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Apr 13, 2011
M&G breaks ground on ethanol plant
M&G, a Novozymes partner, conducted the groundbreaking ceremony for an ethanol plant on 12 April 2011. Located in Crescentino, Italy, the production facility will produce 13 million gallons a year of cellulosic ethanol from wheat straw, energy crops and other forms of biomass. It is due to start production in 2012. 'Laying the foundation for the world's first commercial-scale ethanol plant…
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Apr 14, 2011
Aventine opens 110mgy ethanol plant
In Mount Vernon, Indiana, US, ethanol producer Aventine Renewable Energy's ethanol plant was officially opened on 6 April 2011. The news comes after construction came to an end when Aventine became bankrupt. However it recovered in March 2010 and construction on the Mount Vernon facility commenced. Building work on the project finished in November 2010 and operations began on 1 December 2010.…
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Apr 14, 2011
USDA aims to increase flex-fuel pumps
'Renewable energy systems', as defined in the Rural Energy for America Programme (REAP), will now also include flexible fuel pumps, which the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) will fund the installation of. The new rule, which was announced by US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on 8 April 2011, is expected to encourage more installations of these 'blender pumps', which in turn will provide…
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Apr 14, 2011
USDA supports sustainable projects
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is to award bioenergy and biobased products with research grants in order to further the development of sustainable projects. After the selection process, the chosen projects will implement sustainable regional systems for the production of biofuels. The projects to receive the grant aree based in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Georgia,…
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Apr 14, 2011
Heaven Petroleum invests in jatropha
In Peru, biodiesel producer Heaven Petroleum Operators SAC is to invest $186 million (€130 million) in jatropha cultivation. Heaven Petroleum's subsidiary Bio Agro Heaven del Sur SAC will develop the project, which will take place on 50,000 hectares of land in Ica region. The jatropha grown under the project will then be used in the production of biodiesel at the company's biodiesel plant in…
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Apr 14, 2011
Pannonia's ethanol plant to be completed by Q1 2012
In Dunaföldvár, Hungary, a US-Irish collaboration is due to finish the construction of its ethanol production facility by 1 March 2012. Costing $200 million (€139 million) to build, the plant is being developed by Pannonia Ethanol, a joint venture between Minnesota, US-based Fagen and Irish company Europe Ethanol. Upon completion, the plant will manufacture 240 million litres of…
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Apr 19, 2011
GE supplies biogas engines at Chinese ethanol plant
In a bid to encourage the use of biogas across China, Austria's GE Energy is to supply its Jenbacher biogas engine technology to power China's largest ethanol production plant, which is currently under construction in the city of Nan Yang, Henan Province. Owned and operated by Henan Tianguan Group, the new ethanol plant will produce 500,000m3 of biogas a day, from organic material such as…
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Apr 20, 2011
The GHG-slashing potential of jatropha
The EU's goal of slashing greenhouse gases (GHGs) by 35% can be met through utilising jatropha, according to sustainability consultants Partners for Innovation and its independent report. Designed by the Jatropha Alliance and Sun Biofuels, the study highlights how Sun Biofuels Mozambique could save 39% of GHGs compared to fossil fuels if the jatropha-derived biodiesel was produced in the UK. The…
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Apr 20, 2011
Cobalt and American Process partner for biobutanol
In the US, renewable fuels company Cobalt Technologies and biorefinery technology firm American Process (API) have partnered to build an industrial-scale cellulosic biorefinery for the production of biobutanol. In addition, the two companies have also agreed to jointly market a GreenPower+ Biobutanol solution that will convert biomass into power. GreenPower+ Biobutanol technology converts part of…
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Apr 20, 2011
Argentina's biodiesel industry set to grow
In Argentina, 26% of the nations soya crop was used for the production of biodiesel, according to a study by the Consorcios Regionales de Experimentacion Agricola (CREA). Argentina manufactured 2.6 million tonnes of biodiesel last year and as a result consumed 14 million tonnes of the total 55 million tonnes of soya cultivated. In 2010 Argentina sold 1.1 million tonnes of its biodiesel…
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Apr 20, 2011
Tidewater Biodiesel to produce biodiesel in Virginia
In the US, Tidewater Biodiesel is one step closer towards building its biodiesel plant in the state of Virginia. The company has been granted planning approval from the local commission. Construction can now get underway once the final approval is given by Chesapeake's city council. Upon completion, scheduled for 2012, the facility will produce 10 million gallons a year of biodiesel from waste…
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Apr 21, 2011
Sircona produces local biofuels cheaper than its fossil-based alternative
Biodiesel producer Sirona Fuels began selling biodiesel produced from locally-grown feedstocks on 22 April 2011. The move will see its customers purchase the fuel for $0.25 (€0.17) less per gallon than the cost of fossil diesel. In addition, when local businesses give their used cooking oil to the Sircona facility, 20% of what the biodiesel sells for will be donated to The Sircona Cares…
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Mar 30, 2011
RSB Certification System launched
The Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels (RSB) has launched the RSB Certification System, which provides the assurances operators need to guarantee the sustainability and traceability of their feedstocks and fuels. The 18 March 2011 saw the new RSB system receive provisional recognition by the German government under its regulatory scheme for biofuels. And on 22 March 2011 Boeing launched a…
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Mar 31, 2011
Suncor Energy doubles ethanol output at St. Clair
Integrated energy company Suncor Energy has completed the expansion of its St. Clair ethanol plant, located in the Sarnia-Lambton region of Canada. The expansion project has doubled the plant's production capacity and it is now recognised as Canada's largest biofuel production facility, after its output was ramped up from 200 million litres a year of ethanol to 400 million litres a year. To mark…
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Mar 31, 2011
Pacific Ethanol's Q4 net sales reach $134m
US-based renewable fuels producer Pacific Ethanol released its fourth quarter and year-end 2010 financial results on 28 March 2011. The company sold 50% more ethanol gallons in the fourth quarter of 2010 and increase 57% for all of 2010, compared to the same periods in 2009. Net sales were $134.2 million (€95 million) for the fourth quarter of 2010, compared to $87.9 million for the fourth…
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Mar 31, 2011
ATA welcomes government’s commitment to jet biofuels production
The US government yesterday outlined its energy security strategy, pledging to fund more production of biofuels for fighter jets, trucks and commercial airliners. The Air Transport Association of America (ATA), the trade organisation representing airlines in the US, says it ‘applauded’ the directive, of which the Department of Energy, the navy and the Department of Agriculture (USDA)…
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