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May 4, 2011
Wake Forest University receives biodiesel grant
Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, US, has been given a grant from the Biofuels Center of North Carolina worth more than $145,000 (€97,500). The money will be used to expand the university’s testing facilities for biofuels catalysts. The grant is for one year’s worth of research and will be used to produce biodiesel from cheap feedstocks and other sources. The university is…
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May 5, 2011
Maple Energy on track for Q4 2011
In the Piura Region on the North coast of Peru, integrated independent energy company Maple Energy is still on target to commence commercial operations at its ethanol project in Q4 2011 as development continues. The 60kV electric transmission line connecting the ethanol project to the national power grid is now largely complete, as are certain sections of the electric distribution system for the…
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May 5, 2011
Cobalt closes $20m Series D funding round
In California, US, Cobalt Technologies, dedicated to the commercialisation of biobutanol as a renewable chemical and fuel, has closed a $20 million (€13.7 million) Series D round of funding. The financing will aid Cobalt in constructing its 470,000 gallon-a-year demonstration plant in Alpena, Michigan. The facility will be the world's first cellulosic biorefinery for the production of the…
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May 5, 2011
Avantium completes start-up of pilot plant
At the Chemelot site in Geleen, the Netherlands, technology firm Avantium has completed start-up at its polyester pilot plant, which is the first stage of a pilot facility that will demonstrate the company's YXY technology for the production of green fuels and materials. The plant is on schedule to begin operations in Q2 2011. The company's patented YXY technology is a 'family of green building…
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May 6, 2011
Dyadic issued with 10th US patent
Dyadic International, a company dedicated to the production of enzymes for the bioenergy industry, among others, has been issued a US patent, number 7,923,236 entitled, 'Fungal Enzymes' by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The patent includes technology relating to the use of and methods for producing novel enzymes and their combinations to convert lignocellulosic biomass…
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May 6, 2011
Zeeland Seaports announces Q1 2011 results
Following a dip in 2009, throughput in Zeeland ports seems to have picked up again. Q1 2011 saw throughput increase by more than 7% compared to the same period in 2010. In particular, general cargo throughput has increased by 23% and dry bulk by 8%. In addition to its Q1 2011 results, Zeeland Seaports has also released its final results for 2010. Throughput for last year reached 33 million…
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May 6, 2011
NREL studies promising eucalyptus lines for biofuels
Eucalyptus has been found to be a promising option as a biomass feedstock for the production of liquid fuel, as researchers from the US Department of Energy's (DoE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have identified a tree that releases more than twice the usual amount of sugar. The trees being studied by NREL are lignin-modified eucalyptus lines that have been developed for research by…
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May 9, 2011
Rentech to build $500m plant for bio-jet fuel
In Canada, renewable energy producer Rentech is looking to develop a biomass plant in White River, Ontario that will produce jet fuel and create 400 fulltime jobs. 'This will be the largest renewable clean jet fuel programme in the world,' says the CEO of RenTech Hunt Ramsbottom. 'This will be the first of its kind where the province, the federal government, local communities and a private…
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May 9, 2011
NBPOL and Wilmar collaborate to bring segregated certified palm oil to Europe
Papua New Guinea-headquartered New Britain Palm Oil (NBPOL), a large-scale integrated industrial producer of sustainable palm oil in Australasia, and agribusiness group Wilmar International have agreed to set up an integrated supply chain and joint marketing agreement to supply Europe with fully traceable and segregated sustainable palm oil from NBPOL's Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)…
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May 9, 2011
Greenergy turns waste sausage rolls into biodiesel
Privately owned company Greenergy is to start reducing the levels of waste sent to landfill and has partnered with waste food recycling company Brocklesby to produce biodiesel from food leftovers. In a bid to reduce the environmental impact of the fuel that the company produces, while also creating a new alternative source of fuel, the joint venture will covert edible oils and unsalable food into…
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May 10, 2011
USDA and DoE grant $47m in R&D funding
The 5 May 2011 saw the US Department of Energy (DoE) and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) expose a new $47 million (€32.7 million) grant programme. The new R&D grants, which are part of the Obama Administration's aim to address the rising costs of fuel, will support the generation of energy from biomass. The funding will help finance a total of eight projects dedicated to the…
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May 10, 2011
Core BioFuel signs MoU with energy project developer
Canada-based Core BioFuel, a biofuels firm dedicated to the commercialisation of a biomass-to-fuel production process, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with an un-named energy project developer. The MoU will see the development of four Core-licensed biorefineries in the Western Hemisphere, which will utilise Core's patent-pending wood-to-fuel technology for a preliminary four-year…
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Apr 20, 2011
The GHG-slashing potential of jatropha
The EU's goal of slashing greenhouse gases (GHGs) by 35% can be met through utilising jatropha, according to sustainability consultants Partners for Innovation and its independent report. Designed by the Jatropha Alliance and Sun Biofuels, the study highlights how Sun Biofuels Mozambique could save 39% of GHGs compared to fossil fuels if the jatropha-derived biodiesel was produced in the UK. The…
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Apr 20, 2011
Cobalt and American Process partner for biobutanol
In the US, renewable fuels company Cobalt Technologies and biorefinery technology firm American Process (API) have partnered to build an industrial-scale cellulosic biorefinery for the production of biobutanol. In addition, the two companies have also agreed to jointly market a GreenPower+ Biobutanol solution that will convert biomass into power. GreenPower+ Biobutanol technology converts part of…
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Apr 20, 2011
Argentina's biodiesel industry set to grow
In Argentina, 26% of the nations soya crop was used for the production of biodiesel, according to a study by the Consorcios Regionales de Experimentacion Agricola (CREA). Argentina manufactured 2.6 million tonnes of biodiesel last year and as a result consumed 14 million tonnes of the total 55 million tonnes of soya cultivated. In 2010 Argentina sold 1.1 million tonnes of its biodiesel…
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Apr 20, 2011
Tidewater Biodiesel to produce biodiesel in Virginia
In the US, Tidewater Biodiesel is one step closer towards building its biodiesel plant in the state of Virginia. The company has been granted planning approval from the local commission. Construction can now get underway once the final approval is given by Chesapeake's city council. Upon completion, scheduled for 2012, the facility will produce 10 million gallons a year of biodiesel from waste…
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