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In the city of Dunafoldvar, Hungary, energy utility Pannon Ethanol has started building its new bioethanol power plant. Pannon Ethanol has invested €120 million in the project, which will produce 240 million litres of bioethanol a year from 575,000 tonnes of maize when up and running in the fourth quarter of next year. 250 construction jobs will be created, in addition to 77 permanent…
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Leading global publication Biofuels International magazine has just boosted its market position by becoming the only one in the biofuels sector to be independently audited. The magazine has just gone through an independent audit of its circulation with BPA, the global industry resource for verified audience data and media knowledge. This proves that 10 times a year the magazine is sent out to…
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In the US algae producer LakeMaster Corporation is to co-locate within the refinery of energy company Northern Biodiesel (NBI), based in Ontario, New York. NBI is currently converting grease and oil derived from animal and vegetable sources into ASTM certified biodiesel. In the future LakeMaster will produce lipid oil from algae as a feedstock for the NBI refinery. LakeMaster is also due to…
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An ethanol-from-sugarcane processing plant in Chisumbanje and Middle Sabi will now be completed in March 2011 following logistical delays. Green Fuel is behind the multi-million dollar project and general manager Graeme Smith explained that some of the equipment for the refinery has still not arrived from Brazil. ‘Delivery of equipment was held up by, among many factors, the strikes in RSA…
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B5 biodiesel will not be available to the people of Thailand until the end of January next year, after flooding in the southern region is thought to affect palm production. The energy ministry has delayed the introduction of B5 to petrol stations from 1 January 2011 to mid- to late January. Energy minister Wannarat Charnnukul believes that the introduction of B5 may have been scheduled too…
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US president Barack Obama signed new tax legislation on 17 December extending incentives for ethanol and biodiesel. The president signed the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 in the afternoon, following a late night approval from the US House on 16 December. The Senate approved the legislation on 15 December. For ethanol, the legislation includes:…
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In the US, agricultural powerhouse Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) has received a grant to construct a facility to turn biomass into fuel. The US Department of Energy (DoE) has awarded ADM a $24.8 million (17.2 million) grant to develop and construct the facility. The ADM Advanced Biorefinery project will produce fuel ethanol and ethyl acrylate, a compound used to make plastics, adhesives,…
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The Philippines could soon be home to the largest bioethanol facility in Asia. A South Korea-based energy company signed a joint venture deal with the Central Luzon Bioenergy Corp to build the $300 million (€212.6 million) bioethanol plant in Clark, Philippines, by 2012. Speaking about the plant, Mariz Agbon, president of the Philippine Agribusiness Development and Commercial Corp (PADCC)…
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With 40-60% oil contained inside each castor oil seed (or bean), Evogene’s establishment of castor bean fields may prove to be groundbreaking within the biofuels sector. With a combined total of 3.8 billion litres of biodiesel being produced annually between the US and Brazil, Texas and northeastern Brazil are currently the two target locations for future commercial growth. Evogene has been…
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The conference programme for the upcoming Bioenergy International expo & conference 2010 on 5-6 May in Prague is now available to view online at: http://www.biofuelsinternationalexpo.com/conf_prog.html Key speakers at the event include: Marc Gillmann, Head of biofuels, Total H.E. Mr. Jan Dusík, Minister of the Environment for the Czech Republic, Ivan Soucek, CEO, Ceska Rafinerska Robert…
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A $22.3 million (€16.3 million) dual-purpose biorefinery will be constructed in Ipao Ekiti, Nigeria. There are also other biofuels projects located in Ilemeso and Iyemero in Oye and Ikole local government areas respectively. At Iyemero, 5,000 hectares of land for cassava have been cultivated in preparation for the launch of the project. Brazil-based consulting engineering firm Engevix is…
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According to Bio Base Europe the first crop of genetically modified poplar plants will be converted into ethanol in a Flemish-Dutch pilot installation. The poplars were planted in May 2009 in an outside field in Ghent, Belgium. The crop has now been harvested and is ready to be converted into ethanol at the Bio Base Europe pilot plant. Located in Ghent, the plant converts agricultural…
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In Angola, Africa, the production of biofuels will now be regulated with a new law approved by the national parliament that requires foreign biofuels producers to sell a share of their fuel to state oil company Sonangol to meet local needs. It is hoped that the law will contribute towards helping Angola become less reliant on fossil fuels as ethanol produced by the project can be used as…
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US-based derivatives marketplace CME Group has launched trading and clearing services for four new European biofuel swap futures contracts. Trading will be available on the New York trading floor and clearing services through CME ClearPort, a set of flexible clearing services open to over-the-counter (OTC) market participants to substantially mitigate counterparty risk and provide neutral…
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