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PTT and Mitr Phol Group are teaming up to build a plant designed to produce Gasohol E85, a type of biofuel.
On 3 April, the company signed a joint venture agreement with Thailand's largest sugar manufacturer to construct a plant in the northeastern province of Chaiyaphum, Thailand.
Ethanol collected as a by-product of the sugar produced at the Mitr Phol plant in the region will be used to make…
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CRIBE is delivering an investment of up to $1.5 million (€1 million) to Ensyn Technologies to expand their Renfrew facility.
Ensyn intends to dedicate the facility's use to biofuels and increase its production capacity.
By enhancing their existing facility in Renfrew, Ensyn will be able to deliver their petroleum-replacement liquid biofuel produced from forest residues to heating oil…
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Lignol Energy Corporation (LEC) and M Energy Co., Ltd. (M Energy) have signed a formal Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) outlining their collaboration on restarting LEC's 140 million litre per year biodiesel plant in Darwin, Australia.
The project will incorporate M Energy's proprietary pre-treatment technology and if successful, will provide enough capital for the Darwin project and an…
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A team of researchers have published the first study to focus on multiple genes that control steps in the pathway for seed oil production in oilseed crops.
The researchers from Rothamsted Research have found that 'stacking' the right combination of genes can have an additive effect on seed oil content and oil yield. The research was carried out using the model oilseed plant Arabidopsis thaliana,…
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GeoSynFuels, LLC (GSF) has announced its acquisition of a cellulosic ethanol demonstration facility formerly owned and operated by the Blue Sugars Corporation.
The demonstration facility, in Upton, Wyoming, which has a capacity of 50 tonnes per day, was originally built in 2007 for the enzymatic conversion of wood feedstocks to ethanol.
In 2011, the facility was converted to allow the processing…
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IncBio has recently secured an agreement to supply a 55,000 MT/year transesterification plant, for an undisclosed client in South America.
The plant will produce biodiesel from locally produced palm oil and ion exchange resin towers for purification, using the Portuguese engineering company's technology.
José Marques, CEO of IncBio says: 'Using our multi-feedstock technology, industrial…
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Aurora Algae is expanding its south Texas testing facility with four one-acre algae cultivation ponds and a harvesting system for potential commercial production.
Greg Bafalis, CEO of Aurora Algae, says: 'We have successfully tested our algae cultivation system in countries around the world, including Australia, India, Italy, Mexico and multiple locations in the United States. From our initial…
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Stanford University scientists have found a unique liquid ethanol production method that uses carbon monoxide gas.
The scientists hope this new discovery will provide an eco-friendly, efficient alternative to conventional ethanol production from corn and other crops.
Results from the study are published in the advanced online edition of the journal Nature, released on April 9.
Matthew Kanan, an…
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Vireol Bio Energy LLC will commission the Hopewell plant, formerly owned by Osage Bio Energy facility to begin ethanol production.
Governor Terry McAuliffe announced on Wednesday April 9 that the company, which will produce ethanol from corn, barley and other small grains, will invest more than $26.2 million (€19 million) to begin production at the plant.
The plant will be the largest…
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Royal DSM and Poet have collaborated on a cellulosic ethanol producing plant, located in Emmetsburg, Iowa.
The joint venture will see the two companies oversee ethanol production at the $250 million (€180 million) plant, which will produce about 12 million gallons of cellulosic ethanol this year alone, DSM chief executive Feike Sijbesma says.
Cellulosic ethanol production should start at the…
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Brazil forecasts growth in its cane harvest and sugar output, despite the drought in its main sugar-producing region.
In its first estimates, Brazil's Conab crop bureau anticipates the country's cane, ethanol and sugar output in 2014-2015 to reach 672 million tonnes, a 2% increase year on year.
Ethanol output will rise by 1.5% to 412 million litres and sugar production will rise by 4.2% to 40…
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Addax BioEnergy's plant, which processes ethanol from sugarcane and is the first of its kind in Africa, is due to start production soon.
Sierra Leone's president, Ernest Bai Koroma visited the Addax BioEnergy plant on Saturday in the run up to its start date.
The plant will produce about 85,000m3 of ethanol and approximately 100,000 MWh of renewable power per annum.
The sugarcane estate is…
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Cool Planet Energy Systems has achieved its targeted $100 million (€73 million) Series D financing.
With further contributions coming in from existing strategic and venture investors, along with substantially extending its investor base, the carbon-negative technology company successfully reached its $100 million goal.
Over 50% of equity funds given by new investors came from outside the…
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