Nov 5, 2009
Indian Oil ponders pond potential
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Nov 5, 2009
Spain’s agricultural potential could prove more energetic than before.
The nation has the resources for agro-industrial biogas production of 8 billion m3 a year, a survey carried out by the Probiogas Project finds.
The biogas could be produced using the 83.5 million tonnes of agricultural by-products generated in Spain.
Spain produces 49 million tonnes a year of... [Read More]
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Nov 5, 2009
The American Midwest is known for big things. Now a project to create the largest biomass-fuelled plant in the region has been granted approval.
The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin has unanimously approved the regional utility giant Xcel Energy’s plans to spend $58.1 million (€39 million) to upgrade its Bay Front Power Plant in Ashland, installing biomass gasification... [Read More]
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Nov 5, 2009
Following a series of intensive tests this year, one airline company is to become the first to power an aeroplane carrying passengers.
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will transport a limited number of passengers on a Boeing 747 on 23 November powered by a mixture of camelina-based oil and kerosene jet oil.
Camelina biofuel has been proven to reduce emissions by as much as... [Read More]
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Nov 5, 2009
Azerbaijan is tapping into new alternative energy sources.
The country’s chairman of the parliamentary commission on energy, ecology and natural resources Valekh Alaskarov says Azerbaijan has the ability to use various types of alternative energy sources with a focus on biogas.
‘It will enable providing remote regions of the country with alternative energy expeditiously... [Read More]
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Nov 4, 2009
US-food and agriculture giant Cargill has expanded its grain handling portfolio by purchasing assets of the former Altra Nebraska ethanol facility in
Carleton, Nebraska.
The plant became a victim of the crashing financial market when half way through construction in November 2007 the tools had to be put down.
‘This facility is a valuable asset to the entire region,... [Read More]
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Nov 4, 2009
Another foreign company is climbing the Brazilian ethanol ladder to create the second-largest sugar and ethanol group in the world.
France-based Louis Dreyfus' Brazilian affiliate Louis Dreyfus (LD) Commodities Bioenergia has bought the Brazilian sugar and ethanol group Santelisa Vale.
The combined company, LDC-SEV, will have 13 ethanol plants and 40 million tonnes... [Read More]
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Nov 4, 2009
Construction on one of the UK’s largest biomass to power generation projects is getting closer following environmental approval.
UK-based MGT Power plans to build a 295 megawatt (MW) wood-fuelled power station at Teesport, which received Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) consent from the Marine and Fisheries Agency (MFA).
This formal consent together with its associated... [Read More]
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Nov 4, 2009
Following the opening of its factory in October this year, Brazilian company Grupo Ypioca is set to produce ethanol from sugarcane.
The Jaguaruana factory has installed capacity to produce 50 million litres of ethanol a year, or 90 million litres of the sugarcane derivative cachaca, making it the world's largest manufacturing facility of cachaca.
‘There is no... [Read More]
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Nov 4, 2009
A debate in the UK parliament’s House of Commons has called for an amendment to current UK biofuels legislation to encourage the use of used cooking oil as a feedstock.
Biodiesel manufactured from used cooking oil is one of the most sustainable renewable fuels available, using a waste product to produce energy and reduce lifecycle carbon emissions by up to 90%.
However,... [Read More]
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Nov 4, 2009
Ireland-based Greenfield Project Management has entered into an agreement to sell its ethanol output to LUKoil’s trading and supply company Litasco.
Greenfield’s first bioenergy complex in Belarus will initially produce 150,000 metric tonnes of ethanol a year, rising to 450,000 tonnes as phases 2 and 3 are completed. Litasco intends to blend Greenfield’s ethanol... [Read More]
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Nov 4, 2009
Bioenergy company Ineos Bio has got the green ball rolling on a project to convert locally-generated biodegradable household and commercial wastes into carbon neutral road transport fuel and clean electricity.
The green player has begun a £3.5 million (€3.9 million) feasibility study, which includes detailed engineering design work for a plant at the company’s Seal... [Read More]
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Nov 4, 2009
The relationship between the US and EU biodiesel industries is a sinking ship.
EU producers, voiced by the European Biodiesel Board, have raised questions over the activity of US biodiesel producers, suspecting them of exporting a new blend to Europe to avoid EU tariffs.
The European Biodiesel Board (EBB) says US exporters of the fuel may have begun shipping a blend... [Read More]
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Nov 2, 2009
The need for repairs at its new plant in Belgium means Germany-based ethanol producer CropEnergies will reduce its planned production for Q3.
A unit in the distillation part of the plant did not provide the process stability required for a continuous operation. The repairing of the unit is expected to be completed in November.
The production facility will then gradually... [Read More]
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Nov 2, 2009
Ontario, Canada-based StormFisher Biogas will fuel its plants with organic waste thanks to a new deal.
Food retailer Loblaw Companies will supply 15,000 metric tons a year to the $15 million (€10 million) biogas plant in London, Ontario.
The agreement with Loblaw, a subsidiary of Canadian food distributor giant George Weston, is StormFisher’s biggest deal since... [Read More]
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Nov 2, 2009
Africa’s massive land mass and rich feedstocks have attracted the attention of Brazilian industrial giant Odebrecht.
The company is planning to inject $220million (€149 million) into sugar and ethanol production in Angola amounting to the production of 30 million litres of ethanol a year.
The Brazilian company has set up a joint venture, Biocom, with the Angolan... [Read More]
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Nov 2, 2009
Japan’s Nippon Oil has built the nation's first facility for making ethanol-based petrol additive ethyl tertiary butyl ether (ETBE).
The petroleum industry plans to market ETBE-blend petrol, which burns more cleanly than regular petrol, nationwide from 2010 and have biofuel blends accounting for up to 20% of the country's annual petrol demand of roughly 1... [Read More]
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