Mar 17, 2010
Bertin to purchase Infinity
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Mar 17, 2010
With 135 million litres of ethanol being manufactured from six sugar factories in India it looks like the country’s production of biofuels is on the up.
The ethanol is blended with petrol in order to comply with India’s 10% ethanol target by the end of 2011. According to the state’s Biofuel Task Force president Y B Ramakrishna, ‘There is a target of increasing... [Read More]
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Mar 16, 2010
According to Bio Base Europe the first crop of genetically modified poplar plants will be converted into ethanol in a Flemish-Dutch pilot installation.
The poplars were planted in May 2009 in an outside field in Ghent, Belgium. The crop has now been harvested and is ready to be converted into ethanol at the Bio Base Europe pilot plant.
Located in Ghent, the plant converts... [Read More]
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Mar 16, 2010
The state of Iowa, US, has been awarded funding from The Department of Agriculture to help develop biofuels and replace fossil fuels.
US senator Chuck Grassley claimed that the Bioenergy Program for Advanced Biofuels would distribute the sum of $1.6 million (€1.2 million) to the state.
Grassley said it was highly encouraging to witness The Department of Agriculture... [Read More]
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Mar 16, 2010
Wisconsin, US-based wind farm operator We Energies is looking to build a biomass plant.
The company has filed an application with state regulators to build a $255 million (€185 million) biomass power plant near Wausau.
The project would supply steam to Domtar’s paper mill in Rothschild and create up to 150 jobs.
The 50MW power plant would generate enough power... [Read More]
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Mar 16, 2010
A plant proposed for the city of Gretna, Florida, US, has been suspended for a period of six months.
The proposal was filed by Adage and the company has requested for the state Department of Environmental Protection to delay working on its application. Work has halted work on the Gretna project.
Proposal for the refinery was submitted in December 2009 but received negative... [Read More]
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Mar 15, 2010
US-based Vega Promotional Systems has signed a five-year agreement with ECEM Salzburg Energy and Environment Consulting to sell its biocoal.
Vega is currently building a 40,000 square foot biomass production plant in Georgia, US, that when completed will process biomass to produce 125,000 tonnes of biocoal every year.
Austria-based ECEM has agreed to purchase 100% of... [Read More]
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Mar 15, 2010
Grain merchandiser KAAPA Grains plans to develop its existing grain storage and drying facilities at Elm Creek, Nebraska, US.
The expansion, expected to cost around $10.3 million (€7.5 million), will include a 300-by-475 foot steel grain warehouse that will have an estimated capacity of 4.2 bushels of grain.
It will take six months to build and construction will begin... [Read More]
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Mar 15, 2010
In March Stockton Borough Council in the UK will decide whether to give a multi-million pound green energy plant the go-ahead.
The £150 million (€165 million) renewable energy refinery would burn around 400,000 tonnes of pine kernel to produce 49MW of power annually. The electricity generated will be exported to the National Grid via a sub-station at North Tees and... [Read More]
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Mar 15, 2010
After working closely with racing team Scuderia Ferrari since the middle of 2009, Shell has developed an advanced biofuels blend for the 2010 racing season.
During the 2010 Formula One season Scuderia Ferrari will be using an advanced biofuels component derived from cellulosic ethanol. The fuel meets the new FIA regulations without compromising Ferrari’s performance.
The... [Read More]
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Mar 12, 2010
Brick-by-brick the wall standing in the way of biodiesel production is finally being removed.
The US Senate voted 62-36 on Wednesday 12 March to pass a tax bill that included a one-year extension of the $1-a-gallon (€0.72) biodiesel tax credit, retroactive to 1 January.
When the tax credit expired on 31 December profitable biodiesel operations became a distant reality.
The... [Read More]
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Mar 12, 2010
By the end of March 2010 the UK government will have officially released the sustainability model for biomass and biofuels that the UK will abide by.
David Kidney, the energy minister, explained that the UK is following in the footsteps of the European Commission, which published its sustainability recommendations in February of this year. Work on the UK guidelines has... [Read More]
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Mar 12, 2010
In the UK, Malaby Biogas is waiting for the go ahead from Wiltshire council after plans for a biogas plant have now been submitted and validated.
The company is the anaerobic digestion (AD) division of property development firm Malaby Martin and wants to create a 680kW biogas refinery at Bore Hill farm, near Warminster, UK. The proposals, if accepted, will see the introduction... [Read More]
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Mar 11, 2010
After closing twice in the last year Imperium Renewables’ biofuels plant in Grays Harbour has finally reopened for business after resuming a limited production of biodiesel.
The plant, located in Seattle, US, produces biodiesel from canola and first ceased production around a year ago due to the rising costs of and decreasing demand for canola.
When the need for... [Read More]
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Mar 11, 2010
The Central Iowa Energy biodiesel plant in northeast Newton is now named REG Newton.
The consolidation of contracts with the biodiesel plant in Newton and Blackhawk Biofuels in Danville, Illinois, has been finalised.
In February Central Iowa Energy and Blackhawk Biofuels shareholders voted for an all-stock transaction and REG became the sole-owner of their facilities.... [Read More]
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Mar 11, 2010
Questions of doubt are being expressed with regards to Delta Electricity’s plans to use plant material for biomass at one of its power stations.
Delta’s Wallerawang power station in New South Wales, Australia may start burning biomass as part of a budding $250 million (€183 million) co-firing project. Delta has already planted mallee eucalypt trees with the idea... [Read More]
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Mar 10, 2010
Petrobras Biocombustiveis, the biofuel subsidiary created by Brazil's state-run energy company Petrobras, has experienced losses of BLR 92 million (€38.1 million)in the fiscal year ended 31 December 2009.
The company's first year in operations went poorly.
Its three biodiesel plants, with 326 million litres a year combined capacity, went on stream late in... [Read More]
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