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Jun 29, 2012
Major global biofuels agreement signed at Rio+20
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Jul 2, 2012
Advanced biofuels producer Sundrop Fuels (SF) is set to use ExxonMobil technology at the site of its first commercial ‘green gasoline’ plant in Louisiana, US.
The plant will use sustainable forest waste combined with hydrogen from clean-burning natural gas to produce up to 50 million gallons annually of what SF claims will be the ‘world’s first... [Read More]
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Jul 2, 2012
A redeveloped Columbia Pacific ethanol plant has delayed production due to being confronted with what it calls ‘declining market conditions’.
Columbia Pacific had hoped to begin ethanol production in February but have now taken the decision to wait out a combined slump in ethanol price while corn feedstock price remains high.
General plant manager Dan... [Read More]
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Jul 2, 2012
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has joined forces with jet engine producer General Electric (GE) Aviation, in addition to the Ohio Aerospace Institute, air carriers and producer groups, to produce renewable jet fuel from agricultural products.
The biojet will be provided at GE Aviation's Cincinnati, Ohio-based facilities and GE Aviation plans to buy around 5 million... [Read More]
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Jul 3, 2012
The US Department of Defence (DoD) has announced a public-private partnership opportunity to support an integrated domestic advanced drop-in biofuel biorefinery.
The funding opportunity is designed to share the cost of establishing one or more first-of-a-kind biorefineries and feedstock supply chains to provide the US military with already certified blends of biofuels.
The... [Read More]
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Jul 3, 2012
Public-listed Greenergy Holdings has confirmed a planned PHP25 million (€476,550) investment in a local Philippines biofuel company Isabela Alcogas.
Greenergy’s board of directors disclosed to the Philippine Stock Exchange that the company had the ‘green light’ to subscribe the PHP25 million worth of Isabela Alcogas shares, with authority to even... [Read More]
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Jul 4, 2012
A $62 million (€49.2 million) development is the latest effort by the US government to invest in biofuels.
Around half that figure will be made available via federal funding to advance the development of biofuels to replace diesel and jet fuel used in both the military and the commercial and shipping sectors.
The rest of the investment will be used to fund research... [Read More]
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Jun 6, 2012
Rio+20, the United Nations conference on sustainable development, will host a renewable jet fuel flight demonstration this month in Brazil.
The fuel, which has been sourced and provided from Brazilian sugarcane by renewable products company Amyris, has passed all testing and will be used in an Azul Airlines craft. The demonstration is also being backed by commercial jet... [Read More]
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Jun 6, 2012
The 48th edition of the ELE Rally in the Netherlands hosted races that had cars fuelled by Gasoline Ethanol Methanol (GEM) from second generation biofuels producer BioMCN.
The BioMCN 350Z Challenge saw 14 cars powered by GEM, which consists of the three fuel elements mixed in various ratios to almost match E85 properties but with a significantly lower CO₂ footprint than... [Read More]
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Jun 6, 2012
The California Energy Commission has unanimously agreed to approve funding of over $35 million (€27.9 million) to help speed up the development of green fuels and technology.
The funding will support many different fuel and vehicle projects in the state, including natural gas vehicle technology and incentives, E85 fuelling stations, biodiesel production and hybrid... [Read More]
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Jun 7, 2012
International supplier of fermentation ingredients to the fuel ethanol industry Lallemand Ethanol Technology (LET) has announced the brand name of its collaboration with Mascoma Grain Technology (MGT).
The yeast product project will be marketed under the name TransFerm and be available for use by the fuel ethanol industry. It represents the first commercial application... [Read More]
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Jun 7, 2012
Strategic investor company Intercore Energy has announced a $1 million (€794,000) equity investment into Epec Biofuels Holdings to advance the commercialisation of ethanol 2.0 in the US.
Epec has positioned itself as a pioneer of bringing ethanol 2.0 to commercial reality since late 2011 and this investment is part of a bigger approximately $1.25 million financing... [Read More]
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Jun 7, 2012
A request has been made by the Philippines Coconut Authority (PCA) to the National Biofuels Board (NBB) to increase the current 2% blend of coco biodiesel before the end of the year.
The proposal wants the blend to be increased to 5% and would mean an additional 21,000 metric tons of coconut oil would be needed to meet the requirement.
PCA administrator Euclides Forbes... [Read More]
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Jun 8, 2012
Canadian biofuels producer Enerkem is to consider licensing its trash-to-ethanol technology following production at a demonstration plant.
In a statement Enerkem has claimed it expects the plant to validate its manufacturing process which will be used at three commercial-scale plants that are currently under construction in the US and Canada.
VP of government affairs and... [Read More]
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Jun 8, 2012
UK prime minister David Cameron and Norwegian prime minister Jens Stoltenberg have agreed a landmark energy partnership between the two countries designed to secure affordable and sustainable long term energy supplies.
Named the Norway-UK Energy Partnership for Sustainable Growth, it will see closer collaboration between the two countries across a wide range of energy... [Read More]
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