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Aug 13, 2014
E85 reaches western Canada
Bioethanol News
Aug 13, 2014
Poet-DSM has announced that the grand opening ceremony for its commercial-scale second generation ethanol plant, Project Liberty, will take place on 3 September.
When it comes online, the Emmetsburg, Iowa-based plant will process 770 tonnes of corn cobs, leaves and husk to produce 20 million gallons a year of cellulosic ethanol. This annual production capacity will later... [Read More]
Policy News
Aug 15, 2014
With indirect land use change (iLUC) dominating much of the conversation on biofuels for the past six years, the debate shows no signs of slowing down.
Chris Malins, fuels programme lead for the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT), will conduct a webinar to explain what iLUC really is.
The ICCT has published a guide that identifies the main six determinants... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Aug 18, 2014
Salem-based Epic Aviation was among 11 oil and gas distribution companies to be awarded multimillion-dollar contracts this week by the Pentagon's Defence Logistics Agency.
Epic, who supplies almost 300 fuelling points to the commercial and military aviation industry, will receive up to $12,002,258 (€9 million) to supply military aircraft with aviation turbine fuel.
The... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Aug 18, 2014
Mahtani Group has partnered with UK-based Sunbird Group to develop a $150 million (€112 million) bioethanol plant in the Luapula Province, Zambia.
The plant will produce bioethanol and will use cassava as its by-product. The feedstock is widely grown in the province with most of it going to waste.
The project is going to be 'the first to use cassava to extract bioethanol... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Aug 20, 2014
All British Airways planes at London's City Airport should be fuelled with rubbish. New industrial plants will turn into liquid fuels organic scraps such as paper, food, and garden clippings.
The first among these is GreenSky London, currently under construction, which will be able to process some 500,000 tonnes of waste annually and convert it into approximately 60,000... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Aug 20, 2014
North European Bio Tech Oy (NEB) is investing in a bioethanol plant on the Renforsin Ranta industrial estate in Kajaani, Finland.
The plant, which has a production capacity of 10 million litres per year of bioethanol, will be leased to oil and bioproduct traders North European Oil Trade Oy (NEOT).
St1 Biofuels Oy, which is responsible for design, permits and coordination... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Aug 20, 2014
Thailand's military government is studying a plan to use rotten rice from state stocks to produce ethanol.
The government is estimated to have lost as much as 400 billion baht (€9.2 billion) in buying and storing 18 million tonnes of rice from farmers at higher-than-market prices in the programme that lasted from October 2011 to February 2014.
'We just launched the... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Aug 20, 2014
Renewable Energy Group (REG) plans to spend $15 million (€11.3 million) in the next 12 months on its Geismar facility.
The biofuels plant, which makes diesel from animal fat, will soon be able to use an increased variety of feedstocks.
Although the timescale is still unknown, REG's Geismar plant hasn't operated since October 2012.... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Aug 20, 2014
Boeing, Airbus and Embraer have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on the development of drop-in aviation biofuels.
Together, the team hopes to encourage governments and legislators, biofuel producers, and airlines to pursue the availability of sustainable new jet fuel sources to help reduce the aviation industry's carbon footprint.
The aviation... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Aug 20, 2014
ASTM International standard D7566, Specification for Aviation Turbine Fuel Containing Synthesised Hydrocarbons now includes renewable synthesised iso-paraffinic fuel.
This recently approved revision adds the synthesised iso-paraffinic fuel to the ASTM D7566 annex, which will facilitate the use of the fuels in all international airlines. This standard ensures biobased fuel... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Aug 20, 2014
In the US Energy Information Administration's August issue of its Short-Term Energy Outlook, ethanol production has averaged approximately 940,000 barrels per day over the past three months.
This level is amongst the highest monthly levels ever recorded. The highest weekly level ever recorded was 972,000 barrels per day during the week ending June 13. Ethanol production... [Read More]
Other News
Jul 17, 2014
The US Navy expects to get bids for biofuels for ships and aircraft that are the same price as conventional fuels.
'We've got a very, very good set of analysis that shows us that it's going to be coming in under $3.50 (€2.59) a gallon,' says Dennis McGinn, assistant secretary for energy, installations and environment.
The Navy intends to buy at least 37 million gallons... [Read More]
Other News
Jul 18, 2014
The aviation industry urges a reduction in its reliance on fossil fuels.
The Sustainable Aviation Council wants a combination of government regulatory action and private investment to help create alternatives to petrol, arguing that biofuels could contribute to the EU's climate objectives and the industry's aim to cut its carbon emissions in half by 2050.
'The most critical... [Read More]
Other News
Jul 18, 2014
Brazilian state-development bank Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Economico e Social (BNDES) will provide 1.9 billion reais (€624 million) in funding to companies looking to grow operations at ethanol and sugar plants.
BNDES and Brazil's research-financing agency Finep have so far chosen 35 projects from 29 companies for loans under the PAISS programme.
The budget... [Read More]
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Emerging Fuel Technology (#EFT) licensee Highbury Energy and #WBCEC are advancing a CAD $210 million (€129 million) indigenous-led biomass-to-fuels project in Fort Frances, #Ontario, after successfully completing a FEED study.
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#US #imports of #biodiesel and renewable diesel slumped to a decade low in the first half of 2025 after a change in tax credits for the fuels came into effect, the US Energy Information Administration (@EIA) said.
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