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Apr 30, 2013
Enterprising gift to biofuels research in Missouri
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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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Apr 8, 2013
Palm oil reserves in Malaysia took the steepest drop in number in more than two years this March.
A report by Bloomberg believes inventories declined by 7% to 2.27 million tonnes from February, the steepest monthly drop since January 2011. These details were pulled from estimates from two plantation companies and four analysts. Exports however went up by 2.1% to 1.4 million... [Read More]
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Apr 9, 2013
The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) is urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reduce competition between food and fuel as it implements the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).
The science group submitted its recommendation at the start of April with comments on the EPA’s proposed biofuel mandate volumes for 2013. EPA’s proposal calls for so-called... [Read More]
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Apr 9, 2013
The US Environmental Protection Agency announced in April that 77.6 million gallons of biodiesel were produced in February.
Biodiesel in the US has exceeded targets under the Renewable Fuel Standard for two consecutive years and the new numbers show a total of more than 80.4 million gallons of biomass-based diesel for February, but that total also includes renewable diesel... [Read More]
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Apr 10, 2013
Zimbabwe has increased biofuel awareness by approving an E85 blend suitable for the country’s flexi-vehicles.
The blend will contain a 15% unleaded petrol content and is hoped to lower the price of fuel throughout the country, which at the moment stands between $1.51 (€1.15) and $1.59 a litre.
‘The quality specification of E85 conforms to Standard Association... [Read More]
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Apr 11, 2013
An ethanol plant in North Dakota, US is to be dismantled despite optimistic rescue plans.
The Alchem corn-to-ethanol plant, based in Grafton, opened in 1985 but closed in 2007. An energy investment group located in Iowa mooted plans to purchase the facility last year but the idea didn’t come to fruition.
This news follows the closure of another ethanol plant in North... [Read More]
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Apr 11, 2013
Canada saw the official launch of the Growing Forward 2 (GF2) policy framework for Canada's agricultural and agri-food sector this April.
And the Canadian Renewable Fuels Association (CRFA) has applauded this launch as ‘good news’ for its industry and for the farmers who work closely with biofuels producers.
GF2 is a CN$3 billion (€2.2 billion) investment... [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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