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Fuel provider Exousia Advanced Materials headquartered in New York, US, has nearly completed its new biodiesel production facility, which is expected to begin operations later on in the year. Maintenance and re-tooling of the plant, which is located in South Carolina, are well underway and will start delivering biodiesel orders in August. Wayne Rodrigue, chairman and CEO of Exousia, said:…
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Aura Bio Corp., a US company operating in Nigeria, has entered into a formal agreement with Nigerian biodiesel producer Tolao Energy. The agreement comes after Aura Bio Corp. completed its due diligence assessment of the biodiesel project in Cross River State, Nigeria. The project will see the cultivation of jatropha on 3,000 acres of land and the construction of a biodiesel plant with an…
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In the US the Minnesota Department of Agriculture estimates that the state will gain $600 million (€465 million) from the growth of its ethanol industry this year. It estimates production will increase to 1.1 billion gallons in 2010 with an economic impact of $3.1 billion, and providing 1,500 additional jobs. In 2009 Minnesota's ethanol industry generated more than $2.5 billion in…
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In Columbus, Nebraska, US, ethanol producer Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) has inaugurated its recently constructed dry milling plant and ethanol production facility. The christening took place on 9 July this year after the facility opened in November last year. The project was originally announced in February 2006. The dry mill has the capacity the produce 300 million gallons of…
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The US department of energy (DoE) will pump $106 million (€82 million) from the American Recovery and Reinvestment into six projects which will convert captured carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from industrial sources into useful products such as fuel, plastics, cement, and fertilisers. The funds were matched with $156 million in private cost-share. Converting captured CO2 into products such as…
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Aventine Renewable Energy, a leading ethanol producer based in Illinois, US, is reportedly on target to complete the construction of its biofuel plant by September this year. Located in the Ports of Indiana-Mount Vermont the 110 million gallon-a-year ethanol refinery began construction towards the end of 2007 but the build was brought to end when Aventine filed for bankruptcy in February 2009.…
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On the surface it all seems good news for Europe’s biodiesel industry with capacity growth at 16.6%, but a worrying number of idled plants put its true potential at bay. The total production figure of 9 million tonnes is overshadowed by the EU27’s two-thirds idle capacity, said to be due in part to unfair trade practices on the global biodiesel market. The European Biodiesel Board (EBB)…
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American Jianye Greentech Holdings has begun the construction of its second biofuels plant in southern China. The clean energy company plans to invest $21 million (€16.5 million) in the project throughout the year that will see the erection of a clean fuels production refinery and filling station located at the Xiangzhou Shilong Industry Zone, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Under…
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German specialty chemicals company Süd-Chemie is to build Germany´s largest second generation ethanol plant. As from the end of 2011, this large-scale demonstration plant, located in the immediate vicinity of the new Bavarian BioCampus in Straubing, will produce up to 2,000 tonnes of bioethanol from agricultural waste, such as cereal straw. The project comprises an investment volume of some…
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In China, Baosteel, the country’s largest steel and iron business, is developing a biofuels plant. After signing a deal with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in June this year Baosteel is now planning the construction of a waste gas-to-ethanol facility near to one of its factories. The plant will produce ethanol using the waste gas emitted from the factory. LanzaTech, a clean technology firm…
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Dedicated to investing in alternative energy projects, Ohio, US-based Rex American Resources Corp. has acquired a 48% stake in ethanol producer NuGen Energy. After parting with $9.2 million (€15 million) for the stake on 14 July this year, Rex has expressed its willingness to invest an additional $6.5 million in the South Dakota-based company depending on future sales. NuGen Energy is…
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Energy company BP Biofuels North America is to acquire Verenium’s cellulosic biofuels business. Under the terms of the agreement BP Biofuels’ investment of $98.3 million (€76.4 million) will purchase Verenium’s facilities in Jenninigs, LA, US, including the pilot plant and the demonstration-scale facility; the San Diego, California-based R&D facilities; the company’s cellulosic…
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In Pittsboro, North Carolina, US, industrial enzyme producer Novozymes and biofuels leader Piedmont Biofuels are to unveil a new pilot plant that will be the first of its kind in the US. The pilot facility will convert low quality waste grease into biodiesel using groundbreaking technology developed by Piedmont Biofuels and Novozymes. Built at Piedmont’s site in Pittsboro, the plant, which…
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