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Apr 8, 2014
Multi-gene engineering could enhance seed oil in oilseed crops
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Apr 8, 2014
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... [Read More]
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Apr 9, 2014
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... [Read More]
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Apr 9, 2014
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... [Read More]
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Apr 10, 2014
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... [Read More]
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Apr 10, 2014
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... [Read More]
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Apr 11, 2014
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... [Read More]
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Apr 11, 2014
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... [Read More]
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Apr 14, 2014
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... [Read More]
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Mar 14, 2014
New York City’s first ever large-scale biodiesel production plant hopes to emerge by the end of 2014.
United Biofuels has asked the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to grant it permission to transform an existing fuel storage facility.
The conversion will enable the facility to receive vegetable oil and to then turn it into fuel that... [Read More]
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Mar 17, 2014
The 2014 Agricultural Act (farm bill), is providing crucial funding for ethanol biofuels, as well as investment in infrastructure and development.
The bill announced $881 million (€630 million) will be offered in energy funding levels. This money is going to be spent on primary energy programmes to aid farmers' development of new biofuels from non-food sources. The... [Read More]
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Mar 17, 2014
Argentina's biofuel company Diaser has opened its bioethanol plant in the San Luis province.
The $40 million (€29 million) plant will open its production doors in 27 days.
The plant, which covers 13.6ha, will produce 250m3/d of ethanol from 650t/d of corn at full capacity.
Claudio Poggi, San Luis' governor, says the bioethanol plant will require over 200,000 tonnes... [Read More]
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Mar 21, 2014
This week, the German Federal Office of Economics and Export Control (BAFA) revealed that biodiesel sales fell by 300,000 tonnes in 2013.
Last year’s sales figures stood at 2.2 million tonnes, compared to an average of 2.5 million tonnes, which remained stable throughout the period between 2009 and 2012.
The Union zur Förderung von Oel- und Proteinpflanzen... [Read More]
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Mar 21, 2014
Johnson Matthey Davy Technologies Ltd. (JM Davy), an advanced process technologies company and Rennovia, Inc., a producer of chemicals from renewable feedstocks, have announced they are teaming up to undertake a start-to-finish catalytic process technologies project.
The companies will develop, demonstrate and commercialise the project, which will concentrate on the production... [Read More]
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Mar 21, 2014
German-based Petrotec AG has achieved record results during the 2013 business year.
The waste to biodiesel producer has reported group sales of €193 million, 16% up from last year's results, and an operating profit of €4.9 million, an increase of €2 million. Their net profit has increased significantly from €0.9 million in 2012 to €4 million in... [Read More]
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The @EU_Commission launched a public consultation on a draft amendment to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/807, proposing the gradual exclusion of biofuels derived from palm oil and soybean oil by 2030.
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