Jul 17, 2009
Milligan Bio-Tech to open biodiesel facility
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Jul 17, 2009
Plantation Energy, Australia’s largest manufacturer and exporter of wood pellets, has signed a three-year AUD 60 million (€34 million) supply agreement with Essent Trading, an international merchant energy trading company based in Switzerland.
The agreement between Plantation Energy and Essent Trading comes only days after the company announced its first export deal,... [Read More]
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Jul 16, 2009
Exxon Mobil has finally joined the likes of BP in entering the biofuels industry. The US energy company will make its first major investment in biofuels in a $600 million (€426 million) partnership with biotech company Synthetic Genomics to develop transportation fuels from algae.
A late-comer to the green fuels sector, one of the company's requirements was finding... [Read More]
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Jul 16, 2009
Following recent reports of poor output in Spain and Germany, the European Biodiesel Board (EBB) has released figures showing EU capacity climbed more than 35% in 2008.
EBB capacity will grow again this year although half the plants are idle due to poor demand, the producers group says.
The European production of biodiesel had reached 7.76 million tonnes last year putting... [Read More]
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Jul 16, 2009
Biomass-fuelled power plant developer Prenergy’s proposals for a 350MW wood-burning plant in Port Talbot, Wales, have been granted a draft permit by the UK’s Environment Agency.
The £400 million (€465 million) plant received provisional planning permission based on the project receiving this environmental permit.
Progression of the plant plans has hit a hurdle,... [Read More]
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Jul 15, 2009
BP Biofuels, a subsidiary of UK energy giant BP, and US agri-tech company DuPont have formed Butamax Advanced Biofuels to accelerate biobutanol commercialisation.
BP and DuPont have conducted four years of extensive technology development and fuel testing.
The technology demonstration facility located at the BP Saltend site in Hull, UK, is planned to be operational... [Read More]
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Jul 15, 2009
Researchers at the US’ Argonne National Laboratory are studying a systems approach to sustainable biomass feedstock production.
If implemented the approach could mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and the impact of biomass for biofuels production on food crops, help restore contaminated water resources and reduce the cost of transporting biomass.
In the study, agricultural,... [Read More]
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Jul 15, 2009
Brazil’s largest producer of sugar and ethanol Cosan has signed a three-year contract with Mitsubishi to export bioethanol to the Japanese market starting in 2010.
Cosan will ship around 80,000 kl of bioethanol a year, reports say. Mitsubishi will the import it as the raw material for making ethyl tertiary butyl ether (ETBE), a petroladditive used for production of... [Read More]
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Jul 15, 2009
Consent has been given to one of the world’s largest biomass plants from the UK Government.
Approval for the £500 million (€587 million) Tees Renewable Energy Plant being built by MGT Power was given under Section 36 of the Electricity Act.
The 300MW plant, which will enter commercial operation in 2012, will save 1.2 million tonnes of carbon dioxide a year and... [Read More]
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Jul 15, 2009
Management, engineering and development consultancy Mott MacDonald has completed a report on Thailand’s eight-year programme working to promote the renewable energy sector, funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and implemented through the Energy for Environment Foundation.
The programme which includes a biomass energy focus has seen by many in the industry... [Read More]
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Jul 15, 2009
Only a few slots remain for the upcoming Biofuels International Asia expo & conference, being held in Singapore on 19-20 November 2009.
After the success of Biofuels International expo & conference in Europe in 2008, leading global publication Biofuels International magazine widened its portfolio to include Biofuels International Asia expo & conference.
Confirmed... [Read More]
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Jul 13, 2009
The NASA Glenn Research Center and Israel-based marine microalgae developer Seambiotic's US subsidiary are developing a collaborative R&D programme for optimisation of open-pond microalgae growth processes for biofuels production.
The goal of the agreement is to make use of NASA’s expertise in large scale computational modelling and combine it with Seambiotic’s... [Read More]
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Jul 13, 2009
In the US, the Ethanol Emergency Response Coalition (EERC) has compiled and released the Complete Training Guide for Ethanol Emergency Response, to help prepare ethanol producers, transporters and first responders who may experience or come in contact with an ethanol-related emergency.
This complete training package includes two videos, an instructor’s guide, interactive... [Read More]
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Jul 13, 2009
Biomass-to-energy company Chemrec is evaluating possible sites in the state of Georgia, US, for developing integrated fuels-from-the-forest black liquor gasification biorefineries at pulp and paper mills.
Chemrec biorefineries transform mills into producers of biofuels or biochemicals or even green electricity and power.
Georgia with more than 24 million acres of forestland,... [Read More]
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Jul 13, 2009
The European Commission has approved the proposed creation of a biobutanol production technology joint venture between BP Biofuels and US chemical manufacturer DuPont, resulting in a dual takeover of US company Biobutanol LLC.
The companies are on track to develop a biobutanol production plant in the UK. It will begin as a 420 million litre a year ethanol plant with operations... [Read More]
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Jul 13, 2009
Ukraine-based Landkom International, a producer of oilseed rape and wheat, has signed an agreement with Sunfuel Ukraine, a Ukrainian specialist biofuels group to cover the sale, processing and development of a new non edible oil seed variant for biodiesel, known as Isis.
Landkom and Sunfuel have jointly tested Isis in Ukraine, Europe and South Africa with leading universities... [Read More]
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Jul 6, 2009
Drawing on the success of Biofuels International expo & conference in Europe in 2008 & 2009, leading global publication Biofuels International magazine is pleased to announce its first Biofuels International Canada expo & conference.
The two day conference and exhibition on 28 - 29 October 2009 in Montreal is designed to coincide with Canada's biofuel... [Read More]
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