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Feb 12, 2013
Lone Star terminal reopens for biodiesel use
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Feb 13, 2013
Bioethanol producer Abengoa Bioenergy has decided to add an oil separation system to two of its plants in the US.
The systems, to be supplied by ICM, will be deployed in Illinois and Indiana with the aim of maximising the recovery of non-food grade bio-oil from emulsion concentrate.
‘We will collaborate with Abengoa to deliver corn oil extraction technology and support... [Read More]
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Feb 13, 2013
Evogene, a developer of improved plant traits for the industries including biofuels, has launched a model plant validation system for evaluation of candidate genes for monocot crops.
Monocot plants have one single embryonic seed leaf and include three of the most economically important food crops in corn, rice and wheat.
It claims this system, which uses Brachypodium as... [Read More]
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Feb 14, 2013
New Zealand-based petrol station brand Z Energy wants to bring a biofuel project in Auckland back online.
CEO Mike Bennetts says the company wants to reduce its carbon footprint through creating 20 million litres of biofuel from tallow feedstock, which could then go toward making 400,000 litres of E5 diesel.
An earlier attempt at this got to pilot level but a loss... [Read More]
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Feb 14, 2013
Finland-based energy company St1 is planning to construct a new bioethanol facility in Kajaani.
Company executives aim to make an investment decision bout the project this year, which would enable production to begin in 2015. The plant would use sawdust from the local sawmill industry as feedstock.
St1 is keen on second generation biofuels and is aiming to hit an ethanol... [Read More]
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Feb 14, 2013
Front Range Energy, an ethanol producer in Colorado, US is to move away from using corn feedstock to woody biomass.
FRE says it has tested a new process to make ethanol from wood waste and its facility could start commercial production next year.
‘The idea to use biomass to convert to ethanol is not a new idea,’ says Dan Sanders Jr, FRE VP. ‘What's new... [Read More]
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Feb 15, 2013
State-owned plantation company PT Perkebunan Nusantara (PTPN) is set to widen its product portfolio by expanding into biofuel production during 2013.
It has been reported that its sugar and tobacco lines cannot be fully relied on to support the Indonesia-based company, which is seeing increased manufacturing costs, so biofuels and electricity production are set to... [Read More]
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Feb 18, 2013
After finding a potential feedstock in Yellowstone National Park a new biofuels start-up is gathering pace in Montana, US.
New company Sustainable Bioproducts, funded by a Small Business Innovation and Research grant from the National Science Foundation, will partner with Montana State University to turn a fungus discovered at Yellowstone into sustainable energy.
The fungus,... [Read More]
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Feb 18, 2013
A fire that broke out in a fuel tank farm in North Carolina, US on 16 February is thought to have started following a lightning strike.
The blaze set fire to Eco Energy's 40,000 gallon ethanol storage tank located near Paw Creek.
The incident occurred around 4pm and required more than 70 fire fighters to bring it under control using water and foam.
Nobody was injured.
The... [Read More]
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Jan 18, 2013
Canada-based waste-to-biofuels business Enerkam has received a multi-million finance injection from Waste Management of Canada.
Further to the $37 million (€27.6 million) awarded Enerkam has announced it has recruited the first employees for its new biofuels facility in Alberta.
A 25-year agreement to build and operate a plant that will produce and sell second generation... [Read More]
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Jan 21, 2013
The US Energy Efficiency and Renewbale Energy (EERE) department is to support research and development into algae-based biofuels by setting aside a funding pot.
The funding system, which will hold up to $10 million (€7.5 million), will support research projects aimed at boosting the productivity of algae cultivation systems and developing and demonstrating energy-efficient,... [Read More]
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Jan 21, 2013
The US Department of Energy (DoE) has awarded enzyme company Novozymes and biotechnology provider MBI $2.5 million (€ 1.8 million) to develop new enzyme-based technologies to convert corn stover into sugars for subsequent conversion into biofuels.
The collaboration aims to tailor enzymes for MBI’s AFEX-treated biomass, which will in turn enables the production... [Read More]
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Jan 22, 2013
US-based ethanol production business Poet has installed its new corn oil technology into 25 of its 27 biorefineries.
The move brings Poet’s total capacity to around 250,000 tonnes a year, enough feedstock to produce 68 million gallons of biodiesel annually.
Facilities in places like Iowa, South Dakota, Minnesota and Ohio have been beneficiaries of the upgrade.
‘There’s... [Read More]
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Jan 23, 2013
The US Renewable Fuels Association president Bob Dinneen has called for certainty over indirect land use change (ILUC) penalties in a letter sent to the California Air Resources Board (CARB).
It has been over two years since CARB proposed to revise ILUC penalties against certain biofuels as part of the state’s Low Standard Fuels Standard (LCFS).
‘I am writing... [Read More]
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Jan 24, 2013
The US biodiesel industry broke the 1 billion gallon mark in 2012 for the second consecutive year, according to year-end production figures released by the EPA.
The total volume of nearly 1.1 billion gallons was roughly flat over 2011 production, exceeding it by 6 million gallons.
‘These numbers reflect the ongoing growth and development of our industry and represent... [Read More]
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