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Aug 20, 2014
Ethanol production volumes among highest ever reported
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Jul 17, 2014
The US Navy expects to get bids for biofuels for ships and aircraft that are the same price as conventional fuels.
'We've got a very, very good set of analysis that shows us that it's going to be coming in under $3.50 (€2.59) a gallon,' says Dennis McGinn, assistant secretary for energy, installations and environment.
The Navy intends to buy at least 37 million gallons... [Read More]
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Jul 18, 2014
The aviation industry urges a reduction in its reliance on fossil fuels.
The Sustainable Aviation Council wants a combination of government regulatory action and private investment to help create alternatives to petrol, arguing that biofuels could contribute to the EU's climate objectives and the industry's aim to cut its carbon emissions in half by 2050.
'The most critical... [Read More]
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Jul 18, 2014
Brazilian state-development bank Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Economico e Social (BNDES) will provide 1.9 billion reais (€624 million) in funding to companies looking to grow operations at ethanol and sugar plants.
BNDES and Brazil's research-financing agency Finep have so far chosen 35 projects from 29 companies for loans under the PAISS programme.
The budget... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jul 21, 2014
A multi-billion naira ethanol plant has opened at Igbesa, Ogun State, Africa.
Allied Atlantic Distilleries is the first ever cassava-based ethanol plant to produce extra neutral alcohol in Africa (ENA).
The ethanol facility was built as a result of a government-backed initiative to supply raw material to a number of distillers and industries. Along with ethanol, the plant... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jul 21, 2014
A senior official at the Ministry of Petroleum reports that Egypt is currently evaluating the proposal of three petrochemical projects to the UAE, two of which focus on bioethanol production totalling $490 million (€362 million).
One project involves the construction of a factory to produce bioethanol from molasses, with a capacity of 100,000 tonnes per year and an... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jul 22, 2014
Genscape's LandViewer website offers an insight into current corn crop condition and price correlation.
The data, which covers over 1,400 counties, provides information of pricing at a national, state and county level.
Genscape's new LandViewer platform offers dual-level, real-time images of developing variables, which allows growers, traders, and grain buyers to correlate... [Read More]
Policy News
Jul 22, 2014
The US Department of Energy (DOE) and US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has selected ten projects to receive funding aimed at furthering genetic breeding programmes.
The programmes will improve plant feedstocks for the production of biofuels and bio-based products.
'Biofuels and bio-based products offer the potential of home-grown US resources that can reduce our dependence... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jul 23, 2014
Following the launch of its new business unit Leaf Technologies, Lesaffre has announced the acquisition of start-up company Butalco.
Research company Butalco focuses on yeast technology and the development of yeast strains for second generation biofuels.
The move follows the establishment of Leaf Technologies, which concentrates on the development and sale of fermentation... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jul 23, 2014
Cellana, a biofuels company based in Kailua-Kona, will receive a $3.5 million (€2.6 million) grant from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to pursue an integrated, high-yield algae biofuel feedstock production system at their Kailua-Kona, Hawaii demonstration facility.
Cellana's research efforts have led it to use algae to produce various products including a new form... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jul 24, 2014
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has confirmed rules that create a programme to control fraud and adopt new technologies.
The programme will tackle fraud in biodiesel credits and will also add new technologies to its list of approved renewable fuels.
As the fraud rule aims to prevent biofuel refiners from becoming the victims of fraud, an auditing system has been... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jul 24, 2014
Aemetis has received a $3 million (€2.2 million) matching grant award from the California Energy Commission (CEC) Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Programme.
Industrial biotech company Aemetis received this award following the company's 'low-carbon sorghum ethanol project application to the 'pilot-scale and commercial-scale advanced biofuels production... [Read More]
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Jul 25, 2014
Tank Storage Asia, taking place on 24-25 September at the Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, boasts its strongest ever conference line up. Over 20 leading authorities in the bulk liquid storage sector will discuss the region's critical issues - everything from changing trade flows and the shale boom to the storage market in China and the growth of the Asian biofuels market.
In... [Read More]
Policy News
Jul 25, 2014
The US Grains Council (USGC) reveals that China's Import Inspection Authority, AQSIQ, now requires US distiller's dried grains (DDG) imports to be officially certified free of the MIR 162 GMO trait.
All DDG shipments now departing that do not adhere to the certification requirement will be rejected, the North American Export Grain Association (NAEGA) said in a note to... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jul 25, 2014
Agri-Energy plans to integrate renewable diesel production at its ethanol plant in Garnett, Kansas, US.
The plant will use its corn distillers oil (CDO) along with other feedstocks to produce renewable diesel.
Construction on the US facility, which will produce 3 million gallons of hydrocarbon fuel per year, will start shortly and will be complete in approximately a year's... [Read More]
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