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Oct 4, 2013
BlueFire Renewables to build pellet plant at ethanol plant
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Oct 7, 2013
As butanol continues to show strong potential as a biofuel, a new ASTM International standard has been introduced covering butanol intended to be blended with petrol at 1 to 12.5% volume for use as an automotive spark-ignition engine fuel.
ASTM D7862-13, the specification for Butanol for Blending with Petrol for Use as Automotive Spark-Ignition Engine Fuel, was developed... [Read More]
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Oct 8, 2013
A new report produced for the Greater London Authority (GLA) by LRS Consultancy has sparked further support from the Mayor of London to entice the biodiesel industry into the capital.
After reviewing The market for biodiesel production from used cooking oils and fats, oils and greases in London, Mayor of London Boris Johnson says: ‘By capturing used cooking oil right... [Read More]
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Oct 8, 2013
A new investment will be made into Mustard 21 Canada to help it continue research and development of the crop as an industrial feedstock for the emerging biofuels sector, among others.
Agriculture minister Gerry Ritz has announced an investment of CN$4.9 million (€3.4 million) to the non-profit organisation to go towards helping mustard producers ‘increase their... [Read More]
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Sep 9, 2013
Brazilian ethanol and sugar trader Copersucar has received a bank loan to invest in renewable fuel storage plans.
The $217.7 million (€164.9 million) will come via the Brazilian Development Bank’s PASS credit line, split between four lenders.
It is believed Copersucar traded around 1.2 billion of ethanol during the last harvest season, which accounts for 20%... [Read More]
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Sep 9, 2013
Lignol Energy, an advanced biofuels technology company, will acquire a 40% equity stake in Neutral Fuels, plus a controlling 51% stake in Neutral’s Australia and New Zealand operations.
A total of AU$4.07 million (€2.8 million) will be funded which will help deploy the next phase of planned biorefineries throughout Asia Pacific, the Middle East and Africa region,... [Read More]
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Sep 10, 2013
The Renewable Energy Association (REA) is calling on MEPs to support the UK and European biofuels industry by voting against a cap on the use of agricultural biofuels, due on 11 September.
The European Commission’s proposals to address indirect land use change (ILUC) would, REA believes, put at severe risk not just climate change and renewable energy targets, but... [Read More]
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Sep 10, 2013
The US Department of Energy has distributed millions of dollars towards funding towards biofuel research.
New Mexico State University was handed $5 million, while Cal Poly is to receive $1.5 million (€1.1 million) to continue research and development into algae-based biofuels.
The additional money for Cal Poly is in addition to the $1.3 million grant Algae Technology... [Read More]
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Sep 10, 2013
Biodiesel made via jatropha has been cleared for field trials on trains in India.
The Research Design Standard Organisation, a division of Indian Railways, has passed the fuel developed by the Central Salt Marine and Chemical Research Institute to be potentially used on some railways still using diesel powered locomotives where electric lines have yet to be introduced
‘The... [Read More]
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Sep 11, 2013
Denmark's Port of Frederikshavn has entered into a partnership with technology company Steeper Energy and Aalborg University in Denmark to develop a biomass-based plant to produce sustainable marine fuel.
The new plant will initially produce between 50 and 100,000 tonnes of sulphur-free renewable fuel a year for the several thousand vessels passing through the port annually.
It... [Read More]
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Sep 11, 2013
The vote at the European Parliament concerning proposed changes to the Renewable Energy Directive (RED) and the Fuel Quality Directive (FQD) was taken on 11 September.
The use of crop-based biofuels for land transportation has been capped at 6% of the total 10% aimed for by 2020 and MEPs also agreed to pass a 2.5% share from second generation biofuels. The final... [Read More]
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Sep 12, 2013
Incbio, a Portugal-based biodiesel technology provider, has signed a contract with Biokast Energy to supply an 8,000 tonne capacity a year ultrasonic biodiesel plant for installation in Tunisia, North Africa.
The pair expect the plant, to be located in Tunis, to be completed in January 2014 with local Tunis restaurants providing used cooking oil as feedstock.
‘After... [Read More]
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Sep 13, 2013
The so-called Visegrad Four – Slovakia, Hungary, Czech Republic and Poland – has called on European decision makers to support sustainable biofuels this September.
The four claim to be able to produce and supply the EU with an additional 8 billion litres of biofuel a year between them, with Hungary’s national agricultural chamber believing that amount... [Read More]
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Sep 16, 2013
The Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB), a voluntary sustainability scheme approved by the European Union, has introduced a new report regarding upstream verification for waste materials.
The RBS, which covers all types of feedstock and all biomaterial products, outlines its new approach to certifying biofuels from waste materials.
‘While the new RSB approach... [Read More]
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Sep 17, 2013
The American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) has warned US consumers that it is recent changes in fuel supplied by oil companies to the Midwest which will reduce the quality of petrol available in many states.
ACE senior VP Ron Lamberty says if the public starts to notice that their petrol doesn’t seem as good as it used to be, it’s due to the petrol quality declining... [Read More]
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