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Jul 16, 2014
EIA increases July’s ethanol production forecast
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Jul 16, 2014
Two US senators have urged federal regulators to investigate allegations made by a biofuel trade group that the oil industry uses 'strong-arm tactics' to block the extensive use of higher blends of ethanol in petrol.
A report produced by the Renewable Fuels Association argues that major oil companies discourage the sale of ethanol by implementing levels of 15% per gallon... [Read More]
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Jul 17, 2014
Honduras has opened its first ethanol production plant in the city of Catacamas in the department of Colancho.
Located at the headquarters of the National Agricultural University, the country's plant is part of a wider initiative led by the Organisation of American States (OAS) to expand biofuels activity within the area.
Its development is supported by the Brazilian and... [Read More]
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Jun 23, 2014
US ethanol outputs have hit a record high as plants prepare for the increasing seasonal demand and positive margins.
With weak corn prices and increasing crude oil values to reinforce this demand, last week saw plants produce on average 972,000 barrels a day, 28,000 barrels a day more than the previous week – the highest ever figure since records began.
The weak... [Read More]
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Jun 24, 2014
The Northeast biodiesel plant has received a $540,000 (€397,000) grant from the state Department of Energy Resources.
Construction of the $3.5 million plant began ten years ago and is now nearing completion.
With a further $350,000 of investment, Lynn Benander, president of Co-op Power Energy Cooperative, expects construction of the cooking-grease-to-diesel-fuel... [Read More]
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Jun 24, 2014
Neste Oil and Renewable Algae Energy (RAE), a US-based algae biomass producer, have signed a commercial algae oil off-take agreement.
Traffic fuels refiner and marketer, Neste Oil, is researching algae oil as one of the alternative feedstocks for producing NEXBTL renewable diesel.
Implementation of the agreement will require RAE to increase its algae oil production capacity... [Read More]
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Jun 25, 2014
Isuzu Motors and Euglena will team up to develop a new kind of biodiesel using algae.
The companies are looking to develop a type of fuel that can be used on its own unlike existing kinds that need to be mixed with light oil.
‘As long as we use light oil for diesel engines, emissions of carbon dioxide are inevitable,’ says Susumu Hosoi, president... [Read More]
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Jun 25, 2014
Celtic Renewables, an Edinburgh-based biofuels company, has signed an agreement with Belgium's Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant to start testing its process to turn whisky by-products into biofuel that can power vehicles.
After receiving a further €1.5 million in funding, Celtic Renewables will be the first company to trial biobutanol technology at the biotechnology pilot... [Read More]
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Jun 26, 2014
Finland-based UPM is building a biorefinery in Lappeenranta, Finland that will produce renewable diesel, known as BioVerno.
The facility will be the world’s first commercial scale wood-based biorefinery when operations begin this summer. It will produce approximately 100,000 tonnes of renewable UPM BioVerno diesel each year, covering a quarter of Finland’s... [Read More]
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Jun 27, 2014
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has released a notice detailing contract proposals for its Advanced Biofuel Payment Programme.
According to the NOCP, the programme, which gives payments to producers to support and expand advanced biofuels production, has $15 million (€11 million) available for the fiscal year 2014.
The programme rules state that the number... [Read More]
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Jun 27, 2014
A Houston federal grand jury has indicted the owner and CEO of two biodiesel companies with renewable identification number (RIN) fraud, in a scheme that allegedly made him over $29 million (€21 million).
The 68-count against Philip Joseph Rivkin, includes allegations of wire fraud, mail fraud, Clean Air Act false statements and money laundering.
'The indictment... [Read More]
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Jun 27, 2014
Canada's biofuel support programmes have been 'a dismal failure,' with costs outweighing benefits by a three-to-one margin, according to a study released by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.
Between the years of 2008 to 2012, the study's authors estimate the biofuels policies to have cost between $3 (€2.20) and $3.50 (€2.60) for every dollar of social and... [Read More]
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Jun 30, 2014
A marine engine recently launched in the UK hopes to run on 100% biodiesel fuel.
In compliance with IMO 2 emissions rules, AGCO Power in Finland builds the heavy duty engines, which are then sold in the UK by Mermaid Marine.
The Citius series engines are available in four and six cylinder versions, between 130 and 410 horsepower.
'The fuel – either 100% biodiesel... [Read More]
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Jun 30, 2014
The Ministry of Energy has recently announced the shortlisted companies, including Shell, BP and PTT, for a joint venture contract distributing jet fuel.
The ministry invited tenders interested in forming a joint venture for fuel distribution in Mingaladon Township, Myanmar (Burma).
A total of 23 bidders submitted their respective proposals, where the ministry then made... [Read More]
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Jun 30, 2014
Alaska Airlines is using new flight procedures as a result of the agency's Greener Skies initiative, a regional rollout of the FAA's Next Generation Air Transportation System in Seattle, currently in its second phase.
The primary objective of the first phase of the programme, which began in 2010, was to develop and implement two Area Navigation (RNAV) arrivals and six... [Read More]
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