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Experts in Mozambique are meeting to discuss strategies for producing clean energy to reduce pollution and costs in the import of fossil fuel.
Mozambique is looking to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by producing ethanol from sugarcane.
Jaime Himede, the country's deputy energy minister, says: 'Biofuels are of great interest to Mozambique, the reason why the government concentrates part of its…
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European countries will increase solid biofuels imports to 50-80 million tonnes by 2020.
The news comes as the REScoop 20-20-20 project is expected to increase energy production from renewable sources to 20% in the European Union.
The project will be implemented as a result of the modernisation of a number of existing power generation facilities and through the conversion of power plants from…
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Haryana, India, has opened and started operations at the state's first ethanol plant in the Panipat Cooperative Sugar Mills.
US company, Geo Cam, has set up the plant with Panipat Cooperative Sugar Mills, which has a capacity of over 45,000 litres and 2.5 crore (€300,000) worth of modern technology.
The mills will produce ethanol for approximately 300 days of the year.
'The Union government…
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The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has denied a challenge to the 2013 Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) requirements.
In its ruling, the court rejected arguments made by crude refiners, Monroe Energy, based in Trainer, Pennsylvania, that the 2013 standards were invalid because the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was late in finalising the volumes and should have reduced…
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An oil storage terminal in the south of France is soon to become the country's first dedicated biodiesel hub on the Mediterranean coast.
DPPLN Terminal, located between Montpellier and Barcelona, is being converted to exclusively handle biodiesel in line with European regulations which foresee continuously evolving biodiesel incorporation requirements.
The 45,000m3 facility consists of 10 tanks…
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A previously bankrupt $52.5 million (€38 million) biodiesel plant in Beatrice, Nebraska, will begin production again by summer 2015.
Duonix, a joint venture between Wichita, Kansas-based Flint Hills Resources and Irving, Texas-based Benefuel, has begun assessing the preparation needed to install Benefuel's patented production process at the plant.
The company announced the joint venture with…
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Syngar Technologies has started two separate joint venture projects that will, together, help make the conversion of hemp to cellulosic ethanol a possibility.
Syngar Technologies has licensed its Pulsed Low Ultra Sound Wave (PLUSWave) Technology, which uses ultrasound frequencies to stimulate the fermentation growth of algae, bacteria, and fungus or yeast microorganisms for use in ethanol…
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Brazil and Angola are teaming up to construct Angola Bio-Energy's new ethanol plant.
The project, implemented for the first time in Angola, will produce approximately 260,000 tonnes of sugar and 30 million litres of ethanol, through sugarcane.
The factory has capacity to use 2 million tonnes of sugarcane per year. To date, 7,000 hectares of sugarcane have been planted on a 36,000-hectare…
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Researchers believe catalysts could improve the biofuels production process.
The deoxygenation of biomass such as corn stover or forestry waste could create a significant development in the production of biofuels.
Oils produced by high-temperature treatment of these waste materials contain a large amount of oxygenated compounds that lead to undesirable properties such as high viscosity and…
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Construction of an $800 million (€580 million) crude oil tank farm proposed by Petroplex over six years ago finally looks to be going ahead in Louisiana, US, thanks to the St. James Parish Council.
The project, which includes a terminal on the Mississippi River, has received a waiver from St. James Parish's newly adopted land use plan that will allow it to proceed on more than 1,700 acres of…
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Agro EcoEnergy has invested $550 million (€400 million) in sugarcane farming for an ethanol project.
The subsidiary of Swedish based EcoEnergy Africa AB has set up a special purpose project company, Bagamoyo EcoEnergy, to develop a modern sugarcane plantation and factory that produces sugar, ethanol and power for the Tanzanian market.
The project is estimated to provide 10 million litres of…
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Lufthansa is testing a new type of biofuel for use in aircraft to increase its efforts to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions.
The aircraft carrier is teaming up with Gevo to research the blending of Gevo's ATJ with conventional kerosene for aircraft use.
The alcohol-to-jet fuel producer uses fermented plant waste from a range of sources to produce isobutanol, a form of alcohol which can then be…
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The South African government shows support for Mabele Fuels' biofuel programme with a potential investment.
Mabele Fuels, a clean energy company, has been awaiting subsidy approval from the government to build South Africa's largest biofuels refinery.
Ben Martins, the South African minister of energy, reports that the final biofuels position paper will be published in May 2014.
A 2% blend of…
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Springboard Biodiesel, a clean-technology manufacturer, launches a fully automated, zero-waste biodiesel production plant in Chico, California, designed for low-cost production of multiple feedstocks.
The model processing facility, which will open on 1 May and is capable of producing up to 1,500 gallons per day, processes locally collected UCO feedstock and converts it into ASTM-grade B-100…
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W2 Energy, a green technology company, has started production at its biofuel plant in Cambridge, Ontario.
The company's production will start on a batch basis and, after testing various small batches of fuel, are confident the plant will produce ASTM specification fuel on a consistent basis.
Michael McLaren, CEO of W2 Energy, says: 'Our current plan is to ramp up production with our system to…
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The Canadian Renewable Fuels Association (CRFA) has released its 2020 vision.
Its 19 page Evolution and Growth document, which establishes a plan to take the industry through to 2020, includes six recommendations for provincial and federal governments on how they can support the biofuel sector.
Scott Thurlow, CRFA president, says: 'These are the pivot points that we think will be important for…
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The Turku region of Finland is investing over $350 million (€253 million) in a plant that will run mainly on local wood chips.
TSE, the Turku region's energy consortium, will replace a 50-year-old coal plant in Naantali with a multi-fuel facility, fuelled by 100% biomass and waste.
The facility is expected to burn between 915,000 and 1.57 million cubic yards per year of chips.
Construction…
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