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Sep 5, 2016
US sportsmen use high-ethanol blends in powerboat competitions
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Sep 5, 2016
Large-scale seaweed farms could become an important source for biofuels production in the UK, a new report by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) suggest.
The government department recently unveiled a report entitled, Seaweed in the UK and abroad – status, products, limitations, gaps and Cefas role.
In the report, Defra stated that seaweed... [Read More]
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Sep 6, 2016
Bioforever, a consortium of 14 European companies, has announced the start of a demonstration project for the conversion of woody biomass to biochemicals.
Bioforever is an acronym for bio-based products from forestry via economically viable European routes.
The consortium intends to demonstrate the feasibility of various new value chains from lignocellulosic feedstocks... [Read More]
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Sep 6, 2016
Energy-intensive industries and the products they make can play a considerable role in the global effort to tackle climate change, according to a new report from the World Bank Group, CLASP and Carbon Trust.
Making them part of the solution while helping them stay competitive is a key challenge for policy makers, the report highlighted.
‘Climate-friendly technologies’
The... [Read More]
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Sep 6, 2016
Latvia has boosted its biofuel production over the past decade, according to official statistics from the country’s Central Statistical Bureau (CSM).
According to the CSM, Latvia has seen its production soar nearly 20 times in the past decade while 2015 consumption compared to 2014 was 203% higher.
Biofuels remains a small portion of the country’s overall renewable... [Read More]
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Sep 7, 2016
BioFuelNet Canada, a Canadian research network on advanced biofuels, has slammed the findings of a recent study by Professor John DeCicco from the University of Michigan and colleagues which states that biofuels are worse than gasoline in terms of greenhouse gas emissions.
In the study, when DeCicco and colleagues calculate the CO2 emissions going into the atmosphere,... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Sep 7, 2016
Shimadzu Scientific Instruments, a testing and analysis instrument specialist, has announced the release of its new ‘BioEthanol Analyzer’ for quality control testing at bioethanol plants.
According to the firm, which is the US subsidiary of Japan-headquarted Shimadzu Corp., its analyser is an advanced tool for real-time monitoring of the fermentation process... [Read More]
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Sep 7, 2016
Biofuels producer Gevo has entered into a heads of agreement with German airline Deutsche Lufthansa to supply Gevo’s alcohol-to-jet (ATJ) fuel.
The fuel will be produced at Gevo’s first commercial hydrocarbons facility, intended to be built in Luverne, Minnesota, US.
The terms of the agreement contemplate Lufthansa purchasing up to 8 million gpy of ATJ from... [Read More]
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Sep 7, 2016
Petroleum products refiner Tesoro Corp. has agreed to acquire renewable fuels and chemicals company Virent to support Virent's success in bringing biofuels technology to commercial scale.
Virent's BioForming technology can convert sugars and other biomass derived feedstocks into renewable petrol blendstocks and aromatics, which are fully compatible with existing fuel infrastructure... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Sep 7, 2016
Member of the US House of Representatives for Minnesota Tom Emmer has voiced his support for the state’s ethanol industry after a meeting with local biofuel producers.
Emmer recently met up with the Minnesota Bio-Fuels Association (MBFA) to learn more about Minnesota's ethanol industry and show his support for clean homegrown renewable biofuels.
"Minnesota and America's... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Sep 8, 2016
LiqTech International, a Denmark-based clean technology company, has entered into a letter of intent (LOI) to supply a $1.8 million (€1.6m) filtration system for a 100,000tpy Chinese bioethanol plant.
The bioethanol plant, to be located in Harbin, Heilongjiang, China, is scheduled to be in operation in 2017 and when completed it will be the largest... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Sep 8, 2016
US biofuels producer Renewable Energy Group (REG) has redeemed in full of the $100 million (€88.7m) Gulf Opportunity Zone (GOZone) bonds ahead of their 2033 maturity date.
The bonds were issued by the Louisiana Public Facilities Authority (LPFA) to help finance construction of the company’s 75 million gallon renewable hydrocarbon diesel refinery in Geismar,... [Read More]
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Aug 16, 2016
Renewable energy giant Abengoa has struck a €1.17bn restructuring deal with its creditors, ensuring the survival of the debt-laden Spanish renewables group after a year of financial instability that pushed it to the brink of bankruptcy.
Spain-based Abengoa - an engineering business which borrowed heavily over the past ten years to fund an aggressive expansion... [Read More]
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Aug 16, 2016
Finnish biofuels producer Neste has said that its renewable diesel is now being used by the County of Sacramento, California.
In doing so, the County of Sacramento will reduce greenhouse gas emissions from its fleet by up to 80%, according to Neste.
The County estimates that it will reduce greenhouses gases by approximately 8000tpy.
‘More sustainable’
"Many... [Read More]
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Aug 16, 2016
The European Commission has opened an in-depth probe to assess whether the proposed merger of Dow and DuPont is in line with the EU Merger Regulation.
The Commission will investigate further whether the deal may reduce competition in areas such as crop protection, seeds and certain petrochemicals.
The companies initially began to obtain merger approval from the EC by submitting... [Read More]
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