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Aug 27, 2013
New biorefinery opens in US
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Aug 27, 2013
Darling International, a provider of rendering, recycling and recovery solutions to the US food industry, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all of the assets of Rothsay, a division of Maple Leaf Foods, for approximately CA$645 million (€459 million) in cash.
Rothsay is a biodiesel producer and recycler of animal by-products in Canada by processing... [Read More]
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Aug 28, 2013
Diamond Green Biodiesel, a joint venture between Valero Energy and Darling International, has reached capacity during its start-up phase.
The plant, based next to Valero’s St Charles refinery in Louisiana, began operations in June and uses animal fat, used cooking oil and other waste grease to produce just over 9,000 barrels of biodiesel per day (bpd) currently.
The... [Read More]
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Aug 2, 2013
A collaboration in the Philippines is set to see road tests within public transport vehicles of biofuel blend B5.
The Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) and the University of the Philippines’ National Centre for Transportation Studies will trial the fuel, made with coconut oil, in seven jeepneys across various transport groups.
The move to B5 comes after the National... [Read More]
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Aug 2, 2013
Frits Eulderink, COO of Vopak, Nancy De Groof, Commercial Director at Oiltanking, Margit Blok, HSE Director at VTTI Terminals and Eduard Ruijs, Director at First Reserve are all confirmed to speak at StocExpo 2014, on 18-20 March.
Next year's StocExpo, the market's leading storage conference and exhibition, will take a multi-faceted approach to terminal development... [Read More]
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Aug 5, 2013
The US Department of Energy (USDoE) is to work with several energy industry institutes and stakeholders to make biofuels more cost-competitive to gas alternatives.
Ernest Moniz, US energy secretary, revealed more than $22 million (€16.5 million) will be made available for investment into new projects, with algae-based production expected to benefit the most. This... [Read More]
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Aug 5, 2013
A fire has been reported at a biodiesel plant owned by Green Energy Products in Kansas, US.
Firefighters battled through thick black smoke to put out the blaze, said to have originated from a stock of burning corn oil, on 30 July.
Local news reports claim 12 people were inside the facility when the fire started, but all escaped without injury.
The cause of the fire has... [Read More]
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Aug 5, 2013
A new collaboration between Malaysia-based Hock Lee Group (HLG) and global bio-tech business Beta Renewables may yield the first commercial-scale biomass ethanol plant in the region.
The agreement was announced by Agensi Inovasi Malaysia (AIM) which claims the development is in line with the government’s vision for biomass owners to be involved in downstream activities... [Read More]
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Aug 6, 2013
Parcel delivery business TNT Express is to trial biofuels within its fleet in the United Arab Emirates.
It is working with Lootah Biofuels to help reduce its carbon footprint via locally produced B5 biodiesel made from used cooking oil for Lootah’s commercial vehicles in Dubai. TNT hopes to save 32 tonnes of carbon emissions through this collaboration.
‘This... [Read More]
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Aug 6, 2013
Construction is set to begin on a long proposed ethanol plant in North Dakota, US this August.
The ground is scheduled to be officially broken on the Dakota Spirit AgEnergy plant, back by Minnesota-based Great River Energy, after two years of planning.
It is believed the plant will cost around $150 million (€113 million) and will use over 20 million bushels of corn... [Read More]
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Aug 6, 2013
A man in Texas, US has been jailed for fraud and money laundering in a plot surrounding a non-existent biodiesel plant.
Kenneth Paul Lawrence was sentenced to five years for his role in defrauding investors to put money into a biodiesel plant that was never going to be built. He also received a probated 10 year sentence for engaging in organised crime.
In a statement the... [Read More]
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Aug 7, 2013
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has divulged its final ruling on percentage standards for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) programme.
It requires 16.5 billion gallons of renewable fuels to blended into the overall volume of US fuel supply, a total which makes up 9.7%. The EPA standard breaks down as this:
Advanced biofuels – 2.75 billion gallons (1.6%)
Biomass-based... [Read More]
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Aug 7, 2013
Two ethanol plants situated close by in Minnesota, US have formed a relationship via a new business deal.
Granite Falls Energy has acquired a majority interest in Heron Lake BioEnergy and the facilities will share three management positions between them.
The three individuals now stretching their roles over to Heron are Granite CEO and general manager Steve Christensen,... [Read More]
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Aug 7, 2013
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded biotechnology company Microvi Biotechnologies a grant to develop its breakthrough technology that improves the yield and performance of biobutanol processes.
Microvi claims its MicroNiche technology overcomes the toxic and inhibitory effects on butanol producing microorganisms, a ‘major bottleneck in scaling existing... [Read More]
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Aug 7, 2013
The Shanghai Food and Drug Safety Authorities has been working with Tongji University to provide city buses with biodiesel in 2014.
The partnership conducted a toxic oil recycling programme and will now use swill oil as the basis of fuel for 1,000 buses, despite officials admitting the two processors the city boasts are ‘limited’.
Swill oil made headlines for... [Read More]
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The American Coalition for Ethanol (@ACE) has praised the inclusion and extension of the Clean Fuel Production Credit — commonly referred to as Section 45Z — in the final tax and spending package passed by Congress.
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