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UK-headquartered Green Biologics (GB), an international biotechnology company, has announced collaboration and planned investment in facilities with US business Easy Energy Systems (EES). The collaboration will result in the modification of Easy Energy’s ethanol demonstration plant in Iowa to produce renewable n-butanol and acetone. ‘We’ve been working with Easy Energy for…
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It has been reported Pleasant Valley Biofuels (PVB) has begun operations in Utah, US. The plant has a capacity of 1.5 million gallon a year and will make biodiesel via organic oil from primarily waste vegetable and tallow feedstock. PVB will also generate Renewable Indentification Numbers and glycerine at the site.
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Waste-to-biofuels company Enerkem has closed another round of financing to increase its total equity investment for 2013. It closed on CN$50 million (€36.4 million) to bring its yearly financing total to $87 million. As part of this drive, institutional fund Investissement Quebec has joined the seven other investors, including Waste Management of Canada, all of whom have increased their…
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Renewable energy business Abengoa has inaugurated its demonstration plant that uses waste-to-biofuels technology. The plant, located in Babilafuente, Spain has a capacity to treat 25,000 tonnes of municipal solid waste, from which it will obtain up to 1.5 million litres of bioethanol via a fermentation and enzymatic hydrolysis treatment. Manuel Sánchez Ortega, CEO of Abengoa, said during…
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Angolan bioenergy company Companhia de Bioenergia de Angola (also known as Biocom) is expected to start ethanol and sugar production next year. Biocom is the fruit of a partnership between the Angolan state (20% stake), Angolan group Damer (40%) and Brazilian group Obebrecht (40%). It is part of the Capanda agro-industrial hub. Carlos Fernandes, chairman of Capanda agro-industrial hub management…
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One of the most powerful people on Earth, US President Barack Obama, gave a passionate address on climate change on 25 June during a visit to Georgetown University in Washington DC. Obama wants to cut carbon pollution and reduce global warming and told an audience of students and visitors: ‘I refuse to condemn your generation, and future generations, to a planet that is beyond…
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The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) will make up to $98.6 million (€75.6 million) available to support advanced biofuels production. Eligible producers can submit applications to obtain a share of the pot, including those that did not apply during the last window in October 2012 ‘The US is on the path to a cleaner, more secure energy future,’ US agriculture secretary Tom…
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Dutch company Firmtec, which provides vegetable oil processing systems, is set to deliver what it calls the ‘first ever plant capable of producing 100% green biodiesel’. The facility will be owned and operated by Indonesian company Waterland and will make the biodiesel via enzymes and ethanol, using oil from the Camelina sativa plant. The biodiesel plant will be based in Bali and aims…
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US-based Red Rock Biofuels has won a multi-million dollar contract to produce biofuels for the US military. The company was one of four to have private investments matched by funds from the Defence Production Act under the Advanced Biofuels Production Project. This project is hoped to produce military-grade fuels under $4 (€3) a gallon within three years. RRB’s government award will by…
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A move to block the sale of E15 blended petrol in the US has been quashed by the US Supreme Court this June. The court rejected a challenge by the American Petroleum Institute (API), the chief lobbying group for the oil industry, that the blend was unsafe for consumption in cars and motorcycles built pre-2001. Bob Greco, a senior API official, claimed the use of E15 ‘could leave millions of…
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US-based Genscape, the first approved Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) QAP provider, is now obtained further EPA approval for biofuels produced at foreign facilities and imported into the country. This means foreign biofuel producers can now obtain Genscape-certified QAP RINs to improve marketability and hopefully increase buyer confidence. ‘We know our certification programme…
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Technip, a France-based project management and engineering company, has won a multi-million euro front end contract to build a second generation biomass-to-liquid (BtL) plant in Finland. The €5 million ($6.6 million) contract was awarded by Forest BtL and the facility will be built on Ajos island. It aims to produce approximately 140,000 tonnes of biodiesel and naphtha via wood and…
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