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Oct 2, 2013
Manure and brewery waste could yield biofuels, say US project leaders
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Oct 2, 2013
Hong Kong-based ASB Biodiesel is to start generating biodiesel at its processing plant in November.
Located at the Tseung Kwan O industrial estate and expected to start in November, ASB is excepting to produce around 100,000 tonnes of biodiesel a year. The plant, to reach that figure of B100 blends, is expecting to use 200,750 tonnes of grease trap waste as feedstock.
The... [Read More]
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Oct 3, 2013
Butamax Advanced Biofuels, a biobutanol technology company, and Highwater Ethanol, a first generation ethanol producer, have begun to retrofit Highwater's ethanol plant in Minnesota, US for the production of biobutanol.
The pair have entered into definitive agreements for license of Butamax's patented corn oil separation technology, and installation of system has already... [Read More]
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Oct 3, 2013
Alternative fuel company Primus Green Energy is to commission a 100,000 gallon a year natural gas to petrol pre-commercial demonstration plant at its New Jersey, US facility.
The demo plant will use Primus’ proprietary technology, a four reactor catalytic process which converts syngas derived from natural gas or other feedstocks to petrol, jet fuel, diesel or aromatic... [Read More]
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Oct 4, 2013
The Minnesota Departments of Agriculture, Commerce and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency have announced a move to a B10 biodiesel mandate after certain conditions were met.
All departments are required to determine whether four statutory conditions had been met before increasing the minimum biodiesel content mandate to B10, which was originally due in 2012, before... [Read More]
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Oct 4, 2013
BlueFire Renewables, a renewable fuels company, is to integrate a wood pellet production plant with its ethanol facility in Mississippi, US.
The reconfigured design will see a 400,000 tonne per year wood pellet factory integrated with the company's existing 9 million gallon per year ethanol plant in Fulton.
The pellets will be sold under long-term contracts into the European... [Read More]
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Oct 7, 2013
As butanol continues to show strong potential as a biofuel, a new ASTM International standard has been introduced covering butanol intended to be blended with petrol at 1 to 12.5% volume for use as an automotive spark-ignition engine fuel.
ASTM D7862-13, the specification for Butanol for Blending with Petrol for Use as Automotive Spark-Ignition Engine Fuel, was developed... [Read More]
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Oct 8, 2013
A new report produced for the Greater London Authority (GLA) by LRS Consultancy has sparked further support from the Mayor of London to entice the biodiesel industry into the capital.
After reviewing The market for biodiesel production from used cooking oils and fats, oils and greases in London, Mayor of London Boris Johnson says: ‘By capturing used cooking oil right... [Read More]
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Oct 8, 2013
A new investment will be made into Mustard 21 Canada to help it continue research and development of the crop as an industrial feedstock for the emerging biofuels sector, among others.
Agriculture minister Gerry Ritz has announced an investment of CN$4.9 million (€3.4 million) to the non-profit organisation to go towards helping mustard producers ‘increase their... [Read More]
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Sep 9, 2013
Brazilian ethanol and sugar trader Copersucar has received a bank loan to invest in renewable fuel storage plans.
The $217.7 million (€164.9 million) will come via the Brazilian Development Bank’s PASS credit line, split between four lenders.
It is believed Copersucar traded around 1.2 billion of ethanol during the last harvest season, which accounts for 20%... [Read More]
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Sep 9, 2013
Lignol Energy, an advanced biofuels technology company, will acquire a 40% equity stake in Neutral Fuels, plus a controlling 51% stake in Neutral’s Australia and New Zealand operations.
A total of AU$4.07 million (€2.8 million) will be funded which will help deploy the next phase of planned biorefineries throughout Asia Pacific, the Middle East and Africa region,... [Read More]
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Sep 10, 2013
The Renewable Energy Association (REA) is calling on MEPs to support the UK and European biofuels industry by voting against a cap on the use of agricultural biofuels, due on 11 September.
The European Commission’s proposals to address indirect land use change (ILUC) would, REA believes, put at severe risk not just climate change and renewable energy targets, but... [Read More]
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Sep 10, 2013
The US Department of Energy has distributed millions of dollars towards funding towards biofuel research.
New Mexico State University was handed $5 million, while Cal Poly is to receive $1.5 million (€1.1 million) to continue research and development into algae-based biofuels.
The additional money for Cal Poly is in addition to the $1.3 million grant Algae Technology... [Read More]
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Sep 10, 2013
Biodiesel made via jatropha has been cleared for field trials on trains in India.
The Research Design Standard Organisation, a division of Indian Railways, has passed the fuel developed by the Central Salt Marine and Chemical Research Institute to be potentially used on some railways still using diesel powered locomotives where electric lines have yet to be introduced
‘The... [Read More]
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Sep 11, 2013
Denmark's Port of Frederikshavn has entered into a partnership with technology company Steeper Energy and Aalborg University in Denmark to develop a biomass-based plant to produce sustainable marine fuel.
The new plant will initially produce between 50 and 100,000 tonnes of sulphur-free renewable fuel a year for the several thousand vessels passing through the port annually.
It... [Read More]
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