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Feb 7, 2017
Global Bioenergies announces ‘first production in history of fully renewable ETBE’
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Feb 8, 2017
The Nigerian Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, has said that biofuels would soon become the West African country’s foreign exchange earner, if “we can apply both our mind and might into it”.
According to local newspaper Leadership, Kachikwu made the statement at a sensitisation workshop on biofuels development in Nigeria with the... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Feb 8, 2017
A new investigative report has been unveiled revealing more information about Nideria’s biofuels trading loss, often dubbed as one of the biggest scandals in the history of the Dutch market.
Last year, the Dutch grain-trading firm reported that it lost nearly $200 million over three years due to what it called “severe” irregularities by a single trader... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Feb 9, 2017
The National Biodiesel Board (NBB) has appointed Doug Whitehead as its chief operating officer. Whitehead joins the executive team after ten years in various roles with the organisation, most recently as the director of operations and membership.
“Doug has admirably served the biodiesel industry in his various roles at NBB over the years and his experience and expertise... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Feb 9, 2017
In a letter to President Donald Trump this week, the US Grains Council (USGC), Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) and Growth Energy are asking for help “in urgently addressing China’s recent implementation of protectionist trade barriers that are shutting out US exports of ethanol and distillers dried grains (DDGS).”
Specifically, the three... [Read More]
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Feb 10, 2017
India state-controlled oil and gas company Bharat Petroleum’s Assam based facility Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) has signed a term sheet with Chempolis, a Finland -based bio refining technology for setting up a biorefinery unit.
The term sheet will be the basis for formation of a joint venture agreement for implementation... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Feb 10, 2017
Green Plains, a Nebraska-based, US ethanol producer, has announced financial results for the fourth quarter of 2016.
Net income attributable to the company was $18.7 million (€17.5m), or $0.47 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter of 2016 compared with net loss of $(3.6) million, or $(0.09) per diluted share, for the same period in 2015.
Revenues were $932.1 million... [Read More]
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Feb 13, 2017
Coffee chain Caffè Nero has unveiled plans to recycle coffee grounds from 122 of its London stores to make coffee logs, which can be used in boilers and woodburners.
The scheme, which was formally announced late last week but which has been running since July 2016, sees recycling specialists First Mile pick up coffee waste from Caffè Nero stores and take... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Feb 13, 2017
US ethanol giant Poet’s biorefining facility in Chancellor, South Dakota, reached a production milestone of 1 billion gallons of high-quality ethanol in 2016.
According to the company, this places the facility at the vanguard of a rapidly-growing biofuels sector in the US.
The facility was also the first Poet plant to hit 500 million gallons, a benchmark achieved... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Feb 13, 2017
Indian ethanol producer Praj Industries has published steady quarterly results and has announced that it is positive about its cellulosic ethanol opportunities.
Income from operations stood at Rs 232.74 crore for quarter three 2017, compared to Rs205.79 crore the same period the year before. Profit before tax was around Rs 15.98 crore (Q2 FY17: Rs 6.28 crore, Q3 FY16:... [Read More]
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Feb 13, 2017
A group of Republican elder statesmen is calling for a tax on carbon emissions to fight climate change, according to a report in the New York Times.
The group, led by former Secretary of State James A. Baker III, with former Secretary of State George P. Shultz and Henry M. Paulson Jr., a former secretary of the Treasury, says that taxing carbon pollution produced by burning... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Feb 14, 2017
German bioethanol producer CropEnergies has increased its forecast for the current financial year 2016/17.
In a statement, the company said that the main reasons for the better earnings were “spot prices for bioethanol which continue to be significantly higher than the previously expected forward prices as well as the high capacity utilisations in all four production... [Read More]
Other News
Feb 14, 2017
US advanced biofuels company has announced that it has entered into a Letter of Intent (LOI) with HCS Holding (HCS) to supply isooctane under a five-year offtake agreement.
HCS is a manufacturer of specialty products and solutions in the hydrocarbons sector, operating under the brands Haltermann Carless, ETS Racing Fuels and EOS. HCS is owned by HIG Capital. ... [Read More]
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Feb 14, 2017
There have been at least four major power outages in several states in Australia over the last 5 months impacting millions of customers due the country’s switch from fossil fuels to renewable sources, according to UK-based union GMB.
GMB, the union for workers in the energy sector in the UK, is calling on the UK and devolved governments as well as Ofgem and National... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Feb 15, 2017
The Rwandan government is abandoning a $35 million (€33m) biodiesel pilot project, according to a report in The East African.
Officials of the National Industrial Research and Development Agency (NIRDA) told Rwanda Today that the government decided to ditch the project after realising it was not viable.
NIRDA director-general Joseph Mungarurire cites difficulty... [Read More]
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