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Feb 27, 2014
Fleet tests of UPM’s wood-based diesel show great results at VTT
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Feb 27, 2014
Targray, a North American biofuel supplier, has announced a new inventory location for biodiesel in Bakersfield, California, US.
Service for B99 and B100 began in mid-February 2014. Targray will supply biodiesel to its growing customer base in California using the terminal's 24/7 truck rack.
'Targray has been a major supplier of biodiesel by railcar to the California market.... [Read More]
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Feb 28, 2014
The recent free trade agreement between Australia and Korea has strengthened the proposal for a $90 million (€65 million) ethanol plant to be constructed in New South Wales, Australia.
Located in a 400km area of Deniliquin, the project is awaiting signature from Korean investors.
The plant, which will produce fuel and by-products from grain, will have the capacity... [Read More]
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Feb 28, 2014
Dreyfus Unit is one of several companies thought to be sending a shipment of US ethanol to Brazil, to aid increase in demand, say several parties with knowledge of the shipment.
3.56 million gallons of ethanol are scheduled to be delivered this week by the tanker Nordisle, stopping at ports Miramar, Itaqui and Suape.
Brazil is the world's second-largest producer of ethanol,... [Read More]
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Feb 28, 2014
Michigan State University scientists have created a new technology that improves algae's biofuel properties.
The team's environmental photobioreactor (ePBR) – the first of its kind - grows algae, by imitating its complex and natural habitats.
To identify which forms of algae produce the most oil when removed from the laboratory-based pond and placed into real-life,... [Read More]
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Jan 27, 2014
Terminal storage investment platform Epic Midstream and fuel company US Oil have signed a 10-year partnership so the latter can begin the supply and marketing of biodiesel at four of Epic's terminals.
Location of the four termainals are split evenly between the states of Alabama and Georgia.
Epic will make tank and rack improvements... [Read More]
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Jan 27, 2014
Austrian haulier Nothegger Transport (NT) has ordered 220 trucks capable of running on 100% biodiesel from Scania.
There is currently a tax incentive to use biodiesel in Austria, as well as lower prices at petrol stations, so NT expects this move will cut its operating costs by potentially €4,000 ($5,470) per truck (based on each one driving an average 150,000km... [Read More]
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Jan 28, 2014
Owensboro Grain, a fifth-generation family-owned soyabean processor located in Kentucky, US has announced the successful start-up of its Kosher certified glycerin refinery. The facility is located adjacent to the company’s biodiesel and vegetable oil refinery complex and will refine virgin soya-based crude glycerin produced at the biodiesel plant
In a statement,... [Read More]
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Jan 29, 2014
A partnership between Clariant, Haltermann and car manufacturer Mercedes-Benz is to road test biofuels in Germany.
Haltermann takes cellulosic ethanol produced from wheat straw by Clariant and mixes it with conventional fuel components to form a new fuel which, over the next 12 months, will be available to test fleet vehicles at a specially-equipped petrol station on the... [Read More]
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Jan 29, 2014
UK-based fuel supplier Greenergy is confident of re-opening its biodiesel plant in Immingham ‘within months’ after it suffered damage due to flooding late last year.
The company released a company statement in January which read:
‘We continue to make progress towards resuming manufacturing at our biodiesel. All equipment damage has been assessed and replacement... [Read More]
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Jan 29, 2014
Portugal-based engineering company IncBio has just secured an agreement to supply Bio Renewable Energy Factory (BREF) with a 40,000 million tonne a year capacity biodiesel plant.
The facility will incorporate IncBio’s ultrasonic technology to produce biodiesel from animal fats collected from rendering plants in the Saudi market.
The partnership expects the plant... [Read More]
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Jan 30, 2014
Aircraft manufacturer Airbus has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with ‘key Malaysian partners’ to assess local solutions for sustainable biomass production in the country.
The aim is to determine the most suitable feedstocks to ensure that any future jet fuel production in the region is based only on sustainable solutions. The first assessment is expected... [Read More]
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Jan 31, 2014
Renewable energy company Methes Energies Canada is the latest to join the Ontario Biodiesel Association (OBA), joining Great Lakes Biodiesel and Noroxel Energy.
OBA members have agreed to invest over $80 million (€59 million) in plant and equipment to produce biodiesel in the province. Charles Sousa, Ontario minister of finance, committed via the government's... [Read More]
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Feb 3, 2014
Plans have been approved for the addition of a biofuel storage tank to the Pilot Travel Centre site in California, US.
Barstow Planning Commission passed the proposal to construct the 20,000 gallon, aboveground tank at the large service station.
The tank will store 100% biofuel, to be used in a blend with petroleum-based diesel, with state laws allowing a maximum of 20%... [Read More]
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Feb 4, 2014
US-based ethanol producer Marathon Petroleum has signed an agreement to purchase a facility in Ohio from Felda Iffco, a Malaysian company.
The plant currently produces several products including biodiesel and glycerin. The capacity of the plant is 4,100 barrels per day. The transaction is expected to close this April but the details are not being disclosed.
‘This... [Read More]
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