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Jan 16, 2014
New biodiesel plant set for Europe
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Jan 17, 2014
The European Court of Justice has come to a conclusion on the complaint made by BP North America against the Council of the European Union (EU).
Five years ago the European Biodiesel Board (EBB) lodged a complaint against dumped and subsidised biodiesel imports from the US. In March 2009, the European Commission imposed extensive anti-dumping and countervailing measures... [Read More]
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Jan 20, 2014
Pacific Coast Canola, a subsidiary of US-based crop processor Legumex Walker, has signed a six-month contract to deliver canola oil to biofuels company Imperium Renewables.
The so-called ‘super degummed’ feedstock will be delivered by truck to Imperium’s refinery in Hoquiam.
‘The biofuel industry is an important complementary market for our canola... [Read More]
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Jan 20, 2014
Construction of a new bioethanol facility has begun this January in the Ukraine via research and development company Zarya.
The project is reported to cost UAH470 million (€41.4 million) and will produce bioethanol with an ethanol concentration of 99%. The facility will provide carbon dioxide and DDGS as by-products.
‘Researchers have studied both bioethanol... [Read More]
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Jan 20, 2014
Etihad Airways, the state-owned carrier of Abu Dhabi, is joining with French energy firm Total and US aircraft maker Boeing to develop biofuels in the emirate, company officials have announced.
Though Abu Dhabi has huge oil reserves and access to cheap jet fuel, it says it wants to develop sustainable energy sources to diversify its economy. Biofuels could also help Etihad... [Read More]
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Jan 21, 2014
Novozymes, a producer of industrial enzymes, says 2013 financial results saw organic sales grow by 7% (DKK 5%, LCY 8%), EBIT by 6% and net profit by 9%. The EBIT margin increased by 0.3% to 24.7% compared with 2012.
The company is confident 2014 will show a continuation of these upward trends, an outlook which includes the expected financial impact from its BioAg Alliance... [Read More]
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Jan 22, 2014
US biodiesel producer Blue Sun Energy has implemented a new enzymatic processing technology into its 30 million gallon per year St. Joe refinery in Missouri.
This new process uses the Callera Trans L enzyme, provided by Blue Sun’s project partner Novozymes, and is being heralded by Blue Sun as ‘the most advanced biodiesel production facility in the world’.
'The... [Read More]
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Jan 22, 2014
France-based renewable hydrocarbon provider Global Bioenergies (GB) is to collaborate with German car manufacturer Audi on the development of isobutene-derived isooctane, a high performance biofuel for petrol engines.
One of GB’s in-house programmes concerns the production of bio-isobutene, a molecule which can transform into isooctane, a 100% drop-in fuel that can... [Read More]
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Jan 23, 2014
A lack of any transport-focused mandate from the European Commission (EC) as it delivered its vision on a long-term energy and climate policy has sparked a reaction from stakeholders in the renewable fuels industry.
The EC report, titled A policy framework for climate and energy policy between 2020 to 2030, suggests moves to a mandatory 40% greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction,... [Read More]
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Jan 23, 2014
Renewable Energy Group has acquired renewable chemical technology developer LS9 for a purchase price of up to $61.5 million (€45 million), consisting of up front and earnout payments, in stock and cash.
Most of the LS9 team, including the entire research and development group, will join the newly named REG Life Sciences, which will operate out of LS9’s headquarters... [Read More]
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Jan 24, 2014
A fire at a north Mississippi, US, biofuels plant is reported to have been burning since yesterday, after a total of three explosions rocked the facility.
Mississippi Emergency Management Agency officials are quoted as saying that authorities are trying to figure if they should extinguish the fire or let it burn out.
No injuries have been reported, though a voluntary evacuation... [Read More]
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Dec 17, 2013
Global agribusiness Cargill is to invest €60 million ($82.5 million) in building a new ethanol facility in Germany.
The plant will produce premium ethanol destined for the German and European beverage, cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries by using feedstock from an adjacent wheat facility. It is expected to be operational by the autumn of 2015.
‘This... [Read More]
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Dec 18, 2013
Joil, a scientific bioenergy crop developer focused on a new generation of jatropha, has achieved an average seed yield of 3.53 tonnes per hectare in the third year of its large-scale field trials in India.The company claims the yield will be 4.42 tonnes per hectare unpruned. These results place Joil’s jatropha varieties on track to deliver a projected yield... [Read More]
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Dec 19, 2013
UK-based Gazasia is to develop an anaerobic digestion plant in the Philippines with local business Aseagas to provide clean, renewable transport fuel.
The project will create the first biomethane plant in the country, which will produce biogas from organic waste. This, in turn, will be processed to generate liquid biomethane to be used as fuel.
The initial $47 million... [Read More]
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Dec 19, 2013
It has been reported China New Energy is to enter a reverse takeover of BAPP Ethanol Holdings, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sino Distillery Group.
The restructure will mean BAPP will have an indirect 75% interest in Harbin China Distillery, which owns and operates a 60,000 tonne a year biorefinery in north-east China.
The deal is subject to further due diligence and negotiation... [Read More]
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