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Apr 15, 2013
US states battle it out for biomass fuel project
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Apr 16, 2013
Blume Distillation (BD), a provider of appropriate-scale bioethanol production equipment, has closed a $2.2 million (€1.6 million) financing round, including angel and impact investor backing.
The funds are being used to accelerate the assembly of BD’s prototype bioethanol production system. It is focused on developing and acquiring intellectual property... [Read More]
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Apr 16, 2013
US development of viable biofuel for the aviation industry has received further long-term support from the government this April.
US Department of Agriculture (USDA) secretary Tom Vilsack and Transportation secretary Ray LaHood signed a five-year agreement with the Federal Aviation Administration, which was announced at the Advanced Biofuels Summit.
The federal government... [Read More]
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Apr 17, 2013
Norwegian finance minister Sigbjørn Johnsen officially inaugurated a biorefinery demonstration plant at Borregaard’s production facility in Sarpsborg this April.The demo plant started preliminary operations last summer, followed by normal operations in the first quarter of 2013. The plant uses proprietary Borregaard technology and aims to produce cost-effective... [Read More]
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Apr 17, 2013
Second generation feedstock business NexSteppe has launched its new sorghum hybrid products in the US and Brazil.
The company hopes its sweet sorghum and high biomass hybrids will offer alternative solutions to advanced and cellulosic biofuels, biopower and biobased product producers.
‘Through a combination of directed conventional breeding, marker-assisted breeding... [Read More]
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Apr 17, 2013
The sixth Biofuels International conference will take place on the 11th and 12th September this year in Antwerp, Belgium and you could potentially join the high level speaker list.
By participating in the programme not only will you demonstrate your leadership role within the sector and raise your company's profile, but you can also play your part in the market's development... [Read More]
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Apr 18, 2013
European ethanol association ePure has responded to the draft report by European parliament member Corinne Lepage which focused on the European Commission’s (EC) proposal for a directive amending the Fuel Quality Directive (FQD) and the directive of the use of energy from renewable sources (RED).
‘We see some constructive suggestions in Lepage's draft report... [Read More]
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Mar 22, 2013
US-based ethanol producer Valero Energy has restarted its facility in Ohio and aims to resume operations at another in Indiana ‘in the coming weeks’.
After the US drought of 2012, that placed extreme pressure on corn levels and prices for both the biofuels and food industries, Valero idled three plants last June but now it is coming back positively.
‘Margins... [Read More]
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Mar 22, 2013
Biofuels throughput at the Port of Rotterdam rose by 24% in 2012 when compared to the year before.
The final total last year hit 5.9 million and the port attributes that rise mainly to biodiesel as its import and export volumes both increased by 1.5 million tonnes.
To contrast that figure, the throughput of ethanol dropped by 17% to 1.4 million tonnes and ETBE fell 8%... [Read More]
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Mar 22, 2013
Microbial developers for the biofuels and green chemicals industries Biotork and the Agricultural Research Service‘s Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Centre (ARS-PBARC) will extend a collaboration to convert agricultural by-products into biofuels and other products.
The pair first began work together in 2011 and began focusing on developing strains of heterotrophic... [Read More]
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Mar 22, 2013
Algae-based green crude oil producer Sapphire Energy has entered into a commercial agreement with Tesoro Refining and Marketing, a subsidiary of Tesoro.
Tesoro will purchase crude oil from Sapphire’s green crude farm in New Mexico, which recently reached continuous cultivation and crude oil production.
“In less than one year, we have started up commercial demonstration... [Read More]
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Mar 22, 2013
A commercial-scale lignin separation plant has been installed by Domtar at its mill in North Carolina, US.
The company claims this is the first facility of its type in the country in over 25 years. The production of lignin began in February, with a targeted rate of 75 tonnes a day, for industrial applications such as a bio-based alternative to the use of petroleum... [Read More]
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Mar 25, 2013
A coalition of farmers in California, US have won support to construct a new ethanol demonstration plant using sugar beets as feedstock.
A dozen farmers, with support from university experts and a grant of $5 million (€3.8 million) from the California Energy Commission, will build the demo facility in Fresno County with an aim of then building the US’ first... [Read More]
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Mar 26, 2013
An assistant professor at the Auburn University School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences has launched a research project into improving butanol production from agricultural and woody biomass.
Maobing Tu believes his study will be a significant stride towards butanol production becoming economically viable across the board, while also providing new insights into the design... [Read More]
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Mar 27, 2013
UK investment company Future Capital Partners (FCP) has agreed to purchase US-based Appomattox Bioenergy.
It is believed FCP will sell the assets to investment vehicle Future Fuels Partnership, which is developing a refinery in Grimsby, and the majority of the plant and machinery may be shipped from Virginia to help build it.
The purchase of the Appomattox is reported... [Read More]
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