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Europe’s main biofuel production port, and a key player in bulk liquid fuel storage, Ghent has 600 hectares of land available for investment following 14 years of infrastructural work.
The new space has already attracted 13 companies and at the end of November Brazil-based Companhia Brasileira de Logistica announced it would invest €70 million in the construction of a liquid bulk terminal,…
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In the US, 13.95 billion gallons of biofuels must be blended with conventional fossil-based transport fuels by next year, according to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS2) requirements for 2011.
Of this renewable fuel, 0.78% (1.35 billion gallons) of it will be made up of advanced biofuel, 0.69% (800 million gallons) of biomass-based diesel and 0.003%…
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Illinois is traditionally known for mass ethanol production owing to its position in the US corn belt, but now biodiesel availability is on the up thanks to fuel terminal operator Kinder Morgan.
From mid-December Renewable Energy Group’s REG 9000/1 biodiesel will be available for splash blending at Kinder Morgan’s Argo, Illinois, terminal.
REG expects biodiesel from its Illinois facilities,…
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From April 2011 Europe’s largest airline Lufthansa is to trial biofuel in an Airbus A321 engine.
The six-month trial will see the airline use a 50:50 blend of biofuel and kerosene on its local commercial flights from Hamburg to Frankfurt and back again.
The project will allow Lufthansa to test the effect of biofuels on plane engines, looking at engine maintenance and the effect of biofuel…
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Switzerland-headquartered biodiesel producer BioPetrol Industries is to acquire the entire issued share capital of Dutch Biodiesel BV, a manufacturer of biodiesel, after signing an agreement.
The deal is subject to shareholder approval and customary closing conditions being satisfied by BioPetrol and Dutch Biodiesel shareholders. Following the satisfaction of these conditions, the deal is…
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Mexico’s first biodiesel plant has begun operations.
The nation’s president Felipe Calderon opened the production facility on 26 November 2010 in the south eastern state of Chiapas.
The plant will convert jatropha, palm oil and recycled oil into 20,000 litres per day of biodiesel for use as transport fuel in local vehicles.
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As refining and marketing company Neste Oil’s renewable fuels business enters a new phase following two major investment projects, the company has decided to merge its Oil Products and Renewable Fuels business areas.
Neste Oil’s financial reporting will remain unchanged and Oil Products and Renewable Fuels will continue to form separate reporting segments.
Currently the executive VP of Oil…
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The privately held renewable chemicals and advanced biofuels company Gevo’s isobutanol has successfully cleared registration with the U.S. EPA as a fuel additive.
Gevo’s isobutanol is the first isobutanol to be listed in the EPA’s Fuel Registration Directory and is now approved for blending with petrol.
‘We’ve taken another important step in commercialising our product in the…
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Brazilian oil and gas company Petrobras has set up a network for distribution and storage of ethanol and other liquids.
Petrobras joins five other players to form a new company with an initial capital of BRL100 million (€42.5 million) to develop the network.
The shareholders in the new company will be Petrobras with 20%; Cosan SA Industria e Comercio (20%); Copersucar (20%); Odebrecht…
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US-based renewable energy firm PetroAlgae and Sky Airline, a Chilean airline providing passenger, mail and cargo air transportation services, have entered into a non-binding offtake agreement.
Subject to certain conditions, the collaboration will see Sky Airline purchase the fuel feedstock produced by licensees of PetroAlgae’s technology as a feedstock for conversion into renewable jet fuel.…
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Construction of the Fulton, Mississippi-based cellulosic ethanol plant developed by BlueFire Renewables, a company dedicated on the production of renewable fuels from non-food cellulosic wastes, can begin construction as the final permits have now been received.
The company has obtained its final air, wastewater and storm water permits from the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality…
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The world’s largest renewable diesel plant has started operations in Singapore.
The plant, which is owned and operated by refining and marketing company Neste Oil, has the capacity to produce 800,000 tonnes of NExBTL renewable diesel a year but, according to Neste Oil, the production capacity is set to increase and will be ramped up on a phased basis.
Costing approximately €550 million to…
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In the US Colwich, Kansas-headquartered ICM has signed a contract with Hereford Renewable Energy, a subsidiary of Murphy Oil, to retrofit an ethanol plant located near Hereford in Texas.
Expected to be complete by Q2 2011, Hereford Renewable Energy is hoping that retrofitting the plant before start-up will enable the company to capitalise on the improved operating efficiencies.
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Bioenergy crop firm SG Biofuels, dedicated to developing and producing jatropha seeds, has partnered with Bunge North America to research and develop a model to produce a biofuel feedstock from jatropha seeds.
The president and CEO of SG Biofuels Kirk Haney announced the news at the Advanced Biofuels Markets Conference & Expo in San Francisco, California.
The venture will see Bunge join a…
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With its ability to be blended with conventional fossil fuels without the need for a new type of engine, drop-in fuel is a major part of the biofuels industry right now.
In a move that will see the production of drop-in jet fuel, New Zealand-based biofuel firm LanzaTech is to work with the US DoE.
Working with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) LanzaTech will produce drop-in jet…
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