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Oct 15, 2014
Chempolis and NRL partner for bamboo-based ethanol production
Biodiesel News
Oct 15, 2014
State-owned oil and gas corporation Indian Oil and technology company Celanese have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore the potential of a joint investment in an ethanol plant to be built in India.
The project, which is expected to be located in Paradip in the state of Odisha, will be based on TCX technology from Celanese. It will utilise petroleum coke (petcoke)... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Oct 15, 2014
Valero's ethanol plant in Montgomery County, Indiana caught fire on 13 October, just after1.30am.
The blaze, it has been reported, started in the dryer area and the plant's west section has suffered major damage.
No one was injured and the cause of the fire is under investigation.... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Oct 16, 2014
Sagay Central, a sugar milling and sugar growing company and partner of energy crop cultivator Viaspace, has shipped and planted Giant King Grass in Negros Occidental, the Philippines.
Sagay Central crushes 4,000 tonnes of sugarcane daily and produces 150,000 tonnes of sugar per year.
The Giant King Grass was harvested from Viaspace's nursery in California, US and inspected... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Oct 16, 2014
In the US, Simple Fuels is to acquire the assets of California-based Yokayo Biofuels.
The transaction includes the sale of Yokayo's biodiesel operations, as well as its oil collection activities and deep fryer oil collected from local restaurants.
It has been reported that Simple Fuels will continue producing and supplying biodiesel at the same price of $4.70 (€3.70)... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Oct 20, 2014
Abengoa has officially opened its second generation cellulosic ethanol plant in Hugoton in the US state of Kansas.
Construction on the biorefinery finished in mid-August and it began producing cellulosic ethanol at the end of September. It has the capacity to produce up to 25 million gallons per year.
The plant utilises only second generation biomass feedstocks such as... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Oct 22, 2014
Air France-KLM plans to fly weekly flights from Toulouse to Paris using a blend of kerosene.
The airline will fly planes with a 10% blend of biofuel until September next year.
Airlines are moving toward using clean fuel following assurance from the International Air Transport Association to cut emissions by 50% by 2050 from 2005 levels.... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Oct 22, 2014
The Egyptian government proposes the UAE invest $250 million in a 100,000 tonne per year molasses-based ethanol plant.
Egypt has also suggested the purchase of a $240 million ethanol plant that would use 100,000 tonnes per year of rice straw as feedstock.
The UAE has expressed interest in investing in the country's petrochemical sector and is currently deciding which project... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Oct 22, 2014
DuPont and Ethanol Europe have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the government of the Republic of Macedonia to develop a commercial-scale 2G ethanol plant to supply the European market.
According to the terms of the MOU, the government of Macedonia will facilitate the project by establishing a viable supply chain using energy crops, increasing local... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Oct 22, 2014
Agricultural research institute The Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) and Evofuel, the wholly owned subsidiary of plant genomics company Evogene, which specialises in enhancing crop productivity for the biofuels industry, have signed a joint research agreement to advance castor cultivation in Brazil.
The cooperation will primarily focus on technologies... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Sep 22, 2014
On 23 September, Finnair used sustainable biofuel to operate its Airbus A330 flight from Helsinki to New York.
SkyNRG Nordic, a joint venture between SkyNRG and Statoil Aviation, provided the biofuel mixture, which was partly manufactured from cooking oil recycled from restaurants.
At present, aviation biofuels costs more than double the price of conventionally produced... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Sep 23, 2014
SPA Renewables, an emerging company that specialises in the collection and processing of Used Cooking Oil into biodiesel, is installing an 8,000 tonnes per year biodiesel plant in Corinth, Greece.
IncBio, a Portuguese engineering company, which provides fully automated industrial ultrasonic biodiesel plants, has signed a contract with SPA Renewables to supply the plant.
The... [Read More]
Policy News
Sep 24, 2014
The EPA's failure to finalise the 2014 Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) rules will create an increase in greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) that is equal to placing 4.4 million additional cars on US roads.
The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) has issued a white paper, 'Estimating greenhouse gas emissions from proposed changes to the renewable fuel standard through 2022',... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Sep 24, 2014
A fire has broken out at Abengoa Bioenergy's ethanol plant in Madison, Illinois, US.
At approximately 9.45am on Tuesday 24th September, a fire broke out in a corn silo following an electrical shortage.
Despite firefighters spending four hours containing the fire, there was no major damage.
No one was injured.... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Sep 24, 2014
A stolen tanker crashed and leaked ethanol on Tuesday 24th September, in Autauga County, Alabama, US.
The driver, who stole the tanker truck from Florida Rock and Tank Lines in Montgomery, Alabama, US, has now been identified.
Shortly after 11 am, crews had started transferring ethanol to another tanker, after containing the leak.
There were no reported injuries.... [Read More]
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