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Jun 19, 2013
Malaysia aims to become bioenergy hub with new joint venture
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Jun 20, 2013
An enzyme which is found in leaf-cutter ant colonies could hold a key to unlocking biofuel production, according to researchers at the University of Wisconsin, US.
The researchers’ interest piqued after observing the ants converting plant biomass into food for energy.
‘As leaf-cutter ants are prodigious consumers of plant biomass, we hypothesized that the microbes... [Read More]
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Jun 20, 2013
Renewable products business Amyris and fuel brand Total completed a new demonstration flight at the Paris Air Show using a technology that converts plant sugars into renewable jet fuel.
The Airbus A321 aircraft, powered by two Snecma CFM56 jet engines, flew from Toulouse to Paris on the fuel blend and represented the second flight from this project after an Embraer E195... [Read More]
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Jun 21, 2013
Sustainable products company UPM and US cellulosic sugar producer Renmatix have signed a non-exclusive joint development agreement in the area of biochemicals.
Under its terms, both companies will further develop Renmatix’s water-based process to convert woody biomass into low-cost sugar intermediates for subsequent downstream processing into biochemicals.‘Access... [Read More]
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Jun 21, 2013
A report by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) has put ethanol production down 1.2% to put overall output to its lowest level in three weeks.
It shows that output fell in the second of those weeks, put at 873,000 barrels a day, the first consecutive declines since early March. Inventories, however, did increase 2.9% to 16.5 million barrels and represents the... [Read More]
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Jun 21, 2013
Technip, a France-based project management and engineering company, has won a multi-million euro front end contract to build a second generation biomass-to-liquid (BtL) plant in Finland.
The €5 million ($6.6 million) contract was awarded by Forest BtL and the facility will be built on Ajos island. It aims to produce approximately 140,000 tonnes of biodiesel and naphtha... [Read More]
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Jun 24, 2013
US-based Genscape, the first approved Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) QAP provider, is now obtained further EPA approval for biofuels produced at foreign facilities and imported into the country.
This means foreign biofuel producers can now obtain Genscape-certified QAP RINs to improve marketability and hopefully increase buyer confidence.
‘We know our... [Read More]
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Jun 25, 2013
A move to block the sale of E15 blended petrol in the US has been quashed by the US Supreme Court this June.
The court rejected a challenge by the American Petroleum Institute (API), the chief lobbying group for the oil industry, that the blend was unsafe for consumption in cars and motorcycles built pre-2001.
Bob Greco, a senior API official, claimed the use of E15 ‘could... [Read More]
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Jun 25, 2013
US-based Red Rock Biofuels has won a multi-million dollar contract to produce biofuels for the US military.
The company was one of four to have private investments matched by funds from the Defence Production Act under the Advanced Biofuels Production Project. This project is hoped to produce military-grade fuels under $4 (€3) a gallon within three years.
RRB’s... [Read More]
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Jun 25, 2013
Dutch company Firmtec, which provides vegetable oil processing systems, is set to deliver what it calls the ‘first ever plant capable of producing 100% green biodiesel’.
The facility will be owned and operated by Indonesian company Waterland and will make the biodiesel via enzymes and ethanol, using oil from the Camelina sativa plant.
The biodiesel plant will... [Read More]
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Jun 26, 2013
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) will make up to $98.6 million (€75.6 million) available to support advanced biofuels production.
Eligible producers can submit applications to obtain a share of the pot, including those that did not apply during the last window in October 2012
‘The US is on the path to a cleaner, more secure energy future,’ US agriculture... [Read More]
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May 24, 2013
A US-based biodiesel production plant has received investment from Itochu Enex Co. (Enex) and Itochu.
The 50 million gallon per year facility is being developed by Flint Hills Resources Renewables and biodiesel process technology company Benefuel in Beatrice, Nebraska.
The projected production volume of this facility alone corresponds to approximately 5% of the current... [Read More]
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May 28, 2013
Germany-based biotechnology company Direvo Industrial has been granted US and European patents covering novel cellulase enzymes.
These enzymes, according to Direvo, cleave plant-based cellulose into small sugars and can be used in numerous applications including production of biofuels, pulp and paper and synthesis of platform chemicals from renewable sources.
The granted... [Read More]
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May 28, 2013
Researchers at the Spain-based University of Alicante have patented a new device which allows cultivation of microalgae to be used in biofuel production.
The group, centred in polymer processing and pyrolysis, have designed and developed a device, incorporating a photobioreactor, which can allow for mass production via less cleaning and maintenance operations, a practical... [Read More]
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May 29, 2013
The Zambian government is to start importing ethanol from Zimbabwe as a way of lowering high fuel prices within the country.
An MoU with Zimbabwe-based company Green Fuel is due to be signed after mines, energy and water development deputy minister Charles Zulu completed a tour of its facilities in Harare.
Zulu reaffirmed the deal would be short-term while the Zambian... [Read More]
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