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In the Philippines the province of San Mariano, Isabela, is to receive a $120 million (€86 million) investment for the construction of an ethanol plant.
The Japanese firm Itochu Corp. is behind the investment, while Green Future Innovations (GFI) will develop the project. GFI is a joint venture between Itochu, Japan-based JGC Corp., the Philippine Bioethanol and Energy Investments Corp. and…
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In the US Wanzek Construction, a wholly owned subsidiary of speciality contractor MasTec, has been selected by BlueFire Renewables to build its cellulosic ethanol plant located in Fulton, Mississippi.
The $296 million (€213 million) engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract was signed in early October 2010 and includes around $100 million for the facility’s biomass…
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The Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) has allocated RM1 million (€231,260) to Petronas, Shell, BHP, ExxonMobil and Chevron to set up infrastructure for B5 biodiesel blending facilities, ahead of the introduction of the mandate next year.
The incentive comes as the government aims to fully implement a B5 mandate by mid 2011, a requirement which was supposed to have been put in place by January…
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Delegates registering for the upcoming Bioenergy International Asia expo & conference can now receive a 10% discount to the event if they register before 15th October.
The two day event, being held on 10-11th November in Kuala Lumpur, organised by market leading publication Biofuels International magazine, is now in its second year and is supported by the Malaysian Biodiesel…
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In Central America the government of Panama is to invest $2 million (€1.4 million) on the construction of a biodiesel facility in what will hopefully encourage further biodiesel production in the region.
The 10,000 litre-a-day production plant will be built in the province of Colon with groundbreaking expected to commence at the beginning of next year.
The plant will manufacture the biofuel…
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Buffalo Lake Energy has received a $285,000 (€204,000) fine from the US-based Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) for operations at its ethanol plant in Fairmont.
Since operations began in June 2008 the facility has breached the conditions of its air and water quality permits.
The most significant violation came when Buffalo Lake Energy constructed and ran an alternative system for…
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A producer of hydrocarbons from renewable resources, Global Bioenergies has reached a key milestone in the development of its process for the transformation of renewable resources into gaseous isobutene.
According to Marc Delcourt, the co-founder and CEO of Evry, France-based Global Bioenergies, ‘We have achieved our goal to bioproduce isobutene in vivo ahead of target. We are now…
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On 10 November 2010 ethanol supplier Renova Energy will be auctioned off by Maas Companies of Rochester, Minnesota in the US.
The facility consists of an incomplete $60 million (€43.3 million) ethanol production plant, an AD biogas system and a 3.2MW power plant.
Although the facility is not fully constructed, most of the groundwork and engineering has been completed and the equipment…
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Operations have begun at the Oceanside wastewater treatment plant in San Francisco, US.
The demonstration facility, which converts restaurant trap grease, or brown grease, into biodiesel was developed by fully integrated engineering, construction and technical services organisation URS Corporation and is the first US-based municipal wastewater programme to create biodiesel from the waste…
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The Japanese government has implemented a set of guidelines that could see the nation cut its CO2 emissions by 30% by 2030 compared to levels in 1990.
Japan is the fifth largest producer of greenhouse gases in the world and is looking to boost the amount of electricity generated from non-fossil fuels in a bid to cut these emissions by 25% by 2020. Currently just 34% of the country’s…
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In late 2008 Canada-based Lignol, a technology firm in the cellulosic ethanol, biochemicals and biorefining sector, signed a $30 million (€21.91 million) agreement with the US Department of Energy (DoE) relating to the construction of a commercial demonstration cellulosic ethanol plant.
Now the agreement has been modified whereby approximately $4 million (previously €1.56 million) has been…
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Aurora Algae, a producer of algae-based products, located in California, US, is expanding its operations.
The expansion will see Aurora Algae open a new regional headquarters in Perth, Australia. Matthew Caspari, the managing director and co-founder of Aurora Algae, will lead the new office and oversee the construction and operation of what will be the company’s first commercial-scale…
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As the production of crude oil begins to slow in Australia, biofuels production looks set to increase and it has been estimated that this will more than double by 2015.
Increased installed capacity coupled with a continuous rise in demand for green transport fuel could see Australia’s output capacity reach 1.519 billion litres in five years’ time, up from its 2010 production output of 636…
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The US’ fourth largest ethanol producer Green Plains Renewable Energy has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Global Ethanol.
Manufacturing a total of around 157 million gallons a year, Global Ethanol currently owns two ethanol production facilities; one in Lakota, Iowa, and a second in Riga, Michigan.
These two plants will boost Green Plains’ output capacity by 31% to 657…
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In the US a group of 23 environmental, consumer, food, auto and other industry organisations want to block ethanol producers’ endeavours to have the government mandate the sale of petrol containing 12% ethanol (E12).
The group approached the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on 28 September to deny the request.
In a letter to EPA Assistant Administrator Gina McCarthy, the…
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