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Plantation company PT Perkebunan Nusantara (PTPN) is to construct a bioethanol plant in Mojokerto, Indonesia. The company claims the plant will be the first ever bioethanol plant to be operated by a state-owned company and aims to produce up to 30 million litres of fuel a year. PTPN finance director Dolly Bulungan says the project will abosrb around $48 million (€39 million) split between a…
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Biofuels and renewable chemicals company Aemetis plans to use technology developed by energy provider Chevron and construction company Chicago Bridge and Iron (CBI) to explore jet fuel and diesel production. The technology, provided by Chevron and CBI joint venture Chevron Lummus Global, uses water to convert plant oils into products that are similar to petroleum crude and can be refined into…
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Clean energy company General Biofuels Georgia is set to construct a new wood pellet plant in Washington County, Georgia to aid biofuels production. The facility is set to cost around $60 million (€46 million) and the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDED) is hopeful it will open in early 2014. Georgia timberlands and local lumber producers will provide feedstock and produce will…
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Dubai-based alternative fuels company Lootah Biofuels and AlgaOil, a Philippines-headquartered algae production company, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop algae-derived biofuels. The partnership, which will involve the construction of a biodiesel production plant in Dubai, will bring together Lootah's local knowledge and engineering specialities with AlgaOil's existing…
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Cargill, a US-based agribusiness business, will be closing one of its two biodiesel plants in Germany. The 120,000 tonne capacity per year facility has stopped production because of what Cargill calls an ‘overcapacity’ in the European green fuels sector. The plant is a joint venture with German agricultural co-op Agravis. The recent announcement by the European Commission to reduce…
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Renewable fuel producer Fulcrum Bioenergy has received multi-million dollar financing for a new facility in the US. The total amount comes to $175 million (€134 million) and construction of the Sierra Biofuels municipal solid waste to low-carbon fuels facility represents Fulcrum’s foray into such a plant. ‘The current IPO market environment remains challenging, especially for…
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The Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) says the ethanol exports for last year could have been more than 1.1 billion gallons, thanks to a new monthly record set in November. More than 150 million gallons was exported in that month, according to government figures, going mainly to Brazil. The fuel was also exported to Canada, Mexico and the Netherlands were the other main export destinations. From…
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Biobased chemical company Codexis has released its results for last year and says it made more than $123 million (€93 million) in 2011, a rise of 16% from the $107 million it generated the year before. For the fourth quarter of last year it also made 12% more than the same time the previous year, reporting a revenue of $33.5 million. For this year, Codexis expects its profits will be similar…
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Recent analysis of the biofuels industry by ecoprog GmbH has suggested a probable 40 new production plants will be constructed in Europe in the next 5 years, regardless of the existing import pressure and national overcapacities. In early 2012, approximately 380 biofuel plants with a production capacity of 1,050 petajoules were operational in the European Economic Area due an unprecedented…
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The first test run of B100 Marine Microalgal Biodiesel has been carried out at the CSIR headquarters in New Delhi, India. Last year the government successfully tested B20 biodiesel derived from marine microalgal and these most recent tests follow further developments. For the test, a regular vehicle was powered by the B100 biodiesel for 200km and the government says it wants to invest in future…
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Dyadic International is a global biotechnology company focused on the discovery, development, manufacture and sale of enzyme and protein products for the bioenergy, biochemical, biopharmaceutical and industrial enzyme industries. The company has announced that Abengoa Bioenergy New Technologies (Abengoa), has agreed to pay them $5.5 million for an expansion of its rights under the non-exclusive…
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The chairman of the Karnataka State Biofuel Development Board in Bangalore helped lay the foundation for the first of a proposed 13 new biofuel research centres in the district. Mr Y B Ramakrishna spoke during the foundation laying ceremony at the Bangalore University of Agricultural Sciences. ‘Thirteen new centres will be added to the 17 existing  information outlets, but these…
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US-based drop-in petrol producer Primus Green Energy as almost completed construction on a new demonstration plant in New Jersey. PGE uses natural gas and biomass to produce its fuel and the final of four reactors will soon be in place to wrap up construction on the $12 million (€9.4 million) project. The demonstration plant will serve as a model for PGE’s first commercial plant, on…
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The executive VP of the Biotechnology Industry Organisation’s (BIO) Industrial and Environmental Section, Brent Erickson, has issued a statement in response to what he called ‘false claims’ made by the American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) president Charles Drevna in regard to cellulosic biofuels. Erickson’s statement was sent to the House Energy and…
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