Nov 16, 2009
The Philippines to secure new plant
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Nov 16, 2009
A new €12.7 million biomass fuel production plant will be built in Michigan, US.
The plant will be built by Cleveland’s Cliffs Natural Resources subsidiary RenewaFuel, on the Telkite Technology Park, which is located at Sawyer Airport near Marquette.
The plant will produce 150,000 tons per year of high-energy biofuel cubes, which are a mixture of sustainably collected... [Read More]
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Nov 16, 2009
A Philippines’ based producer of biodiesel, resins and olechemicals has reported a 3% increase in profits after the government implemented a B2 blend.
Chemrez Technologies, located in Manila, saw profits increase to €5.3 million in the first 9 months of 2009, up from €5.1 million in the same period last year.
The company sales increased by 63% when it implemented... [Read More]
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Nov 16, 2009
Kenya has introduced a new five-year strategy for developing biodiesel as a clean source of energy.
The country hopes the move to biodiesel will cut the country free from its reliance on fossil fuel imports.
The strategy aims to tackle global warming and recommends using environmentally friendly green fuel made from jatropha and other locally grown trees for biodiesel... [Read More]
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Nov 13, 2009
Norway’s Borregaard has received €4 million in research grants from the EU, which will be used for demonstration plants within development projects connected to Borregaard's biorefinery concept.
The EU's seventh framework programme for R&D is offering altogether €57 million through the Joint Biorefinery Call during the period 2010-2014. More than... [Read More]
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Nov 13, 2009
One biodiesel feedstock-rich nation is taking the unusual step and reducing its mandate targets.
Malaysian Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Tan Sri Bernard Dompok says the country is likely to reduce its local biodiesel blend to B3 from the current B5 mandate, due to the slow usage and costly government subsidy.
Under the current mandate, the government... [Read More]
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Nov 13, 2009
California’s status as the new green state has drawn the interests of two biodiesel producers.
Canada-based Sunx Energy will open a 21,500 square foot biodiesel plant, and San Diego-based Dynasty Energy will open a 20,164 square foot biodiesel plant, in the state.
‘It's always good to have green industries coming to town because it encourages other green industries... [Read More]
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Nov 13, 2009
The Government of Canada will invest up to C$77.75 million (€49.5 million) over seven years to help support ethanol production in Saskatchewan.
The sum will be injected into Terra Grain Fuels' ethanol facility in the province under the federal government's ecoENERGY for biofuels programme.
Terra Grain Fuels ethanol plant in Belle Plaine, Saskatchewan, currently... [Read More]
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Nov 13, 2009
An Indian company has entered into a sweet sugar and ethanol deal in Brazil.
Shree Renuka Sugars, one of the largest producers in the country, has acquired Brazil’s Vale Do Ivaí SA Açúcar e Álcool (VDI) for $240 million (€161.3 million).
The acquisition of VDI includes two sugar and ethanol production facilities in the southern Brazilian state of Parana, with... [Read More]
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Nov 13, 2009
While ethanol plants in the US are idling, Nebraska-headquartered Green Plains Renewable Energy facilities are running at full capacity.
‘We achieved a milestone by producing at 100% of operating capacity in September, hitting our 480 million gallon annualised run rate shortly after we acquired and began operations at the two plants in Nebraska,’ Todd Becker, president... [Read More]
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Nov 13, 2009
Tenaska BioFuels (TBF) has signed a two-year tolling arrangement with Tri-State Financial. The arrangement will allow ethanol production to resume at Tri-State's North Country Ethanol facility in Rosholt, South Dakota, US.
Under the agreement, TBF will purchase corn and natural gas, which Tri-State will use to produce ethanol and distillers grains. TBF will own all... [Read More]
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Nov 13, 2009
August and September saw a rush of renewable fuels projects approaching the US Navy. Now The United States Air Force is looking at a greener future.
The Air Force will undertake research related to alternative fuels, in a shift to move away from heavy consumption of fossil fuels.
The $2.5 million (€1.67 million) Assured Aerospace Fuels Research Facility, located at... [Read More]
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Nov 13, 2009
Controversy surrounding biofuels and its impact on natural ecosystems finds it home in Brazil’s Amazon Rainforest.
However, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says deforestation rates in the Brazilian Amazon have dropped 45.7% from August 2008 to July 2009.
According to new data based on analysis of satellite imagery by the National Institute for Space... [Read More]
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Nov 12, 2009
In Florida, US, Port Everglades wants to upgrade idled tanks to develop as an ethanol hub but finding a company to do the job has caused set-backs.
A Broward County selection committee in April had picked one contender, an affiliate of a Brazilian company. But after repeated objections, it switched in October to the protesting runner-up, an Oklahoma firm. In early November... [Read More]
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Nov 12, 2009
Reducing green house gas emissions is a race of time, and now the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says it may not meet a 1 December deadline to decide whether to approve an industry request to boost the amount of ethanol that can be blended into petrol.
Fifty-five ethanol manufacturers petitioned the EPA last March to allow petrol to contain up to 15% ethanol... [Read More]
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Nov 11, 2009
Next year will see a worldwide ethanol surplus of over half a billion litres.
A modest global ethanol surplus of around 700 million litres is set to come in during 2010, according to F.O. Licht analysis.
Total consumption in the US, Europe, Asia could increase to 76.4 billion litres, while supply is estimated at around 77.1 billion.
Referring to the modest global ethanol... [Read More]
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Nov 10, 2009
The inaugural Biofuels International Canada expo & conference attracted over 300 attendees from as far as Mexico, Peru, UAE and Peru – all wanting to learn more about the sector in Canada.
This year’s Biofuels International Canada expo & conference was perfectly timed to bring together regulators, producers, suppliers, traders and other experts just before... [Read More]
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