Jun 3, 2009
Chemrec looks to promote biorefinery projects
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Jun 3, 2009
The European Commission has submitted a proposal to extend the temporary tariffs imposed on imports of US biodiesel for up to five years.
The anti-dumping and anti-subsidy tariffs passed in March were established in order to protect European biodiesel producers by counteracting the payments the US gives its own producers.
European biofuel producers stressed that US... [Read More]
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Jun 2, 2009
The US’ 2,000th E85 fuelling station opened in the community of Davie, Florida, at the U-Gas retail station on 28 May.
The expansion of the ethanol industry is allowing small communities all across the U.S. to benefit from the new jobs and economic opportunities the production of renewable fuels offers.
‘Increasing the production and use of ethanol in places like... [Read More]
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Jun 2, 2009
In the US, the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) is requesting more transparency over the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Renewable Fuel Standard Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.
The RFA says many of the models, data sets, and other pertinent pieces of information used by EPA for its lifecycle analysis are not publicly available, preventing third parties like... [Read More]
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Jun 2, 2009
Scientists in Wales, UK, are looking into a research project aiming to turn grass into a green transport fuel.
The £1 million (€1.16 million) ‘grassohol’ research project aims to develop commercially and economically viable processes to make ethanol from perennial ryegrass, the most commonly sown grass in the UK, which is normally used for grazing or silage.
The... [Read More]
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Jun 2, 2009
Biomass plant specialist Helius Energy has announced that it has seen profits for the last six months to 31 March 2009, and has projected expansion plans to add a third multi-million-pound plant to its portfolio.
The UK-based company has reported an £18,000 (€20,824) profit up from a loss of £1.6 million at the same point last year. The company believes it is now... [Read More]
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Jun 2, 2009
Industrial enzymes maker Novozymes has reported that Brazil could produce up to 8 billion litres of biofuel from sugarcane residues (bagasse) by 2020, representing additional export revenue for Brazil of up to US$4 billion (€4.6 billion).
Novozymes, which sells enzymes that turn crops such as corn, soya and sugarcanes into bio-ethanol products, expect Brazil to be... [Read More]
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Jun 2, 2009
US-based Baystate Biofuels' terminal in North Andover, Massachusetts, is to come online next year and begin delivering a green energy, petroleum alternative to the region.
The terminal will be the first full-scale commercial facility dedicated to biodiesel distribution in the state with construction having started up at the end of May.
Baystate Biofuels aims to... [Read More]
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Jun 2, 2009
The EU has launched a biogas project as a solution to the mounting agricultural waste on farms in the continent.
The Agrobiogas project with €2.9 million in funding has set its sights on developing anaerobic digestion technology, which offers an effective way to treat agricultural waste while being a
realistic option for farmers.
The project will encourage the use... [Read More]
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Jun 2, 2009
Food giant Cargill has started production at its new glycerine refinery in Frankfurt, Germany.
The new plant, completed in nine months, is located adjacent to Cargill’s existing biodiesel production facility in the Höchst Industrial Park.
The neighbouring biodiesel plant will provide the refinery’s supply of crude glycerine, as the full integration of these... [Read More]
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Jun 1, 2009
Virgin Galactic, a subsidiary of the Virgin Group, is constructing space ships that are designed to run in part on alternative fuels.
Over the past few months, pilots have conducted several test flights of the space-launch vehicle Eve. Eve's jet engines will run on kerosene initially but are also capable of running on butanol, a biofuel that can be made from algae.
‘The... [Read More]
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Jun 1, 2009
A report by the European Environment Agency has found that European Union (EU) emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) declined for the third consecutive year in 2007.
The EU-27's overall domestic emissions were 9.3 % below 1990 levels, which equalled a drop of 1.2 % or 59 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent compared to 2006. The EU-15 now stands 5% below its... [Read More]
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Jun 1, 2009
The Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) and American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) have published recommendations on analytical test methods for the testing of corn distillers dried grains (DDG) and corn DDG with solubles (DDGS) in the Journal of AOAC International.
The recommendations can be found in Volume 92, Number 1, 2009, of the journal.
Corn distillers dried... [Read More]
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Jun 1, 2009
Two Philippines-based firms have signed separate deals with two South Korean companies for biofuel production ventures worth $600 million (€422 million) in total.
The two companies, with the help of their foreign partners, will develop lands for bioethanol and biodiesel feedstock production in various parts of the country.
Bioethanol producer Enviro Plasma and Central... [Read More]
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Jun 1, 2009
A fire at the Minnesota Soybean Processors plant in Brewster, Minnesota caused the nearby town to be evacuated on 24 May.
Nobles County Sheriff Kent Wilkening announced that a couple of explosions were reported around 10 pm and ignited the fire.
The biodiesel producing plant processes uses soyabean as its feedstock.... [Read More]
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Jun 1, 2009
According to new research from the Netherlands’ University of Twente, 14,000 litres of water are needed to create 1 litre of biodiesel from rapeseed or soyabeans.
Researchers at the university analysed 13 crops to determine the optimal production regions for each based on water consumption and climate date.
The water footprint for rapeseed in western Europe is significantly... [Read More]
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May 28, 2009
Six new ethanol projects in Columbia this year will add 1.37 million litres a day of new production.
The present level is 1.05 million litres a day.
Colombia, the number two ethanol producer in Latin America after Brazil, is seeking new investors to join projects to boost ethanol production capacity and create jobs in the South American country, Agriculture Minister... [Read More]
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