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Oct 25, 2013
First commercial airline flight using biofuel takes place in Brazil
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Oct 25, 2013
The first biodiesel pump in the state of Maharashtra, India is set to arrive by the end of the year.
It will be operated by My Eco Energy in the city of Pimpri-Chinchwad and the biodiesel is set to be produced via treated waste materials, including vegetable oils and animal fats.
Santosh Verma, a director of My Eco Energy, said during a media address: ‘A biodiesel... [Read More]
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Oct 28, 2013
Scientists at the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology have acquired 200 hectares of coastal land in the Western Region to set up a demonstration farm with aims to start producing sustainable jet fuel from plants.
The Integrated Seawater Energy and Agriculture System Project plans to be 100% sustainable once operational, using aquaculture to eventually produce biofuels.
The... [Read More]
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Oct 28, 2013
US-based technology provider Monsanto and plant genomics company Evogene are to extend and expand a research and development collaboration involving biofuels feedstocks up to August 2016.
The collaboration, initially signed in 2008, has focused on identifying key plant genes related to yield, environmental stress and fertiliser use in corn, soyabean, canola and also... [Read More]
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Oct 29, 2013
Renewable energy company Darling International has completed the purchase of the rendering and biodiesel division of Maple Leaf Foods.
In a statement, Darling says it acquired Rothsay for approximately $645 million (€467.7 million) in cash.
Darling CEO Randall Stuewe believes the addition ‘will bring new solutions and opportunities to our many customers across... [Read More]
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Oct 30, 2013
Austria-based Vogelbusch Biocommodities has announced the opening of a bioethanol plant in Alejandro Roca, Argentina this October.
The plant, owned by producing company Promaíz, has a capacity of 420,000 litres per day which makes it the largest of its kind in the country. The facility uses ethanol technology licensed by Vogelbusch designed for both high performance... [Read More]
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Oct 30, 2013
Butamax Advanced Biofuels, a biobutanol technology company, has met with officials of the US Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to discuss the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) 2014 RVO targets this October.
This comes after recent news reports have claimed industry stakeholders and market participants were concerned over a potential lowering of cellulosic... [Read More]
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Oct 31, 2013
The Arkansas county, US community of Dewitt was the location for the launch of the first Farm to Fuel project in October, which aims to bring jobs and energy independence to the Arkansas Delta region.
The Advanced Energy Foundation (AAEF), which promotes public understanding of advanced energy in Arkansas, and Alt Consulting, a non-profit community... [Read More]
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Oct 31, 2013
Commodity trading company Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) has reported financial results for the quarter ending 30 September 2013.
It reported adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.46 (€0.33), down from $0.53 in the same period last year. ADM put this adjusted EPS decrease primarily due to lower agricultural services operating profit.
Net earnings for the quarter were... [Read More]
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Nov 1, 2013
According to new research, supported by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), the humble chicken could be the unexpected beneficiaries of the growing biofuels industry.
The research claims it has long been known the yeasty broth left over after bioethanol production is nutritious, but it has taken a collaboration between Nottingham Trent University... [Read More]
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Nov 1, 2013
Research at the National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan has developed a microwave-based process which transforms waste cooking oils into biodiesel in 10 seconds.
The team was led by the visiting Aharon Gedanken from the Department of Chemistry at Bar-Ilan University, Israel.
‘I was told Taiwanese people like to cook a lot but waste cooking oils are a problem for the... [Read More]
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Nov 4, 2013
An ethanol biorefinery in Iowa, US is offering retailers grants to install new fuel pumps to dispense a higher blends of ethanol than the current E10 available at many petrol stations.
The biorefinery is offering the $15,000 to five willing retailers which agree to install the blender pumps, capping the total project cost at $75,000.
'We wanted to come up with a programme... [Read More]
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Nov 4, 2013
It has been reported auto manufacturer MAN Latin America has completed tests on diesel made from sugarcane.
The company is believed to have performed over 500 hours of testing on Euro 5 engines within four Volkswagen Constellation trucks and another two Volkswagen model 24280 vehicles. All six ran on 100% sugarcane diesel throughout the month of June in Rio De Janeiro,... [Read More]
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Nov 5, 2013
Sequential Pacific Biodiesel (SPB), a commercial biodiesel producer in the US, has added two new suppliers of feedstock to its roster this autumn.
Woodland Park Zoo and Husky Stadium, home of the Washington Huskies, have become cooking oil recycling customers and both join a list of others which, last year alone, helped SPB recycle enough oil from Washington to offset... [Read More]
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Nov 5, 2013
The 5,000 tonnes of waste generated in the city of Chennai, India, per day has the potential to be converted to 120 million litres of aviation fuel and 40.5 million litres of diesel per year.
An expert told newspaper The New Indian Express that through plasma gasification and vitrification process - a technology developed by NASA - the waste could be generated into wealth.
Vinod... [Read More]
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