Feb 5, 2009
REG opens biodiesel blending terminal
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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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Feb 2, 2009
UK-based food waste recycler Prosper de Mulder (PDM) has announced plans to spend £110 million (€123 million) over the next three years on waste to energy plants.
The company will construct five new food waste-to-energy plants using both biomass and anaerobic digestion (AD) technology.
PDM will secure 17,000 tonnes a year of waste from UK supermarket Sainsbury's... [Read More]
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Jan 30, 2009
Indonesia's government is planning to pay a subsidy to biofuel producers this year to ensure the stability of the market.
Biofuel became more expensive than crude oil-based fuel after oil prices dived more than 70% from their peak in July last year.
Under the plan, if prices of biofuel products are higher than crude oil-based fuels, the government will pay a subsidy... [Read More]
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Jan 30, 2009
The five railroad trains at Disneyland in the US began running on biodiesel made with waste vegetable oil from the resort’s restaurants and hotels on 28 January.
Park officials tried a soyabean-based biodiesel starting in 2007 on the trains that circle a one-mile perimeter of the park. The project was abandoned in November 2008 following issues with storage underground.
Officials... [Read More]
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Jan 29, 2009
ECB Enviro North America and StormFisher Biogas have formed a partnership to build a 3.2 megawatt biogas plant in Lethbridge, Alberta, one of Canada’s major agricultural centres.
Once operational, the plant will create enough energy to power more than 3,000 homes and offset the carbon dioxide equivalent of more than 17,000 tonnes every year.
Biogas plants naturally... [Read More]
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Jan 28, 2009
US ethanol producer Poet may bid on plants owned by VeraSun Energy during an auction to be held in March, CEO Jeff Broin says.
Earlier in January VeraSun obtained approval from a judge to auction seven of the eight ethanol plants it had bought from U.S. BioEnergy in 2008 for approximately $700 million (€527 million).
Poet first expressed an interest in making investments... [Read More]
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