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Aemetis has received a $3 million (€2.2 million) matching grant award from the California Energy Commission (CEC) Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Programme.
Industrial biotech company Aemetis received this award following the company's 'low-carbon sorghum ethanol project application to the 'pilot-scale and commercial-scale advanced biofuels production facilities' grant…
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Tank Storage Asia, taking place on 24-25 September at the Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, boasts its strongest ever conference line up. Over 20 leading authorities in the bulk liquid storage sector will discuss the region's critical issues - everything from changing trade flows and the shale boom to the storage market in China and the growth of the Asian biofuels market.
In a major show coup, Jack…
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The US Grains Council (USGC) reveals that China's Import Inspection Authority, AQSIQ, now requires US distiller's dried grains (DDG) imports to be officially certified free of the MIR 162 GMO trait.
All DDG shipments now departing that do not adhere to the certification requirement will be rejected, the North American Export Grain Association (NAEGA) said in a note to members.
The USGC will need…
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Agri-Energy plans to integrate renewable diesel production at its ethanol plant in Garnett, Kansas, US.
The plant will use its corn distillers oil (CDO) along with other feedstocks to produce renewable diesel.
Construction on the US facility, which will produce 3 million gallons of hydrocarbon fuel per year, will start shortly and will be complete in approximately a year's time. In the future,…
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The California Energy Commission (CEC) has awarded $43.6 million (€32.4 million) to 11 biofuel projects that include petrol substitutes, diesel substitutes and biomethane plans.
These awards have been provided as a result of a grant solicitation released in January aimed at developing new or modifying existing California-based biofuel production facilities that can sustainably deliver low…
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The US' NASCAR race has now seen 6 million miles of competitive racing completed using an ethanol blend.
For more than three years, NASCAR has run its races on a fuel blended with 15% American Ethanol, Sunoco Green E15 and on 27 July at the Brickyard in Indianapolis, the race reached the 6 million mile mark.
'For nearly six million miles, NASCAR has highlighted the incredible performance and…
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Ethiopia is expanding its Jatropha plantation to produce 500 million litres of biodiesel from the plant, which can yield 600 litres of biodiesel from a single tonne of seeds.
'The country has designed a five-year Jatropha development project aimed at transplanting 700 million Jatropha seedlings and produce 500 million litres biodiesel,' says Bizuneh Tolcha, spokesperson for the Ministry of Water,…
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Colorado State University (CSU) has been awarded nearly $1.5 million (€1.1 million) from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to develop a new oilseed feedstock crop for biofuels.
John McKay, a bio-agricultural sciences associate professor, is the direct recipient of the award, and it will be his team that will focus on the plant species Camelina sativa, an oilseed feedstock crop that can be…
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M&G Chemicals' subsidiary M&G International has entered into a joint venture with Anhui Guozhen to build the world's largest cellulosic ethanol biorefinery in Fuyang City, Anhui, China.
The company, Anhui M&G Guozhen Green Refinery, will use Proesa technology licensed by Beta Renewables to convert between 970,000-1,300,000 metric tonnes per year of agricultural residues into…
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China Aviation Oil, Asia's number one jet fuel buyer, is requesting up to 1.5 million barrels of jet fuel for August to September, a tender document reveals.
This is approximately 27% lower than what the company required in its previous tender and is now looking for four jet fuel cargoes of 240,000 to 300,000 barrels each for loading periods.
The cargoes are to be loaded from either South Korea,…
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Petrixo Oil & Gas has chosen UOP's green fuels process technology to be implemented at a new refinery to be built in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates.
The Renewable Jet Fuel process technology will be used to process approximately 500,000 tonnes per year of a variety of renewable feedstocks into renewable jet fuel and renewable diesel, otherwise known as Honeywell Green Jet FuelTM and Honeywell…
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Roman Abramovich, owner of Chelsea FC owner is participating in plans to bring a waste-to-jet fuel centre to Thurrock, Essex, UK.
The Russian billionaire bought shares in gas-to-liquid firm Velocys in January. His share, which stood at 7.71% in June, has led to an increase in the company's shares.
Velocys is providing the technology at the plant, which will turn gases, removed from landfill, into…
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Next generation biofuel developers Cobalt Technologies has signed a global cooperation and supply agreement with Andritz to produce cellulosic n-butanol.
The agreement will integrate Cobalt's lignocellulosic pre-treatment process for the production of n-butanol with Andritz's customised pre-treatment systems.
Cobalt's technology naturally converts C5 and C6 sugars into biobutanol, using any…
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Global biofuel output is expected to grow during the period up until 2023, fuelled by a surge in demand, increased crude oil prices and government policies.
The rise however, is expected to be lower than in the past decade.
In a joint report, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) expect ethanol and biodiesel output to…
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Petrobras has announced a joint venture with agricultural research firm Embrapa to expand ethanol production in southern Brazil.
The partnership aims to develop varieties of sugarcane that can be adapted to temperate climates, Brazil's federal energy Petrobras said in a statement. The new crop is thought to be resistant to plagues and designed thrive in cool, dry climates.
Research will be…
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The US Energy Information Administration has published the July issue of its Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), which increases its 2014 and 2015 ethanol production forecasts for the second month running.
The EIA expects ethanol production to average 932,000 barrels per day this year, up from the June forecast of 920,000 barrels per day.
In the week beginning the 9 June, the highest weekly level…
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Two US senators have urged federal regulators to investigate allegations made by a biofuel trade group that the oil industry uses 'strong-arm tactics' to block the extensive use of higher blends of ethanol in petrol.
A report produced by the Renewable Fuels Association argues that major oil companies discourage the sale of ethanol by implementing levels of 15% per gallon (E15) and 85% per gallon…
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