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Jun 20, 2014
Newly-approved aviation biofuel
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Jun 23, 2014
Zimbabwe's government has scrapped plans to increase the mandatory threshold for ethanol blending and will maintain the current levels, as a result of the disappointing sugarcane output.
Initially, the government planned to increase the mandatory blending of petrol with ethanol to 20% by April this year from the current E15, reporting this would save $72 million (€53... [Read More]
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May 27, 2014
A ceremony to mark the start of the construction of Empyro's pyrolysis oil production plant has taken place.
The Empryo project, coordinated by BTG Biomass Technology Group, is building the factory at the AkzoNobel site in Hengelo, The Netherlands.
Production capacity will gradually increase to its maximum of over 20 million litres per year of pyrolysis oil.
Construction... [Read More]
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May 27, 2014
Industry representatives expect Brazil's government to announce an increase to the minimum requirement of biodiesel that is blended into diesel.
The decision would increase the biodiesel requirement to 6% in July and 7% in November from the current 5%, lowering Brazil's diesel fuel imports.
Modifying this blend requirement has been considered for years but experienced... [Read More]
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May 27, 2014
Researchers at the Institute of Food Research, UK, are researching how to turn straw from oilseed rape into biofuel.
Straw from crops such as wheat, barley, oats and oilseed rape is a potential source of biomass for second generation biofuel production.
Professor Keith Waldron and his team used the facilities at the Biorefinery Centre on the Norwich Research Park, to... [Read More]
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May 27, 2014
Renewable energy provider, Patriot Renewable Fuels, has hired Leifmark for the first stage of a plan to co-locate an Inbicon Biomass Refinery on the site of Patriot's 110 MMgy grain to ethanol plant.
Leifmark, a group of bioenergy marketing specialists, is using its Incibon patented technology to create a custom Project Definition.
The plant, located in Annawan, Illinois,... [Read More]
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May 28, 2014
A fire broke out at the Rio Valley Biofuels plant near Anthony, New Mexico, after a series of small explosions.
The fire, reported shortly after 9am, sent a plume of black smoke into the air, prompting authorities to briefly evacuate the surrounding area.
Witnesses reported hearing loud explosions and seeing large flames as fire engines and emergency services came to the... [Read More]
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May 28, 2014
St1 Biofuels Oy, a Finnish energy group, will send an Etanolix plant to north European Oil Trade Oy in Gothenburg, Sweden.
The Etanolix plant will produce waste-based bioethanol for transport fuel, using feedstocks such as biowaste and process residue.
St1's plant, which is currently under construction, will have a bioethanol annual production capacity of 5 million litres.
This... [Read More]
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May 28, 2014
COREPER, a committee working for the Council of the European Union, will bring the ‘ILUC Directive’ to the Council of Energy ministers on 13 June. Overcoming the present standstill enables the EU to move past the controversial and ongoing ILUC debate. Rob Vierhout, secretary general of ePURE is calling for the EU to create a long-term, stable and... [Read More]
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May 29, 2014
The Ministry of Economic Development has signed an agreement with Biochemtex Group, the engineering branch of Mossi & Ghisolfi, for the construction of three new plants.
The three sites, located in southern Italy, in Sulcis, Termini Imerese and Puglia, will produce bioethanol from non-food raw materials.
Each of the projects is expected to have 100 million litres per... [Read More]
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May 30, 2014
Aventine Renewable Energy has restarted ethanol production in Aurora, Nebraska, using government surplus sugar.
The ethanol producer, based in Pekin, Illinois, has shipped the Aurora plant's first batches of sugar-based ethanol from the production complex that has been closed for several periods over the past few years.
'The liquidation of sugar stocks by the commodity... [Read More]
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May 30, 2014
Illinois Sustainable Technology Centre (ISTC) along with non-for-profit business, Jatropha Pepinyè, has been working on achieving a consistent biofuel production method in Haiti.
Jatropha Pepinyè has developed this production method and thought of adequate ways to obtain indigenous Jatropha curcasa bushes. The beans in the pine have a high level of bio-oils... [Read More]
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Jun 2, 2014
Tyton N.C Biofuels, which produces biofuels from tobacco, has purchased the former Clean Burn Fuels ethanol plant in Raeford.
The company, part of Danville, Virginia-based Tyton BioEnergy Systems, is reportedly buying the plant for less than $15 million (€11 million).
Tyton BioEnergy has reportedly developed a proprietary tobacco extraction process that allows the... [Read More]
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Jun 2, 2014
Argentine biodiesel exports will increase by 30% this year as a result of recent tax cuts.
The government has cut export taxes on the alternative fuel from 21% to 11%.
Claudio Molina, head of the Argentine Biofuels Association, which represents companies that make soyabean biodiesel, said this year's shipments of biodiesel are expected to rise to 1.5 million tonnes, not... [Read More]
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Jun 3, 2014
Australia's government plans to remove its ethanol production subsidy, ceasing the Ethanol Production Grants Programme on 30 June, 2015.
The government's decision to eradicate the ethanol subsidy was made in its 2015-16 budget announcement.
From 1 July, 2015, the fuel excise on domestically produced ethanol will be lowered to zero and then increased each year for the next... [Read More]
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