Dec 9, 2013
SCS Global Services awards two sustainability certifications
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Dec 9, 2013
Construction of a new commercial biomass to ethanol plant has begun in Brazil.
The $100 million (€72.9 million) project between Raizen Energia and technology provider Iogen will be located by Raizen’s sugarcane mill in Sao Paulo and aims to produce 40 million litres of cellulosic ethanol a year from sugarcane bagasse and straw.
Iogen will supply all related... [Read More]
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Dec 4, 2013
US biomass-based diesel imports in September were nearly double the volume of August, according to the latest figures from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).
The EIA defines 'biomass-based diesel' as 'biodiesel and other renewable diesel fuel or diesel fuel blending components derived from biomass, but excluding renewable diesel fuel co-processed with petroleum... [Read More]
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Dec 4, 2013
German biodiesel exports have rocketed this year, according to the German Federal Statistical Office (GFSO).
The GFSO puts foreign sales between January and September 2013 at 1.1 million tonnes (330 million gallons), almost 14% up on the same period in 2012. Imports have dropped by one quarter from the previous year, to 446,833 tonnes (134.1 million gallons). Export surplus... [Read More]
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Dec 4, 2013
Global science-based company Royal DSM has announced that together with Denmark-based DONG Energy it has demonstrated the combined fermentation of C6 and C5 sugars from wheat straw on an industrial scale.
DONG Energy, through its subsidiary Inbicon, develops technology for conversion and refining of soft ligno-cellulosic biomass into fuel, feed, and green chemistry products.
DSM... [Read More]
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Dec 4, 2013
PGF Biofuels, in conjunction with Paterson Grain, has become the first Canadian organisation to receive Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB) certification.
The certification is for Resonance carinata, an oilseed crop well adapted to production in semi-arid regions with an oil profile PGF says is ideally suited for use in the renewable aviation and biodiesel fuel... [Read More]
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Dec 3, 2013
A company based in Pilbara, western Australia that recycles cooking oil from mining camps to make biofuel has announced plans to begin developing cleaning products from glycerol.
The Ashburton Aboriginal Corp. launched its subsidiary biodiesel company, AshOil, in 2010 after investigating alternative fuel sources in light of rising diesel costs.
Used cooking oil for biodiesel... [Read More]
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Dec 3, 2013
A new study by the Imperial College, London, has suggested that bamboo ethanol may be a promising alternative to petrol.
According to the research, published in Biotechnology for Biofuels, the composition of bamboo is similar to energy grasses that are used in biofuel production, including switchgrass.
Bamboo, the researchers highlight, has a cell wall that comprises cellulose,... [Read More]
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Dec 3, 2013
Argentina, one of the world's leading biodiesel producers, will require a 10% biodiesel blend in fuel burned for power generation, according to government officials.
In a bid to boost the struggling biofuels sector and increase the use of 'green fuels', the blending requirement for biofuel in the diesel used to run local vehicles will also be stepped to 10% in January,... [Read More]
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Dec 3, 2013
Researchers at two leading Scottish universities have embarked on a £1.1m (€1.3 million) project to find a clean and effective way of producing biofuel using solar energy.
Robert Gordon University (RGU) experts Professor Linda Lawton and Professor Peter Robertson, alongside University of St Andrews Professor John Irvine, have been awarded funding by the Engineering... [Read More]
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Dec 3, 2013
Global technology provider of specialised biofuels and renewable chemicals, Biochemtex, is to invest around $200 million (€147 million) in its new cellulosic biofuels plant in Sampson County, North Carolina, US.
The firm will operate at the location as Carolina Cellulosic Biofuels, established in early 2013 as a special purpose vehicle for delivering the first commercial-scale... [Read More]
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Dec 2, 2013
Green Plains Renewable Energy has announced the completion of its acquisition of two 110 MMgy ethanol plants previously owned by Biofuel Energy.
The transaction includes the Pioneer Trail Energy plant in Wood River, Nebraska, and the Buffalo Lake Energy facility in Fairmont, Minnesota, both US. Green Plains purchased the plants from an entity composed of BioFuel Energy's... [Read More]
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Dec 2, 2013
Green Biologics, a UK-based technology developer and emerging bio-based C4 chemicals producer, has secured a £15.4 million (€18 million) investment which will allow them to begin executing plans to bring their first commercial production facility in the US on-stream in 2016.
The investment round is led by Sofinnova Partners with strategic participation by Swire... [Read More]
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Nov 29, 2013
Biodiesel producer and marketer Renewable Energy Group (REG) announced it has entered into an agreement with Dutch Hill Terminals, a heating oil terminal in New Jersey, to market biodiesel and biodiesel blended heating oil at its Clifton, New Jersey location.
'This terminal position will give us additional capacity to serve the existing markets in the Northeast and prepare... [Read More]
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Nov 29, 2013
Leaf Energy has completed trials at the Andritz pilot plant facility using its Glycerol Pretreatment Process on waste sugarcane in Ohio, US.
The company uses its patented technology to convert waste biomass into cellulose. This is then turned into biofuels, bioplastics and green chemicals.
A continuous processing rate up to 4.4 tonnes per day was achieved and is a step... [Read More]
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Nov 29, 2013
An ethanol plant based in the town of Utica, New York, US, is producing again under new ownership, a year after mounting debts and foreclosure forced an end to the previous owner's operations.
The former Utica Energy plant, rebranded as Fox River Valley Ethanol by new owners Ace Ethanol, began grinding corn for production in October. The plant can produce about 50 million... [Read More]
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Nov 26, 2013
M&G Chemicals, among the three largest producers of PET resin for packaging applications in the world, has announced plans to construct a second-generation biorefinery in the region of Fuyang, Anhui Province, China in a joint venture with Chinese biomass collections and logistics company Guozhen.
The refinery will convert one million tonnes of biomass into bioethanol... [Read More]
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