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Nov 26, 2013
M&G Chemicals to construct biorefinery in China
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Nov 29, 2013
An ethanol plant based in the town of Utica, New York, US, is producing again under new ownership, a year after mounting debts and foreclosure forced an end to the previous owner's operations.
The former Utica Energy plant, rebranded as Fox River Valley Ethanol by new owners Ace Ethanol, began grinding corn for production in October. The plant can produce about 50 million... [Read More]
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Nov 29, 2013
Leaf Energy has completed trials at the Andritz pilot plant facility using its Glycerol Pretreatment Process on waste sugarcane in Ohio, US.
The company uses its patented technology to convert waste biomass into cellulose. This is then turned into biofuels, bioplastics and green chemicals.
A continuous processing rate up to 4.4 tonnes per day was achieved and is a step... [Read More]
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Nov 29, 2013
Biodiesel producer and marketer Renewable Energy Group (REG) announced it has entered into an agreement with Dutch Hill Terminals, a heating oil terminal in New Jersey, to market biodiesel and biodiesel blended heating oil at its Clifton, New Jersey location.
'This terminal position will give us additional capacity to serve the existing markets in the Northeast and prepare... [Read More]
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Dec 2, 2013
Green Biologics, a UK-based technology developer and emerging bio-based C4 chemicals producer, has secured a £15.4 million (€18 million) investment which will allow them to begin executing plans to bring their first commercial production facility in the US on-stream in 2016.
The investment round is led by Sofinnova Partners with strategic participation by Swire... [Read More]
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Dec 2, 2013
Green Plains Renewable Energy has announced the completion of its acquisition of two 110 MMgy ethanol plants previously owned by Biofuel Energy.
The transaction includes the Pioneer Trail Energy plant in Wood River, Nebraska, and the Buffalo Lake Energy facility in Fairmont, Minnesota, both US. Green Plains purchased the plants from an entity composed of BioFuel Energy's... [Read More]
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Dec 3, 2013
Global technology provider of specialised biofuels and renewable chemicals, Biochemtex, is to invest around $200 million (€147 million) in its new cellulosic biofuels plant in Sampson County, North Carolina, US.
The firm will operate at the location as Carolina Cellulosic Biofuels, established in early 2013 as a special purpose vehicle for delivering the first commercial-scale... [Read More]
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Dec 3, 2013
Researchers at two leading Scottish universities have embarked on a £1.1m (€1.3 million) project to find a clean and effective way of producing biofuel using solar energy.
Robert Gordon University (RGU) experts Professor Linda Lawton and Professor Peter Robertson, alongside University of St Andrews Professor John Irvine, have been awarded funding by the Engineering... [Read More]
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Dec 3, 2013
Argentina, one of the world's leading biodiesel producers, will require a 10% biodiesel blend in fuel burned for power generation, according to government officials.
In a bid to boost the struggling biofuels sector and increase the use of 'green fuels', the blending requirement for biofuel in the diesel used to run local vehicles will also be stepped to 10% in January,... [Read More]
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Nov 6, 2013
A grant has been awarded by the Western Australian government to help expand a renewable fuels programme.
The Ashburton Aboriginal Corporation (AAC) will put the AU$25,000 (€17,600) into its AshOil programme, which uses used cooking oil to produce about 15,000 litres of biodiesel each week.
It is believed AAC currently supplies mining company Rio Tinto with 50,000... [Read More]
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Nov 6, 2013
The waste-to-biofuels plant to be built in Sofia, Bulgaria is now scheduled to begin construction in early 2014.
Plans are reportedly to be drawn up by Greek company Aktor-Helektor, which won the construction tender in April, in December as final contracts are due to be signed off this month.
It is hoped the plant will treat over three quarters of the capital’s waste... [Read More]
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Nov 7, 2013
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded nearly $10 million (€7.3 million) to a consortium, led by Colorado State University (CSU), to study the challenges limiting the use of insect-killed trees as a sustainable feedstock for bioenergy and renewable fuels.
CSU researchers, together with other scientists from universities, government and private industry... [Read More]
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Nov 7, 2013
Tank Storage Asia, taking place on 10 and 11 December 2013 at Singapore Expo, has secured its best ever conference line up. Over 20 leading authorities in the Asian bulk liquid storage sector will deliver sessions on the critical issues spanning the whole region - from the Middle East to China and New Zealand.
On the first day of the Tank Storage Asia conference, Nurul... [Read More]
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Nov 8, 2013
An initiative for the development of sustainable jet fuels has been announced, bringing together key players in the Nordic aviation sector.
The Nordic Initiative for Sustainable Aviation (NISA) is made up of airports, airlines and their industry federations, and aviation authorities. Airbus and Boeing have been named as supporters of the initiative, as well as... [Read More]
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Nov 8, 2013
GE Aviation (GE) has announced it has signed an agreement to buy cellulosic biofuel to broaden its fuel sources for jet engine testing.
As of 2016, the Washington DC-based D'Arcinoff Group will supply at least 500,000 gallons of the fuel annually for GE's main testing facility in Ohio.
The 10-year agreement contains options for GE to order up to 10 million... [Read More]
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