May 8, 2009
Plantation Energy Australia agrees export deal
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May 8, 2009
Süd-Chemie, a leading manufacturer of catalysts and adsorbents, and a leading global company in the sector of gases and engineering, the Linde Group, have launched the production of climate-friendly biofuels based on lignocellulosic biomass in Munich.
The process developed by Süd-Chemie and Linde allows biofuels, such as ethanol, to be extracted from plant matter containing... [Read More]
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May 7, 2009
Switzerland's first bioethanol refinery could soon be built in Jura canton if authorities there approve a planning application for the project.
The €66.42 million plant in Delémont, western Switzerland, if approved could produce almost 100,000 tonnes of fuel and 30,000 tonnes of pharmaceutical-grade alcohol annually.
Switzerland has some of the most stringent... [Read More]
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May 7, 2009
The German and Polish governments have agreed an alliance for cooperation on the development of bioenergy feedstocks, after a meeting between the Polish Minister for Agriculture Marek Sawicki and German Agricultural Minister Ilse Aigner.
The move establishes Bio-GEPOIT, a task force group that will be coordinated by the Polish Research Institute of Construction, Mechanics... [Read More]
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May 6, 2009
The US Environmental Protection Agency has issued a draft rule calling for further use of advanced biofuels and to measure carbon dioxide emissions from alternative motor fuels.
The regulatory body’s move looks to reduce the impact biofuels have on the climate and food prices.
The move confirms the schedule of the 2007 Renewable Fuels Standard which called for the... [Read More]
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May 6, 2009
With less than a month to go before the 2nd Biofuels International expo & conference in Amsterdam there are over 200 companies registered to attend the two day conference and exhibition.
Companies registered include Shell Global Solutions, Total, Neste Oil, EcoPetrol, Standic, Mercuria Energy Trading, Oiltanking, Royal Vopak, Swedish Energy Agency, TNO, Solvay solexis,... [Read More]
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May 5, 2009
Fourteen southern African nations have been welcomed into the Global Renewable Fuels Alliance.
The move to join the alliance is clear indication of the southern African countries’ desire to promote biofuels policies throughout the world.
Andrew Makenete, President of the Southern African Biofuels Association (SABA), called on other nations to speak out in favour... [Read More]
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May 5, 2009
One of Brazil’s largest sugar and ethanol groups Santelisa has confirmed that it has been bought by French commodities group Louis Dreyfus.
The Brazilian subsidiary of Louis Dreyfus, Commodities Bioenergia (LDC), expects to incorporate Santelisa within two months pending the Brazilian company restructuring its debt of €970 million.
In order to make the deal viable... [Read More]
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May 5, 2009
Filipino manufacturer Chemrez Technologies has reported a 37.2% jump in net income to €2 million in Q1 2009 from €1.4 million in the same period last year, owing to strong oleochemical and biodiesel sales, as well as higher margins.
The company largely attributed the revenue growth to the surge in domestic demand for coconut-based biodiesel or coco-biodiesel after... [Read More]
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May 5, 2009
Omaha, US-based Green Plains Renewable Energy has won a €1.6 million state grant for a pilot project to produce algae from by-products of its Shenandoah, Iowa, ethanol plant.
Pending the success of the pilot project, Green Plains intends to develop a commercial plant producing algae for biofuels.
The high-protein algae could be added to the dried distillers grains... [Read More]
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May 5, 2009
Federal and provincial funds have been injected in ethanol facilities and research projects in Canada.
British Columbia has pledged more than $32.6 million (€24.5 million) to commercialise approximately $200 million in provincial renewable energy technology projects.
The Innovative Clean Energy Fund has awarded more than $22.6 million to 19 projects and another $10... [Read More]
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May 5, 2009
In March US biodiesel output fell sharply, fuelling calls for the release of federal regulations to require use of advanced biofuels.
The National Biodiesel Board (NBB) said production fell from 49 million gallons in March 2008 to only 30 million gallons in March 2009.
The NBB claimed that if the trend continues, US output would be only half of the 700 million gallons... [Read More]
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May 5, 2009
In Vietnam, Phuc Yen Company and businessman Ngo Xuan Tiec have signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOU) to market, build and operate municipal waste-to-ethanol facilities in the country.
The newly created joint venture Agresti Vietnam, a subsidiary of Agresti Biofuel, will employ the patented GeneSyst Gravity Pressure Vessel technology to produce ethanol and other saleable... [Read More]
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May 4, 2009
Dynamotive USA has secured a supply of 220,000 tonnes per year of sawdust from timber producer Springhill Land and Timber for a proposed bio-oil plant in Arkansas, US.
The contract secures an initial 10-year term for the feedstock supply with pricing linked to energy prices in the region.
Dynamotive Energy uses fast pyrolysis technology to convert waste cellulosic biomass... [Read More]
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May 1, 2009
Minnesota is the first state in the US to require that diesel fuel contain a 5% blend.
‘Increasing biodiesel in our diesel fuel allows us to take advantage of a renewable fuel made in Minnesota, which in addition to being environmentally responsible also adds to the state's bottom line,’ Ed Hegland, chairman of the National Biodiesel Board (NBB), says.
Some... [Read More]
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May 1, 2009
Mississippi-based Encore Energy Systems and Texas Hardin Fuels have confirmed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) calling for joint business development and to assist Hardin Fuels with securing funding for future expansion.
The MOU highlights Encore Energy Systems’ continuing business development and growth strategy in the alternative energy marketplace.
The company... [Read More]
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May 1, 2009
Malaysian biodiesel producer Mission Biotechnologies has been awarded International Sustainability and Carbon Certification.
The biodiesel producer is the first Asian company to receive the certification and will provide it with export entree to the European Union.
The ISCC programme closely conforms to the EU’s latest renewable energy directive (RED) biofuel content,... [Read More]
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