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In Hawaii, biodiesel producer Aina Koa Pono is developing a biofuel plant and has awarded Aecom Technology with the EPC management contract. Upon completion, the $350 million (€245 million) production facility will produce biofuel from a variety of biomass feedstocks, including invasive plants, for use in a number of applications, including transport and power plants. Most of the biofuel…
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US-based enzyme developer Verenium has repurchased approximately $5.2 million (€3.6 million) in principal amount of its 5.5% Notes and approximately $3 million in principal amount of 9% Notes. 'We are very pleased to have taken another important step toward creating a capital structure that is appropriate to support the continued growth and success of the company,' says Jeffrey Black, senior…
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Global Petroleum will begin transporting ethanol to its Revere, Massachusetts-based blending terminal by trains comprising 60 cars, starting in 2012. Two trains per week will be used to transport the biofuel, and with each car carrying 29,000 gallons of ethanol, this amounts to almost 3.6 million gallons a week. Currently, the majority of ethanol-blended petrol enters Massachusetts by ship or…
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In Florida, US, Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, the Tampa Port Authority (TPA) and CSX Corporation have partnered to build an ethanol transportation system in the Port of Tampa. TPA will be responsible for the construction of a new railroad, on which trains of up to 100 cars will be able to deliver product. This new rail track will enable CSX to move ethanol from manufacturers based in the Midwest…
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FuturaGene, a company dedicated to enhancing the yield and sustainability of woody crops for biofuels and biopower, and Guangxi Academy of Sciences (GXAS) have entered into a development agreement. Under the agreement, FuturaGene and GXAS, which is primarily focussed on bioenergy research and the development of non-food crops, will develop and optimise second generation biofuel production from…
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VTTI, Rotary Engineering, Mabanaft, Seaport World Malaysia, Gulf PetroChem, Zurich Insurance and Mott McDonald are just some of the names confirmed to speak at the upcoming Tank Storage Asia expo & conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on  7-8 December. Last year’s successful event proved the level of interest in the bulk liquid storage sector in Asia is the ideal location to bring…
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Technology manufacturer Honeywell and AliphaJet, a collaborative venture between Synget and Unitel Technologies, will work to bring renewable aviation fuel to market under a new partnership. Honeywell will bring its engineering services and equipment to the venture, while AliphaJet has pioneered a catalytic method for bio-jet production using renewable materials such as plant and animal…
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In Hawaii, power company Hawaiian Electric Industries' (HEI) subsidiary Hawaiian Electric is to generate electricity from biofuel sourced from locally grown materials. Aina Koa Pono will provide the biofuels, which will be supplied to the Ka'u region-based 80MW Keahole Power Plant. The new contract will help Hawaii reach its clean energy target of 70% renewable electricity by 2030. 30% of the…
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OriginOil, a developer of breakthrough technology to transform algae, has agreed to participate in a pilot-scale algae project to be funded by the Mexican government. The project will demonstrate industrial algae production, paving the way for substantial investment by the Mexican government in large-scale jet fuels production. 'We are excited to support Mexico's 'Manhattan Project' to produce 1%…
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Poet has reduced the amount of water used in its ethanol plants by 411 million gallons a year compared to 2009 levels. The news comes after a widespread installation of the company's Total Water Recovery technology, meaning Poet plants now utilise an average of 2.77 gallons of water per gallon of ethanol. With startup of systems at Poet plants in Mitchell, South Dakota; Ashton, Iowa; and…
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In Peru, biodiesel producer Heaven Petroleum Operators SAC is to invest $186 million (€130 million) in jatropha cultivation. Heaven Petroleum's subsidiary Bio Agro Heaven del Sur SAC will develop the project, which will take place on 50,000 hectares of land in Ica region. The jatropha grown under the project will then be used in the production of biodiesel at the company's biodiesel plant in…
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Based in Omaha, Nebraska, US, ethanol producer Green Plains Renewable Energy's net income was $7.7 million (€5.5 million), as the company reported its financial results for the first quarter of 2011, ended 31 March. This compares to $15.6 million for the same period in 2010. Revenues were $812.2 million for the first quarter 2011, compared to $426.5 million during the same period in…
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ZeaChem, a biorefineries developer, has formed a joint venture with Procter & Gamble (P&G), a consumer goods manufacturer. The companies plan to further develop ZeaChem’s products, with the aim of commercialising its ‘drop-in’ bio-based chemicals and other products. ZeaChem uses feedstocks such as poplar trees and agricultural residues to produce bio-refining…
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Owned by Noble Group of Hong Kong, agricultural commodity trader Noble Argentina is looking to build a biodiesel plant in Santa Fe province, Argentina. Costing $50 million (€35 million), the project will feature a biodiesel and power cogeneration plant, a soyabean crushing facility, a storage plant for grain and a port. Planned for Noble Argentina's site in the Timbues region, the plant will…
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