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Algenol and Reliance Industries have deployed India's first Algenol algae production platform.
The demonstration module is located near the world's largest refinery, Reliance Jamnagar Refinery.
The demonstration has completed several production cycles of Algenol's wildtype host algae, but may demonstrate the fuels production capabilities of Algenol's advanced fuel producing algae and systems. The…
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UPM BioVerno, UPM's renewable wood-based diesel, has been granted the Finnish Key Flag Symbol. The Key Flag Symbol can be granted to products that are manufactured in Finland and have a domestic origin degree of over 50%.
UPM BioVerno diesel is produced only in Lappeenranta, Finland. The renewable diesel reduces greenhouse gas emissions compared to fossil diesel produced from imported crude oil.…
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According to Renewable Energy, a new Market Report published by market intelligence provider, Key Note, the renewable energy industry in the UK achieved continued growth over the past 5 years, with consumption of renewable energy (including biofuels, biomass, wind, wave and tidal, hydro, transport, heat pumps, solar energy) increasing by 61% between 2009 and 2013.
Despite the considerable…
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Alkol Biotech has started shipment of its EUnergyCane sugarcane hybrid grown in Spain.
A Danish provider of cellulosic ethanol technologies, who has bought the product and will receive it as dry bagasse, will use the hybrid to test its technologies. Its target audience is the increasingly large cellulosic ethanol market in Brazil.
Al Costa, CEO, Alkol Biotech, says: 'There are over 380 ethanol…
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Following an explosion at the JNS Biofuel plant a year ago, the rebuilt New Albany, Mississippi plant has received all the permits it needs to reopen.
However, state and local officials are unaware of when this will take place.
Danny Jordan, president, Union County Board of Supervisors, said: 'Our emergency management director keeps a good eye on what's going on, and MDEQ says they've met the…
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Warrington's Stobart Group has signed a £110 million biofuel supply deal with a Welsh company.
In the agreement, Stobart Energy will source, process and supply 250,000 tonnes per year of recycled waste wood to Margam over 14 years.
The Transport business will also transport the product which will generate additional revenue for the company's Energy Division.
'This agreement will contribute…
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A project established to grow seaweed for the production of biofuel and pharmaceutical products has been launched in Ghana.
The project, which is the first of its kind in Africa, is planned to start late January and will establish the cultivation of seaweed along Ghana's coastline.
The project will be led by a team of experts from the Technical University of Denmark, Kwame Nkrumah University of…
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Last year's StocExpo broke all records, attracting over 2,940 visitors, making it the most successful show in its history. StocExpo 2015 returns on 17-19 March at the Ahoy, Rotterdam, bigger still with an expanded show floor and its strongest ever conference programme and speaker line-up.
Nick Powell, StocExpo & Tank Storage Portfolio Event Director commented on the show's progress: 'The…
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Green Biologics (GBL) has secured a total of $76 million (€65 million) in debt and equity financing.
The renewable chemicals company closed an internal follow-on equity round of $42 million co-led by Swire Pacific and Sofinnova Partners. Existing investors Capricorn Venture Partners, Oxford Capital Partners, Morningside Technology Partners and ConvergInce Holdings, also participated in the…
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A semi-truck tanker carrying ethanol caught fire on 19 January.
Surrounding roads had to be closed in both directions while firefighters put out the flames. It remained closed following the incident as a safety precaution while the tank cooled.
The trailer's brakes caught fire and ignited the trailer's passenger side tires, where the fire was contained.
There was no structural integrity lost in…
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A recent study by the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (IFEU) in Heidelberg, Germany, found that biodiesel made from animal fat reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 85% compared to fossil fuels.
The EU institutions have recognised that biodiesel made from animal fat is highly sustainable and offers significant potential for reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). Accordingly, the…
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Edeniq, a biorefining and cellulosic technology company, has raised more than $16 million (€13.8 million) in equity.
The funding will support the roll-out of Edeniq's Pathway Platform, which increases ethanol yield at existing plants by 3-6% through the conversion of starch and cellulosic corn kernel fibre into ethanol.
The equity investment was led by I2BF Global Ventures, an existing…
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On 20 January, several fire crews responded to a fire at Big Rivers Resources' ethanol plant in Boyceville, Wisconsin, US.
Reports from the Boyceville Fire Department say that the fire was started by a bearing on a motor that caught fire in a duct. The plant was shut down and evacuated.
No one was injured.
The fire was contained inside the building. To date, no damage estimate has been made.
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