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The Public Utility Commission (PUC) in Hawaii has turned down a second attempt by a local biodiesel producer to supply product to a power plant.
Honolulu-based Aina Koa Pono reportedly wants approval to sell around 16 million gallons of biofuel a year to Hawaii Electric Light on a 20 year contract via a proposed new $450 million (€330 million) facility.
But the PUC ruled at the end of 2013…
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Australia-based research company Actinogen, which works with a group of environmental bacteria known as actinomycetes, is to collaborate with Leaf Energy on its glycerol pre-treatment process.
Leaf will spend up to AU$100,000 (€65,800) to further fund studies on bioethanol with Actinogen, as certain strains of actinomycetes produce enzymes which can break down cellulose from industrial…
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US-based Heliae, a developer of advanced algae production technologies, commenced operations at its first commercial facility in Arizona late last year.
Using its Volaris-brand platform, the commercial facility will initially operate at 33% of its capacity to produce high-value algae products for nutraceutical and personal care products but biofuels represents another business avenue for…
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Seven universities in the US are to share a multi-million federal research grant to develop non-food feedstocks for biofuels.
The educational bodies, based in Florida, Colorado, Illinois, Oregon, Georgia, Indiana and North Carolina, will split a reported $8 million (€5.8 million) to conduct research on improving biofuel-related aspects coming from trees and grasses.
The grants come from the…
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US-based petroleum-related business Ergon has acquired, through its Ergon Ethanol subsidiary, Bunge North America's interest in a previously joint-owned biofuels facility in Mississippi.
The move means Ergon Ethanol now owns 100% of the Bunge-Ergon Vicksburg plant and, as of 31 December 2013, it was renamed Ergon BioFuels. Financial terms were not disclosed but the move ends a six year…
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Firefighting crews were called out in early January to deal with a leaky 30,000 gallon tanker containing ethanol in Arizona, US.
Employees of Union Pacific Railroad noticed the leak at a train yard in Phoenix and, upon arrival, firefighters estimated the tanker had been releasing ethanol at a rate of 100 gallons an hour.
The remaining product was offloaded over several hours and final estimates…
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Brazilian energy business Petrobras and state-owned company Embrapa are to develop new technology for sugarcane production to eventually benefit the ethanol market.
The two companies signed a technical cooperation agreement in late November aimed towards sugarcane production in Rio Grande do Sul. The project is backed by an investment of BR$ 5.5 million (€1.7 million) and has been approved…
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US-based Greenleaf Biofuels produced its one millionth gallon of biodiesel at the end of October this year.
The milestone came since commercial production at its New Haven Terminal location in Connecticut began in the summer.
The fuel will primarily be blended into the region’s heating oil supply enabling consumers to heat their homes and businesses with a product which has been shown…
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A lecturer in transportation engineering at the University College Cork (UCC), Ireland believes Irish motorists could be relying on feedstock like sea lettuce to fuel their cars in the future.
Jerry Murphy, who has a PhD in energy production from waste, has presented the potential for biomethane produced from slurry and grass via anaerobic digestion. This could help the country meet directives…
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German biodiesel quality association AGQM has completed an oxidation stability study of biodiesel created from rapeseed oil using various additives and storage conditions.
It spent nine months storing biodiesel under both ideal and realistic storage conditions, blended with four conventional oxidation stabilisers.
Sampling took place every month and measurements were taken on oxidation stability,…
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Simadan Holding is to invest over €65 million ($89.2 million) in a new second generation biodiesel plant in the Netherlands to increase capacity for growth in the waste-to-biofuels market.
The plant will be located in Amsterdam and operated by Simadan subsidairy Biodiesel Amsterdam.
The company claims the plant will enable it to increase its biodiesel production capacity by…
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Florida-based Alternative Fuels Americas (AFA) will initiate trial production runs of jatropha-based biodiesel to verify its processes and procedures.
The trials will be conducted in three phases, the first of which is set to begin before the New Year. AFA will be using feedstock from its plantation in Costa Rica and the biodiesel produced will be used for testing and marketing…
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Germany-based BDI-Bioenergy International has announced the ‘successful’ start-up of the ‘biggest multi-feedstock biodiesel plant’ in France.
The facility, worth €16.4 million ($22.5 million) and handed over to Estener, uses category one animal fats and used cooking oil as feedstock and has a capacity of 75,000 tonnes per year.
The project was completed within 11…
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