation at the end of March 2011.
Work on the biofuel plant is slated to begin in May this year before operations... [Read More]
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Apr 7, 2011
In the US, Decatur, Illinois-based biofuels producer Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) is to buy a soyabean crushing and biodiesel production plant, located in Deerfield, Missouri.
ADM is acquiring the facility from Prairie Pride, in addition to collaborating with the biodiesel and soya mill producer for the biodiesel side of the business.
'The acquisition of Prairie Pride's... [Read More]
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Apr 6, 2011
In Dai Tan Commune in Dai Loc District, Vietnam's largest ethanol plant opened on 2 April 2011.
Dong Xanh owns and operates the plant, which produces 125 million litres of ethanol annually from locally grown cassava.
The plant cost in excess of VND600 billion (€20 million) to construct.
In addition to providing work for around 20,000 cassava farmers, the new development... [Read More]
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Apr 6, 2011
In Fort Dodge, Iowa, US, producer and marketer of food, agricultural, financial and industrial products and services Cargill has acquired a corn wet mill ethanol plant from Tate & Lyle.
The facility's current annual production capacity stands at 115 million gallons of ethanol from 150,000 bushels of corn a day.
Speaking about the purchase, Alan Willits, Cargill Corn... [Read More]
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Apr 6, 2011
Tharaldson Ethanol's plant in Casselton, North Dakota, has become the seventh-largest ethanol production facility in the US.
The plant began producing ethanol in 2009 and has reached a production capacity of 150 million gallons a year of ethanol to date.
When operations commenced it could handle around 36 million bushels of locally grown corn a year. Two years later and... [Read More]
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Apr 5, 2011
England has the potential to generate 4% of its electricity needs from short rotation coppice energy crops grown on unused land, according to a study supported by the UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC).
These findings highlight that such crops, including poplar and willow, could help the UK meet its 2020 renewable energy target of 15% of all energy and 30% electricity to... [Read More]
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Apr 5, 2011
Since July 2007, most diesel sold in the Oregon, US-based city of Portland has been blended with 5% biodiesel (B5), and now the rest of the state is catching on.
Oregon has now become the second US state to enforce the B5 mandate, after Minnesota, which first implemented a B2 biodiesel requirement, before this was ramped up to B5. Now Minnesota is reported to be further... [Read More]
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Apr 4, 2011
Interjet and Airbus tested their first Jatropha-based biofuel flight in Mexico on 1 April 2011, using an Airbus A320 aircraft.
The biofuel comes from the local region’s Jatropha plant which is harvested in the southern state of Chiapas, Mexico.
The two companies say the main aim of the demonstration flight and the project was to speed up the commercialisation of... [Read More]
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Mar 31, 2011
The US government yesterday outlined its energy security strategy, pledging to fund more production of biofuels for fighter jets, trucks and commercial airliners.
The Air Transport Association of America (ATA), the trade organisation representing airlines in the US, says it ‘applauded’ the directive, of which the Department of Energy, the navy and the Department... [Read More]
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Mar 31, 2011
US-based renewable fuels producer Pacific Ethanol released its fourth quarter and year-end 2010 financial results on 28 March 2011. The company sold 50% more ethanol gallons in the fourth quarter of 2010 and increase 57% for all of 2010, compared to the same periods in 2009.
Net sales were $134.2 million (€95 million) for the fourth quarter of 2010, compared to $87.9... [Read More]
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Mar 31, 2011
Integrated energy company Suncor Energy has completed the expansion of its St. Clair ethanol plant, located in the Sarnia-Lambton region of Canada.
The expansion project has doubled the plant's production capacity and it is now recognised as Canada's largest biofuel production facility, after its output was ramped up from 200 million litres a year of ethanol to 400 million... [Read More]
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Mar 30, 2011
The Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels (RSB) has launched the RSB Certification System, which provides the assurances operators need to guarantee the sustainability and traceability of their feedstocks and fuels.
The 18 March 2011 saw the new RSB system receive provisional recognition by the German government under its regulatory scheme for biofuels.
And on 22 March 2011... [Read More]
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Mar 30, 2011
NASA recently tested a type of biofuel on a NASA DC-8 to measure its performance and emissions as part of the Alternative Aviation Fuel Experiment II (AAFEX II).
The Hydrotreated Renewable Jet Fuel is made from chicken fat and is an eco-friendly way to travel.
‘The Air Force bought many thousands of gallons of this to burn in some of their jets and provided about... [Read More]
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Mar 30, 2011
The White Paper, titled 'Roadmap to a Single European Transport Area – Towards a competitive and resource efficient transport system,' has been introduced by the European Commission and welcomed by ePURE.
The White Paper recommends that Europe reduce its dependence on imported oil and cut its carbon emissions in the transportation sector by 60% by 2050. Transport... [Read More]
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