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Dec 10, 2009
Ineos Bio gets Florida facility funding
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Dec 10, 2009
It has been a long wait but now Europe's largest biorefinery operated by Ensus in Teesside, UK, is due to begin production within weeks. The £250 million (€276.5 million) refinery will produce ethanol from wheat, processing 1.2 million tonnes of animal feed wheat a year. Under a 10-year agreement, Shell will buy all the plant's annual output of 400 million... [Read More]

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Dec 11, 2009
Valero Energy and Mission NewEnergy have signed a five-year deal to supply 200,000 tonnes of biodiesel a year, which is potentially worth around $3.5 billion (€2.4 billion). Mission has confirmed that it will supply Valero with jatropha-based biodiesel and palm oil based biodiesel. Mission NewEnergy said: ‘The increasing demand for biodiesel driven by the Renewable... [Read More]

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Nov 23, 2009
A pilot cellulosic ethanol plant in Wyoming, US, has won approval to take part in a new programme supporting the development of biofuels. KL Energy is currently working on producing ethanol from wood chips, gathered from Black Hills National Forest on the Wyoming-South Dakota state line, at its test plant in Upton. The new programme by the US Department of Agriculture... [Read More]

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Nov 23, 2009
Brazil has signed an agreement with Mozambique for a $6 billion (€4 billion) investment in biofuel exploration. The report was confirmed by António de Godoy, chairperson of the Brazilian confederation of biofuel companies Arranjo Produtivo Local do Alcool (APLA). The biofuels, made from sugarcane, will be exported to Brazil in the hope that the new source of fuel... [Read More]

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Nov 23, 2009
Brazil state-owned energy company Petrobras’ wholly-owned subsidiary Petrobras Biocombustível has acquired a 50% stake in BSBIOS Marialva Indústria e Comércio de Biodiesel Sul Brasil. The investment amounts to R$55 million (€21.28 million) and strengthens the company’s green fuel foray. BSBIOS Marialva is located in the municipality of Marialva, in the state... [Read More]

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Nov 23, 2009
The demand for biodiesel in Europe has spurred one Bulgarian port to develop a storage terminal. Infrastructure is being eyed for an imported palm oil storage facility at one of its Black Sea ports. Palm oil will arrive from Indonesia. The nation is conducting market expansion of agricultural products to Europe. Aside from feedstocks that could be used to create biodiesel,... [Read More]

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Nov 23, 2009
It has been tested in aeroplanes before, but now biofuels have made new aviation headlines. On Monday 23 November KLM Royal Dutch Airlines transported passengers above the Netherlands for 90 minutes with one engine powered with a 50% mix of biofuel and 50% kerosene, the typical air craft fuel, which fuelled the three other engines. Biofuel used on the flight reduces... [Read More]

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Nov 24, 2009
Energy group Mercuria Energy has acquired Germany-based biodiesel refinery 3B Biofuels The refinery has 250,000 tonnes of production capacity. 3B Biofuels will help Mercuria to meet its customers’ need for diesel that is pre-blended with mandatory biofuel components. The plant is a state of the art facility with multi-feedstock technology and was recently upgraded... [Read More]

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Nov 24, 2009
Europe may be the world's biodiesel leader and the Americas are second to none for ethanol but another region is growing in status as a biofuels producer. Thailand’s energy minister says the Association of Southeast Asian Nations is a biofuels hub with the potential to become the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) of biofuels. Wannarat... [Read More]

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Nov 24, 2009
In an attempt to kick start its commercial biofuel production project, Viridas has announced a €940,000 share placing to fund a plantation in Brazil. The share placing is just one of the ways the Leeds, UK-based company is raising money to establish a new administrative organisation in Brazil and to buy a 250 hectare farm in Bahia. Stanley Wootliff, chairman of Viridas,... [Read More]

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Nov 25, 2009
An ethanol storage project has been given the go-ahead in Pennsylvania, US. The proposed ethanol storage facility will be situated on property owned by the SEDA-Council of Governments Joint Rail Authority at the Newberry Rail Yard. Nittany Oil has been granted a conditional use permit to build four, double-wall storage tanks adjacent the new Bulkmatic facility at the... [Read More]

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Nov 25, 2009
Feedstock supplier GEM BioFuels has started commercial production of crude jatropha oil (CJO). The company plans to make its first shipment of CJO, bound for Europe and Australia, early next month and expect the value of the initial shipment to be relatively low. Paul Benetti, CEO of GEM BioFuels said: ‘The commencement of commercial jatropha oil production is a... [Read More]

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Nov 26, 2009
Being green is not necessarily inexpensive. The Norwegian Government has proposed to remove a tax exemption on biodiesel for the safety of people rather than the health of the environment. The Government argues that costs related to road accidents, congestion, noise and road wear and tear are the same whether cars are run on fossil fuels or renewable fuels. Norway has... [Read More]

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Nov 26, 2009
Over the last year we have heard numerous success stories of part biodiesel-fuelled aeroplane tests, the latest of which featured camelina-based fuel, and carried passengers for the first time. Now aircraft manufacturer Embraer and US-based technology company General Electric will test fly a renewable jet fuel by early 2012 made from sugarcane developed by Californian... [Read More]


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