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Oct 31, 2012
Bunge invests in Brazilian biobutanol plant
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Oct 31, 2012
Stagecoach-branded buses have significantly upgraded the blend of biofuels it uses to power its fleet.
Over 500 coaches and buses in East Scotland, plus nearly 400 vehicles in operation for Stagecoach in West Scotland, are now running on B30 biofuel. The buses were previously running on B5 and calculate the switch could cut emissions by up to 22%.
‘Public transport... [Read More]
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Nov 1, 2012
Ineos Bio has hailed the first renewable power production at its joint renewable energy project in Florida, US.
The Indian River Bioenergy Centre is currently turning local yard, vegetative and agricultural wastes into advanced biofuels and renewable power. The facility was a joint venture with development company New Plant Energy.
The facility is expected to generate... [Read More]
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Nov 1, 2012
A bioenergy plant in Hopewell, Virginia is to be auctioned off by city officials in order to recoup nearly $2 million (€1.5 million) in unpaid taxes.
Hopewell City Council voted to begin a tax sale of the reported $150 million Osage BioEnergy-owned facility which closed in 2011 without producing a drop of ethanol.
City attorney David Fratarcangelo believes the auction... [Read More]
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Nov 2, 2012
Several projects in Japan on the go since 2008 are perfecting the use a technology that could utilise sago to produce ethanol.
President of Bio-Energy Corporation Hideo Noda claims this research on producing bioethanol production from cellulosic materials has been carried out successfully.
‘In our project, a hydro-thermal pre-treatment without adding sulfuric acid... [Read More]
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Nov 2, 2012
Ethanol plant design and management company ICM has had to lay off 25 employees in Colwich, US in response to what it calls slowing growth in the ethanol industry.
The company now employs 275 people, down from the 671 it had back in early 2008.
In a statement e-mailed to various press outlets, ICM CEO Dave Vander Griend stated the company is focused on retrofitting existing... [Read More]
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Nov 6, 2012
Greenergy has announced plans to penetrate the fuel industry in Canada.
From the second quarter of next year, the UK-based supplier of petrol and diesel will begin supplying fossil and biofuels to south western Ontario.
Greenergy's first supply location in Canada will be Vopak's Hamilton terminal. From here it will supply E10 petrol, ethanol and ULSD. A number of terminal... [Read More]
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Nov 7, 2012
US-based biofuel and logistics company Eco-Energy has signed a partnership with Copersucar, the largest sugar and ethanol trader in Brazil.
By binding their global supply capacity of 2.6 billion gallons the move creates the largest ethanol trader in the world.
‘With this partnership, we become a truly global company in the biofuel market, expanding our scale of operation... [Read More]
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Nov 7, 2012
Vopak has been awarded the first multisite International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) for a number of its storage terminals.
The company certified its first terminal in Rotterdam on 13 December 2011. ‘Rotterdam is the biofuels hub of Europe,’ Maurice Houben, Vopak’s sales and marketing manager for global vegoils and biofuels,’... [Read More]
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Nov 7, 2012
The Pakistani government is to implement several new plants with the aim of creating a total of 304MW of electricity from city waste.
Many projects are already underway, with an aggregate capacity of 57MW, and the subsequent facilities will create a further 247MW via agricultural, industrial and biogas waste products.
A senior government official stated that agricultural... [Read More]
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Nov 8, 2012
Renewable chemicals and fuels company Amyris has recorded declining financial results for the third quarter ending September 2012.
Aggregate revenues for the quarter were posted at $19.1 million (€15 million) versus $36.3 million in the same quarter 2011. The company puts the decline in revenue down to the planned transition out of the ethanol and ethanol-blended... [Read More]
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Nov 8, 2012
Engineering and technology provider Praj Industries is to move into India as it further explores second generation biofuels.
A 10 million litres a year demonstration commercial plant represents a continuation of Praj’s lignocellulose to ethanol programme as it seeks ways to produce ethanol from non-food based feedstock.
Praj will use the plant to demonstrate technical... [Read More]
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Oct 9, 2012
Germany-based bioethanol manufacturer CropEnergies has posted a new record level for its first half of this financial year.
The final figure announced by the company was €319.9 million ($412 million), which was an increase of 16% during March and August compared to 2011. Its operating profit improved by 28% to €37.2 million and its net financial debt has been... [Read More]
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Oct 10, 2012
US-based ethanol plant Heron Lake Bioenergy has been working with an energy company to cut its running costs.
Interstate Power and Light, a division of Alliant Energy, has worked with Heron to convert a coal-fired boiler system to natural gas, plus installing a new fan system at the same time.
The plant will see a drop in internal electricity usage of approximately 4.5MKW/h... [Read More]
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Oct 11, 2012
The minister for Energy and Power Development in Zimbabwe, Elton Mangoma, has addressed public doubts over an ethanol project in the village of Chisumbanje.
The project, which has cost $600 million (€465 million) so far, halted in August as politicians could not agree on how best to proceed with it.
Speaking to displaced villagers that paved the way for the project... [Read More]
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