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An ethanol plant auctioned on 24 August in the US failed to sell for more than the starting bid due to its high selling price and complications associated with it. Primary lender Cape Fear Farm Credit bid $34.5 million (€24.5 million) for the Raeford, North Carolina-based Clean Burn Fuels, anticipating a higher bidder would end up acquiring it. However this was not the case and Cape Fear is…
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Four months after closing, Ensus' bioethanol plant remains closed due to market conditions. Ensus closed its £250 million (€286 million) facility in May but insisted this was a temporary move. However, operations there remain halted and Ensus is unsure when production will be resumed. However it hopes to start refining by the end of this year. Nevertheless, the company remains positive…
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The market for biofuels will increase by more than two fold by the year 2021 with a rise in production and consumption in the transport sector being the biggest drivers, according to a new report. The cleantech research firm estimates that the global market for biofuels will increase from $82.7 billion (€59.7 billion) in 2011 to $185.3 billion in just ten years. The report, written by Pike…
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Alaska Airlines has powered its first flights using a blend of biofuels derived from used cooking oil. The airline, along with its sister company, Horizon Air, says they will operate 75 flights between Seattle and Washington DC over the next three weeks using the fuel. The blend, which consists of 20% biofuels, will cut greenhouse gases by about 10% over the 75 flights, which Alaska says is the…
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Algarythm, a South Australian company, has developed a new method in producing algal biomass in commercial quantities. Fishace Ecological Engineering has designed an open pond algae system coupled with photo-bioreactors to increase microalgae density and volume whilst decreasing operating costs. Nutrient-loaded waste waters have been introduced whilst managed fish culture provide vitamin streams.…
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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 joint venture…
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Flint Hills Resources Renewables has acquired ethanol plants in Iowa Falls and Fairbank, Iowa, in the US, formerly owned by privately owned ethanol company Hawkeye Renewables, after the transaction was closed on 18 February 2011. The sale was completed in an all-cash transaction, although the purchase price was not revealed. 'Our transaction with Flint Hills Resources Renewables represents a…
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Biodiesel production around the world will increase at a CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of approximately 15.5% between 2010 and 2013, according to a research report by market research and information analysis company RNCOS. The company's report, named 'Global Biofuel Market Analysis', states that government incentives and a boom in the number of biodiesel plants in Asia, will significantly…
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In California, US, the California Energy Commission has given a $1.88 million (€1.3 million) grant to AE Advanced Fuels Keyes, the wholly owned subsidiary of AE Biofuels. According to AE Biofuels, the funding will be used to develop the commercialisation of its enzyme-based technology for the production of cellulosic ethanol. The company's new facility will be developed close by to its…
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In Baton Rouge, Louisiana, US, speciality chemicals firm Albemarle Corporation has acquired Catilin, a technology company dedicated to the development and application of heterogeneous biodiesel catalysis. The new move will see Albemarle become involved in several R&D synergies. 'We are excited to offer Catilin technology alongside our existing GoBio portfolio to customers in the fast growing…
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In the US a bill, which would see the majority of all automobiles manufactured in 2017 and after have the ability to run on biofuels, has been strongly opposed by car manufacturers. The Open Fuel Standard Act of 2011 has come about in an effort by the Senate to try and keep ethanol tax subsidies in place and raise the tariff. However, trade group The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, which…
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Between 2005 and 2015 the worldwide market value of biodiesel is expected to increase by 26%, reaching $62 million (€43.3 million) in 2015. This is according to a report released from market research reports database companiesandmarkets.com. In 2009, a total of 14.7 billion gallons of biodiesel were produced. The report, entitled Biodiesel and Feedstocks: A Global Market Outlook, predicts…
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In the US, using inefficient farmland to grow perennial grasses instead of corn for the production of ethanol can yield increased volumes of corn and higher ethanol output per acre, according to a new report. The move would also see a reduction in the levels of carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide emissions. The study, which is published in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, found that…
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Biodiesel in Europe should be produced to meet EN142414 – 2008/2009 and EN15376-2011 standards, which can then be blended into road fuels meeting EN590 and EN228 quality requirements. On 15 November 2011, delegates at Biofuels International expo & conference will have the chance to learn how biodiesel production can be optimised using the latest testing methods and procedures in a tour…
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