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Located in Sao Paulo, Brazil, oil company Petrobras’ Paulinia refinery will commence its production of ethanol on 7 May.
The refinery temporarily closed for maintenance and expansion, which saw the plant’s 18,000 barrels per day (bpd) capacity increase to 390,000 bpd.
Brazil’s ethanol supply dried up this year following issues with the sugar cane harvest, which resulted in the nation…
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In Brazil, energy firm Petrobras is set to construct and operate a biodiesel production facility in the state of Para, due to be online by July 2013.
The plant, expected to cost around BRL330 million (€140 million), will have the capacity to produce 120 million litres of biodiesel from palm oil, all of which will be consumed by the north of the country.
BRL240 million of the total cost will…
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The European Biodiesel Board (EBB) and the European Bioethanol Fuel Associations (eBIO) have withdrawn from the Roundtable of Sustainable Biofuels (RSB) following claims that the RSB works with ‘obscure consultants’ and ‘ambiguous organisations.’
In response to EBB's letter of resignation, RSB's executive secretary Alwin Kopse urges EBB to ‘identify such organisations for the…
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In a recent report the European Environment Agency (EEA) has reiterated the importance of furthering biofuels in order to slash greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Europe and reduce its reliance on fossil fuels.
According to the report titled ‘Towards a resource-efficient transport system,’ although the majority of existing biofuels will meet the sustainability requirements, those imported…
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Brazilian oil giant Petrobras is to purchase a 45.7% share in ethanol producer Acucar Guarani, previously controlled by France-based sugar, starch and ethanol producer Tereos.
Petrobras Biocombustivel will acquire the stake for $920 million (€706.3 million), valuing the Guarani company at $2.01 billion.
Petrobras will make the payment in three stages in the hope that this will increase the…
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Key Speakers include the likes of Vladimír Vlk, Advisor to the new minister of environment of the Czech Republic,Ivan Soucek, CEO, Ceska Rafinerska, Marc Gillmann, Bioenergy expert, Total, Miroslav Bažata, Head of biofuel sales, Agropodnik, Robert Gmyrek, Director, Biofuels Department, PKN Orlen, Dag Roger Rinde, CEO, Statoil and many more.
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The sickness bacteria E. coli could soon be used to power vehicles as the US Department of Energy (DoE) is supporting a research project into this area in the form of $6 million (€4.9 million).
Jason Kelly, the founder of bioengineering start-up firm Ginkgo BioWorks, said: ‘This is our biggest grant to date. It’s going to help us expand, and it’s part of our strategy of moving into…
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Waste collection company Bahamas Waste has begun constructing its $750,000 (€563,000) biofuels facility that could see the production of biodiesel from as early as June this year.
Over 50 rubbish trucks will switch from using fossil fuels and run on biodiesel once the production facility comes online. With the manufacturers license and permits in order, Bahamas Waste is now concentrating on…
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New World Energy (NWE) is dedicated to the research, development, and operation of alternative renewable energy projects and has teamed up with Germany-based Bosch and Siemens Home and Appliance Group (BSH) on a pilot project in Indonesia to produce environmentally friendly stoves.
Instead of running on Indonesia’s first choice cooking fuel, kerosene, the Protos stove will run on jatropha oil…
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India’s consumption of ethanol is expected to experience a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.5% between 2010 and 2013, a report says.
The research report ‘Emerging Biofuel Market India’, claims that the increased blend of ethanol in vehicle fuel combined with the high demand from the industrial sector has resulted in a period of fast growth and developments for the region.
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Ferry service company Miller Boat Line is switching to green fuel this season to ferry travellers to Put-in-Bay in Ohio, US.
The William Market passenger vessel is to run on a 10 to 20% blend of G2 Diesel to Put-in-Bay, which is located on South Bass Island in Lake Erie. Although using biodiesel will cost Miller Boat Line more than conventional diesel, this will not affect travel prices.
G2…
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After discovering transport fuel can be made out of the dead trees killed off by woodland beetles, Colorado State University (CSU) is preparing to take this discovery to the next level.
The university will soon test California-based firm Mountain View’s technology that will turn lodge pole pines into butanol for the transport fuel sector.
CSU’s Engines and Energy Conservation Lab will…
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Ethanol producer Green Plains has made a substantial profit compared to this time last year.
The ethanol producer made $15.6 million (€11.8 million) in profits during the first quarter of this year alone. This is up from the $9.3 million loss the company reported a year ago.
According the chief executive Todd Becker the company’s margins narrowed during the quarter as ethanol supplies…
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Following the resignation of the Czech Minister of the Environment Jan Dusík in March, Vladimír Vlk, energy advisor for the new Minister of the Environment Rut Bízková, will now make the keynote presentation at the upcoming Bioenergy International expo & conference next week in Prague on 5-6 May.
Dusik resigned because he felt that the prime minister had put him under undue pressure to…
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In Finland refining and marketing company Neste Oil has begun testing its Neste Green 100 diesel as transport fuel.
Neste Green 100 diesel is made from 100% renewable raw materials which have between 40 and 80% lower carbon dioxide emissions than conventional diesel. Its tailpipe emissions are also lower.
Neste Oil’s executive vice president Sakari Toivola said: ‘This is the first time…
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