Aug 26, 2009
Petrobras in talks with ethanol producer
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Aug 26, 2009
Forget corn and soyabeans, a new source of biofuels may leave producers salivating.
Sub-standard watermelon is being eyed as a potential feedstock owing to its high sugar content and the fact it can be readily distilled into alcohol to power cars and farm machinery.
The news that retailers reject 360,000 tons of sub-standard fruit annually in the US alone provides the... [Read More]
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Aug 26, 2009
UK-based Vogen Energy is planning to bring online a biomass-fuelled power station in Newport, Wales, UK.
The local council is currently deliberating permission for the 25 megawatt power station which will power around 44,000 homes from sustainably sourced vegetable oils.
The operators are hoping to house the plant on a 4.7 acre brown field site near the city’s South... [Read More]
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Aug 25, 2009
California just got greener. Ethanol handling and distribution terminals company U.S. Development Group (USDG) will begin construction on a new terminal in the state.
The West Colton Rail Terminal will be located in the Inland Empire area of southern California.
Construction on the first phase, located in Rialto, California, will consist of a manifold transfer system... [Read More]
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Aug 20, 2009
In an age of idling ethanol plants, one company is paying particular attention to its cellulosic ethanol endeavours.
Massachusetts-based Verenium’s 1.4 million gallons a year (mgy) cellulosic ethanol demo plant in Louisiana has produced a few hundred gallons of beer, and the company is going through unit operations in an effort to optimise its process, and eventually... [Read More]
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Aug 20, 2009
The conference programme for the upcoming Biofuels International Canada expo & conference in Montreal on 28-29th October is now available online and can be viewed at: http://www.biofuelsinternationalexpo.com/canada/conf_prog.html
Biofuels International Canada expo & conference is organised by market leading publication Biofuels International magazine and is designed... [Read More]
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Aug 19, 2009
The fuels team of Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), the organisation responsible for certifying fuels suitable for use in US Navy ships and aircraft, is planning to test a biodiesel blend in the engine of an F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter aircraft by Q2 2010.
At the same time, the team is seeking a biodiesel blend suitable for use as marine diesel. The tests are part... [Read More]
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Aug 19, 2009
The state of Massachusetts has shocked producers of second- and third-generation biodiesel produced from non-food feedstocks by banning their product from being counted as biodiesel when the state introduces its biodiesel mandate in 2011.
Massachusetts is to become one of the first US states to introduce a biodiesel mandate. From 1 July 2011, producers of petroleum diesel... [Read More]
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Aug 18, 2009
Bioelectricity specialist Helius Energy has teamed up with Speyside whisky cooperative The Combination of Rothes Distillers (CoRD) to implement an award-winning scheme to generate electricity from a by-product of whisky manufacture.
Pot ale is a high-protein liquid removed from malt whisky immediately before the final distillation of the spirit. CoRD is a cooperative... [Read More]
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Aug 18, 2009
From land to engine, biofuels continue to stoke up debate about environmental and social sustainability.
Large subsidies and quotas for biofuels are wreaking social and environmental havoc and in many cases exacerbating climate change, a new Christian Aid report concludes.
‘Vast sums of European and American taxpayers’ money are being used to prop up industries which... [Read More]
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Aug 17, 2009
In the US state of Oregon, cellulosic ethanol specialist Trillium FiberFuels has received a grant of $750,000 (€531,000) from the US Department of Energy (DoE) to commercialise its cellulosic ethanol technology.
The trillium process works by using an existing industrial enzyme to convert xylose, which is not digestible by yeast, to another sugar called xylulose, which... [Read More]
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Aug 17, 2009
The presence of trace amounts of biodiesel in marine diesel is becoming increasingly hazardous to shipping, according to marine fuel specialists.
Marine fuel is often transported in pipelines also used to transport biodiesel. Trace contamination of marine fuel is therefore almost inevitable.
‘Since there is today no accepted test method available to quantify biodiesel... [Read More]
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Aug 17, 2009
A council in Scotland has come up with a smelly way of generating clean electricity.
Scottish Borders Council will use methane from the Easter Langlee Waste Disposal site near Galashiels to create enough green electricity to power more than 1,000 homes, while cutting annual carbon emissions by the equivalent of around 30,000 tonnes.
The project takes away the local... [Read More]
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Aug 14, 2009
Indian biofuels specialist Emami Biotech is to invest $80 million (€56 million) in Ethiopian biofuel production. The cost includes the purchase of 12,000 acres of land for a feedstock plantation.
Although Emami will grow other crops including various herbs on the plantation, the main crop will be jatropha, which will be processed into biofuel at a nearby factory.
The... [Read More]
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Aug 14, 2009
Chinese research scientists believe that chitin, the compound secreted by aquatic animals to make shells, could provide an environmentally friendly catalyst for the conversion of organic oils into biodiesel, and they have already convinced one commercial producer to invest.
The team, from Hua Zhong Agriculture University in the Wuhan province of China, found that carbonised... [Read More]
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Aug 13, 2009
UK energy giant BP and Maryland, US-headquartered Martek Biosciences are teaming up to create biodiesel from sugar-based feedstocks.
The sugar to biodiesel pathway uses advanced biological science to convert sugars derived from biomass into lipids using unique fermentation micro-organisms; the lipids are then converted into fuel molecules through chemical or thermocatalytic... [Read More]
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Aug 12, 2009
The conference programme for the upcoming Biofuels International Asia expo & conference in Singapore on 19-20th November is now available online and can be viewed at:
http://www.biofuelsinternationalexpo.com/asia/conf_prog.html
Speakers include:
•Henri Bardon, Biofuels trading manager, Trafigura
•Allan Lim, CEO, Alpha Biofuels
•Long Tian Ching, Managing Director,... [Read More]
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