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Oct 18, 2013
Fuels and chemical company earns RSB certification
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Oct 21, 2013
ICM, a biorefinery technology provider, has announced a contract with Illionois-based Patriot Renewable Fuels upon the purchase of its selective milling technology (SMT).
SMT is a value-added ICM platform technology investment which ICM claims increases ethanol yield, reduces viscosity and increases oil recovery for its customers.
'ICM's SMT platform technology is an investment... [Read More]
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Oct 22, 2013
Research from the Public University of Navarre in Europe has reportedly shown that genetically modified tobacco plants are viable as raw material for producing biofuels.
Ruth Sanz-Barrio, an agricultural engineer of the NUP/UPNA-Public University of Navarre and a researcher at the Institute of Biotechnology, has demonstrated the viability of using specific tobacco proteins... [Read More]
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Oct 22, 2013
It is believed the Ukraine may not be able to rely on its molasses feedstock to produce enough bioethanol for 2014.
Mykola Tychenko, a director at Ukrprodspilka, was quoted as saying the country’s molasses harvest forecast amounts to around 400,000-500,000 tonnes.
‘If all of this was used to produce bioethanol we’d only make 100,000 tonnes,’ he... [Read More]
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Oct 23, 2013
University of Arizona (UA) researchers have been granted $8 million (€5.8 million) by the US Department of Energy to continue researching how to use algae to make biofuel, animal feed and plastics over the next four years.
'Our goal is to provide algal biofuel at a production cost equal to the cost of petroleum,' says Randy Ryan, assistant director of the Arizona... [Read More]
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Oct 23, 2013
Plant and crop improvement business Syngenta has signed a contract with Arkalon Ethanol in Kansas for the plant to start using corn which features its Enogen trait technology.
Syngenta claims Enogen, a field-to-fuel system, will help deliver alpha amylase enzyme directly in corn grain thus saving the costs of adding liquid enzymes and improving process efficiency.
The... [Read More]
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Oct 23, 2013
Maverick Biofuels, a provider of biofuels production technology, has been awarded three US patents for producing a mixed-alcohol fuel from synthesis gas (syngas) via a methanol intermediate.
Maverick develops and commercialises technology for producing renewable clean transportation fuels and bio-based chemicals using combinations of proven technologies to produce high-value... [Read More]
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Oct 24, 2013
In Thailand, the ministries of Commerce and Energy are reportedly set to cooperate to develop a strategy to promote the production of ethanol from cassava.
Energy minister Pongsak Raktapongpaisarn is believed to have been tasked with overseeing the country’s production of cassava as an energy and food crop, with one objective being to prevent a price drop.
Raktapongpaisarn... [Read More]
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Sep 23, 2013
Two people have been indicted by the US District Court of Indianapolis after it was discovered they were defrauding people under the guise of providing “government certified top-quality biodiesel”.
The pair were named as Joseph Furando and Katirina Tracy who sold, via companies called Caravan Trading and Cima Green, over 35 million gallons of fraudulently mislabelled... [Read More]
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Sep 24, 2013
The two remaining foreign petroleum players in Indonesia have been told to increase the proportion of biodiesel mix at their petrol stations.
PT Shell Indonesia and PT Total Oil Indonesia are reportedly obligated to increase their FAME content in diesel fuel mixes to at least 10% by January 2014. Any retailer failing to hit that target will face sanctions ranging from... [Read More]
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Sep 25, 2013
An environmentally-friendly air transportation sector is the aim for an collaboration between the Indonesian government and the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO).
It is believed the ICAO will assist in developing local civil aviation human resources and create objectives centred on promotion of alternative fuels initiatives among other things.
One of the... [Read More]
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Sep 25, 2013
North Dakota has become the ninth state in the US to offer the public E15 fuel at the pumps.
A total of six petrol stations now offer the blended fuel and the Renewable Fuels Association believes the US public is becoming more and more receptive to green fuel options.
‘A recent Fuels America poll showed that 82% of Americans want E15 to be available at the petrol... [Read More]
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Sep 26, 2013
Renewable oil company Solazyme has agreed to sell algal oil to consumer goods multinational Unilever.
The agreement is for at least 10,000 tonnes of product and Unilever expects to complete the total volume purchase within 12 to 18 months. It is believed this deal has been five years in the making.
The product will be produced at the Solazyme Bunge Renewable Oils facility... [Read More]
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Sep 27, 2013
UK coach company Stagecoach has added six new buses that run on 100% biofuel to its fleet based in Kent.
The six buses will run between the University of Kent and Canterbury bus station, with the university supporting the project by contributing to a storage facility for the fuel at Stagecoach’s depot in Herne Bay.
‘We are determined to try everything we can... [Read More]
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Sep 30, 2013
The Ensus bioethanol plant in the UK has restarted production this month for a fourth time after completion of ‘essential maintenance work’.
Within a statement sent to Biofuels International, new owners CropEnergies claims: ‘Essential maintenance work taking place since July is now complete and market conditions have improved meaning the process of getting... [Read More]
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