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The construction of three new plants could soon be underway in Hungary. With a draft government decree issued last month making one of the refineries a priority project, the process of obtaining the necessary documentation will be decreased.
The new plants are to be built in the Hungarian towns of Dunaföldvár, Kaba and Dunaalmas. Already a priority project, the facility in Dunaföldvár will…
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California-based Promethean Biofuels will open its biodiesel plant on 19 February in Temecula.
The Promethean Biofuels refinery will convert used cooking oils into 1.5mgy of biodiesel.
Built next to a recycling facility, the majority of this 17,000-square foot plant has been constructed using reclaimed resources. Ideally situated nearby to a community recycling utility, consumers can now…
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The fifth largest utility company in Europe, and the continent’s biggest polluter, is planning to build a biomass facility in the US.
Germany-based RWE’s facility will produce wood pellets for burning in the Amercentrale plant owned by its Dutch unit Essent.
The coal-burning power company will build a plant in the southern state of Georgia for €120 million to produce 750,000 tonnes of the…
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The 3rd annual Biofuels International expo & conference Europe will be held in Prague, Czech Republic from 5-6 May 2010. With over 400 attendees in 2009 the event promises to be even bigger and better.
Another exciting development for Biofuels International expo & conference Europe is the introduction of a third afternoon stream which in addition to the Biodiesel and Bioethanol streams…
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In China’s southern Hainan province, China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC) has begun the first government-run project to produce biodiesel using jatropha feedstock.
CNOOC is China’s largest offshore oil and gas producer, and got the go ahead from Beijing in July 2008 to use jatropha in its plant.
The refinery can produce 60,000 tonnes of biodiesel every year. It is now expected that…
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After the recent success of using camelina for aviation biofuels, two giants of camelina production have announced major aviation projects.
In the US, Great Plains will be partnering with BioJet in order to generate 200Mgy of camelina-based biofuels by 2012. These firms will also produce 2.3 million tonnes of camelina meal a year to be used for animal feed.
In the meantime, Sustainable Oils…
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The Philippines could soon be home to the largest bioethanol facility in Asia.
A South Korea-based energy company signed a joint venture deal with the Central Luzon Bioenergy Corp to build the $300 million (€212.6 million) bioethanol plant in Clark, Philippines, by 2012.
Speaking about the plant, Mariz Agbon, president of the Philippine Agribusiness Development and Commercial Corp (PADCC)…
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Illinois, US-based Honeywell International subsidiary UOP has chosen picturesque Hawaii as the site of its biomass plant.
UOP will start construction next year at Tesoro Hawaii’s refinery in Kapolei. The plant, which will convert biomass into transportation fuel, is expected to be online in 2014.
The company was awarded a $25 million (€17.6 million) grant from the US Department of Energy…
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Greenergy International is to join forces with sugarcane player Bauche Group, to form Greenergy Brazil.
With over 15% share of the road fuel market, Greenergy is one of the largest suppliers of bioethanol to the UK.
The aim of this partnership is to source and sell sustainable Brazilian bioethanol.
Based in Brazil, this new business will not only reduce the cost of bioethanol and strengthen…
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In the US, with the Navy’s plans to cut its use of fossil fuel and convert to using biofuels for ships, aircrafts and everything in between, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Navy.
This is a promise between both organisations to work together. The memorandum of understanding has been signed in the hope that this will lead to increased use of…
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A Californian ethanol plant could soon start grinding again.
The former $130 million (€92.2 million) Cilion ethanol plant in Keyes is expected to be in operation again by the end of March after AE Biofuels took up the lease.
Leasing the 55 mgy plant will cost $250,000 a month and AE Biofuels plans to install its cellulosic ethanol technology so wheat straw, corn stalks and agricultural waste…
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The flowering plant camelina is the subject of a biofuels research project linking researchers across Canada to Germany.
Canadian gene discovery company Genome Atlantic has now launched a project after receiving $2.8 million (€1.98 million) from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency – Atlantic Innovation Fund, a significant part of its $6.1 million budget.
The biofuels world is also…
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In the US newly-founded biofuels company Encore has received approval to construct a biodiesel facility at the Tulsa Port of Catoosa in Oklahoma.
The facility will cost an estimated $30 million (€21.2 million) and include a glycerine refining operation on 12 acres of ground.
Encore will acquire Petro Source Terminal, which leases 4.6 acres for petroleum storage, and increase it for an initial…
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The Energy Information Administration (EIA) predicts a reversal in fortunes for the US ethanol industry this year.
From 2008-2009 a decline in ethanol-blended petrol consumption struck a blow to the industry, but now the economy is set to bounce back, and the rising requirements of the federal Renewable Fuel Standards will further assist this.
‘Ethanol production continues to grow to meet the…
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All delegates at the upcoming Biofuels International expo & conference in Prague on 5-6 May will benefit from a tour of a nearby biodiesel facility on 4th May.
Preol is a leading producer in the Czech Republic, which has just completed constructing a state-of-the-art biodiesel plant in the industrial region of Lovosice.
The plant, designed by Desmet Ballestra, has the capacity to produce…
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Sweden has long tapped into the bioethanol stream and now a new partnership is looking at liquid biogas as a transportation fuel.
Vehicle manufacturer Volvo’s subsidiary Terracastus Technologies and waste management firm Nordvastra Skanes Renhallningsbolag plan to jointly construct a liquid biogas plant in southern Sweden.
In December, the two companies signed a letter of intent to begin a…
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In Sweden, thanks to a team effort between Kungsbacka Municipality, Halland County, and Renova, the country’s first energy efficient garbage truck has been delivered.
It is the first of eight garbage trucks around Sweden to run on biomethane and biodiesel.
CEO of Renova, Sweden’s major recycling company Christian Baarlid said: ‘It is largely thanks to the municipality’s “green…
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