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Sep 14, 2012
New microalgae sites could boost Australian biofuels production
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Sep 17, 2012
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is to establish the amount of bio-diesel products required to be included in diesel fuel markets in 2013.
EPA’s action sets the 2013 volume at 1.28 billion gallons under the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA) which established the second phase of the Renewable Fuel Standards programme. EISA specifies... [Read More]
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Sep 17, 2012
Funds provided by the National Science Foundation will go towards the assessment of bioenergy projects in both North and South America over the next five years.
The $4.81 million (€3.67 million) grant will fund a team of researchers, led by Michigan Tech University professor Kathy Halvorsen, which will visit bioenergy projects in Argentina, Mexico, Brazil and Michigan... [Read More]
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Sep 17, 2012
Construction of fuel company Citgo's proposed biodiesel storage tank will not begin yet, after members of the Planning Board voted to continue the request until November.
Citgo plans to build a new steel tank at its 57 million gallon Quincy Avenue terminal in Braintree, Massachusetts to hold just under 270,000 gallons of biodiesel made from animal and vegetable fats.
Citgo... [Read More]
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Sep 17, 2012
Magellan Midstream Partners' biodiesel storage and blending terminal is now operational in Des Moines, Iowa.
The facility can store and mix 5,000 barrels of 2%, 5%, 10% and 20% biodiesel blends. The 5,000 barrel storage tank is heated and insulated, and features an accompanying pipeline network to the track rack that is also heated and insulated.
'This state-of-the-art... [Read More]
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Sep 18, 2012
US-based biofuels producer Joule has signed a partnership with car manufacturer Audi to aid with its future production.
The car brand will test and validate Joule’s future biofuels production with a view to moving towards carbon-neutral driving. The producer has also commissioned a demonstration plant in New Mexico which will use sunlight and CO₂ to create ethanol.
‘Joule... [Read More]
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Sep 18, 2012
Odec Tankstorage is increasing its storage capacity in a bid to handle more biofuels.
Last month the company acquired a 9,130m3 terminal area in Södertälje oil harbour, Sweden. The terminal is now under development and, upon completion, will feature four new tanks for biofuels storage.
Phase 1 of this project is slated to begin at the end of this year and includes... [Read More]
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Sep 19, 2012
Utah State University (USU) students have earned a world record after building a one litre, two-cylinder engine biofuelled car.
The Aggie A-Salt Streamliner runs on yeast biodiesel and topped out at 65.3mph on the Bonneville Salt Flats, a new world record for that type of engine. It also matched the speed it obtained when using petroleum diesel.
It has taken over a year... [Read More]
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Sep 20, 2012
German airline Lufthansa is set to work with Australian biofuels company Algae Tec to build a large-scale plant looking to produce green aviation fuel from algae.
The site of the new plant is yet to be decided but it is believed a country in Europe with a large CO₂ source will eventually be named as host.
‘Lufthansa will arrange 100% funding for the project, while... [Read More]
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Sep 21, 2012
Clean energy company General Biofuels Georgia is set to construct a new wood pellet plant in Washington County, Georgia to aid biofuels production.
The facility is set to cost around $60 million (€46 million) and the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDED) is hopeful it will open in early 2014.
Georgia timberlands and local lumber producers will provide... [Read More]
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Sep 21, 2012
German bioethanol association BDBE has hit back that rising country bioethanol output is contributing to higher global food prices.
Since the German government raised the allowed amount of bioethanol blended in petrol from five to 10% in 2011, overall output for the first half of 2012 was 295,000 metric tonnes (a 21% rise).
But Germany’s development minister Dirk... [Read More]
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Sep 24, 2012
Petrochemical supplier and technology licensor Honeywell UOP has won a 15 month contract to work on biofuels for the US Air Force.
The Defence Department awarded the $17.3 million (€13.4 million) contract for the creation of an economically viable refinery to produce advanced drop-in biofuels.
The deal will be structured as a Technology Investment Agreement, meaning... [Read More]
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Aug 20, 2012
A new 400,000 litres a day ethanol plant in Ubon Ratchani, Thailand is set to be completed by November this year.
The Thai Ubon Bioethanol project is still under construction, but the plant will have the capacity to produce both hydrous and anhydrous material and could use both cassava and molasses as feedstock.
‘We will be able to produce both ethanol grades and... [Read More]
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Aug 21, 2012
The successful completion of its sixth test period of ‘no harm’ tests for oxidation stabilisers and additional products has been announced by the Association Quality Management Biodiesel (AGQM).
The tests make sure that the chemical and physical properties in biodiesel are not affected by the use of oxidation stabilisers, there are no inadmissible reciprocal... [Read More]
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Aug 21, 2012
Two German researchers have re-ignited the debate that European-produced biodiesel does not meet the required sustainability targets claimed by Brussels.
Gernot Pehnet and Christoph Vietze of the Friedruch Schiller University claim eight of the ten tests on locally-produced rapeseed biodiesel failed to meet the promised 35% of greenhouse gas savings promised. In many cases... [Read More]
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