Feb 9, 2009
Finland tests ethanol to a pulp
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Feb 9, 2009
UK-based Local Generation has announced plans for a food-waste to energy plant in Cambridgeshire, UK.
The food recycling company is investing £9-12 million (€10.3-13.7 million) in an anaerobic digestion system, which will produce up to 2.5MW of power to supply 1,500 local homes and businesses.
Local Generation intends to submit a planning application for the site... [Read More]
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Feb 6, 2009
UK-based energy crop developer D1 Oils and its joint venture energy company partner BP have announced business plans to improve their fuel crop project using jatropha.
D1 Oils Plant Science Limited (DOPSL), the company’s subsidiary, has developed the group’s global breeding programme in support of D1-BP Fuel Crops, establishing a central facility in Cape Verde and... [Read More]
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Feb 6, 2009
Biofuel enzyme producer Novozymes and its Chinese partner COFCO have entered into a partnership with Chinese oil and energy company Sinopec to develop ethanol from agricultural waste.
The three companies will cover ethanol production and distribution with the aim of developing a commercial-scale process for producing second-generation ethanol from corn stover.
Novozymes... [Read More]
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Feb 6, 2009
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners (KMEP) expects to move fuels blended with 5% biodiesel across southern regions in the US via the Plantation Pipe Line this year.
KMEP recently conducted a test in which it moved 20,000 barrels of the blended fuel via a Mississippi-to-South Carolina segment of the line.
KMEP will ship the fuel blends along portions of the line that carry... [Read More]
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Feb 5, 2009
Iowa, US-based biodiesel producer and marketer Renewable Energy Group has opened a new biodiesel blending terminal in Alamosa, Colorado, US.
At the Alamosa terminal REG has partnered with petroleum company and biodiesel marketer Alta Fuels to facilitate the company’s marketing efforts of its branded REG-9000 biodiesel at the site.
Alta Fuels also has an on-site laboratory... [Read More]
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Feb 5, 2009
Portugal state-owned water utility Aguas de Portugal is preparing to invest €620 million in projects to generate electricity from waste and other renewable sources.
AdP, which deals in water supply, water and waste treatment, will collaborate with Energias de Portugal and energy company Galp on the projects.
Power generation from biogas formed from the breakdown of... [Read More]
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Feb 4, 2009
US ethanol producer Renew Energy, based in Wisconsin, is one of a few producers in the US to file for bankruptcy so far this year.
Renew Energy will be sold amid falling prices for the grain-based fuel and rising costs for corn.
The producer listed both assets and debt of more than $100 million (€77 million) in Chapter 11 papers filed on 30 January.
The company,... [Read More]
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Feb 3, 2009
California-headquartered Sirona Fuels has acquired producer Blue Sky Biofuels.
Blue Sky Biofuels’ Oakland, California-based biodiesel refinery is permitted for 15 million gallons a year and is currently producing ASTM-spec biodiesel from recycled cooking oil.
Sirona has implemented plans for the rapid expansion of its used cooking oil collection business, and by the... [Read More]
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Feb 3, 2009
Mission Biofuel India is seeking government approval to construct a biodiesel refinery in the eastern coast state of Orissa, by the Bay of Bengal, India.
The first phase of the project is expected to cost Rs 350 crore (€55.8 million).
The company is focusing on seeds from the jatropha plant as feedstock.
The company is looking at wastelands around the ports at Paradip... [Read More]
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Feb 3, 2009
Singapore-based Allgreen Energy India plans to spend Rs 500 crore (€79.4 million) to construct 10 biomass projects in India.
The company eyes operations of the plants for 2011/2. Each plant will have a production capacity of 6.5 MW.
Allgreen plans to start work on biomass projects in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Madhya Pradesh by March, with production expected to begin... [Read More]
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Feb 3, 2009
US waste to energy project operator Covanta Energy plans to construct a 70MW power plant in Merthyr, Wales, UK, which will use waste as fuel.
The project will consume approximately 825,000 tonnes of waste per year and is expected to commence operations in 2014.
The estimated cost of the plant is approximately $570 million (€440 million), and the project will be financed,... [Read More]
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Feb 3, 2009
The US Departments of Energy (DoE) and Agriculture (USDA) have announced up to $25 million (€19 million) in funding for biofuel research and development.
The sum will fund technologies and processes to produce biofuels, bioenergy, and bio-based products.
‘These projects will be among many Obama Administration investments that will help strengthen our economy and... [Read More]
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Feb 3, 2009
The US Air Force (USAF) is planning to test two types of biofuel for use in a 50-50 mix with jet fuel by 2013.
USAF will acquire more than 300,000 gallons of biofuels, building on initiatives under way at commercial airlines.
The Air Force will select about 160,000 gallons of each type of biofuel. The winning biofuels will be used for lab analysis, engine testing and... [Read More]
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Feb 3, 2009
Green Gold Ray Energies will open a jatropha biodiesel refinery in Nasipit Port, Agusan del Norte, the Philippines, in Q2 this year.
The plant will have a capacity of 180 million gallons of biodiesel a year.
The research and development team of Green Gold Ray Energies has designed a biodiesel processing and refining technology to fit jatropha oil market requirements.... [Read More]
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Feb 2, 2009
Gas made from waste food or sewage could heat half of the UK’s homes, a study by Ernst and Young on behalf of utility firm National Grid finds.
Biodegradable waste could be used to make biomethane which would be piped into the gas grid, and would help achieve targets to source 15% of all energy from renewable sources by 2020.
Biogas, which is already being produced... [Read More]
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Feb 2, 2009
Japan Airlines completed a 90-minute flight powered by fuel with a 50% biodiesel blend on 30 January.
The flight is the first to use camelina oil, which made up 84% of the biofuel blend. The remainder was less than 16% jatropha oil and the rest algae oil.
The camelina blend was used in the No. 3 engine made by Pratt & Whitney. The Boeing 747-300 aircraft took off... [Read More]
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