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Following US-based Amyris’ advancements in the development of its second generation technology, which uses microorganisms to produce biodiesel from crushing cane, oil group Total wishes to acquire a percentage in the company. Located in France Total is to invest an undisclosed sum to purchase a 17% stake in the biofuels producer as it plans to expand into sustainably-sourced fuels and…
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After recently acquiring joint venture operations in Central Java, Indonesia, renewable energy company Jatoil has secured its first sale of a commercial quantity of crude jatropha oil. The sale is under a new four-year off-take agreement with Jatoil’s partner Waterland International, covering all crude jatropha oil produced from the first 1,000 hectares of the project. The initial shipment of…
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California, US, is expected to increase the number of E85 fuelling stations and electric vehicle charging stations after receiving a $4 million (€3.3 million) grant. 75 new fuelling stations have been planned for the state, which are predicted to cut the use of petrol by over 24 million gallons annually and reduce the CO2 emissions by roughly 170,000 tonnes a year. Sacramento, San Francisco…
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A joint venture between Everpure Biodiesel Coop. and Zuraw Technologies has seen the construction of a new biodiesel plant in Acton, Ontario, Canada. The facility means that Everpure can now collect waste vegetable oil from eateries around the local area before Zuraw Technologies converts it into biodiesel in the new plant. Prior to the construction of the biofuel production facility Everpure…
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Construction on American Jianye Greentech Holdings’ second biofuels plant in China is underway. The facility, located at the Xiangzhou Shilong Industry Zone, in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of southern China, will produce approximately 50,000 tonnes of biodiesel, 50,000 tonnes of civil use clean fuel, and 100,000 tonnes of ethanol fuel with a maximum annual operating capacity of 200,000…
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Oil producer Petrobras, construction firm Camargo Corrêa and Mitsui & Co. have secured a preliminary environmental license to construct an ethanol pipeline in Brazil. Expected to cost $1.1 billion (€900 million) to build, the pipeline will be 337 miles (542km) long. The pipeline will be ready for use by Q3 2011 and will connect mills located in the states of Minas Gerais and Sao Paulo…
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US agri-giant and biofuels producer Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) is cleaning up its emissions with the assistance of a Department of Energy (DoE) grant. The $99.2 million (€80.9 million) grant is for a commercial-scale carbon sequestration project to capture and store 1 million tonnes of carbon dioxide a year from ADM’s ethanol facility in Decatur, Illinois. The $163.9 million industrial…
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While the US ethanol industry still awaits news of an E15 blending allowance exports of the fuel remain high. The Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) says April ethanol exports reached 40.8 million gallons, including both denatured and undenatured non-beverage ethanol. That volume compares to 48.3 million gallons in March. Year-to-date exports are 124.3 million gallons, which means 2010 exports…
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Covanta, a US company which incinerates municipal solid waste to generate electricity, and its partner Global Energy have completed construction of a commercial pilot municipal solid waste to diesel plant in the US. The two companies signed a contract to set up the plant two and a half years ago. Covanta will operate hundreds of facilities, which will use Global Energy's KDV technology…
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The world’s largest producer of corn-based ethanol will see a reduction in carbon emissions by 111% over petrol when it opens its first planned commercial cellulosic ethanol plant. This means Poet’s cellulosic ethanol actually has negative emissions; it will offset more greenhouse gas emissions than it produces. The analysis, compiled by Air Improvement Resource highlights a number of…
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In an attempt to boost the use of ethanol as a vehicle fuel, South Dakota, US, is to award a $1 million (€1.2 million) grant to a possible 100 ethanol blender pumps at fuel stations across the state. The funding came from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act incentive and will be used to fit an additional 49 filling stations with around 100 blender pumps in 40 South Dakota communities.…
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After it began construction earlier this year the Bahamas Waste biodiesel production facility is expected to be fully operational by July this year. When up and running the waste collection company’s $750,000 (€606,440) plant will see the company’s 50 strong fleet of vehicles switch from fossil fuels to being powered by biodiesel. ‘I am hoping that we will have our first gallon…
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Dedicated to converting greenhouse gases into biofuels Tomorrow Biofuels is to construct a pilot plant in Cranston, Rhode Island, US, to do just that. Tomorrow’s first plant will capture gases emitted from an adjacent power plant and utilise them to enhance the growing time of algae. Oil will then be extracted from the algae and converted into biodiesel before being transported back to the…
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