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Kyriakos Maniatis, Principal Administrator from DG Energy, part of the European Commission, will open the conference on the 16th of November by discussing the most recent developments in biofuels in Europe. Talking about advancements being made in aviation biofuel in particular, Maniatis’ presentation promises to be an insightful analysis of the European market as a whole.
Also on day one,…
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Biotechnology company Codexis says its revenues for the third quarter of 2011 were up 23% on the same period last year, increasing from $27.1 million (€19.6 million) to $33.3 million.
The revenue from products also increased by 29% to $12.2 million, mainly because of the progress made through the collaboration with Shell into the company’s carbon capture programme.
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Biofuels company BioAmber and chemicals business Mitsui have joined forces to build a manufacturing facility in Ontario, Canada.
The first phase of the development will produce 17,000 tonnes of biosuccinic acid and is due to open in 2013. The companies plan to expand the facility, adding a further 35,000 tonnes of succinic acid and then increase the size of the facility to include facilities for…
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The first US commercial flight to be powered by biofuels derived from algae has flown from Houston’s IAH airport to Chicago’s O’Hare airport.
The microbially-derived biofuel, called Solajet, was manufactured by Solazyme and is a 60% petroleum-derived jet fuel.
Solazyme has signed a letter of intent with United Airlines to produce 500,000 tonnes of renewable fuel by 2015, and to…
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Alaska Airlines has powered its first flights using a blend of biofuels derived from used cooking oil.
The airline, along with its sister company, Horizon Air, says they will operate 75 flights between Seattle and Washington DC over the next three weeks using the fuel.
The blend, which consists of 20% biofuels, will cut greenhouse gases by about 10% over the 75 flights, which Alaska says is the…
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Biofuels producer Verbio says its group sales have so far risen by more than 45% over the past year to €539 million, which it has attributed to the rising prices of biofuels along with trading activities.
In the first three quarters of this year, Verbio produced more than 410,000 tonnes of biofuels, and although this was less than the 427,000 tonnes of biofuels produced in the same period in…
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Although biodiesel production registered moderate growth in 2010, figures disclosed this week have now shown a decline for the first in registered history.
While 2010 EU biodiesel production registered a 5.5% increase compared to the previous year, reaching a level of 9.57 million tonnes, the forecasts for 2011 show a reduction in European production compared to the same time last year.
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American energy company One World Clean Energy has signed a memorandum of understanding with South African company Pulexilite to produce biodiesel, ethanol, electricity and natural gas from a new integrated biorefinery.
The biorefinery will produce 10MW of electricity each day and 10 million gallons of ethanol and 10 million gallons of biodiesel every year.
The $115 million (€83 million)…
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Glycerin marketing and refining company BenchMark Energy has acquired 49% of Energy Partners, a renewable energy business that works in the bio-based industry.
Energy Partners is currently in talks with the city of Grand Forks in North Dakota to build a 21,600 square foot glycerin processing facility.
The facility is expected to be complete mid-2012 and will employee 29 employees and produce…
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Renewable energy company Abengoa is to open a bioethanol plant in Paysandú, Uruguay, after signing a contract with Alcoholes de Uruguay.
The bioethanol plant will produce about 70 million litres of ethanol a year and 50,000 tonnes of distillers grains.
For feedstocks, the plant will use sorghum, maize, barley and wheat; and will process the materials using dry milling and batch…
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Renewable fuel company Amyris has signed a memorandum of understanding with ethanol producer ETH Bioenergia to produce renewable farnesene called Biofene.
The companies will use up to 2 million tonnes of sugar cane a year, which they will crush at an ETH greenfield mill in Brazil. Although ETH will control the joint venture, Amyris will market the Biofene that is produced on the site.
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Greenleaf Biofuels has closed full project funding needed for its biodiesel plant, which it is developed in New Haven, Connecticut, US.
Sovereign Bank will provide the funds needed Greenleaf's first project, before the Connecticut Investment Corporation (CTCIC) and the SBA 504 program assume almost half of this loan when the plant comes online.
In addition to Sovereign and CTCIC, the State of CT…
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Operations have begun at Futurol's demonstration-scale bioethanol plant, located in Pomade and Bazancourt, France.
The facility required a $104.5 million investment (€75 million), 40% of which was supplied by the National Innovation Agency, as well as partnerships with both public and private organisations, such as the National Agricultural Research Institute.
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Renewable fuels producer Pacific Ethanol has entered into an agreement with Pacific Ethanol Management Services (Pacific Services), a wholly owned subsidiary of Pacific Ethanol, and ZeaChem.
Together the companies will provide operations, maintenance and accounting services for ZeaChem's Boardman, Oregon, US-based biorefinery.
Under the terms of the agreement, Pacific Services will provide…
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Air France has successfully completed a flight powered by biofuel.
The Airbus A321 flew from Toulouse and Paris/Orly, using a 50/50 blend of biofuels and aviation fuel in both engines.
This biofuel/jet fuel mix, combined with the use of 'optimised' air traffic management (ATM) procedures, such as continuous descent approach, helped to slash the flight's CO2 emissions by 50%.
Airbus said the…
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US-based Alabama Renewable Energy is looking to invest in a new biodiesel plant at the Port of Greater Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
The company has asked for a six-month option on an empty facility located on 3.5 acres of land, according to The Advocate. The facility was previously used as a specialty chemicals plant and has road, rail, pipeline and shipping infrastructure.
The 30 million gallon a…
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