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The upcoming Bioenergy International expo & conference is now only weeks away and only a few places remain for the free plant tour that comes with the delegate pass You can listen to presentations from H.E. Mr. Jan Dusík, Minister of the Environment for the Czech Republic, Ivan Soucek, CEO, Ceska Rafinerska, Marc Gillmann, Bioenergy expert, Total, Miroslav Bažata, Head of biofuel sales,…
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Ethanol producer Green Plains has made a substantial profit compared to this time last year. The ethanol producer made $15.6 million (€11.8 million) in profits during the first quarter of this year alone. This is up from the $9.3 million loss the company reported a year ago. According the chief executive Todd Becker the company’s margins narrowed during the quarter as ethanol supplies…
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Biofuels technology provider Bio Solutions Manufacturing is to change its name to Todays Alternative Energy Corporation. The reason behind the name change lies in the belief that investors and business partners are effectively informed of the company’s business focus. The CEO of Bio Solutions Manufacturing David Bennett commented: ‘Our alternative business centres on using the…
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The Berlin Air Show, which was held on 8-13 June, was the perfect opportunity for aircraft company EADS to show just how far its biofuels research has progressed. A Diamond DA42 took to the air powered only by algae biofuel. Jean Botti, CTO at EADS, said: ‘This opens up the feasibility of carbon-neutral flights.’ According to EADS minimal adjustments had to be made to the four-seater…
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A joint venture between Everpure Biodiesel Coop. and Zuraw Technologies has seen the construction of a new biodiesel plant in Acton, Ontario, Canada. The facility means that Everpure can now collect waste vegetable oil from eateries around the local area before Zuraw Technologies converts it into biodiesel in the new plant. Prior to the construction of the biofuel production facility Everpure…
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In line with its move to increase commercial activities in Europe Russian oil company Lukoil’s subsidiary Liatsco has formed a joint venture to expand an oil product terminal in Barcelona. Litasco, the trading arm of Russian oil company Lukoil, created the joint venture with Spanish oil company Meroil, investing €50 million in the expansion. The expanded facility will handle oil products…
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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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