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Mar 28, 2014
EPA fights for biofuel target reduction
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Mar 28, 2014
Greenergy's Plymouth fuel terminal and biodiesel manufacturing facility at Immingham, UK, have both been awarded RoSPA Gold awards for occupational health and safety.
The awards recognise Greenergy's commitment to ensuring the highest standards of health and safety performance and management.
Andrew Owens, Greenergy Chief Executive said:
'Over the last 18 months operational... [Read More]
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Apr 1, 2014
Cool Planet Energy Systems has achieved its targeted $100 million (€73 million) Series D financing.
With further contributions coming in from existing strategic and venture investors, along with substantially extending its investor base, the carbon-negative technology company successfully reached its $100 million goal.
Over 50% of equity funds given by new investors... [Read More]
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Apr 1, 2014
Biofuel firm Green Fuel needs $1.8 billion (€1.3 billion) in foreign direct investment (FDI) to finish the construction of four ethanol plants.
First phase construction of the Chisumbanje ethanol plant cost $200 million alone.
The company is currently hoping to construct the Condo Dam plant, priced at $300 million, as the build will expand Green Fuel’s source... [Read More]
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Mar 3, 2014
Michael L. Fitzgerald, Iowa's State Treasurer, has argued for the Environmental Protection Agency to scrap its proposal to reduce its Renewable Fuel Standard.
The proposed rule would reduce the state's volume requirement for ethanol, potentially harming the environment.
'I am urging the EPA to not reduce the ethanol amount in the RFS. Limiting the amount of ethanol produced... [Read More]
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Mar 3, 2014
By this summer, Missouri drivers may have access to a higher blend of ethanol petrol if the current proposal gets the go ahead.
Since October, the Missouri legislative committee have placed a temporary block on a proposed rule that would allow petrol to be sold with a 15% ethanol blend.
In order to put a permanent block on the proposal, the legislature must pass a resolution... [Read More]
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Mar 3, 2014
Sugarcane may address a government biofuel mandate, university researchers at Illinois report.
The research team at Plants Engineered to Replace Oil with Sugarcane and Sweet Sorghum (PETROSS) are currently genetically engineering sugarcane, in three prime locations.
Ank Michielson, the project’s manager explains that the purpose of this project is to increase the... [Read More]
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Mar 4, 2014
The Edo State government has signed a Memorandum of Understandings (MoU) worth N85.5 billion (€380 million), with four investors from the agricultural sector.
Keen to expand and develop their agricultural practices, two of the investors are going to specialise in ethanol production, sourced from cassava and sugarcane.
At the signing of the MoU last week, Abdul Oroh,... [Read More]
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Mar 4, 2014
Industry experts anticipate an increase in biofuel demand, after crude oil prices jumped 2% yesterday.
As the Ukraine crisis intensifies, palm oil prices are on the rise. Analysts and traders predict there will be an increase in consumer demand for biodiesel despite the soaring cost, as biodiesel and palm oil blends may prove an effective and cheaper alternative.
Regardless... [Read More]
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Mar 5, 2014
Petrixo Oil & Gas is on the cusp of spending $800 million (€600 million) on the creation of a biofuel refinery in Fujairah, UAE.
Preparation studies and engineering designs have all been completed, along with the selection of appropriate technologies for the resource, which will be located in the Emirates.
According to designs, the facility is capable of producing... [Read More]
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Mar 5, 2014
Estimates calculated for biofuel feedstock crop yields may have been overstated by up to 100%, research by the International Council on Clean Transportation shows.
A prime consideration when developing a viable biofuels policy is whether the biomass calculated is realistically in proportion to the size of land where the cellulosic biofuel will be grown.
The research paper... [Read More]
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Mar 6, 2014
Boeing is developing its initiative with South African Airways (SAA) and the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB) to create further opportunities to help smallhold farmers in southern Africa grow crops that generate sustainable fuels.
The programme's purpose is to aid farmers who own small plots of land, by enabling them to enter into the sustainable biofuels and... [Read More]
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Mar 6, 2014
A major renewable energy plant in Jozini, KwaZulu-Natal, which has been in planning for seven years, is set to start preliminary work in September.
Silvapen Group, the South African – Brazilian company, plans to build the proposed R1.2 billion (€80 million) sugar-to-ethanol distillery using Brazilian technology.
The distillery, which is set on 15,000 ha of land,... [Read More]
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Mar 7, 2014
Malaysia, the second largest palm oil producer after Indonesia, hopes to enhance biofuel consumption to help prices of palm oil.
700,000 tonnes of methyl ester will be used annually, if plans to apply the B7 programme next year go ahead.
This July will see the current B5 programme extended nationwide. The current version, which consists of a 5% palm methyl ester and 95%... [Read More]
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Mar 7, 2014
The Indonesian government is planning to propose a new provision that will fix biofuel prices for an imperative biofuel blending programme.
The programme, which is expected to come into effect in 2015, is being established in a bid to entice more producers to provide biofuel for the domestic marketplace.
Dadan Kusdiana, the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry director... [Read More]
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