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A number of environmental organisations and companies, including small engine manufacturers and food producers, have joined forces in an attempt to discourage Congress and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from promoting the widespread consumption of E15.
In the groups’ first ad, ‘Say no to untested E15’, they state that the ethanol blend should only be increased following more…
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One species of the most abundant plant on earth, grass, is under examination in a new US Department of Energy (DoE) test.
Switchgrass has been planted on 1,000 acres by researchers at the University of Tennessee to assess how improved varieties could lead to cheaper biofuels production.
The planting is part of a US DoE project aiming to make biofuels production more efficient, sustainable and…
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In the US the Minnesota Department of Agriculture estimates that the state will gain $600 million (€465 million) from the growth of its ethanol industry this year.
It estimates production will increase to 1.1 billion gallons in 2010 with an economic impact of $3.1 billion, and providing 1,500 additional jobs.
In 2009 Minnesota's ethanol industry generated more than $2.5 billion in…
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The US department of energy (DoE) will pump $106 million (€82 million) from the American Recovery and Reinvestment into six projects which will convert captured carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from industrial sources into useful products such as fuel, plastics, cement, and fertilisers.
The funds were matched with $156 million in private cost-share.
Converting captured CO2 into products such as…
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On the surface it all seems good news for Europe’s biodiesel industry with capacity growth at 16.6%, but a worrying number of idled plants put its true potential at bay.
The total production figure of 9 million tonnes is overshadowed by the EU27’s two-thirds idle capacity, said to be due in part to unfair trade practices on the global biodiesel market.
The European Biodiesel Board (EBB)…
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German specialty chemicals company Süd-Chemie is to build Germany´s largest second generation ethanol plant.
As from the end of 2011, this large-scale demonstration plant, located in the immediate vicinity of the new Bavarian BioCampus in Straubing, will produce up to 2,000 tonnes of bioethanol from agricultural waste, such as cereal straw.
The project comprises an investment volume of some…
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From September the Kenya Pipeline Company’s depots in Eldoret, Kisumu and Nakuru will begin blending 10% ethanol with petrol.
To meet the national requirement of 10% ethanol blend, Kenya’s national production will need to triple.
The two largest producers of ethanol in Kenya are Spectre International at 7.1 mgy and Agrochemical and Food Co. with 5.7 mgy production.
Chemelli, Nzoia and…
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The world’s largest manufacturer of commercial jetliners and military aircraft Boeing expects 1% of fuel used by commercial airlines to be sourced from biomass by 2015.
‘We need to get to 1% to get that foundation and then the trajectory will be significantly steeper,’ Billy Glover, MD of environmental strategy at Boeing’s commercial airplanes unit, says. ‘We’re aiming for a 1…
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Fuel provider Exousia Advanced Materials headquartered in New York, US, has nearly completed its new biodiesel production facility, which is expected to begin operations later on in the year.
Maintenance and re-tooling of the plant, which is located in South Carolina, are well underway and will start delivering biodiesel orders in August.
Wayne Rodrigue, chairman and CEO of Exousia, said:…
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In a bid to cut its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, British Airways (BA) has teamed up with Solena Group, a renewable energy producer, to construct a waste-to-biofuels plant.
Solena will invest around $300 million (€233.9 million) in the plant and is already considering two potential sites, both located close by to Dagenham, east London, UK.
The plant will produce 16 million gallons of…
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In Taubate, Brazil, biofuel producer BioVerde Industria e Commercio de Biocumbustiveis SA is to purchase Companhia Petroquimica do Nordeste (Copenor) for 23.5 million reais (€10.3 million).
The acquisition comes as BioVerde aims to dramatically increase its biodiesel production capacity 14 times over by Q4 2011. By June 2012 the company wants to be producing 1.2 billion litres of biodiesel.…
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On 17 July this year a biodiesel project commenced that will see BNSF Railway test Montana, US-made biodiesel produced by biofuels manufacturer Earl Fisher Biofuels.
20% of the fuel will be blended with conventional diesel and used in one of BNSF Railway’s switch engines at the Havre Depot.
Throughout the year Montana State University-Northern’s BioEnergy Center will test the biodiesel…
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The Renewable Fuels Agency (RFA) has published data from the second year of the Renewable Transport Fuels Obligation (RTFO), showing that the UK has met its 3.25% target.
The report shows that close to 1.6 billion litres of biofuels has been used in the UK, the equivalent of taking 500,000 million vehicles off the road. This equates to Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast being car-free.
The…
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Texas-headquartered pipeline transportation and energy storage company Kinder Morgan Energy Partners (KMEP) has experienced strong financial growth at its terminals and pipelines in Q2, namely due to an increase in ethanol handling.
‘Growth in [the products pipelines] segment compared to the second quarter last year was driven by strong financial performance at our Pacific pipeline and…
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Located in Ames, Iowa, US, biodiesel producer and marketer Renewable Energy Group (REG) is acquiring California-based biodiesel firm Tellurian Biodiesel and American BDF (ABDF).
ABDF is a joint venture owned by Golden State Service Industries, a wholly owned subsidiary of Golden State Foods of Irvine, California, Eagan, Minnesota-based Restaurant Technologies (RTI) and Tellurian Biodiesel.…
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