
Feb 19, 2010
Addax Bioenergy to develop new facility
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Feb 18, 2010
The Netherlands-based storage terminal operator Koole is expanding its facility in Rotterdam by 80,000 m3.
The company will add to its existing 560,000 m3 terminal with a mix of mild steel and stainless steel tanks of various sizes.
In addition Koole Rotterdam will reinforce jetty no.1. and extend the draft to 15.80 metres during Q1, so that vessels of up to 75,000... [Read More]
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Feb 18, 2010
Incoming, a brand acceleration company, has purchased North American Bio-Energies, owner of Foothills Bio-Energies in North Carolina. Foothills Bio-Energies is currently the largest biofuel producer in the North Carolina region.
Foothills has now partnered with Appalachian State University in order to take part in a study designed to determine which feedstock oils are... [Read More]
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Feb 18, 2010
EDG Fuels is due to open a new biodiesel plant on 13 March 2010, based in Tucson, Arizona, US.
The facility will begin operations by producing 3 million gallons of biodiesel a year and it is hoped this will expand to 6 million gallons the following year.
Used cooking oil will be collected and converted into biodiesel.
According to EDG Fuels, the oil will be obtained... [Read More]
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Feb 17, 2010
The global biodiesel industry is expected to experience a paradigm shift and see its valuation stand at $12.6 billion (€9 billion) by the year 2014.
Currently, Europe is the world’s largest market for biodiesel. It is thought to be worth $7 billion by 2014 and accounts for nearly 55.6% of the market. The US accounts for 28.6%. These figures were published by MarketsandMarkets... [Read More]
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Feb 17, 2010
The conference programme for the upcoming Bioenergy International expo & conference 2010 on 5-6 May in Prague is now available to view online at:
http://www.biofuelsinternationalexpo.com/conf_prog.html
Key speakers at the event include:
Marc Gillmann, Head of biofuels, Total
H.E. Mr. Jan Dusík, Minister of the Environment for the Czech Republic,
Ivan Soucek, CEO,... [Read More]
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Feb 16, 2010
The UK’s Renewable Fuels Agency (RFA) finds that biogas could have more scope than used cooking oil (UCO) as an alternative fuel.
‘There is a limit on the supply of used cooking oil in the UK because it is dictated by the amount of oil used for frying in restaurant … so it remains a niche fuel, for instance for fleet use, which has an appeal as a firm’s corporate... [Read More]
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Feb 16, 2010
According to the Renewable Fuels Agency (RFA) report Year One of the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation for 2008/09, just four fossil fuel companies in the UK out of 15 have met all three of the government’s first-year targets to encourage the use of more biofuel in UK fossil fuels by 2013/14.
ConocoPhillips, Greenergy, Lissan and Mabanaft were the only fossil fuel... [Read More]
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Feb 16, 2010
So-called ‘biostations’ could pop up over Romania following a discussion between anaerobic specialists in Germany and the Netherlands, as part of a European project.
Romania is moving away from disposing of animal waste which could be used to generate electricity.
Biostations have been operating for eight years in Germany and the Netherlands.
Vice president of... [Read More]
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Feb 16, 2010
In Bristol, UK, judgement day for is just around the corner. A biofuel plant proposed for Avonmouth will either be approved or rejected within the next week.
Renewable energy company W4B explains that the power station will consume 70,000 tonnes of vegetable oil each year from tropical palm trees.
However, Friends of the Earth disapprove of the plant, explaining that... [Read More]
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Feb 15, 2010
Based in Toronto, biogas developer StormFisher has been acquired by Greenhouse Gas Services (GGS). GGS is a joint venture between GE Energy Financial Services and the AES Corporation.
StormFisher develops, owns and manages various projects around North America, where food and agricultural by-products are converted into natural gas and electricity.
Mauricio Vargas, CEO... [Read More]
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Feb 15, 2010
Following construction proposals last year, the future of an anaerobic digestion (AD) unit in Norfolk, UK, is now uncertain.
Although the power plant scheme at Crows Hall Farm would use manure and waste crops, the construction may not go ahead. The smell that would be emitted from the farm has been deemed an ‘unacceptable risk’ of pollution.
In a report to councillors,... [Read More]
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Feb 15, 2010
The 2008 decision, which requires 10% of biofuels in the EU to be used as liquid transport fuel by 2020, has proved to be an extremely bad judgement, according to a report by Action Aid.
People living in developing countries in Africa, Central America and Asia are now to endure more suffering because of the EU 10% target, the report finds. 100 million more people will... [Read More]
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Feb 15, 2010
British Airways has agreed to a deal with US company Solena Group that will see Europe’s first waste-matter-to-jet-fuel plant being erected in London, UK.
Construction will begin within two years and the plant is due to be online from 2014, although it will not be producing at full capacity immediately. Eventually, 16 million gallons of fuel will be produced each year... [Read More]
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Feb 15, 2010
Marc Gillmann, head of biofuels at Total, will give the keynote presentation at the upcoming Bioenergy International expo & conference in Prague on 5-6 May.
Total is participating in a number of research projects trials involving bioenergies and biomass and will speak about these at the conference, which is organised by leading global publication Biofuels International.
Gillmann... [Read More]
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Feb 12, 2010
In Edinburgh, UK, a joint venture between Forth Ports and Scottish & Southern Energy could result in one of the largest infrastructure developments in Scotland.
The outline proposals are due for release and if they are approved, a £360 million (€414.5 million) biomass plant will be built at Leith Docks, Scotland.
The construction of the facility will see a storage... [Read More]
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Feb 12, 2010
In Rome, New York, a biomass plant has been given the go-ahead by New York State Public Service Commission.
The plant, generating 9.6MW, will provide Grississ Business and Technology Park with 75% of its electricity needs. The biomass refinery will save the park a total of $1.5 million (€1.1 million) in utility costs. Carbon emissions will also be reduced by 46,000... [Read More]