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Jan 21, 2015
Fire investigated at Big River Resources’ ethanol plant
Bioethanol News
Jan 21, 2015
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... [Read More]
Policy News
Jan 21, 2015
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... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Dec 8, 2014
Firefighters in Greensboro, North Carolina, US, responded to a leaking tanker at a Ryder truck rental facility.
Approximately 2,000 gallons of ethanol spilled in an accident in south Greensboro, North Carolina.
A tanker filled with ethanol burst after the landing gear, which is used to keep the trailer upright when not hooked to a tractor gave way.
Additional... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Dec 8, 2014
Boeing has completed the world's first flight using 'green diesel', a sustainable biofuel that is widely available and used in ground transportation.The airline powered its ecoDemonstrator 787 flight test airplane in December with a blend of 15% green diesel and 85% petroleum jet fuel in the left engine.'Green diesel offers a tremendous opportunity to make sustainable... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Dec 9, 2014
Airbus Group, a global aeronautics and space company, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Emerging Fuels Technology (EFT), a technology company focused on the development and implementation of methods for producing synthetic fuels and specialty products from a variety of carbonaceous feedstock, to promote the commercialisation of technologies to produce... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Dec 11, 2014
The Department for Transport has launched a £25 million (€31.5 million) competition to build advanced biofuel plants that will convert waste into biofuels.The government department funding is supported by considerable private sector investment and will encourage the construction of up to three demonstration biofuel plants, the first of their kind in the UK.The... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Dec 16, 2014
Renewable Energy Group (REG) has completed upgrades to its 30 million gallon biorefinery in Newton, Iowa, US.
The plant can now produce an even higher purity biomass-based diesel from a variety of raw materials.
REG started work on the $13.2 million (€11 million) project in February and completed it in November, four months ahead of schedule and on budget.
A further... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Dec 16, 2014
Abu Dhabi's Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, a university focused on advanced energy and sustainable technologies, and Tadweer, the Center of Waste Management, have signed a two-year research agreement.
This research will focus on improving the production process of converting waste cooking oil (WCO) to biodiesel through further experimentation and sensitivity... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Dec 17, 2014
Biomass supply company, Genera Energy, has received a financing commitment from Boston-based investment firm WindSail Capital Group that provides financing to companies focusing on advancing energy and sustainability.
The investment will enable Genera to continue its international growth by helping scale its energy crop production and supply chain operations,... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Dec 18, 2014
The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) has published a report detailing 40 different options that it suggests could boost the US's ethanol mandate.
The BPC said it set out to find a 'middle ground' for reforming the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), after advocates have pushed for complete abolition of the law or for no changes at all.
'Given the technical complexity and political... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Dec 18, 2014
Raízen, as large-scale sugarcane ethanol producer, and Iogen, a cellulosic biofuel technology developer, have begun production of cellulosic ethanol at Raízen’s newly expanded sugarcane mill in Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil.
Raízen started expansion works on the $100 million (€81 million) biomass-to-ethanol mill just over one year... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Dec 18, 2014
Amyris, a global renewable products company, has received approval for its renewable jet fuel by Brazil's fuels regulator, ANP.
This enables it to approach commercialisation in Brazil of the Amyris renewable jet fuel in blends of up to 10%.
'Building on the revised ASTM International standard for aviation turbine fuel approved in June 2014, Brazil's ANP has now removed... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Dec 18, 2014
Brazil's National Laboratory of Science and Technology of Bioethanol (CTBE) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Biorenewables Development Centre (BDC), based in York, UK.
For the past five years, plant biologists, geneticists and green chemists from across Europe have been working with CTBE experts on sugarcane breeding and bioethanol production, in... [Read More]
Policy News
Jan 5, 2015
From now, biofuel obligations in Germany will be based on a greenhouse gas (GHG) saving rather than a volume basis. EU-approved Voluntary Sustainability Schemes, such as the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB), will play a key role in the new system. The German government presented important details about the new requirements in December.
A biofuel blender in... [Read More]
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The American Coalition for Ethanol (@ACE) has praised the inclusion and extension of the Clean Fuel Production Credit — commonly referred to as Section 45Z — in the final tax and spending package passed by Congress.
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