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The EU has launched a biogas project as a solution to the mounting agricultural waste on farms in the continent.
The Agrobiogas project with €2.9 million in funding has set its sights on developing anaerobic digestion technology, which offers an effective way to treat agricultural waste while being a
realistic option for farmers.
The project will encourage the use of biogas via anaerobic…
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Food giant Cargill has started production at its new glycerine refinery in Frankfurt, Germany.
The new plant, completed in nine months, is located adjacent to Cargill’s existing biodiesel production facility in the Höchst Industrial Park.
The neighbouring biodiesel plant will provide the refinery’s supply of crude glycerine, as the full integration of these facilities is expected to…
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Virgin Galactic, a subsidiary of the Virgin Group, is constructing space ships that are designed to run in part on alternative fuels.
Over the past few months, pilots have conducted several test flights of the space-launch vehicle Eve. Eve's jet engines will run on kerosene initially but are also capable of running on butanol, a biofuel that can be made from algae.
‘The [carbon] cost of…
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A report by the European Environment Agency has found that European Union (EU) emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) declined for the third consecutive year in 2007.
The EU-27's overall domestic emissions were 9.3 % below 1990 levels, which equalled a drop of 1.2 % or 59 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent compared to 2006. The EU-15 now stands 5% below its Kyoto Protocol base year…
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The Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) and American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) have published recommendations on analytical test methods for the testing of corn distillers dried grains (DDG) and corn DDG with solubles (DDGS) in the Journal of AOAC International.
The recommendations can be found in Volume 92, Number 1, 2009, of the journal.
Corn distillers dried grains (DDG) and corn DDG…
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Two Philippines-based firms have signed separate deals with two South Korean companies for biofuel production ventures worth $600 million (€422 million) in total.
The two companies, with the help of their foreign partners, will develop lands for bioethanol and biodiesel feedstock production in various parts of the country.
Bioethanol producer Enviro Plasma and Central Luzon Bioenergy will…
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A fire at the Minnesota Soybean Processors plant in Brewster, Minnesota caused the nearby town to be evacuated on 24 May.
Nobles County Sheriff Kent Wilkening announced that a couple of explosions were reported around 10 pm and ignited the fire.
The biodiesel producing plant processes uses soyabean as its feedstock.
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According to new research from the Netherlands’ University of Twente, 14,000 litres of water are needed to create 1 litre of biodiesel from rapeseed or soyabeans.
Researchers at the university analysed 13 crops to determine the optimal production regions for each based on water consumption and climate date.
The water footprint for rapeseed in western Europe is significantly smaller than in…
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Six new ethanol projects in Columbia this year will add 1.37 million litres a day of new production.
The present level is 1.05 million litres a day.
Colombia, the number two ethanol producer in Latin America after Brazil, is seeking new investors to join projects to boost ethanol production capacity and create jobs in the South American country, Agriculture Minister Andres Fernandez Acosta…
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Cathay Forest Products has announced that it will pay CAD$2.9 million (€1.8 million) to acquire 40% of Eco-Energy China Group, a private biodiesel producer based in China's southwestern province of Guizhou.
Cathay Forest, lists its shares in Canada and manages approximately one million hectares of standing timber and poplar plantations in China and Russia.
The company claims its forestry…
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Renewable fuels provider New Generation Biofuels (NGB) has announced a biofuel sales contract with Tri Gas and Oil of Federalsburg, Maryland, to market and distribute NGB biofuel.
The contract states, Tri Gas and Oil will endeavour to sell up to one million gallons in the first year of the three-year contract.
Tri Gas and Oil will market NGB biofuel to its existing and new customers who use…
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Enerkem, a leading waste-to-biofuels technology company, has announced that Enerkem GreenField Alberta Biofuels (EGAB) has been granted a permit to commence construction of a commercial facility to produce biofuels and green chemicals from sorted municipal solid waste in Edmonton, Alberta.
The plant will enable the city of Edmonton to increase its waste diversion rate from 60 to 90% and to…
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US President Barack Obama has proposed rules requiring higher fuel economy (and lower carbon dioxide emissions) standards for cars.
Under the rules, new passenger vehicles and light trucks must average 35.5 miles per gallon by 2016. The move is another step towards proposed biofuel mandates to clean up cars and the environment.
The move looks to mirror the national rules previously proposed in…
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The 2nd annual Biofuels International expo & conference is now just around the corner on the 27-28th May in Amsterdam – over 200 companies are now registered to attend the event – don’t miss out!
The event will give you updates on European regulations, new cellulosic ethanol and BTL developments, the potential of feedstocks such as algae, jatropha and sugarbeet, overcoming storage and…
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The Brazilian government will deliberate over plans to increase the local biodiesel blending level from 3% to 4% in July this year.
As a world leader in the production of soyabean oil, the implications of these new plans will result in sharply reducing its export.
If the new mandate is implemented the export of soyabean oil from Brazil may be ruled out during the second half of 2009.
Brazil…
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