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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has spoken in favour of further use of sugarcane-based ethanol to replace fossil-based fuels to combat the threat of global warming.
Speaking at the fifth Summit of the Americas, President Lula declared that Brazil is ‘ready to share the technologies it developed for more than 30 years and to expand and strengthen initiatives of…
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US-based Renew Energy announced that it will close its Wisconsin-based Jefferson ethanol plant, after filing for bankruptcy.
The company, operator of the state’s largest ethanol production unit in Jefferson, is set to shut down come the end of May unless a buyer can be found. The plant’s closure will be signal the loss of jobs for all 80 of its current employees.
Renew Energy is not the…
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US-based NexGen Biofuels has revised its biofuel plans following its inability to raise funds and adverse changes in the market.
The company aims to build a 10 million gallon storage and blending terminal in the US. It also intends to blend 10% ethanol with petrol and distribute E10 as well as blending 2% biodiesel with diesel and distribute B2.
NexGen’s strategy is to develop, construct…
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US-based algae-to-biofuel producer Sapphire Energy has revealed an updated timeline for deployment of its green drop-in replacement transportations fuels.
The company has developed a process using sunlight, carbon dioxide, photosynthetic microorganisms (algae), non-potable water and non-arable land to produce a renewable and scalable low-carbon alternative to petrochemical-based processes and…
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Biofuels International expo & conference in Amsterdam is now only 6 weeks away, on the 27-28th May.
Don’t miss out on your chance to be there - last year’s event attracted over 500 attendees and this year’s event is expected to be even bigger and better.
The two day conference and exhibition brings you presentations from Shell Global Solution, Bentley Motors, Ineos Bio, Inbicon,…
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Tennessee-based Biofuels America is seeking around $20 million (€15 million) in equity investment towards development of a ligno-cellulosic biorefinery
The biorefinery Project Tennessee will be developed on a 35-acre closed ethanol facility and will use wood waste and municipal solid waste as feedstocks to produce 30 mgy of ethanol, high value bio-chemicals such as lignin and furfural as well…
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Chemrec USA, a subsidiary of Sweden-based black liquor gasification company Chemrec, has joined the Biorefinery Deployment Collaborative (BDC) collaborating on biorefinery development.
Chemrec has a business model for transforming pulp and paper mills into green fuels biorefineries.
A new member of the BDC, Chemrec is talking to various pulp and paper mills about its unique co-ownership model.…
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The Belgian government has announced a B4 mandate that will begin in July 2009.
The bill, which is yet to be passed, will include the B4 mandate as an initial step in adapting infrastructure before higher blends are mandated.
In 2007 Belgium produced 166,000 tonnes of biodiesel. This increased to 665,000 tonnes the following year.
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The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO) is delivering on its promise to provide green, sustainable transport fuels despite a Government slowdown on targets one year after its introduction, the Renewable Energy Association says.
The RTFO was intended to ensure that 2.5% of all fuels used came from renewable sources as from 15 April 2008. However, an error in the drafting of the legislation…
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Illinois-based Blackhawk Biofuels has recently completed upgrades to its 45 mgy facility in Danville, Illinois, US.
The $12 million (€9 million) project included the installation of multiple feedstock pretreatment and production upgrades, enhanced laboratory and testing facilities and improvements for storage and logistics capabilities.
Upgrades began in September 2008 to enhance the…
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The National Iranian Oil Products Distribution Company has revealed that Iran plans to produce bioethanol.
‘The project to produce bioethanol is to start in the next three months,’ head of the company Ali Ameri comments.
The Oil Ministry is also going to sign an accord with the Iranian association of ethanol producers.
Iran produces around 17.86 million tonnes of waste crops every year,…
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Biodiesel supplier Canadian Bioenergy and crop-processing giant Archer Daniels Midland are carrying out a joint feasibility study that could see Canada's largest canola biodiesel plant built in Alberta.
If the project proceeds, the companies will build the plant on the site of ADM's canola-crushing plant in Lloydminster and produce 265 million litres a year.
The plant would need an…
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The UK’s Environment Agency has released a new report that highlights how biomass energy could play a key role in delivering greenhouse gas emission targets but only if it is supported by the Government and action is taken to ensure it is genuinely low carbon.
'Biomass – carbon sink or carbon sinner?' finds that using energy crops or waste materials as fuel for generating…
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China has asked Zambia to plant 2 million hectares of jatropha for the production of biofuels.
If agreed it will become one of the biggest farming land projects by an Asian country in Africa.
Chinese markets are eager for crops grown in Africa; and this project will use the jatropha plant, which is a non-food crop whose oil can be used to produce biodiesel. It can be grown on semi-arid land and…
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Royal Dutch Shell will focus on biofuel expansion in 2009 and 2010
Shell is no longer in a position to contribute development in solar and wind power, say officials. The global energy company will now focus on next generation biofuel research, exploring new technologies such as algae, and cellulosic derived biofuels.
This change of direction came after considering algae’s ability to grow…
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