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Apr 24, 2013
Funding for Wisconsin bioenergy centre to continue
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Apr 25, 2013
A biofuels producer in Philadelphia, US has diversified its portfolio to include a new stream of business.
BlackGold Biofuels has opened a new facility that can recycle wastewater from restaurants and turn it into biofuel. The feedstock comes from grease trap waste from wastewater haulers which is then cleaned for further use.
Another bonus of this project, according to... [Read More]
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Apr 25, 2013
Kenana Sugar (KS) will launch the first Sudanese project which uses ethanol as a gasoline additive to increase octane and improve vehicle emissions.
The project, which will mix gasoline with 10% of ethanol, is a joint venture between KS and the Greater Nile Petroleum Operating Company (GNPOC). Sudan currently produces 65 million litres of ethanol, 10% of production consumed... [Read More]
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Apr 26, 2013
Sequential Pacific Biodiesel (SPB) has signed up several new partners to increase levels of used cooking oil used into creating biodiesel.
The organisations are the University of Washington, Taco Time, CenturyLink Field, Safeco Field and Pike Place Market and a closed loop production cycle has been constructed.
‘Cooking oil that isn’t recycled into biodiesel... [Read More]
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Apr 29, 2013
Finland-based biofuels producer UPM is to work with technical research centre VTT and car manufacturer VV-Auto Group to start fleet tests of renewable domestic diesel.
Biofuel will be produced by UPM and used in VV-Auto cars as the VTT conduct tests from May on engine functionality, consumption and emissions.
These fleet tests are a part of a larger project, coordinated... [Read More]
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Apr 29, 2013
The Florida Biofuels and Bioenergy Association wants state governor Rick Scott to veto a bill that would lift the 2008 state law requiring petrol sold by a terminal suppliers or wholesalers to be blended with ethanol.‘We are disappointed in this step by the Florida Legislature as they’re telling both investors and the people who are working in bioenergy, biofuel... [Read More]
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Apr 30, 2013
Car rental brand Enterprise has made a large donation to the University of Missouri in respect to renewable fuel research.
The $2 million (€1.5 million) gift, via Enterprise Holdings Foundation, will reportedly be used to research biofuels, biomass and energy efficiency.
Missouri chancellor Brady Deaton was quoted as saying the money would be used to create an endowment... [Read More]
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Apr 30, 2013
A new biofuels plant in Sofia, Bulgaria has awarded the construction contract to Greek company Aktor-Helektor.
The project, set to use waste as feedstock, is set to take 19 months to come to fruition and cost around €109.2 million ($142.8 million).
This is the second renewable energy project for the capital city as it joins another bioenergy system which is set to... [Read More]
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May 1, 2013
Corn-to-fuel business Gevo has been issued a new patent regarding isobutanol production.
The latest award, US patent 8,431,374, covers “the foundational methods for low-cost isobutanol production at commercially relevant titer, productivity and yields”.
‘This is a milestone achievement toward our goal of making commercial isobutanol a reality,’... [Read More]
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May 1, 2013
California-based Canergy, an advanced biofuels company focused on the production of ultra-low carbon intensity ethanol from sustainable non-food energy crops, is to work with chemical engineering and renewable processes business Chemtex, and cellulosic biofuels producer Beta Renewables, for the development of a 25 million gallon a year cellulosic biofuels facility.
Construction... [Read More]
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May 2, 2013
The five year duty imposed on US ethanol exported to the European Commission needs to be challenged, according to a group of US senators.
After an anti-dumping investigation by the EC which began over a year and a half ago, it imposed a €110 ($83.03) per tonne tariff on US ethanol that kicked in three months ago.
Fourteen representatives, a mixture of republicans... [Read More]
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May 3, 2013
A NASA research programme carried out in California has revealed that a fuel blend of camelina-based biofuel and conventional kerosene poses no risk to commercial jets.
Scientists at NASA's Langley Research Centre say test flights revealed engine performance remained unchanged when a DC-8 aircraft reached 39,000 feet powered by the fuel mix, AP reports. The study also... [Read More]
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May 7, 2013
UK-based biofuels producer Vireol is still hoping to secure more funding for its proposed ethanol plant in Grimsby.
It wants to raise £80 million (€95.4 million) to go towards constructing the 200 million litres per year facility which is reported to be using wheat as feedstock.
Vireol aims to commence building next year with operations slated to begin in 2016.... [Read More]
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May 7, 2013
Researchers from US space agency NASA have stated, after successful trials, that conventional jet fuel can be blended with biofuels to offer safe flying.
NASA scientists based at its research centre in California claim to have found ‘no noticeable difference’ to the performance of a DC-8 aircraft flying at 39,000ft using jet fuel and camelina oil.
Senior research... [Read More]
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Apr 8, 2013
Papaya feedstock will play a role in a biofuels and animal feed project in Hawaii that has just received government funds.
The state has invested $200,000 (€153,800) into a conversion project with Florida-based Biotork Hawaii via its USDA Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Centre.
The conversion process, which can now move to pilot stage, takes two weeks and uses... [Read More]
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