Feb 10, 2011
INPB breaks ground on biorefinery
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Feb 10, 2011
A specialist in Deinococcus bacteria for biofuels, green chemistry and antibiotics, Deinove has published its financial results to 31 December 2010.
Last year the company consolidated its alliances with its longstanding technology partners and signed a new, wide-ranging collaboration agreement with enzyme and chemical company VTT-Technical Research Centre of Finland.
As... [Read More]
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Feb 10, 2011
In the US Tom Vilsack, Agriculture Secretary, has chosen 16 projects across 10 states to receive funding.
Together the projects will be awarded with a total of $8.5 million (€6.2 million) in financial support through the Rural Economic Development Loan and Grant Program (REDLG), which is administered by USDA Rural Development.
Of these 10 projects, over $1.8 million... [Read More]
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Feb 10, 2011
Dedicated to the production of renewable products, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) will invest in sustainable palm production in Brazil.
Throughout five years, the ADM investment will encompass approximately 12,000 hectares of palm production in the state of Parà and will include the construction of a palm processing plant.
Construction of the processing plant, near... [Read More]
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Feb 9, 2011
80% of the EU's transport fuel needs could be met with biofuels by the year 2050, according to an independent study published by the Öko-Institut.
Commissioned on behalf of The Greens/European Free Alliance group in the European Parliament, the study titled The Vision Scenario for the European Union concludes that the use of biofuels in the EU transport sector will... [Read More]
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Feb 7, 2011
On 3 February 2011 energy company Jatoil achieved production of 200 tonnes of crude jatropha oil, all of which will be shipped and used as feedstock for biojet aviation fuel for use by commercial airlines.
The 200-tonne production milestone comes six months after Jatoil made its inaugural 10-tonne biofuel sale from its Indonesia project to the airline industry.
'Currently,... [Read More]
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Feb 3, 2011
A couple in Wichita, Kansas, in the US, have been arrested after they were caught stealing waste grease from a local eatery.
After leaving Joplin, it is thought that the pair visited small towns such as Iola and Cherryvale throughout the night, helping themselves to used cooking oil, before arriving at Burger King in the early hours of the morning.
They were spotted at... [Read More]
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Feb 3, 2011
Italy is one of the key producers of biodiesel in the EU. However the nation's output capacity has been hurt due to a rise in the importation of cheaper biodiesel.
The biofuel is most commonly made from palm oil and rapeseed oil in Italy, however it is thought that the imported fuel can cost less than these feedstocks.
In the first nine months of 2010, 410,000 tonnes of... [Read More]
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Feb 3, 2011
UK-based alternative energy company Goes on Green has acquired a biodiesel plant in the Netherlands.
Located in Sluiskil, the 250,000 tonne-a-year facility was acquired by BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions.
Also included in the transaction is the plant's deep water storage loading/unloading berth, 250,000m3 of storage capacity and fully integrated logistics.
24 new jobs will... [Read More]
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Feb 3, 2011
Ohio, US-based environmental services provider Environmental Quality Management (EQM) and Beacon Energy Holdings, a producer of biodiesel, located in Cleburne, Texas, have signed a definitive merger agreement.
Upon the closure of the agreement, EQM will merge with Beacon and become its wholly owned subsidiary.
Beacon will be named EQM Technologies & Energy.
Upon completion... [Read More]
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Feb 3, 2011
The EU's 2020 renewable energy targets will be met and exceeded, according to the European Commission, if each country fully implements its renewable energy model and improves financial support, including grants, loans, feed in tariffs and certificate regimes.
If renewable energy is to be integrated into the European market as a whole, support between the individual member... [Read More]
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Feb 3, 2011
In Honolulu, Hawaii, Hawaiian Electric Company has submitted a request for an annual supply of 3 to 7 million gallons of biodiesel.
The biodiesel will power the 100MW Campbell Estate Industrial Park generating station – one of the world's largest commercial-scale power plants to be 100% fuelled by biodiesel.
250,000 gallons of the biofuel supply will go towards powering... [Read More]
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Feb 3, 2011
Between March and September 2011 Thailand's government will launch an E95 bus fleet trial to test the viability of replacing the current diesel- and LNG-fuelled buses with a 95% ethanol blend.
1.3 million litres a day of ethanol are consumed by the nation today, but the government is hoping to ramp this up to 9 million litres a day by 2022.
The buses used in the trial... [Read More]
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Jan 27, 2011
The European Union has approved the SEK 500 million (€55 million) grant from the Swedish Energy Agency that will help fund the construction of a biorefinery in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden.
The industrial scale demonstration biofuel plant, based on technology provider Chemrec's gasification technology, will be located at the Domsjö Fabriker. It will produce... [Read More]
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Jan 27, 2011
In a bid to become a key player in the biodiesel sector, biodiesel producer Australian Renewable Fuels Limited will acquire its largest competitor Biodiesel Producers Limited.
The acquisition includes Biodiesel Producers' production plant, installed with technology capable of converting tallow and waste cooking oil into biodiesel.
The facility is sited in Barnawartha,... [Read More]
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Jan 26, 2011
Lincoln Park Capital Fund has agreed to invest up to $10 million (€7.3 million) into BlueFire Renewables, a producer of renewable fuels via non-food cellulosic wastes.
The investment, which will be spread out over 30 months, will go towards new developments by BlueFire, improving its processing capabilities.
The round of funding comes following a busy year for BlueFire.... [Read More]
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Jan 25, 2011
Brazilian ethanol producer Copersucar has partnered with the JAG – Jamal Al-Ghurair Group to form a new shipping company which will deliver ethanol and sugar around the world.
The two companies will hold a 50% share in the new business, Copa Shipping Company, exporting 600 million litres of ethanol and five million tonnes of sugar throughout its first year of operation.
The... [Read More]
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