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Feb 25, 2014
Aemetis biodiesel plant in India upgraded to increase production
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Feb 25, 2014
The Chinese government has approved a domestic aviation biofuel for commercial use, with the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) awarding Sinopec the first ever certificate of airworthiness for biobased jet fuel.
According to the CAAC, the bio jet fuel complies with the CTSO-2C701 standard that applies to civil aviation jet fuel containing synthesised hydrocarbons.
The... [Read More]
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Feb 26, 2014
China New Energy has announced that it will not be continuing with its acquisition of BAPP Ethanol Holdings following due diligence findings.
A memorandum of understanding (MOU) was entered by the bioenergy engineering and technology company to acquire BAPP Ethanol in December last year.
At the time, China New Energy said that BAPP will have an indirect 75% interest in... [Read More]
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Feb 26, 2014
In New York, US, Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced that the State will commit $3 million (€2.19 million) to the Eastman Business Park (EBP) Bioscience Manufacturing Centre in Rochester which will begin construction later this year.
The construction of the $25 million, 60,000 ft2 facility will improve equipment for converting non-food plant materials into biofuels... [Read More]
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Feb 27, 2014
UPM's first fleet tests of renewable diesel have proved that its BioVerno works in cars just as well as any regular diesel, the company has announced.
The fleet tests were conducted by the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, starting in May last year and running until early 2014.
Tests focused on investigating UPM's renewable diesel in terms of fuel functionality... [Read More]
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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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