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Feb 12, 2010
Ineos JV plans Florida ethanol plant
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Feb 11, 2010
Dag Roger Rinde, CEO of Norwegian oil company Statoil, is the latest speaker to confirm his attendance at the upcoming Bioenergy International expo & conference in Prague on 5-6 May. Statoil is the first company in Norway to offer 5% ethanol to general consumers, but it has not been an easy ride. The company’s story is full of setbacks and obstacles, not least from... [Read More]

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Feb 10, 2010
In Latvia, plans are underway to construct a bioethanol production plant. Bioethanol producer Jaunpagasts Plus has chosen to build the €65 million plant in the Riga Port because of the economic and practical reasons it provides. The plant will be powered by woodchips and this is a convenient location to receive woodchip deliveries as well as exporting the bioethanol.... [Read More]

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Feb 10, 2010
In Tennessee, a new biodiesel processing system has been purchased by the city of Clarksville. The acquisition was funded by a federal grant, and will allow Clarksville Gas and Water to convert used cooking oil into biofuel. The city hopes that the biodiesel produced will eventually power the city’s buses. This will cost significantly less, as ordinary diesel is priced... [Read More]

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Feb 10, 2010
Following in the reduced carbon footprints of Ford and Chrysler, General Motors is now demonstrating its support for the biofuels industry. GM has created a new Duramax 6.6L turbo diesel engine that can power a 20% blend of biodiesel. The new engine will run new 2011 heavy-duty models such as the Chevrolet Silverado, GMC Sierra pickup trucks, Chevrolet Express and GMC... [Read More]

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Feb 9, 2010
The Philippines-based National Power (Napocor) is joining with French company Enertine to provide biomass-derived power in the archipelago’s non-grid areas. Agricultural by-products such as rice and sugarcane husks, crop stalks, logging residues and dead wood will be used to fuel more remote areas. The project will be carried out under Napocor’s Small Power Utilities... [Read More]

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Feb 9, 2010
A biomass to energy project has been launched in Mason County, Washington, US. A joint venture formed between Duke Energy and Areva, John Deere and Adage will own and operate the 55MW plant. The plant will use woody biomass from local forests and fuel supply contracts are still being negotiated by Adage. The company is in the process of finalising power purchasing... [Read More]

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Feb 9, 2010
Biofuels International expo & conference has changed its name to Bioenergy International expo & conference to reflect its new focus. The event, being held in Prague on 5-6 May, will have three streams looking at biodiesel, bioethanol and bioenergy. With all the media speculation surrounding biofuels and their impact on food security, food prices and emissions... [Read More]

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Feb 9, 2010
Czech Republic-based national utility CEZ produced more than 327 GWh of electricity from biomass during 2009 through co-firing. At four thermal facilities, the Hodonin power plant, the Porici power plant, the Tisova power plant and the Dvur Kralove heating plant, more than 363,000 tonnes of biomass were burned, despite some problems with delivery of biomass at the beginning... [Read More]

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Feb 9, 2010
In Ireland, the government is thought to be putting a stop to taxes applied to regularly consumed biofuels by changing the carbon tax legislation. The Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources has confirmed that tax on biofuels is being revised. While pure biofuels are not taxed, mixed fuels containing less than 10% biofuel are. The most common biofuel... [Read More]

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Feb 9, 2010
In Brazil, a weak sugarcane harvest has hit the generation of ethanol hard, leading to a decrease in production. As a result, fuel prices have risen, forcing the government to amend the tax on fuel. According to the government, the CIDE tax will be cut by $0.04 per litre (€0.03) for a total of three months. The three-month tax reduction will result in revenue’s... [Read More]

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Feb 9, 2010
After signing the contracts, Jatoil Limited and PT Waterland International are to embark on a joint venture in Indonesia. In Central Java, the two companies will attain around 2,000 hectares of land, half of which already contains jatropha trees. It is these trees that are expected to produce the jatropha oil for 2010, a year ahead of previous expectations, while the... [Read More]

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Feb 8, 2010
After signing a contract with Biffa, a UK-based integrated waste management business, Sainsbury’s supermarket looks set to turn all of its food waste into biogas by 2012. Biffa will use anaerobic digestion (AD) technology to create biogas from the discarded foodstuff, before it is injected into the national grid. AD is a green and cheap solution of disposing of waste,... [Read More]

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Feb 8, 2010
In south Wisconsin, US, Valero Renewable fuels has purchased a biofuels plant for $72 million (€52.6 million). The ethanol plant in Jefferson had been in business for six years and had the capacity to produce 110mgy of ethanol, before Renew Energy declared itself bankrupt. 70 employees were threatened with redundancy if a buyer was not found. Valero was the winning... [Read More]

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Feb 8, 2010
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.... [Read More]

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Feb 5, 2010
H.E. Mr. Jan Dusík, Minister of the Environment for the Czech Republic, will be making the keynote presentation at the upcoming Biofuels International expo & conference in Prague on 5-6 May 2010. Other confirmed speakers include PKN Orlen, ?ESKÁ RAFINÉRSKÁ, Petronas, Cepra A.S, The European Bioethanol Fuel Association, The European Biogas Association, HSBC, biofuel... [Read More]

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Feb 5, 2010
US president Barack Obama has established three steps to boost the production of biofuels. Firstly, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalised a rule to implement the long-term renewable fuels standard of 36 billion gallons by 2022 established by Congress. Second, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has also proposed a rule on the Biomass Crop Assistance... [Read More]


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