Dec 1, 2009
US biomass plant breaks ground
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Dec 1, 2009
The global recession has hit wood chip sales due to a reduced demand for paper.
Global sales of wood chip fell by 26% during the first half of 2009 compared with the same period a year ago.
As a result of the fall in sales, volumes fell to 25 million tonnes, the lowest level since 2002.
The biggest market for wood chips is in Japan whose pulp mills account for 53... [Read More]
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Nov 30, 2009
The president and managing director of Total Philippines Ernst Wanten has called on the Philippines government to encourage the building of more ethanol processing plants.
‘There’s a shortage [of ethanol] in both the local and international markets so it is really difficult to get reliable supply of ethanol at the moment.’
Wanten says the government must invest... [Read More]
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Nov 30, 2009
The town of Lenox in Massachusetts, US, will decide whether to allow the construction of a $30 million (€19.9 million) project to renovate the Niagara and Centennial mills into a biodiesel production plant.
The plant has been proposed by Interstate Biodiesel which plans to start fuel production in late 2010. The new plant would be capable of producing 15 million gallons... [Read More]
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Nov 30, 2009
British Airways has started trials for using biofuels in its jets in conjunction with Rolls-Royce.
BA plans to test a range of fuels made from various plants sometime next year.
BA’s head of environment, Jonathan Counsell, said that the airline would use one of its jumbo engines for testing and are in talks with Rolls, the aero-engine maker, about using its facilities.
Many... [Read More]
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Nov 27, 2009
Europe’s biofuels industry plans to lodge a complaint with EU trade authorities against US companies which it believes are evading anti-dumping duties.
The European Commission imposed anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties on imports of biodiesel from the US but the European Biodiesel Board (EBB) believe that subsidised and dumped US biodiesel still enters the European... [Read More]
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Nov 27, 2009
Pacific Ethanol will resume production at its Magic Valley plant in Burley after closing earlier this year.
The company suspended production at the plant in February due to unfavourable market conditions and in May the company’s subsidiariesfiled voluntary petitions under Chapter 11 of the US bankruptcy code in an effort to ‘restructure their indebtedness’.
A... [Read More]
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Nov 27, 2009
UK energy company BP and science solutions company DuPont have formed Kingston Research to focus on the commercialisation of advanced biofuel technology.
‘Biobutanol is a biofuel that can be made from all the same crops as bioethanol and can be blended into petrol at higher levels, which means that we’ll be able to introduce biofuels more quickly,’ Kingston Research... [Read More]
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Nov 26, 2009
Being green is not necessarily inexpensive. The Norwegian Government has proposed to remove a tax exemption on biodiesel for the safety of people rather than the health of the environment.
The Government argues that costs related to road accidents, congestion, noise and road wear and tear are the same whether cars are run on fossil fuels or renewable fuels.
Norway has... [Read More]
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Nov 26, 2009
Over the last year we have heard numerous success stories of part biodiesel-fuelled aeroplane tests, the latest of which featured camelina-based fuel, and carried passengers for the first time.
Now aircraft manufacturer Embraer and US-based technology company General Electric will test fly a renewable jet fuel by early 2012 made from sugarcane developed by Californian... [Read More]
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Nov 26, 2009
A biofuel plant which converts straw into renewable fuel has been opened in Kalundborg, Denmark.
The 1.5 million gallon a year second generation plant will be operated by Danish energy company Dong Energy and biofuel producer Inbicon.
The facility, one of the world's first and largest second generation ethanol demonstration biorefineries, will use Genencor enzymes... [Read More]
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Nov 25, 2009
An ethanol storage project has been given the go-ahead in Pennsylvania, US.
The proposed ethanol storage facility will be situated on property owned by the SEDA-Council of Governments Joint Rail Authority at the Newberry Rail Yard.
Nittany Oil has been granted a conditional use permit to build four, double-wall storage tanks adjacent the new Bulkmatic facility at the... [Read More]
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Nov 25, 2009
Feedstock supplier GEM BioFuels has started commercial production of crude jatropha oil (CJO).
The company plans to make its first shipment of CJO, bound for Europe and Australia, early next month and expect the value of the initial shipment to be relatively low.
Paul Benetti, CEO of GEM BioFuels said: ‘The commencement of commercial jatropha oil production is a... [Read More]
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Nov 24, 2009
Energy group Mercuria Energy has acquired Germany-based biodiesel refinery 3B Biofuels
The refinery has 250,000 tonnes of production capacity.
3B Biofuels will help Mercuria to meet its customers’ need for diesel that is pre-blended with mandatory biofuel components.
The plant is a state of the art facility with multi-feedstock technology and was recently upgraded... [Read More]
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Nov 24, 2009
Europe may be the world's biodiesel leader and the Americas are second to none for ethanol but another region is growing in status as a biofuels producer.
Thailand’s energy minister says the Association of Southeast Asian Nations is a biofuels hub with the potential to become the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) of biofuels.
Wannarat... [Read More]
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Nov 24, 2009
In an attempt to kick start its commercial biofuel production project, Viridas has announced a €940,000 share placing to fund a plantation in Brazil.
The share placing is just one of the ways the Leeds, UK-based company is raising money to establish a new administrative organisation in Brazil and to buy a 250 hectare farm in Bahia.
Stanley Wootliff, chairman of Viridas,... [Read More]
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Nov 23, 2009
Texas-based Valero is reaping the benefits of buying seven corn ethanol plants for $477 million (€316 million).
The company’s high profits are linked to an increase in demand for ethanol. This is most likely due to the low prices of corn and the government mandates to boost usage.
Valero’s profits are spurring producers on to ask the EPA to increase the blend of... [Read More]
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