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Algae International Group (AIG) and Syngar Technologies signed a joint venture using the Syngar technology to stimulate the growth of algae cell mass.
AIG will use Syngar’s PlusWave technology to increase the amount of oil harvest for extraction by upwards of 24% as it affects any fermentation process by applying an ultrasound frequency, generated over a range of time, and power levels…
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Aemetis, an advanced fuels and renewable chemicals company, has been granted US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approval to produce ethanol using grain sorghum and biogas.
The move means the plant’s existing combined heat and power system can generate higher-value D5 advanced biofuels renewable identification numbers (RINs).
The EPA approval also includes D5 RIN generation for…
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A multi-university study into biomass-to-energy has claimed to have found a new lignin gene which could aid conversion.
A research project involving universities in Scotland, the US and Belgium used the model plant Arabidopsis thanliana and identified an enzyme called caffeoyl shikimate esterase (CSE), which fulfils a central role in lignin biosynthesis.
The research says by removing the CSE gene…
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A new law has been passed in New York City new law for a 5% blend of biodiesel to be used in the city’s vehicle fleet beginning next year.
The new law comes into effect 1 July 2014 plus the city will also launch a pilot programme prior to 1 December 2016 to study year round usage of B20 with no fewer than 5% of its fleet.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg signed the legislation into law and the…
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Fox River Valley Ethanol, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ace Ethanol, has been revealed as the purchaser of the Utica Energy ethanol plant and its related assets.
The sale includes the 50 million gallon ethanol production facility in Utica, Wisconsin, a nearby distiller’s grains drying facility and a grain elevator in Green Bay. It is believed Ace’s ethanol plant is similar in capacity…
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Green Plains Renewable Energy will officially open its recently-acquired ethanol plant in Atkinson, Nebraska this August.
Plains commenced operations of the approximately 50 million gallon capacity facility this July after it signed a purchase agreement to acquire the membership interests of Choice Ethanol Holdings.
‘The communities of Atkinson and O'Neill were very helpful in our efforts…
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It has been claimed an EU-backed project in Spain has produced its first crop of algae for biofuel use.
The All-gas project, located in Chiclana and led by water company FCC Aqualia has used wastewater to grow the algae as it has a high nutrient quality. The initial fuel will be tested in local rubbish trucks and buses.
Since the five year plan was launched in 2011, it has already seen an algae…
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Canadian biofuel company Lignol Energy is set to invest additional monies into a currently idle Australia-based biodiesel facility.
The additional $908,000 (€678,100) investment will increase Lignol’s holding in plant owner Territory Biofuels to 66% of issued and outstanding shares and 68% on fully diluted basis. The 140 million litre capacity facility is the largest biodiesel plant in…
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A new bioethanol plant development has been launched by the Indonesian government this August.
To be located in East Java, the plant will use molasses as its base feedstock and have a production capacity of 30 million litres when complete.
The project is the result of a partnership between the Indonesia Industry Ministry and the Japanese New Energy and Industrial Technology Development…
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An ethanol plant in Texas, US is to restart operations after a seven month idle period.
White Energy claims the Plainview Ethanol facility will resume production before November and the company is holding job interviews over the summer. It hopes to be running at around 80% of its 325,000 gallons of ethanol a day capacity to begin with, before working up to full capacity before the end of…
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Jatropha grown in Hawaii is the subject of a new partnership in the US state.
Pacific Biodiesel (PB) have signed an agreement with Hawaii Pure Plant Oil under its PB Technologies brand for the crop under the federally funded Hawaii Military Biofuel Crop project.
The project involves developing production models for jatropha, and other crops, to eventually share with potential biofuel crop growers…
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Ghana-based Smart Oil, active in the production of renewable energy from jatropha curcas and subsidiary of Italian company Smart Oil 2, has signed a license and services agreement with Quinvita, a developer of jatropha as a sustainable bioenergy crop.
The agreement provides Smart Oil with access to Qunivita’s advanced agronomy know how as it plans to further develop its 700 hectare jatropha…
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Commercial iso-butanol producer Gevo has cut the ribbon on its new biorefinery this August.
The demonstration-scale plant is located adjacent to its jet fuel plant in Texas, US and will produce renewable paraxylene, a chemical prevalent in fibre and plastic production.
Gevo is working with Toray Industries to develop the renewable chemical at the plant, having successfully worked towards that…
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Darling International, a provider of rendering, recycling and recovery solutions to the US food industry, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all of the assets of Rothsay, a division of Maple Leaf Foods, for approximately CA$645 million (€459 million) in cash.
Rothsay is a biodiesel producer and recycler of animal by-products in Canada by processing raw materials into finished…
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