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Apr 29, 2015
Duonix Beatrice biodiesel plant expected to begin production later this year
Bioethanol News
May 1, 2015
Agribusiness company Thompsons Limited has announced an agreement with IGPC Ethanol to partner for sourcing corn for IGPC's 50MM gal/yr. ethanol facility in Aylmer, Ontario effective 1 October 2015.
IGPC Ethanol commenced operations in the fall of 2007. Since that time, it has used the services of Cargill to source local corn. 'This change in no way reflects upon the performance... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
May 1, 2015
In India, the Biodiesel Manufacturers Association (BEMA) has been launched with a focus on expanding the nation's biodiesel market, decreasing air pollution and reducing its dependence on foreign oil.
The BEMA group is an eight-member association, the chairman and president of which has been named as Sanjeev Gupta, president of advanced renewable fuels and biochemicals... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
May 1, 2015
In Indiana, US, Chad Ducey has pleaded guilty for his role in a multi-state scheme to defraud biodiesel buyers and US taxpayers by fraudulently selling biodiesel incentives. His two brothers, Chris and Craig Ducey, have also pleaded guilty for their roles in the same scheme.
The three brothers operated E-biofuels from a facility in Middletown, Indiana. As part of the scheme,... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
May 5, 2015
The Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB) has released a new draft standard which is an 'add-on certification module' to the RSB standard for biofuels and bio-products.
Entitled 'Low iLUC Risk Biomass Criteria and Compliance Indicators', compliance with this new standard means producers will be able to demonstrate that biomass was produced with no indirect impact... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
May 6, 2015
In the US, Cargill has acquired Colorado-based OPX Biotechnologies' proprietary fermentation-based processes and systems. These technologies are used to produce bio-based chemicals from sugars for use in non-food applications such as lubricants, detergents, plastics, agrichemicals and personal care products.
Cargill is already a large supplier of carbohydrates and other... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
May 6, 2015
Fulcrum BioEnergy, a producer of renewable fuels, has awarded a $200 (€176 million) million fixed-price engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract to Abengoa for the construction of its Sierra BioFuels plant.
The facility, which will convert municipal solid waste (MSW) into transportation fuels, will utilise Fulcrum's process for converting household... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
May 6, 2015
Novozymes has announced a deal to supply enzyme technology to a new biorefinery that will be built by St1 Biofuels in Kajaani, Finland.
The facility will be co-located at a sawmill site, and will be the first facility in the world to use sawdust from softwood as feedstock to produce cellulosic ethanol at commercial scale.
The process uses steam-explosion to open up the... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
May 6, 2015
In India, Algae.Tec has delivered its first algae photobioreactor to Jamnagar province.
The photobioreactor is part of Algae.Tec's contract with energy company Reliance Industries to build an 84 gallon per day pilot plant at the world's largest oil refinery.
The initial container holds the algae photobioreactor assembly, which will be located adjacent to the refinery.... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
May 8, 2015
Pacific Ethanol, a producer and marketer of low-carbon renewable fuels in the western United States, has begun commercial production of corn oil at its Madera, California plant.
The corn oil production process utilises Valicor's proprietary VFRAC corn oil recovery system.
Neil Koehler, the company's president and CEO, says: 'We are pleased to be producing corn oil at our... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
May 8, 2015
Associated British Foods (ABF) has completed a contract with BP to acquire its 47% stake in Vivergo Fuels. ABF is now the majority shareholder with 94%.
Mark Chesworth, MD of Vivergo, says: 'With our shareholder's support, we've steadily ramped up production and are now operating at full capacity, producing enough bioethanol to meet around half of the UK's current demand... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Apr 1, 2015
Tenaska, an independent energy company, has acquired the assets of Clinton County Bio Energy (CCBE) in Clinton, Iowa from a local group of investors. Ocean Park Advisors (OPA) acted as exclusive financial advisor to CCBE on the sale transaction.
Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The assets include a 10 MGPY biodiesel refinery in Clinton, Iowa that... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Apr 1, 2015
In Canada, renewable energy company Methes Energies has received an initial payment of C$250,000 (€184,000) for the sale of a Denami 600 biodiesel processor and a PP-MEC pre-treatment system to be installed in Havelock, Ontario.
Additional scheduled payments are due in the near future upon shipment and installation of the equipment and the balance is due when the... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Apr 7, 2015
Agricultural biotechnology company Ceres has announced that its biotech sugarcane traits have been advanced to the next stage of testing ahead of schedule due to positive data from initial field evaluations under tropical conditions in Latin America. Leading product candidates are currently being multiplied for wider-scale field evaluations which are scheduled to begin... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Apr 7, 2015
PureVision Technology, a Colorado, US-based biorefinery developer, will scale up its biorefining technology at an industrial site in Boardman, Oregon owned by biorefinery developer ZeaChem.
PureVision's patented biorefining technology takes in raw biomass, such as corn stalks, wheat straw and industrial hemp, and produces sugars, pulp, lignin and other value-added materials... [Read More]
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