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Sep 18, 2014
New ethanol plant being considered in Iowa
Policy News
Sep 19, 2014
The European renewable ethanol association, ePURE, has appointed Robert Wright as its new secretary general. Wright will start this position immediately.
Wright has over 20 years' experience working in European Union public policy and public affairs and has previously worked for the EU Commission and in the energy and high technology sectors.
'I am delighted to be joining... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Sep 19, 2014
Swiss Jatropower, a developer of Jatropha curcas seeds and associated agronomic technologies, has acquired a large majority of Quinvita’s assets.
Quinvita grew these activities over a period of seven years through their breeding programme and agronomic evaluations and experiments in several Asian, African and Latin American countries and scientific collaboration... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Sep 22, 2014
Sales of commercial and passenger vehicles, particularly flex-fuel vehicles that allow end users to choose customised biofuel-fossil fuel blends have increased.
New analysis from Frost & Sullivan, Strategic Analysis of the Global Automotive Biofuels Market, has found that the market generated revenues of $94.61 billion (€73.63 billion) in 2013 and estimates this... [Read More]
Other News
Aug 21, 2014
Tank Storage Asia has announced that there will be a specialist area for Singapore based companies at this year's show, called the Singapore Pavilion. The leading event for the Asian tank storage industry takes place on 24-25 September at the Marina Bay Sands, Singapore.
IE Singapore has officially approved the International Marketing Activities Programme (iMAP) grant... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Aug 27, 2014
The US Navy and the Chilean Navy will continue their shared research on advanced alternative fuels for power surface vessels and navy aircraft.
After a four-year mutual agreement, this latest agreement enables both countries to reduce their dependence of imported fuels, and increase their energy security.
By 2020, the US Navy aims to have 50% of its operations fuelled... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Aug 27, 2014
National flag carrier PT Garuda Indonesia will use avtur, a type of aviation turbine fuel, with biofuel to help reduce its carbon emissions.
Starting in 2016, the airline will use approximately 1.8 billion litres per year of avtur to operate at its aircraft. As a result, from 2016, Garuda's jet fuel consumption is expected to reach 2 billion litres per year.
The state-owned... [Read More]
Policy News
Aug 27, 2014
The White House is evaluating a mandate sent by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), outlining planned quotas for renewable fuels.
These are confidential at present, as the Office of Management and Budget carries out a final interagency review, offering biofuels producers, refiners and gives refiners, biofuel producers and other shareholders a final chance to comment... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Aug 27, 2014
Colorado State University (CSU) researches Camelina sativa, a feedstock that could be used to power vehicles.
CSU scientists are conducting a three-year study on Camelina sativa to study its potential as an economically viable and environmentally sustainable biofuels crop.
In July, the research team led by CSU agriculture professor John McKay was presented with a $1.5... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Aug 27, 2014
Indonesia Sekawan Intipratama, a company predominantly involved in the coal mining industry, plans to invest $239 million (€181 million) in an ethanol plant in East Kalimantan province in 2015.
Swiss-based ProCone will provide technology for the facility, which aims to produce 60,000 metric tonne per year of ethanol, using coal as its feedstock.
The plant is expected... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Aug 27, 2014
Algae Systems has finished constructing its biofuel production demonstration project in Daphne, Alabama.
The company uses a process that combines wastewater with algae to cultivate the world's first energy-producing wastewater treatment process, using carbon-negative technologies to produce biofuels.
'This is the first demonstration of producing clean water and biofuel... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Aug 27, 2014
Valero Renewable Fuels Company, international transportation fuels manufacturer, has restarted its recently purchased Mount Vernon ethanol plant.
The Mount Vernon plant is the 11th corn ethanol plant in Valero Renewables' system and its second in Indiana.
With an annual production capacity of 110 million gallons, the plant uses Delta-T technology that is similarly used... [Read More]
Other News
Aug 28, 2014
For all of our subscribers out there, the September/October issue of Biofuels International magazine will soon arrive at your desks. This issue is full to the brim with interviews and technical articles from those in the know, including Boeing, Airbus, Honeywell, Butamax, Novozymes and Incbio, to name just a few.
Asia has been a hive of activity in 2014 and we have got... [Read More]
Policy News
Aug 29, 2014
Nurul Darni, Asia biofuels editor, Argus Media, is contributing in our September/October issue and will be speaking at this year's Tank Storage Asia on the 24th – 25th September, in Marina Bay Sands, Singapore.
In our upcoming issue, Darni takes a look at recent biodiesel and ethanol developments taking place in Asia.
By 2030, Biofuels will account for up to 14%... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Aug 29, 2014
Biofuels technology providers ICM has commissioned and started production at a dry-mill corn ethanol plant in Cordoba, Argentina.
The plant excelled the initial production capacity of 400 cubic metres per day during the testing period.
The facility completed construction and installation in February 2014.... [Read More]
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