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May 30, 2013
Jet fuel from biomass project receives funding in US
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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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Jun 10, 2013
The Biofuels Centre of North Carolina (BCNC) has completed its state-wide woody biomass assessment as a foundation for large biofuels production.
BCNC coordinated with forestry consultants Gelbert, Fullbright and Randolph, plus the seven state economic development regions, in 2011 to undertake the completed three-part analysis of North Carolina’s wood resources.The... [Read More]
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Jun 11, 2013
A report in New Zealand regarding its forestry sector believes downstream industries like biochemicals and biofuels are ‘unlikely to flourish’ if established industries, like sawmilling, do not sell on their waste.
The Woodscape study came about after collaboration between the forest and wood products industry, the NZ Ministry for Primary Industries and NZ... [Read More]
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Jun 12, 2013
Finnish company UPM and US-based technology producer Renmatix have entered into a non-exclusive joint development agreement in the area of biochemicals.
Under terms of the agreement both companies will further develop Renmatix’s water-based Plantrose process to convert woody biomass into low-cost sugar intermediates for subsequent downstream processing.
The... [Read More]
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May 8, 2013
Small and medium enterprises in north west Europe can apply for Innovation Coupons to help them assess the feasibility of taking a bio-based idea or technology to industrial production.
The coupon scheme is being launched by Bio Base NWE, a new €6.2 million ($8.1 million) project funded under the INTERREF IVB NWE framework programme.
A coupon, each worth up... [Read More]
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May 8, 2013
A US-based producer of chemical products is to jointly construct an ethanol plant in Indonesia this year.
Working with state-owned oil and gas company PT Pertamina, Celanese will help build the facility as part of an overall ethanol project worth around $2.5 billion (€1.9 billion).
A location for the facility is still being decided but ‘Palembang or Bontang’... [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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