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Mar 15, 2013
Camelina biofuels company attracts new owner
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Mar 15, 2013
It has been reported that the Biofuels Association of Zambia (BAZ) described a move by China-based Kaid Biomass (KB) to pull out of the country as ‘unfortunate’.
KB, under the banner of Kaid Biomass Zambia, was due to undertake a $6 billion (€4.5 billion) investment programme in Nakonda and Isoka, but has called time on the project after four years.
‘This... [Read More]
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Feb 19, 2013
Two former managers of New Zealand state-owned Solid Energy have purchased the company’s biofuels division for an undisclosed sum.
Martin Johnson and Karl Hatton will rename the division Green Fuels but the diesel brand will remain Biogold. Long-term client Stark Brothers and a fourth silent partner were also involved in the purchase.
Production at the facility has... [Read More]
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Feb 19, 2013
The Canadian government is set to make two investments into the biofuels and biorefining industries.
A CN$600,000 (€444,500) investment by Agriculture and AgriFood Canada will go to aid studies by the Alberta Sugar Growers as it looks into the use of sugar and energy beets as biobutanol, plastics and fibres.
‘This funding will allow us to bring green technology... [Read More]
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Feb 20, 2013
US-based feedstock and crop breeding technology provider Chromatin has signed off an agreement to produce and deliver sorghum into the production of ethanol with Pacific Ethanol (PE).
The multi-year agreement covers up to 30,000 acres of feedstock to be grown and sent to PE for use in its renewables fuels projects.
‘We have taken initiatives to diversify our feedstock... [Read More]
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Feb 20, 2013
UK home improvement brand B&Q has signed a contract to begin using lorries that run on green fuel this February.
European bio-LNG provider Gasrec is to supply B&Q with 50 dual fuel lorries powered by 60% biomethane.
‘We’re pleased to make this announcement and other initiatives we are looking at include 500 new double decker lorries and the replacement... [Read More]
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Feb 21, 2013
US-based biodiesel producer Eslinger has been awarded a multi-million injection by the California Energy Commission (CEC).
Around $6 million (€4.5 million) from the CEC will go toward the building an animal fats and waste vegetable oils facility in Fresno, part of an overall $32 million refinery project.
‘Feedstock will come from restaurant and food industry... [Read More]
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Feb 22, 2013
Biodiesel production has begun at a plant in Connecticut, US this February.
Greenleaf Biofuels says its facility in New Haven will be able to produce up to 10 million gallons of biodiesel a year when operating at full capacity.
New Haven was selected as the plant’s location due to its harbour, plus good access via road and rail transportation too. Its main source... [Read More]
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Feb 22, 2013
Vopak, an independent bulk liquid storage provider, is expanding its Vlaardingen storage terminal in the Netherlands with the construction of 52 new tanks, according to the Port of Rotterdam.
The company knocked down 85 storage tanks at the site in 2012, which totalled 50,000m3. The replacement infrastructure will be able to handle 140,000m3 of product, which could be... [Read More]
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Feb 25, 2013
Philippines-based Aseagas, a joint venture between Gazasia and Aboitiz Equity Ventures, has allocated funds for the construction of a new liquid biomethane plant.
It is believed around $30 million (€22.6 million) has been earmarked for the project and building could commence this summer, mostly likely in Luzon where approximately 70% of the market is to be found.
The... [Read More]
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Feb 25, 2013
US-based Dynamic Fuels has become the latest renewable fuels company to achieve Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels (RSB) sustainability certification.
The RSB certification encompasses Dynamic Fuels' Louisiana plant where it uses its technology to turn animal byproducts, such as beef tallow and pork and chicken fat, into renewable diesel.
‘It is not easy to... [Read More]
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Feb 26, 2013
A newspaper report in Canada printed on 23 February claims the government is to end biofuels production subsidises when the current programme ends in 2017.
A letter addressed to the industry by natural resources minister Joe Oliver outlined spending cuts to tame a deficit building in Ottawa.
The Globe and Mail reported that Oliver said the ethanol industry now produces... [Read More]
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Feb 26, 2013
The National Biodiesel Board (NBB) has responded to the news that the EPA finalised its rule approving camelina oil as a new low-carbon feedstock under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS)
'This decision adds to the growing list of biodiesel feedstocks that meet the EPA's standards for advanced biofuel and gives us yet another option for producing sustainable, domestic biodiesel... [Read More]
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Feb 26, 2013
The Spanish government has approved a lowering of the mandatory biodiesel consumption target according to a release from the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism.
The target will drop from 7% to 4.1%.
‘It is considered appropriate to revise the mandatory consumption targets for biofuels in 2013 and thereafter, setting targets that minimize the fuel prices and... [Read More]
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Feb 27, 2013
US-based Piedmont Biofuels (PB) has been certified under the Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels (RSB) programme following a third-party assessment conducted by SCS Global Services (SCS).
PB collects used cooking oil from restaurants in the Research Triangle Park area of North Carolina and uses it to produce biodiesel that is sold locally through seven filling stations.
SCS'... [Read More]
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