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In China, Baosteel, the country’s largest steel and iron business, is developing a biofuels plant. After signing a deal with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in June this year Baosteel is now planning the construction of a waste gas-to-ethanol facility near to one of its factories. The plant will produce ethanol using the waste gas emitted from the factory. LanzaTech, a clean technology firm…
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In San Diego, California, US, developer and producer of jatropha seeds SG Biofuels is to establish the world’s most advanced jatropha R&D development centre. The new 42,000 square foot greenhouse will feature the largest collection of jatropha genetic material and a laboratory where the company’s team of biologists can work towards developing jatropha as a low-cost, sustainable source…
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In Canada waste-to-fuel company Enerkem held its ground breaking ceremony on 31 August to celebrate the start of construction at its new biofuels refinery. Located in Edmonton, Alberta, the C$80 million (€59.4 million) plant will have the capacity to produce 10 million gallons of biofuel a year from municipal solid waste (MSW). This will be enough to power 400,000 cars for a year, running on…
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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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Ong Eng Tong, business development manager for the Asia Pacific at Mabanaft, Singapore, is the latest speaker to confirm his participation in the upcoming Bioenergy International/Tank Storage Asia expo & conference. Tong has over 30 years of experience in the bulk liquid storage sector, and is also an emerging expert in the renewable energy market so will speak on biofuels and their role in…
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In the US Colwich, Kansas-headquartered ICM has signed a contract with Hereford Renewable Energy, a subsidiary of Murphy Oil, to retrofit an ethanol plant located near Hereford in Texas. Expected to be complete by Q2 2011, Hereford Renewable Energy is hoping that retrofitting the plant before start-up will enable the company to capitalise on the improved operating efficiencies. The contract…
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With the issuance of all required permits, the initial activities of clearing, rough grading and drainage improvements at the BlueFire Renewables site in Fulton, Mississippi, have commenced. In conjunction with Itawamba County and the city of Fulton, BlueFire is currently deploying Recovery Act funds provided by the US DoE’s Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Program. The company’s…
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Canada-based cellulosic ethanol producer Iogen has more than doubled the amount of cellulosic ethanol it produced in 2008, with over 581,000 litres of fuel made in 2009. Gordon Quaittini, President of the Canadian Renewable Fuels Association says, ‘Advanced renewable fuels such as cellulosic ethanol will play a critical role in meeting future energy demands, and Iogen is playing a vitally…
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The Energy Information Administration (EIA) predicts a reversal in fortunes for the US ethanol industry this year. From 2008-2009 a decline in ethanol-blended petrol consumption struck a blow to the industry, but now the economy is set to bounce back, and the rising requirements of the federal Renewable Fuel Standards will further assist this. ‘Ethanol production continues to grow to meet the…
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In the US, San Antonio-based terminal operator NuStar Energy has begun to receive and offload ethanol unit trains in Stockton and Selby, two of its locations in northern California. Both terminals are capable of receiving single manifest rail cars up to full unit trains. The Stockton terminal is a 1 million-barrel-facility and Selby is a 3-million-barrel-facility. Both terminals have…
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In June 2009, General Biodiesel acquired and converted a Seattle-based commercial biodiesel refinery to produce biodiesel from waste oils such as recycled cooking oil and animal fat, which the company collects from restaurants and food stores around the region. Throughout 2010 the company expects to produce between 3 and 5 million gallons of biodiesel, and hopes this will increase to 10 million…
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It has been a long wait, but now ethanol producers in the US should get some peace of mind when the sun comes. The U.S. Environmental Protection (EPA) will decide by late summer whether to allow higher levels of ethanol to be blended into petrol. The EPA is considering an industry request for a waiver from federal rules to allow petrol to contain up to 15% ethanol. Petrol is now approved to…
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A new project has been launched in France to produce biodiesel and bio-kerosene. BioTfueL is composed of five French partners and German engineering company Uhde. With a global reliance on energy and the need to increase our consumption of renewable resources, the BioTfueL scheme will be the first to meet these requirements with a technically innovative solution. Uhde has set aside €112.7…
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France-based ethanol producer and agro-industrial group Tereos has signed a collaboration agreement with deinocci bacteria to biofuels specialist Deinove to achieve high-performance, cost-effective ethanol production. Based in Paris Deinove will supply its bacterial processes for bioethanol production to be tested and validated at the Tereos group’s BENP Lillebonne factory with a view to…
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