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Multi-national company Cargill has begun operating its corn wet mill ethanol plant in Iowa, US.
It purchased the idled facility from global ingredients supplier Tate and Lyle back in 2011. The plant, according to Cargill, will provide the base load corn grind for the campus and will eventually support additional business growth in the future.
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Corn prices in the US are trading near the lowest level in over three years, with several reports believing this is because farmers have accelerated harvesting of a potential record crop.
The US Department of Agriculture is believed to confirm its forecast increase for corn in early November, with country-wide corn production reportedly set to rise by 28% to a record 13.8 billion bushels. It is…
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Global Ventures Downstream has acquired a Malaysia-based biodiesel plant from Mission NewEnergy subsidiary Mission Biotechnologies.
The 100,000 tonne a year facility was sold for $11.5 million (€8.4 million) and the proceeds will reportedly go towards reducing loans from the holding company and, in turn, reduce borrowings at group level.
Mission Biotechnologies, after the sale is complete,…
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Evogene, a plant genomics company looking at enhancing crop productivity for the biofuels industries, has extend and expand its multi-year research collaboration with DuPont Pioneer for developing soyabean varieties displaying resistance to Asian Soybean Rust (ASR).
Soyabean is a crop which supplies protein for human and animal consumption, as well as feedstock for oil production. ASR is a major…
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A commercial agreement has been signed between PTT, the national energy company of Thailand and technology company Velocys to begin commercial deployment of a smaller-scale microchannel gas-to-liquid (GtL) technology.
PTT is particularly interested in Velocys’ smaller-scale modular technology as a means to monetise associated gas from on-shore wells which is currently disposed of by…
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UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, has announced that Honeywell Green Jet Fuel produced using Honeywell's UOP Renewable Jet Fuel process powered the first commercial flight in Colombia operating with renewable jet fuel.
A LAN Airbus A320 aircraft traveled with 174 passengers from Bogotá El Dorado International Airport to Santiago de Cali, Colombia. One of the aircraft's two engines was powered…
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The European Biodiesel Board has applauded a decision, via a vote by the European Parliament’s environment committee this October, to stall a proposal to limit Europe’s use of food-based fuel crops.
French MEP Corinne Lepagewas reportedly due to begin negotiations with EU states for a second-reading procedure of the bill. Below is a statement issued by the EBB:
‘The European…
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The RSB Services Foundation, the implementing entity of the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB), a global sustainability standard and certification system for biofuels and biomaterials production, has awarded Camelina Company España (CCE) its sustainability certification.
CCE, a renewable fuels and chemicals group, pioneered the manufacturing and marketing of fuel and chemicals…
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ICM, a biorefinery technology provider, has announced a contract with Illionois-based Patriot Renewable Fuels upon the purchase of its selective milling technology (SMT).
SMT is a value-added ICM platform technology investment which ICM claims increases ethanol yield, reduces viscosity and increases oil recovery for its customers.
'ICM's SMT platform technology is an investment that we…
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Research from the Public University of Navarre in Europe has reportedly shown that genetically modified tobacco plants are viable as raw material for producing biofuels.
Ruth Sanz-Barrio, an agricultural engineer of the NUP/UPNA-Public University of Navarre and a researcher at the Institute of Biotechnology, has demonstrated the viability of using specific tobacco proteins (known as thioredoxins)…
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It is believed the Ukraine may not be able to rely on its molasses feedstock to produce enough bioethanol for 2014.
Mykola Tychenko, a director at Ukrprodspilka, was quoted as saying the country’s molasses harvest forecast amounts to around 400,000-500,000 tonnes.
‘If all of this was used to produce bioethanol we’d only make 100,000 tonnes,’ he says, which would equate to…
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University of Arizona (UA) researchers have been granted $8 million (€5.8 million) by the US Department of Energy to continue researching how to use algae to make biofuel, animal feed and plastics over the next four years.
'Our goal is to provide algal biofuel at a production cost equal to the cost of petroleum,' says Randy Ryan, assistant director of the Arizona Agricultural Experiment…
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Plant and crop improvement business Syngenta has signed a contract with Arkalon Ethanol in Kansas for the plant to start using corn which features its Enogen trait technology.
Syngenta claims Enogen, a field-to-fuel system, will help deliver alpha amylase enzyme directly in corn grain thus saving the costs of adding liquid enzymes and improving process efficiency.
The way Syngenta explains the…
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Maverick Biofuels, a provider of biofuels production technology, has been awarded three US patents for producing a mixed-alcohol fuel from synthesis gas (syngas) via a methanol intermediate.
Maverick develops and commercialises technology for producing renewable clean transportation fuels and bio-based chemicals using combinations of proven technologies to produce high-value products by…
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