Apr 23, 2010
Biofuels worse than fossil fuels?
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Apr 22, 2010
US-based ethanol producer Poet has plans to produce 3.5 billion gallons of cellulosic ethanol a year by 2022.
Following successful technology and feedstock development the company will break ground on its first cellulosic ethanol plant Emmetsburg, Iowa, later this year.
The 3.5 billion gallons of cellulosic ethanol will come from three primary sources: 1 billion gallons... [Read More]
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Apr 22, 2010
In the US the federal tax credit for ethanol is set to expire on 31 December. Now producers look to have a new lease of life following the introduction of a bill on 20 April to extend the ethanol credit for five years.
The extension will remain at the current level of $0.45 (€0.33) per gallon. This is a companion bill to HR 4940, the Renewable Fuels Reinvestment Act,... [Read More]
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Apr 22, 2010
It is now only two weeks to go until the Bioenergy International expo & conference Europe 2010 kicks off, with limited place left on the plant tour on 4 May 2010 – included in the price of the conference pass.
The tour will be held at Preol’s state-of-the-art biodiesel plant in the industrial region of Lovosice.
Companies that have already registered for the... [Read More]
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Apr 21, 2010
According to Lurgi, a member of the Air Liquide group of companies in Memphis, Tennessee, US, California’s only fully operational ethanol plant is online.
An Ultra Low NOX gas turbine generator powers the Calgren plant, located in Pixley, with the ability to generate 5,800KW of electricity.
With its built-in process conversion technology, the facility will also produce... [Read More]
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Apr 21, 2010
At the end of March it was reported that Italian customs authorities seized 10,000 tonnes of illegal biodiesel that is thought to have originated from the US where it benefitted from US subsidies illegal in Europe.
Italian judge Giudice per le Indagini Preliminari has now prolonged this temporary confiscation of the biodiesel load, a decision that is backed fully by the... [Read More]
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Apr 21, 2010
US-based ethanol producer Green Plains Renewable Energy is set to purchase numerous agribusiness companies located in west Tennessee, US.
These include five grain elevators situated in Como, Dyer, Kenton, Trenton, and Union City, Tennessee, and have the capacity to store 11.7 million bushels. A wholly-owned subsidiary of Green Plains Renewable Energy, Green Plains Grain... [Read More]
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Apr 21, 2010
Houston-based energy project development player Energy Allied International and The Seawater Foundation and Global Seawater have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to jointly develop the world’s first commercial-scale seawater-based biofuels project in Egypt.
The formed company New Nile will produce tens of millions of litres of second generation biofuels on... [Read More]
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Apr 20, 2010
Bioenergy International expo & conference is organised by leading publication Biofuels International (BI) magazine, and here Robert Gmyrek (RG) director of the biofuels department at PKN Orlen, provides an insight into what he will be speaking about at the event in Prague, Czech Republic, on 5-6 May, and his thoughts on the future of the market.
PKN Orlen is Poland’s... [Read More]
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Apr 19, 2010
100% fuel grade ethanol will power the racecars in the Toyota Grand Prix, held on Long Beach on 18 April 2010, according to the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA).
UNICA has partnered with IndyCar to raise awareness about the use of ethanol. UNICA’s chief representative Joel Velasco for the US said: ‘Sugarcane ethanol is a clean and affordable renewable... [Read More]
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Apr 19, 2010
Renewable energy firm Jatoil will become majority shareholder in its Vietnamese jatropha plantations as it invests further into the joint venture with Green Energy Vietnam (GEV). The company hopes this investment will dramatically increase its production of jatropha oil.
CEO at Jatoil Phil Hodgson said: ‘Now is the time to expand our jatropha plantings to enable... [Read More]
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Apr 16, 2010
US-based derivatives marketplace CME Group has launched trading and clearing services for four new European biofuel swap futures contracts.
Trading will be available on the New York trading floor and clearing services through CME ClearPort, a set of flexible clearing services open to over-the-counter (OTC) market participants to substantially mitigate counterparty risk... [Read More]
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Apr 16, 2010
Tanquid, OPEC, Vopak, Mestilla, Petrom, Amerifina Bio-Fuels, Noil Energy Group, Enamo, MÜNZER Bioindustrie, OK a.m.b.a, LSPO Oy, BTP Biodiesel, Slovnaft, GREENEA, Noil Energy Group, Coalandoil, italgest, Shimadzu Europa, Camlin Fine Chem, Transpetrol – just some of the names registered for the third Bioenergy International expo & conference, organised by leading... [Read More]
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Apr 16, 2010
Hawaii-based ClearFuels Technology has signed a letter of agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) to build a biorefinery in Colorado.
ClearFuels will receive an initial $7.7 million (€5.6 million) toward the construction of the Colorado refinery as part of an overall $22.6 million DoE grant.
The ClearFuels-Rentech biorefinery in Colorado is scheduled to... [Read More]
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Apr 16, 2010
Petrojam Ethanol Limited (PEL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Petrojam Limited, has ceased its production of ethanol, idling its 40 million gallon-a-year plant based in Jamaica.
The facility was shut down due to the lack of raw material being delivered from Brazilian trading company Coimex.
‘The government must accept full responsibility for this state of affairs’,... [Read More]
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Apr 15, 2010
A signed agreement between Globasol and TSK-Ingemas, of the Spanish group Globalia, will see the construction of the Dominican Republic’s first biodiesel plant.
Costing $40 million (€29.5 million) and expected to be completed within 14 months, the plant will convert 60,000 hectares of jatropha and higuereta into 100,000 tonnes of biofuels at the site in Azua province.... [Read More]
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Apr 15, 2010
Green Future Innovations, a Japanese joint venture between ITOCHU Corp. and JGC Corp. is to become involved in a Philippines-based biofuels project, along with other local partners.
The project, based in Isabela province, will include the production of power and ethanol at a commercial scale.
Green Future will manufacture and sell the biofuel produced from 54,000 kilolitres... [Read More]
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