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Jul 26, 2013
Global group acquires Scottish biodiesel producer
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Jul 26, 2013
Biodiesel producer and marketer Renewable Energy Group (REG) is to supply biodiesel at IMTT's storage terminal located at the New York Harbor in Bayonne, New Jersey.
As one of the world's largest trading hubs, the new location will allow REG to sell large volumes of biodiesel via barge or truck.
'The Northeast has an active biodiesel market and this terminal position allows... [Read More]
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Jul 31, 2013
Buckeye Terminal's biodiesel facility in Hartford, Illinois has temporarily ceased supplying fuel, according to reports.
The delivery system has been shut down to replace a meter and will not resume operations until the part is tested and proved.
Biodiesel supplier Gulf Hydrocarbon Partners says it is no longer bringing biodiesel into the facility and has also stopped... [Read More]
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Jul 31, 2013
Green crude producer Sapphire Energy (SE) has paid off the entire loan guarantee it was awarded by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) in December 2009.
SE was awarded a $54.5 million (€41 million) loan guarantee through the Biorefinery Assistance Programme, administered by the USDA Rural Development-Cooperative Service, to build a fully integrated, algae-to-crude... [Read More]
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Jul 31, 2013
Ineos Bio, owned by global chemicals companies Ineos, has begun production of commercial-scale bioethanol at its first facility.
The Indian River BioEnergy Centre, Florida is now producing commercial quantities of bioethanol from vegetative and wood waste, while also exporting renewable power to the local community. It is also permitted to use municipal solid waste (MSW),... [Read More]
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Aug 1, 2013
US-based Renewable Energy Group (REG) has completed the purchase of a 30 million gallon per year capacity biodiesel plant in Iowa, formerly owned by Soy Energy.
Soy Energy unit holders approved the sale in a vote on 29 July. Pursuant to the purchase agreement, REG acquired the biorefinery for $11 million (€8.3 million) in cash and the issuance of a $5.6 million promissory... [Read More]
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Aug 2, 2013
UK transport minister Norman Baker has announced millions of pounds worth of capital funding to enable the construction of demonstration-scale waste-to-fuel, and other advanced, biofuel plants within the country.
The £25 million will be used to underpin private sector investment in the sector in order to drive the development of the UK’s biofuel industry.
‘It... [Read More]
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Jun 27, 2013
One of the most powerful people on Earth, US President Barack Obama, gave a passionate address on climate change on 25 June during a visit to Georgetown University in Washington DC.
Obama wants to cut carbon pollution and reduce global warming and told an audience of students and visitors: ‘I refuse to condemn your generation, and future generations, to a planet... [Read More]
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Jun 28, 2013
Angolan bioenergy company Companhia de Bioenergia de Angola (also known as Biocom) is expected to start ethanol and sugar production next year.
Biocom is the fruit of a partnership between the Angolan state (20% stake), Angolan group Damer (40%) and Brazilian group Obebrecht (40%). It is part of the Capanda agro-industrial hub.
Carlos Fernandes, chairman of Capanda agro-industrial... [Read More]
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Jun 28, 2013
Renewable energy business Abengoa has inaugurated its demonstration plant that uses waste-to-biofuels technology.
The plant, located in Babilafuente, Spain has a capacity to treat 25,000 tonnes of municipal solid waste, from which it will obtain up to 1.5 million litres of bioethanol via a fermentation and enzymatic hydrolysis treatment.
Manuel Sánchez Ortega, CEO... [Read More]
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Jul 1, 2013
Waste-to-biofuels company Enerkem has closed another round of financing to increase its total equity investment for 2013.
It closed on CN$50 million (€36.4 million) to bring its yearly financing total to $87 million. As part of this drive, institutional fund Investissement Quebec has joined the seven other investors, including Waste Management of Canada, all of whom... [Read More]
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Jul 1, 2013
It has been reported Pleasant Valley Biofuels (PVB) has begun operations in Utah, US.
The plant has a capacity of 1.5 million gallon a year and will make biodiesel via organic oil from primarily waste vegetable and tallow feedstock.
PVB will also generate Renewable Indentification Numbers and glycerine at the site.... [Read More]
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Jul 2, 2013
UK-headquartered Green Biologics (GB), an international biotechnology company, has announced collaboration and planned investment in facilities with US business Easy Energy Systems (EES).
The collaboration will result in the modification of Easy Energy’s ethanol demonstration plant in Iowa to produce renewable n-butanol and acetone.
‘We’ve been working... [Read More]
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Jul 2, 2013
The Biotechnology Industry Organisation (BIO) has urged the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to issue a final Tier 3 Motor Vehicle Emission and Fuel Standards rule that maximizes investment in, and adoption of, advanced biofuels.
Brent Erickson, executive VP of BIO’s industrial and environmental section, believes the EPA recognises the most ‘effective... [Read More]
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Jul 3, 2013
The Port of Rotterdam has received the first load of biodiesel ever to be exported from Brazil for commercial purposes.
Brazilian biofuel producer BSBios shipped 22 tonnes of biodiesel to the port after it received authorisation from the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels to export the fuel back in 2008.
'BSBios has tried to make partnerships official... [Read More]
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