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Since the year 2006, 114,000 biogas pools have been built in the rural areas of Tibet. The Tibet Department of Farming and Animal Husbandry claims that around 570,000 farmers and herdsmen will now be provided with clean methane. The state council gave the green light for 155,705 biogas pools to be constructed in rural villages in Tibet, costing 659.26 million Yuan (€71.2 million). Further…
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In the Philippines, Phil-Korean Renewable Energy is planning to invest $71.26 million (€52.6 million) on the construction of a biomass plant. The refinery, due to begin construction later in 2010, will utilise woodchips to produce 30MW of power that will be supplied to Palawan Electric. The chairman of Phil-Korean Renewable Won Gul Lee has said that the company will replace those trees…
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The global biodiesel industry is expected to experience a paradigm shift and see its valuation stand at $12.6 billion (€9 billion) by the year 2014. Currently, Europe is the world’s largest market for biodiesel. It is thought to be worth $7 billion by 2014 and accounts for nearly 55.6% of the market. The US accounts for 28.6%. These figures were published by MarketsandMarkets in a market…
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The conference programme for the upcoming Bioenergy International expo & conference 2010 on 5-6 May in Prague is now available to view online at: http://www.biofuelsinternationalexpo.com/conf_prog.html Key speakers at the event include: Marc Gillmann, Head of biofuels, Total H.E. Mr. Jan Dusík, Minister of the Environment for the Czech Republic, Ivan Soucek, CEO, Ceska Rafinerska Robert…
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The Netherlands-based storage terminal operator Koole is expanding its facility in Rotterdam by 80,000 m3. The company will add to its existing 560,000 m3 terminal with a mix of mild steel and stainless steel tanks of various sizes. In addition Koole Rotterdam will reinforce jetty no.1. and extend the draft to 15.80 metres during Q1, so that vessels of up to 75,000 tonnes can moor directly at…
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Incoming, a brand acceleration company, has purchased North American Bio-Energies, owner of Foothills Bio-Energies in North Carolina. Foothills Bio-Energies is currently the largest biofuel producer in the North Carolina region. Foothills has now partnered with Appalachian State University in order to take part in a study designed to determine which feedstock oils are the most suitable to be…
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EDG Fuels is due to open a new biodiesel plant on 13 March 2010, based in Tucson, Arizona, US. The facility will begin operations by producing 3 million gallons of biodiesel a year and it is hoped this will expand to 6 million gallons the following year. Used cooking oil will be collected and converted into biodiesel. According to EDG Fuels, the oil will be obtained from businesses based in…
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In Rome, New York, a biomass plant has been given the go-ahead by New York State Public Service Commission. The plant, generating 9.6MW, will provide Grississ Business and Technology Park with 75% of its electricity needs. The biomass refinery will save the park a total of $1.5 million (€1.1 million) in utility costs. Carbon emissions will also be reduced by 46,000 tonnes a year. Costing…
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The legally binding Recommendation 141, issued by the Bern Convention, is warning that some foreign biofuel crops are having a detrimental effect on the natural environment. It states that certain imported crops are disturbing areas outside of cultivated fields and having a negative impact on native biodiversity. As a result, the Council of Europe has made advances to reduce the potential…
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A joint venture between Californian development company New Planet Energy and Illinois chemical manufacturer Ineos Bio aims to build Florida’s first ethanol plant. Ineos New Planet BioEnergy will review and estimate the costs of setting up at a proposed Oslo area location still under negotiation. The company has been discussing buying and converting Ocean Spray Cranberries’ 71-acre former…
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A Greenfield project is currently being developed in Sierra Leone, West Africa, by Addax Bioenergy. A division of the Swiss-based energy corporation Addax and Oryx Group (AOG), Addax Bioenergy’s project will consist of a sugarcane plantation, an ethanol distillery and a biomass power plant. Supported by the government of Sierra Leone and financed by European Development Finance Institutions…
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Based in Toronto, biogas developer StormFisher has been acquired by Greenhouse Gas Services (GGS). GGS is a joint venture between GE Energy Financial Services and the AES Corporation. StormFisher develops, owns and manages various projects around North America, where food and agricultural by-products are converted into natural gas and electricity. Mauricio Vargas, CEO of GGS, said that the…
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Chemists at the University of California (UC) Davis have developed a new process that allows safflower and other oilseed crops to be made into a combination of fuels, which has the potential to increase the production of biodiesel by 24%. Mark Mascal, professor of chemistry at UC Davis, said, ‘Conventional biodiesel production extracts plant oils and then converts them into fatty acid esters…
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