Jan 21, 2010
Wisconsin to convert dirty power plant
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Jan 21, 2010
In the UK REG Bio-Power, a subsidiary of Renewable Energy Generation (REG), has announced two biomass-powered energy projects.
REG Bio-Power will start construction of a new oil processing facility at Hockwold in Norfolk, England.
This will allow REG Bio-Power to process around 15,000 tonnes of waste vegetable oil 100 a year, enough to operate around 15MW of renewable... [Read More]
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Jan 21, 2010
The fifth largest utility company in Europe, and the continent’s biggest polluter, is planning to build a biomass facility in the US.
Germany-based RWE’s facility will produce wood pellets for burning in the Amercentrale plant owned by its Dutch unit Essent.
The coal-burning power company will build a plant in the southern state of Georgia for €120 million to produce... [Read More]
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Jan 21, 2010
The 3rd annual Biofuels International expo & conference Europe will be held in Prague, Czech Republic from 5-6 May 2010. With over 400 attendees in 2009 the event promises to be even bigger and better.
Another exciting development for Biofuels International expo & conference Europe is the introduction of a third afternoon stream which in addition to the Biodiesel... [Read More]
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Jan 20, 2010
US energy player Kinder Morgan Energy Partners (KMP) has agreed to an ethanol terminal joint venture, acquiring three terminals for just under $200 million (€141.2 million).
The $195 million deal with storage and distribution company U.S. Development Group will create a nationwide network of ethanol handling facilities connected by a number of transportation modes,... [Read More]
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Jan 20, 2010
A first-of-its-kind refinery is to be constructed in Hugoton, Kansas, US, using crop waste as its feedstock.
It is thought that 2,500 tons of corn stover, wheat straw and switchgrass will be consumed daily, using around 10-12% of the biomass within a 50-mile radius. The company will spend around $13 million (€9.2 million) a year on biomass.
This profit-making plant... [Read More]
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Jan 20, 2010
Based on statistics published by The Forestry Commission, Yorkshire and the Humber is the top region in the country for the installation of biomass heat boilers.
With 290 out of the 1,960 in England today, this figure is up 45 since last year.
Responsible for protecting, growing and promoting the sustainable management of woodlands and forests, The Forestry Commission... [Read More]
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Jan 19, 2010
One of the US’ largest ethanol producers Abengoa Bioenergy has just taken its second step into the export market by shipping the equivalent of 40 railcars at the beginning of January 2010.
‘Exports offer a huge potential to US producers,’ says Javier Salgado, the company’s CEO. ‘Most producers are focusing on the domestic market, but exports can offer better... [Read More]
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Jan 19, 2010
The Philippines-based Basic Energy will construct the country’s only cassava-fed ethanol plant.
Basic Energy’s proposed ethanol plant will be in Zamboanga del Norte a province of the Philippines located in the Zamboanga Peninsula region in Mindanao.
The company will use 6,000 hectares of land in Gutalac, which it started developing for cassava in 2008 under unit... [Read More]
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Jan 19, 2010
Following the success of the 2009 combined Biofuels International / Tank Storage Asia expo & conference in Singapore, this year’s event will be held in the new and exciting location of Kuala Lumpur, on 10 to 11 November.
The Biofuels sector in Malaysia along with the rest of Asia has steadily begun to grow but not without threat.
With an approximate 92 biodiesel... [Read More]
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Jan 19, 2010
Following announcements late last year that it is to inject biogas into the National Grid, UK-based green gas supplier Ecotricity confirms that the first gas customer will be connected next month, and it will be delivering low carbon biogas made from organic material by the end of 2010.
In order to be injected into the National Grid, biogas needs to comply with quality... [Read More]
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Jan 19, 2010
In Brazil, Petroleo Brasileiro (Petrobas) has signed an agreement with Gas Verde S.A. to supply 200,000 m3 of biogas per day.
Replacing natural gas, the biogas will be generated by Gas Verde, from the Jardim Gramacho landfill in Rio de Janeiro to the Petrobras Duque de Caxis plant.
It is thought that the project will reduce greenhouse emissions. As well as helping to... [Read More]
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Jan 18, 2010
The fish farms in the area of Abu Dhabi could soon be used to produce jet fuel.
The project, developed by The Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, Honeywell UOP, Boeing and Ethiad Airways, will be based around the oily plant Salicornia (also referred to as pickleweed or sea asparagus).
While the fish are harvested for food, Salicornia will be harvested for oil.... [Read More]
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Jan 18, 2010
In a bid to increase the amount of biofuel produced in Germany, the land used for growing feedstocks, solar parks and wind turbines will be doubled in ten years’ time.
Today, 1.77 million of Germany’s 35.7 million hectares are being used for renewable energy. If Germany is to generate half of its electricity from renewable sources by the end of the decade, almost... [Read More]
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Jan 18, 2010
In order to transport ethanol from the Midwest to the East Coast of the US, Magellan Midstream Partners and Poet are joining together in a venture to build a 1,800-mile pipeline.
The pipeline, which will take four years to build and cost $4 billion (€2.8 billion), will begin at ethanol production facilities in the Midwest and carry the ethanol all the way to New Jersey,... [Read More]
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Jan 15, 2010
The 2009 production of sugarcane in South-Central Brazil was up 5.24% compared with 2008, in spite of unreasonable rains throughout the majority of the year.
By the end of December, over 523 tons of sugarcane had been harvested, with 10.31 million tons crushed in the second half of December alone.
In January 2008 just 14 companies were in operation, while this rose to... [Read More]
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Jan 15, 2010
Supported by the Department of Energy (DOE), National Science Foundation, USDA and United Soybean Board, research into soyabean oil production for use in biodiesel has advanced one stage further.
Soyabean is one of the biofuel industry’s most important sources of oil, but with the plant’s production lacking, researchers are looking to increase the oil content produced... [Read More]
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