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Poland’s state-owned sugar maker Krajowa Spolka Cukrowa (KSC) is in talks with France-based producer Tereos to refine sugar from cane and to cooperate in biofuel production.
KSC and Tereos are discussing joining forces to produce the sugar from Poland and fulfill EU production capacity quotas.
The company has had to cut back production of beet sugar and has spare capacity under EU output…
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Petrotec looks to boost finances
Biodiesel manufacturer Petrotec has reported sales are up 28%, but financial performance has suffered due to the current economic contraction.
While its used cooking oil-based biodiesel has sold in higher quantities, interest and tax losses have increased due to depreciation of the euro.
Petrotec reported sales in 2008 at €77.7 million, up from €60.8 million…
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Over 60 new biogas plants will be opened in Tanzania, in the Tanga region, by June this year.
The plants are coming online with the help of the Tanzania Domestic Biogas Program in Kilindi, Handeni and Korogwe, as well as the districts of Pangani and Muheza.
Tanga District Commissioner Ibrahim Msengi says five plants are already in use in the region.
Biogas serves as a cheap raw material for…
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The international airline association IATA is aiming to approve biofuels for commercial flights by 2010 or 2011.
Recent tests by Continental Airlines, Japan's JAL, Air New Zealand and Virgin had shown that next generation sustainable clean burning biofuels were successful, IATA director general Giovanni Bisignani says.
Biofuels would still need to be produced in commercially viable…
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US-based Nova Biosource Fuels has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy with a need to restructure its biodiesel refining business.
The company has up to $50 million (€37.8 million) of both liabilities and assets.
Nova Biosource produces diesel from animal-derived fats, greases and vegetable-based oils, operating in five refineries.
Nova Biosource, which reported a Q1 net loss of $11 million,…
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South African biodiesel production company First In Spec BioDiesel is planning to build a R250-million (€20 million) biodiesel plant that would convert waste vegetable oil into biodiesel.
The company is planning to build a plant to produce 50 million litres a year of biodiesel.
The company has already signed letters of intent for about 15 million litres a year of feedstock from companies…
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Delegates can now start networking and arrange meetings even before Biofuels International expo and conference starts.
The event, now only a few weeks away in Amsterdam on 27-28 May, features a networking suite for all delegates and speakers which have registered, allowing you to specifically choose who you want to have lunch with.
Lionel Clarke, Biodomain Global Strategic Programme Manager at…
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Finnish energy company St1 has begun selling its new domestic biofuel product Refuel containing 80-85% of bioethanol produced from Finnish bio-waste using the company’s Etanolix concept.
The bioethanol in the fuel blend is produced from local industrial waste and side-streams with highly energy efficient concept and it can lead up to 80% less fossil carbon dioxide emissions from transport.…
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The Netherlands-headquartered bank Rabobank and sustainable solutions provider Econcern have reached financial close for establishing a sustainable energy system on the Caribbean island of Bonaire including a biodiesel plant.
The project includes construction of a 14 MW biodiesel plant, supplied by MAN, and a 3 MW backup battery, and an 11 MW wind farm, supplied by Enercon. The system is…
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Indian biotech research company Reliance Life Sciences (RLS) has announced plans to increase biodiesel production by setting up crushing and extraction facilities for producing over 100,000 tonnes of biofuels a year.
RLS currently produces 6,500 tonnes a year of biodiesel from non-edible crops at a pilot project at Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh, India.
RLS plans to work with over 50,000 farmers in…
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US energy company ExxonMobil has become the first petrol company to sell a biodiesel blend at the pump in New Zealand.
The blend, 5% tallow-based biodiesel and 95% mineral diesel, has gone on sale as a trial in the Bay of Plenty.
In 2007, Gull Petroleum introduced Gull Force 10, a 90% petrol and 10% bioethanol blend.
Another renewable biofuel choice may soon be on offer if an application to…
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US senators have introduced a new legislation in Washington DC, for renewable biomass.
Senators John Thune, Jon Tester, and Saxby Chambliss all agreed that a new bill, previously known under the RFS and the 2008 Farm Bill gives a clearer and better understanding of renewable biomass.
Prior to the 2008 Bill, The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 bill excluded all materials derived…
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Scientists in Washington (US) have revealed that unfertile or contaminated lands now have a chance to reproduce plants and trees for producing biofuels.
Poplar trees, in particular, are used for this research because of their ability to grow quickly, adapt in various climate but mostly because of their traits for biofuel production.
The scientists found that adding the right kinds of bacteria…
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A recent survey conducted by the Cooperative Campaign Analysis Project shows that 67% of US respondents are interested in learning more about renewable biofuels.
This public interest mainly came when oil prices started going up back in late 2007 and many as 66% people agreed that the use of biofuels will condense the US dependency on foreign oil.
Another 53% believed biofuels will have a…
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Quebec, Canada-headquartered Enerkem, an advanced biofuels and green chemicals technology company, has announced plans to build and operate a second-generation biofuels production facility located in Pontotoc, Mississippi, US.
Plans call for the plant to be built, owned and operated by Enerkem Mississippi Biofuels, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Enerkem.
It is expected to produce 20 million…
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Connecticut, US-based biofuels developer Greenleaf Biofuels has received a $1.3 million (€952,000) grant from the state of Connecticut to help finance the construction of a 6.7mgy biodiesel plant in New Haven Harbor, Connecticut.
Connecticut’s Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) has backed the project, and it has been administered through the Connecticut Center for…
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