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Nov 20, 2013
Virgin and LanzaTech taking major steps towards sustainable aviation
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Nov 20, 2013
A blaze at a biodiesel manufacturing plant in Arizona, US broke out on 16 November.
It is believed a forklift punctured a 330 gallon tank containing an unidentified chemical which sparked the fire, which set off the plant’s sprinkler system.
Local firefighting crews and a hazardous materials team responded to clean up the leftover damage and to secure the site.
Gilbert... [Read More]
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Nov 20, 2013
French retail group Les Mousquetaires has opened what it claims is the first biodiesel from non-edible waste factory in the country.
The group, which also owns the second biggest fuel distribution in France, has gone into partnership with German biomass processors Saria Group and the €40 million ($54 million) Estener project is situated in an industrial area of Le... [Read More]
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Nov 22, 2013
BioPower Operations has announced its wholly-owned subsidiary, Global Energy Crops, entered into a 50-50 joint venture agreement with Alternative Green Today (AGT) to license the JV's intellectual property for the production of cellulosic biofuels.
Global Energy will manage the JV, which will target oil companies, sugar companies and all other producers of ethanol and... [Read More]
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Nov 22, 2013
Critics are railing against the US military’s efforts to adopt biofuels for use in its vehicles, a US newspaper reports.
Processing costs and above-market prices have led to claims that the expensive technology is unlikely to yield positive results and has been unsuccessful so far. Biofuel used last year to power the US navy’s ‘green fleet’... [Read More]
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Nov 22, 2013
The paper industry in Old Town, Maine, US has been stuck in gradual decline for some years now. However, one company - Old Town Fuel and Fiber (OTFF) - is said to be 'on the cusp' of a breakthrough for a new process to extract sugars from wood waste that can be used to make biofuels and bioplastics.
The technology would take the wood waste generated from the mill and break... [Read More]
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Nov 22, 2013
The European Union will impose punitive duties on imports of biodiesel from both Argentina and Indonesia for the next five years, after ruling that producers there were selling at unfairly low prices detrimental to European manufacturers.
According to the European Commission, the EU's executive body, the duties would be set at an average of 24.6% for biodiesel from Argentina... [Read More]
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Nov 25, 2013
TransMessis Columbia Plateau (TCP) has moved into the biodiesel plant in Odessa, Washington, US and expects to be operational by the end of November.
CEO Damon Pistulka expects the plant to reach full capacity in the first quarter of 2014. The facility, previously owned and operated by Inland Empire Oilseeds, will produce biodiesel from canola. He estimates the company... [Read More]
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Nov 25, 2013
In Illinois, Patriot Renewable Fuels' has approved the formation of a new subsidiary, Patriot Fuels, Biodiesel, to build a 5mgy biodiesel plant adjacent to the company's ethanol plant in Annawan.
The plant will use corn oil extracted from corn, utilising the SUPERTM Process production system designed by Jatro Diesel. By adding this process, Patriot will produce both ethanol... [Read More]
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Nov 26, 2013
M&G Chemicals, among the three largest producers of PET resin for packaging applications in the world, has announced plans to construct a second-generation biorefinery in the region of Fuyang, Anhui Province, China in a joint venture with Chinese biomass collections and logistics company Guozhen.
The refinery will convert one million tonnes of biomass into bioethanol... [Read More]
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Nov 29, 2013
An ethanol plant based in the town of Utica, New York, US, is producing again under new ownership, a year after mounting debts and foreclosure forced an end to the previous owner's operations.
The former Utica Energy plant, rebranded as Fox River Valley Ethanol by new owners Ace Ethanol, began grinding corn for production in October. The plant can produce about 50 million... [Read More]
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Nov 29, 2013
Leaf Energy has completed trials at the Andritz pilot plant facility using its Glycerol Pretreatment Process on waste sugarcane in Ohio, US.
The company uses its patented technology to convert waste biomass into cellulose. This is then turned into biofuels, bioplastics and green chemicals.
A continuous processing rate up to 4.4 tonnes per day was achieved and is a step... [Read More]
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Nov 29, 2013
Biodiesel producer and marketer Renewable Energy Group (REG) announced it has entered into an agreement with Dutch Hill Terminals, a heating oil terminal in New Jersey, to market biodiesel and biodiesel blended heating oil at its Clifton, New Jersey location.
'This terminal position will give us additional capacity to serve the existing markets in the Northeast and prepare... [Read More]
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Dec 2, 2013
Green Biologics, a UK-based technology developer and emerging bio-based C4 chemicals producer, has secured a £15.4 million (€18 million) investment which will allow them to begin executing plans to bring their first commercial production facility in the US on-stream in 2016.
The investment round is led by Sofinnova Partners with strategic participation by Swire... [Read More]
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Dec 2, 2013
Green Plains Renewable Energy has announced the completion of its acquisition of two 110 MMgy ethanol plants previously owned by Biofuel Energy.
The transaction includes the Pioneer Trail Energy plant in Wood River, Nebraska, and the Buffalo Lake Energy facility in Fairmont, Minnesota, both US. Green Plains purchased the plants from an entity composed of BioFuel Energy's... [Read More]
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