Feb 2, 2016
Virent teams up with Tesoro to beef up development of biofuels
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Feb 1, 2016
Z Energy, a New Zealand-based energy producer, is on track to open the country's first commercial scale biodiesel plant in Wiri, south Auckland, in June.
The plant will turn inedible tallow, a by-product of the New Zealand meat industry, into 20 million litres of biodiesel a year, with the potential to scale production up to 40m litres a year.
Z Energy has invested $21m... [Read More]
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Jan 29, 2016
US-based logistics frim Global Partners LP has cut 70 jobs and aims to handle only ethanol, not crude, at its rail terminal in Oregon in response to low oil prices.
The company, which owns one of the largest terminal networks of petroleum products and renewable fuels in the north east of the US, also cut its distribution for the October-December period by 33.7% compared... [Read More]
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Jan 28, 2016
Netherlands-based oil and energy company Tamoil has begun selling arctic diesel containing Neste's renewable diesel to its corporate customers in the northern Italian Alps region, which will be used to fuel vehicles servicing the Marcialonga cross-country ski race in Italy.
Tamoil's Gasolio Artico fuel contains a minimum of 20% of Neste's renewable diesel and can be used... [Read More]
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Jan 28, 2016
Germany-based commercial bank HSH Nordbank is planning to generate strong growth in its renewable energy arm this year, as it makes moves to intensify its focus on the Scandinavian market.
According to the Hamburg-headquarted bank, it generated new business of more than €900m in project finance and €300m from other loans to energy companies and utilities including... [Read More]
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Jan 27, 2016
Biofuels producer Renewable Energy Group (REG) and ExxonMobil have launched a project to study the production of biodiesel by fermenting renewable cellulosic sugars from sources such as agricultural waste.
REG has developed a patented technology that uses microbes to convert sugars to biodiesel in a one-step fermentation process similar to ethanol manufacturing. The ExxonMobil... [Read More]
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Jan 25, 2016
Oslo Airport in Norway has become the world's first airport to offer jet biofuel to all airlines through the normal supply mechanism.
The biofuel, produced from the Camelina plant, is supplied by oil giant BP’s aviation division Air BP and Lufthansa Group, SAS, and KLM have already signed agreements to purchase the fuel.
Air BP has entered into an agreement to deliver... [Read More]
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Jan 25, 2016
Researchers from the Melbourne School of Engineering, in Australia, have discovered a new way to deliver carbon dioxide to microalgae, which in turn, can be harvested to make renewable fuels such as biodiesel.
Carbon dioxide is well known to speed up the growth of microalgae, according to the scientists.
However, the carbon dioxide has to be free of contamination or the... [Read More]
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Jan 22, 2016
The UK Government has pledged to do more to increase the proportion of renewable energy used to heat the nation's buildings and fuel its cars, trucks and trains as it aims to meet binding EU targets by 2020.
The Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) made the pledge in its recently published report entitled Third progress report on the promotion and use of energy... [Read More]
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Jan 22, 2016
A team from US Grains Council (USGC), a US grains export advocate, and two ethanol industry representatives have completed an overview of ethanol’s possibilities in East Asian markets.
The group traveled to Japan, Korea, and Taiwan is December 2015 to review the ethanol markets in these countries and evaluate potential for ongoing US ethanol export promotion programmes... [Read More]
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Jan 22, 2016
Dutch GoodFuels Marine, the first marine biofuel company focused on the global commercial fleet, has received the highest standard of certification from the Roundtable of Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB).
The two-year certification, which assesses the sustainable viability of the biomaterials used by GoodFuels to generate marine bunker fuel, enables the company to actively... [Read More]
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Jan 21, 2016
A bacterium found in the remote Gobi Desert may become a valuable partner for researchers working with biofuels.
The bacterium has shown talents for using the sun's light as energy and now researchers have revealed that it can be found in surprisingly many different places, including water treatment plants.
To date, species capable of performing photosynthesis have been... [Read More]
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Jan 21, 2016
French renewable energy firm Global Bioenergies has completed a €6.5m private placement with French and international investors. The proceeds of the placement will be used to further the development of its isobutene process and to launch commercial roll-out.
The company placed 274,931 new shares at a par value of €0.05 per share, at a unit price of €23.70,... [Read More]
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Jan 21, 2016
US-based petroleum specialist Tesoro Corp. has announced a plan to foster the development of biocrude made from renewable biomass, which can be co-processed in its existing refineries, along with traditional crude oil.
Converting renewable biomass into biocrude is expected to enable existing refining assets to produce less carbon-intensive fuels at a significantly lower... [Read More]
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Jan 21, 2016
Spanish renewable energy business Abengoa is planning to restructure its firm, shrink itself by about a third to avoid bankruptcy and potentially sell off its bioenergy arm, according to media reports.
According to media agency Bloomberg, the firm is making the plans to convince creditors it can survive as a smaller company.
Quoting a person familiar with the matter, Bloomberg... [Read More]
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Jan 20, 2016
The Sustainable Bioenergy Research Consortium (SBRC), a non-consortium supported by Etihad Airways, Boeing and Honeywell UOP, claims that it will soon launch the world's first bioenergy research facility using desert land, irrigated by seawater, to produce both food and aviation fuels in Abu Dhabi.
The facility will be launched in March and is located on a two-hectare... [Read More]
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Jan 20, 2016
US-based biofuel plant company Ensyn will start producing renewable fuel from its biofuel plant in Georgia from January 2017.
Ensyn told local press that its Dooly County facility in Georgia will use 440 tonnes of wood tops and tree limbs to produce electricity and other fuels. It plans to produce 20m gallons of fuel ever year.
Terrell Hudson, the Dooly County Commission... [Read More]
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