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Ireland-based Greenfield Project Management has entered into an agreement to sell its ethanol output to LUKoil’s trading and supply company Litasco. Greenfield’s first bioenergy complex in Belarus will initially produce 150,000 metric tonnes of ethanol a year, rising to 450,000 tonnes as phases 2 and 3 are completed. Litasco intends to blend Greenfield’s ethanol with LUKoil’s petrol to…
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Bioenergy company Ineos Bio has got the green ball rolling on a project to convert locally-generated biodegradable household and commercial wastes into carbon neutral road transport fuel and clean electricity. The green player has begun a £3.5 million (€3.9 million) feasibility study, which includes detailed engineering design work for a plant at the company’s Seal Sands site in the Tees…
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China Integrated Energy plans to sell 8 million shares of the company's stock in a public follow-on offering in order to fund the expansion of its biodiesel production capacity, wholesale distribution and retail gas station businesses, and working capital and general corporate purposes. The oil and gas company said it plans to grant the underwriters of the offering an option to buy up to…
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India is set to fix the price of biodiesel for purchase by oil companies. India’s government is likely to fix a price of Rs 34 (€0.49) a litre after biodiesel producing companies agreed to sell the fuel at that rate in a recent meeting between the government's representatives and industry players. ‘Most of the biodiesel plants are either running at 5% capacity or lying idle. This…
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Tri-City Energy looks to sell its 5 million gallon a year biodiesel plant in Keokuk, Iowa, US, to BFSG International of Zurich, Switzerland. The acquisition will be finalised through Tomorrow’s Choice in Energy, or TC Energy, a wholly- owned subsidiary of BFSG. The sale includes Keokuk Glycerin in which Tri-City Energy has a 51% stake. Upon finalisation the plant will change its name to TC…
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Finland-based fuel company St1 will build more than 20 ethanol facilities by 2020 in a programme totalling €400 million. St1 opened its fifth ethanol plant in October in Lahti, on track for its 300 million litre a year target. The Lahti facility uses waste from a nearby brewery as feedstock.
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Energy leading US state California is perhaps not every ethanol producer’s choice. BlueFire Ethanol planned to build its second cellulosic ethanol facility in the state, but development and licensing concerns, coupled with the challenging business climate in California caused company officials to petition the Department of Energy for a site change to Mississippi. The producer has received…
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The year is 2013, and the place: Brazil. UK energy major BP will be instrumental in the deployment of large-scale cellulosic ethanol facilities. Its first port of call, however, will be north of the border. BP’s first second generation ethanol plant will be constructed in the US next year, with the technology being transferred to its plants in Brazil after operations commence at the US…
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Spain-based ethanol company Abengoa Bioenergy intends to bring three new ethanol plants online by Q1 next year. The addition will boost its global production capacity to about 2.6 billion litres. The company is building ethanol plants in Illinois and Indiana, US, each with a capacity of 380 million litres a year, and one in Rotterdam with a capacity of 480 million. Abengoa sees ethanol sales…
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Figures for the first half of 2009 show an improvement in Germany’s bioethanol market. The industry suffered a stagnant production spell in 2008, but now Federal Office of Economics and Export Control (BAFA) figures for the first half of 2009 show that the German bioethanol industry is building up with demand rising almost four-fold compared to 2008. New legislation regulating biofuels in…
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Japan’s Nippon Oil has built the nation's first facility for making ethanol-based petrol additive ethyl tertiary butyl ether (ETBE). The petroleum industry plans to market ETBE-blend petrol, which burns more cleanly than regular petrol, nationwide from 2010 and have biofuel blends accounting for up to 20% of the country's annual petrol demand of roughly 1 million barrels per…
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The relationship between the US and EU biodiesel industries is a sinking ship. EU producers, voiced by the European Biodiesel Board, have raised questions over the activity of US biodiesel producers, suspecting them of exporting a new blend to Europe to avoid EU tariffs. The European Biodiesel Board (EBB) says US exporters of the fuel may have begun shipping a blend not covered by duties. The…
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US-food and agriculture giant Cargill has expanded its grain handling portfolio by purchasing assets of the former Altra Nebraska ethanol facility in Carleton, Nebraska. The plant became a victim of the crashing financial market when half way through construction in November 2007 the tools had to be put down. ‘This facility is a valuable asset to the entire region, and we intend to invest…
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