Jun 11, 2009
Neste Oil launches biofuels demonstration facility in Finland
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Jun 10, 2009
Dong Energy’s bioethanol producing subsidiary Inbicon has signed a deal with Statoil that will see it deliver the first 5 million litres of its second-generation bioethanol from its plant near Asnaes Power Station in Kalundborg, Denmark.
The plant, which is presently under construction, aims to demonstrate that second-generation bioethanol can be produced on an industrial... [Read More]
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Jun 9, 2009
The UK government has announced that five new biogas projects will receive funding through its £10 million (€11.5 million) Anaerobic Digestion Demonstration Programme.
There will be five projects that look set to benefit from the funds including plants in Dorset, East Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Manchester and in Shropshire.
The funding comes as a result of the Department... [Read More]
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Jun 9, 2009
The Colombian government has issued a decree that beginning in 2012 all new vehicles must bear E-85 flex-fuel technology.
The decision will see biofuel production in the South American country continue to rise as it is already expecting record levels of production from both ethanol and biodiesel with five new facilities coming online within the year.
Colombia, the second-largest... [Read More]
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Jun 9, 2009
California-based Solazyme has raised $57 million (€40 million) in its run up to commercialise algae-based biodiesel.
Solazyme has now raised a total of more than $76 million with new investors including VantagePoint Partners.
The producer grows algae in open ponds or inside photobioreactors. Solazyme grows algae in the dark and feeds them biomass and industrial by-products,... [Read More]
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Jun 9, 2009
Energy company Eon has announced that plans to build a biomass-fired power generation facility in Bristol, UK, are on schedule and will begin construction next year pending permission.
The proposed renewable energy plant will have an output of 150MW and will provide enough carbon-neutral electricity to supply more than 200,000 homes.
Eon estimates that by burning wood,... [Read More]
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Jun 9, 2009
In southeast Asia the Lao Ministry of Energy and Mines has announced that the government will promote the production of biofuel in the wake of year-long fluctuations in imported fossil fuel prices.
Electricity Department Acting Director General Hatsady Sisoulath said the department was now drafting a national strategy on biofuel development, as an important reference... [Read More]
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Jun 8, 2009
The city of Berkeley, California, has decided to review its choice of biodiesel feedstock amid concerns of production increasing greenhouse gases.
Berkeley has determined virgin-crop biodiesel is not beneficial to green house gas emissions.
'We are looking to replace virgin biodiesel (B20) with yellow grease B20 or any other product that is at least 5% lower carbon... [Read More]
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Jun 8, 2009
Canadian company Sanimax has announced that it will temporarily shut its 20 mgy biodiesel production plant in DeForest, Wisconsin, with two-thirds of the plant’s workers being laid off.
The closure was attributed to poor trading conditions for biodiesel, and Sanimax has not proposed a date for the plant’s reopening.
The plant, which opened in 2007, produced biodiesel... [Read More]
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Jun 5, 2009
Finland-based Neste Oil laid the foundation stone for Europe’s largest renewable diesel plant last week, coinciding with the second annual Biofuels International expo & conference in the Netherlands.
The Rotterdam plant will have an annual production capacity of 800,000 tonnes. The investment cost of the plant is estimated to be €670 million, and it will create... [Read More]
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Jun 5, 2009
The partnership between BP and DuPont to accelerate its next generation clean renewable fuels has successfully tested biobutanol over 1.3 million miles in an ordinary car.
In an exclusive interview for the June issue of Biofuels International magazine BP's Philip New says typical blends of around 16% were used without the need for modifications.
Like ethanol, biobutanol... [Read More]
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Jun 5, 2009
Chinese bioenergy producer Gushan Environmental Energy has announced the temporary suspension of production at its subsidiary Fujian Gushan Biodiesel Energy following a dispute with a local tax authority concerning consumption tax issues.
In January consumption tax rates on diesel products were levied, but Gushan has appealed to the State Administration of Taxation of... [Read More]
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Jun 5, 2009
Innovation Fuels plans to begin biodiesel operations later this month at a New Haven port terminal in Connecticut, US.
The biodiesel producer has announced that intermodal connections in the area will enable the company to position itself as a biodiesel distributor for the region.
The company will receive biodiesel by barge from its production plant in Newark, New Jersey,... [Read More]
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Jun 5, 2009
Ethanol Technologies has been awarded AUD$2.9 million (€1.65 million) by the Australian Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research to scale up a cellulosic ethanol process technology.
The subsidiary of forestry products company Willmott Forests will use the funding to pay for the construction of a $20 million pilot-scale biorefinery in Harwood, New South... [Read More]
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Jun 5, 2009
Sugarcane-based ethanol fuel is expected to provide for up to 75% of Brazil's light vehicle fuel market by 2020, the head of the state-run oil company Petrobras said.
Chief executive of Petrobras Jose Sergio Gabrielli, claimed that the consumer demand for ethanol is growing because Brazilians are buying more ethanol fuel. He stated that one of the reasons for this... [Read More]
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Jun 4, 2009
The provincial government in Saskatchewan, Canada, has signed an agreement with biotechnology company Iogen to develop the province’s first cellulosic ethanol plant.
It was announced that the plant is to be situated at the former Domtar-owned pulp and sawmill in Big River.
Iogen will operate the plant, which will be a commercial-scale expansion of its wheat straw... [Read More]
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Jun 3, 2009
The city of Lünen, Germany, has begun building a new biogas distribution network, which will be powered by agricultural waste, including cow dung and horse manure.
It is thought that approximately 90,000 residents will benefit from the development, and will make the town the first in the world to build and manage a biogas network.
Local farms will deliver animal waste,... [Read More]
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