Nov 16, 2009
New policy to boost Kenya’s biodiesel industry
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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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Nov 9, 2009
Nine biomass plants could be built in Scotland, UK, if a funding programme is fruitful.
UK-based investment company Invicta Capital has launched a fund aiming to raise £300 million (€336.5 million) to invest in the plants, which will produce up to 90 megawatts (MW) of renewable energy.
The plants will produce enough power to supply 140,000 homes using biomass technology... [Read More]
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Nov 9, 2009
It must be the luck of the Irish – the UK Government has implemented a new environmental regulation under which fuel companies must sell 4% of sales in biofuels in Ireland by July 2010.
The Government approved the biofuels obligation a year later than originally envisaged. There will be a requirement that the biofuels used by oil companies must produce 35% less greenhouse... [Read More]
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Nov 9, 2009
Funds for a Chilean biomass power plant have been approved.
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) gave the go-ahead on a loan of $6.5 million (€4.3 million) to build a 15.6-megawatt biomass power plant in the South American country.
The plant will use agricultural, forestry and industrial waste as fuel, emitting zero carbon dioxide, meeting the strict international... [Read More]
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