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May 28, 2013
New device patented in algae-to-biofuels sector
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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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May 29, 2013
FuturaGene, which works in the enhancement of yield and sustainability in woody crops for biopower and biofuel markets, will work with the Donald Danforth Plant Science Centre (DDPSC) to test its technology on staple crops grown by farmers in Asia, Africa and Brazil.
Yield enhancement technology will be tested on model plants and, if successful, transferred to specific... [Read More]
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May 29, 2013
Alternative Fuels Americas (AFA) has completed research trials targeting jatropha trees as a feedstock source for sustainable biodiesel.
It is now moving to establish above ground oil fields in central America as a staged entry into a market forecasted to exceed $500 billion (€386 billion) by 2019. AFA already operates a 25 acre pilot plantation with 40,000 mature... [Read More]
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May 30, 2013
Global energy brand Exxon Mobil (EM) has revealed it will restructure its attack on biofuels from algae after struggling to reach commercial viability.
EM has reportedly invested over $100 million (€77 million) on the project, in conjunction with US-based Synthetic Genomics (SG), since 2009 and had hoped to hit its target goal within 10 years.
This new stance was... [Read More]
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May 30, 2013
US-based Fulcrum Energy (FE), which works in the waste to biofuels sector, will use a new grant from the US Department of Defense (DoD) to develop renewable drop-in biofuels for aircraft.
The DoD awarded FE $4.7 million (€3.6 million) toward the research, which it will also potentially double from its own capital to help complete the development of its first... [Read More]
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May 31, 2013
Renewable fuel producer Pacific Ethanol has begun commercial production of corn oil at its ethanol plant in Idaho, US.
The unrefined end product is believed to be used for biodiesel and animal feed.
‘Corn oil is a high value co-product with multiple markets including biodiesel,’ says Pacific Ethanol CEO Neil Koehler. ‘Corn oil sales at our Idaho... [Read More]
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Jun 3, 2013
Specialty chemicals company Clariant will expand the raw materials used at its demonstration plant in Germany after new findings show that corn stover and sugarcane bagasse can also be used.
The company's demo plant is converting agricultural residues into bioethanol using its Sunliquid technology. Following the opening of the facility in July 2012, Clariant now has new... [Read More]
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Jun 5, 2013
It has been reported Green Plains Renewable Energy (GPRE) is to purchase a Nebraska ethanol plant, loading and storage facility.
The plant has been idle for 12 months but GPRE will purchase it for $15 million (€11.4 million) and hopes to restart it before August.
The Omaha-based ethanol producer has signed a purchase agreement to buy the membership interests of Choice... [Read More]
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Jun 6, 2013
LCTI Low Carbon Technologies International, which focuses on clean-tech, environmental and energy efficiency sectors has signed a joint venture with US-based Sunthenoil.
The two want to develop a 1,000 acre algae-to-oil project located on a LCTI site using a technology sub-licensed through Sunthenoil from SunEco Energy of California.
The project aims to produce around... [Read More]
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Jun 6, 2013
AltAir Fuels is to turn part of an existing petroleum refinery into a 30 million gallon biofuel production facility near Los Angeles, California and has finalised a purchase agreement with United Airlines for the fuel.
Under the partnership, United has agreed to buy 15 million gallons of biojet from AltAir over a three-year period, with the option to purchase more. AltAir... [Read More]
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Jun 6, 2013
South African sugar producer Tongaat Hulett (TH) has revealed biofuel and renewable energy production is becoming more of a concern for its future.
TH aims to complete a bid for an 80MW power plant this year as environmental impact assessments and construction contracting advance. This follows a decree at ministerial level to provide the country with 800MW of cogeneration... [Read More]
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Jun 7, 2013
Bioinnovation company Novozymes has designed two new enzyme technologies to increase ethanol and corn oil yields for improved profits.
Two new fermentation solutions will join with the company’s Avantec brand, which is an advanced yield-enhancing liquefaction solution. Results from industry-scale trials, which deployed all three technologies, could mean additional... [Read More]
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Jun 7, 2013
Scientists have discovered a new enzyme in an odd source that could prove an important step in the quest to turn paper, scrap wood and straw waste into liquid fuel.
To do this they turned to the destructive power of tiny marine wood-borers called ‘gribble’, which have been known to destroy seaside piers.
Gribble are of interest as they are voracious consumers... [Read More]
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Jun 10, 2013
Researchers from Oklahoma State University (OSU) have analysed a genome they say has great potential for the cost-effective production of biofuel.
The team, led by associate professor of microbiology and molecular genetics Mostafa Elshahed, has described multiple features within the genome of rumen fungus, organisms that reside in the gut of ruminant animals.
The fungus... [Read More]
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