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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 be created at the plant.
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DuPont is uniquely positioned to deliver clean technology opportunities, including both advanced biomaterials and biofuels, according to Craig Binetti, president of DuPont Applied Sciences. He says: 'We are meeting the growing demand for reducing dependence on fossil fuels by harnessing the full innovation capabilities of our scientists and our partners,' Binetti continues: 'This creates a…
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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 litres a year. To mark…
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Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, US, has been given a grant from the Biofuels Center of North Carolina worth more than $145,000 (€97,500). The money will be used to expand the university’s testing facilities for biofuels catalysts. The grant is for one year’s worth of research and will be used to produce biodiesel from cheap feedstocks and other sources. The university is…
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In Sao Paulo, Brazil, sugarcane handler Da Mata S.A. – Acucar e Alcool is planning to construct an ethanol plant. The company's second ethanol production facility, the Sanra Marina plant will have an output of more than 26 million gallons a year. 'Today, there aren't enough mills online to provide what's required by the domestic market,' says Jorge Hatem, manager of Da Mata's existing…
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In the Philippines, the country's largest ethanol plant could restart production. According to Rosemarie Gumera, manager of policy and planning at the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA), the San Carlos Bioenergy plant, located in Negros Occidental, looks set to reopen as the price of locally produced sugarcane continues to fall. San Carlos Bioenergy stopped making ethanol between 2010 and…
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Within the next 12 months renewable energy company Solena is looking to submit a planning application for a biofuels production plant. Expected to cost between $300 and $350 million (€209-244 million), the plant, which could be located in Gilroy, California, US, will produce 16 million gallons a year of renewable jet fuel. However, the company still has a lot of development work to complete…
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Hunt Ramsbottom, CEO of Rentech is to provide the keynote address on 3 October at the Biofuels International expo & conference in Calgary, Canada. Rentech's proposed Olympiad Renewable Energy Centre (Olympiad Project), located in White River, Ontario, Canada will be designed as a state-of-the-art energy facility that would employ the Rentech-ClearFuels biomass gasification system and the…
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Mission NewEnergy, an Australia-based biodiesel producer, has entered into a six-month contract to supply its sustainable biodiesel to an unnamed oil giant. The deal will begin in January next year and is foreseen to generate revenues over $40 million (€27.7 million) for Mission. 'Our unique position of having a fully certified biodiesel under the International Sustainability & Carbon…
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Corn production in China is expected to rise by 3% compared to 2009 levels, reaching 182.5 million tonnes this year – the highest ever recorded volume in the nation. Despite this record high, corn imports are likely to remain necessary and continue to grow steadily throughout the next few years. This can be attributed to an increasing domestic demand for corn in the animal feed and…
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Biodiesel producer Argent Energy Group has been awarded £7 million (€8.1 million) from the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) to help fund its development. Argent secured £4 million from RBS and £2.95 million from the bank's asset financing division, Lombard. The banking package includes the provision of debt and full-money transmission services. Lombard is funding the purchase…
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Energy company Maple Leaf Reforestation (MLR) is to open a biodiesel facility in British Columbia, Canada, using next generation feedstock. In July, the Canadian government introduced a 2% biodiesel blending limit with diesel and heating oil, making it mandatory for all users. This is expected to create a new demand for about 0.6 billion litres of biodiesel next year. In the US, 2% biodiesel…
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Blue Sun Biodiesel will sell its biodiesel at the Cummins Terminal located in Knoxville, Tennessee ‘We’re glad to be bringing our biodiesel, and our way of doing business to Knoxville and the Cummins Terminal,’ says Blue Sun CEO Leigh Freeman. ‘Locating at the Cummins Terminal will give our customers a very convenient and efficient way to meet their biodiesel blending…
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Swedfund has invested €10 million into Addax Bioenergy, a company based in Sierra Leone. Swedfund’s investment, which Addax & Oryx is also a part of, will be the biggest private sector agriculture investment into the country and will be added to a total investment of €267 million. The greenfield projects will include the construction of an ethanol refinery and a biomass power…
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