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Nov 22, 2013
US military biofuel plan ‘doesn’t work’ say critics
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Nov 22, 2013
The paper industry in Old Town, Maine, US has been stuck in gradual decline for some years now. However, one company - Old Town Fuel and Fiber (OTFF) - is said to be 'on the cusp' of a breakthrough for a new process to extract sugars from wood waste that can be used to make biofuels and bioplastics. The technology would take the wood waste generated from the mill and break... [Read More]

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Nov 22, 2013
The European Union will impose punitive duties on imports of biodiesel from both Argentina and Indonesia for the next five years, after ruling that producers there were selling at unfairly low prices detrimental to European manufacturers. According to the European Commission, the EU's executive body, the duties would be set at an average of 24.6% for biodiesel from Argentina... [Read More]

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Nov 25, 2013
TransMessis Columbia Plateau (TCP) has moved into the biodiesel plant in Odessa, Washington, US and expects to be operational by the end of November. CEO Damon Pistulka expects the plant to reach full capacity in the first quarter of 2014. The facility, previously owned and operated by Inland Empire Oilseeds, will produce biodiesel from canola. He estimates the company... [Read More]

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Nov 25, 2013
In Illinois, Patriot Renewable Fuels' has approved the formation of a new subsidiary, Patriot Fuels, Biodiesel, to build a 5mgy biodiesel plant adjacent to the company's ethanol plant in Annawan. The plant will use corn oil extracted from corn, utilising the SUPERTM Process production system designed by Jatro Diesel. By adding this process, Patriot will produce both ethanol... [Read More]

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Nov 26, 2013
M&G Chemicals, among the three largest producers of PET resin for packaging applications in the world, has announced plans to construct a second-generation biorefinery in the region of Fuyang, Anhui Province, China in a joint venture with Chinese biomass collections and logistics company Guozhen. The refinery will convert one million tonnes of biomass into bioethanol... [Read More]

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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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