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Established within the paper and packaging industry, International Paper and clean technology company Fiberight have struck a deal that will see the production of biofuel from unusable fibre. From the beginning of May this year Fiberight has been converting residual material, which is produced at International Paper’s Cedar River paperboard mill in Iowa, US, into cellulosic ethanol. It is…
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Colorado-headquartered ZeaChem has broken ground on its 250,000 gallon a year biorefinery in Boardman, Oregon, US. The plant will initially use ZeaChem's core technology to produce ethyl acetate, a salable chemical intermediate and precursor to cellulosic ethanol. ZeaChem's fermentation technology has been built and tested at Hazen Research facility in Golden, Colorado, and numerous…
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Headquartered in Finland, refining and marketing company Neste Oil’s €550 million renewable diesel plant in Singapore is almost ready to begin production. Producing 800,000 tonnes of renewable diesel a year, NExBTL is now 10% away from completion and is due to come online in Q4 of 2010. The plant will begin by utilising palm oil only but has the ability to use other feedstocks, including…
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In New Mexico the Center of Excellence for Hazardous Materials Management (CEHMM) opened what it claims to be the world's first vertically integrated algal biorefinery. The refinery uses saltwater micro-algae grown in ponds that are high in oil, which is then extracted and used for biodiesel production. The remaining algae material can also be used as a livestock feed. Experts hope a…
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The third annual Bioenergy International expo & conference was held last week in Prague and delegates certainly had no shortage of subjects to talk about. The event was opened by Vladimír Vlk, advisor to the Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic, who outlined the Czech Republic’s potential in terms of renewable energy. The country may not be the largest in Europe in terms…
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US petrol refiner Sunoco’s ethanol plant located in New York is expected to come online in the beginning of July this year.. The plant has been undergoing repairs for almost six months in order to get it to operate at its full capacity of 100 million gallons of ethanol a year. Sunoco purchased the ethanol plant for $8.5 million (€10 million) in June last year after it was closed when…
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After signing a Memorandum of Understanding solutions provider MBD Energy has become the first customer of algae-related technology producer OriginOil (OOIL). The deal will see OOIL provide Australia-based MBD Energy with its Quantum Fracturing and Single-Step Extraction technology. To begin with MBD Energy will use the technology in its research and development facility, which opened in…
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Non-state owned energy firm China Integrated Energy’s (CIE) biodiesel plant, which is currently being built in Tongchuan City, Shaanxi province, China, has just obtained the production equipment needed for its new refinery. Under construction near to the company’s existing 100,000-tonne/year biodiesel production facility, the new plant will utilise crop straw including wheat straw, corn…
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From 13 May until 6 July 2010 producers of cellulosic biofuels can now apply for funding under the Bioenergy Program for Advanced Biofuels by submitting applications to the USDA Rural Development. The aim of the Bioenergy Program for Advanced Biofuels is to provide fiscal support to biofuels producers based in rural areas in order to ensure continued development and consumption of advanced…
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Natural disasters including floods and the formation of deserts are a close reality for New York, US, and Shanghai, China, if drastic actions are not taken to radically slash greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, according to the commerce secretary Gary Locke. While present at the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai Locke said: ‘That is the very real and very scary downside of our energy and…
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Biodiesel company Alternative Fuels Americas (AFA), a wholly owned subsidiary of Netspace International Holdings, will acquire Sao Paulo, Brazil-based biodiesel producer Integrated Biodiesel Industries (IBI) after signing a letter of intent (LOI). Focused on the mergence of biodiesel firms, AFA’s CEO Craig Frank remarks: ‘This LOI marks the beginning of the implementation of our carefully…
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Biofuels technology provider Bio Solutions Manufacturing is to change its name to Todays Alternative Energy Corporation. The reason behind the name change lies in the belief that investors and business partners are effectively informed of the company’s business focus. The CEO of Bio Solutions Manufacturing David Bennett commented: ‘Our alternative business centres on using the…
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Finnish company Chempolis, involved in the development and delivery of non-wood and non-food based process technologies and production solutions, has launched a pilot plant in Oulu, northern Finland. The $24.4 million (€19.7 million) biorefinery will produce a daily supply of 68 tonnes of cellulosic ethanol from agricultural waste and waste paper. The facility will also be used to test raw…
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