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Aug 29, 2014
Asian biofuels reaching new heights
Bioethanol News
Aug 29, 2014
Biofuels technology providers ICM has commissioned and started production at a dry-mill corn ethanol plant in Cordoba, Argentina.
The plant excelled the initial production capacity of 400 cubic metres per day during the testing period.
The facility completed construction and installation in February 2014.... [Read More]
Policy News
Aug 29, 2014
Switzerland-based MBP Group, a waste fats and oils collector, has earned the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials sustainability certification for its commitment in waste material collection, commerce and distribution.
'Sustainability was—and still remains—a key ingredient of our business activities and its success. We are pleased to see that our company... [Read More]
Policy News
Aug 29, 2014
There is still no approval admitting DDGs into China with Syngenta's MIR 162 trait, despite the last date for departure delayed from 24 July to 18 August.
A considerable amount of tonnes remain on contract, but have not yet shipped. Those contracted values significantly exceed their value in the current marketplace.
Along with DDGs shippers, the Chinese General Administration... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Sep 3, 2014
Renewable energy specialist Summit Group will construct a corn ethanol production facility in Brazil.
The Iowa-based Summit Group will develop a $140 million (€107 million) plant near Lucas do Rio Verde in Mato Grosso.Summit Group will use ICM's technology to power its 50 million gallon per year Brazilian ethanol plant.
Initial work on the plant will begin within... [Read More]
Policy News
Sep 3, 2014
Secure energy margins have led to Red River Energy's South Dakota plant coming back online.
The 25 million gallon facility has been idle since early 2013.
'The margins are good in ethanol, corn is abundant at this point with a record crop coming in. We're optimistic about our future here. We have to get up and operating at full capacity, but we see good margins being a... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Sep 3, 2014
As demand coming from the US slows, biofuels growth in the 2013-18 period will be modest compared to the 2008-13 period, says the Freedonia Group report.
Asia, the Africa/Mideast region and Central and South America will drive global biofuels demand to 115 million tonnes in 2018, up 18.7 million tonnes from 2013 figures, reports the Freedonia Group's new study, 'World... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Sep 3, 2014
Green Fuel is setting up an ethanol project in Zambia, which will see the company build a $500-million facility.
The biodiesel processor supplier entered into a partnership with the Development Trust of Zimbabwe (DTZ) resulting in the creation of a company called Zimbabwe Bio-Energy in 2008.
It is this company that will implement the ethanol project.
The move comes after... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Sep 3, 2014
Refineries in the Iowa, US, will begin full operations using feedstocks other than corn kernels.
Iowa has two major cellulosic plants under construction that will use corn plant leaves, stalks and cobs to produce ethanol.
Project Liberty, a plant in Emmetsburg built by Sioux Falls, South Dakota-based ethanol-maker POET and biotechnology company Royal DSM. The $250 million... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Sep 3, 2014
Lurgi, a member of the Air Liquide group of companies, has completed construction and start-up of an ethanol facility for Calgren Renewable Fuels.
The Calgren plant is currently the only ethanol plant operating in the US state of California.
Calgren and Lurgi worked together to design a plant that optimises the plant's energy efficiency, while producing value added co-products.
The... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Sep 4, 2014
Project Liberty, the US's first commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plant, located in Emmetsburg, Iowa, has been officially opened.
A joint venture of DSM and Poet, Project Liberty will convert 285,000 tonnes a year of biomass sourced from within a 45-mile radius of the plant into renewable fuel. Feedstocks will include baled corn cobs, leaves, husk and stalk.
The plant... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Aug 4, 2014
Karlstad Airport, Sweden, has become the first airport in Europe to install a fixed storage tank facility for aviation biofuel.
The facility officially opened on 26 June and the first regular commercial flight in Sweden took off the same day.
From the start of 2015, biofuels will be available to all aircraft departing from Karlstad Airport.
'This facility is the first... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Aug 4, 2014
On 31 July, Amyris, partnered with Brazilian airline GOL, completed the aviation industry's first commercial flight with farnesane.
The recently approved renewable jet fuel was used in the duo's first flight, which left Orlando, Florida, on 30 July and flew to Sao Paulo, Brazil.
The partnership committed to using up to a 10% blend of the renewable farnesane fuel, which... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Aug 4, 2014
Quad County Corn Processors has added a 'bolt on' biorefinery that to its plant that turns corn kernel fibres into cellulosic ethanol.
'After four years of research and development, financing hurdles, waiting on EPA rule clarifications and construction, we are excited to see the ACE project working and are proud to be producing the world's first corn kernel fibre cellulosic... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Aug 5, 2014
Egypt is looking to invest $250 million (€187 million) in a bioethanol plant in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
The Ministry of Petroleum in Egypt has plans to construct a bioethanol plant in UAE that will process 100,000 tonnes of molasses annually.
Machinery and other related infrastructure will be installed at the molasses plant, which will also contain a processing... [Read More]
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