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Interest from Mexican buyers in US ethanol imports is growing, with purchases increasing 1,756% from 2006 until last marketing year.
According to the US Grains Council (USGC), in 2006/2007 Mexico bought just 6.8 million litres of US ethanol, while during the 2014/2015 marketing year purchases were 126.5 million litres.
Mexico’s current imports of US ethanol are primarily used for…
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The University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER) is partnering with Lianhenghui Investment Co. to construct a five-acre algae production facility in Zhengzhou, China.
The facility will feature the centre’s novel photobioreactor technology for growing algae, which will be used for the production of fuels, nutraceuticals, and bioplastics.
Lianhenggui is also constructing a…
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The government of Argentina has more than doubled export taxes on biodiesel, further distressing the industry already suffering from low oil prices and closed markets.
The export taxes were increased in February to 3.89pc from 1.62pc in January, which were the lowest since the government implemented a sliding-scale system of export duties for the biofuel in 2012.
The biodiesel industry sees the…
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Alliance BioEnergy Plus has formed a strategic alliance with Harvesting Technology (HT) for the inclusion of its licensed and patented advanced separation process.
Alliance plans to utilise the separation technology alongside its CTS cellulose conversion process in ethanol applications.
When used in a dry mill corn ethanol plant, the HT process is able to separate the backend whole stillage…
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Clariant, a Swiss specialty chemicals producer, and Werner & Mertz (W&M), the producer of Frosch cleaning products, has launched a project which expands the possible applications of bioethanol.
Clariant’s sunliquid cellulosic ethanol – made from agricultural residues such as straw – will be processed into detergents, cleansers and cleaning agents at W&M’s…
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Researchers have revealed through a new study that fungi from the gut of herbivores like goats, horses and sheep could be used to make biofuel.
The researchers report in the journal Science that these anaerobic gut fungi perform as well as the best fungi engineered by industry in their ability to convert plant material into sugars that are easily transformed into fuel and other products.
"Nature…
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Africa has become the new frontier for innovative non-food crop based biofuels' projects, according to a new report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
The report, 'Second-Generation Biofuel Markets: State of Play, Trade and Developing Country Perspectives', says that these initiatives are mainly taking place in Eastern and Southern Africa even though West Africa…
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JP Energy Partners, a US-based biofuels terminal operator, has initiated the expansion of its existing rail facilities at its North Little Rock refined products terminal, located in Arkansas, to allow for unit train deliveries of ethanol.
The upgrades will materially improve the terminal's ethanol offloading efficiency and capacity, allowing for offloading of up to 108 car unit trains, according…
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Scientists from the US Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have shown for the first time that an enzyme can be tweaked to reduce lignin in plants.
According to Berkeley Lab, its technique could help lower the cost of converting biomass into carbon-neutral fuels to power cars and other sustainably developed bio-products.
Lignin is a polymer…
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Spanish renewable energy business Abengoa has announced that its US bioenergy unit has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
The company made the announcement on Wednesday (24 February). According to news agency Reuters, the firm's US bioenergy unit has current liabilities worth $10bn.
The filings do not include Abengoa's corn ethanol plants in Mount Vernon, Indiana, and Madison, Illinois, the…
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A group of environmental groups in the UK are calling on the next Mayor of London to commit to making the capital's buses run on clean fuel.
The NGOs, including Greenpeace, WWF, RSPB and the National Trust, have drawn together 20 policy suggestions to improve London's environment and will publish them today to mark the start of Greener London Week. Suggestions include the introduction of…
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Algal biofuel production is not living up to expectations, hindered by high key resource demand, technical difficulties, and high costs, a new study finds.
According to a review by the European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC), despite high expectations and extensive research and investment, technological options are still in developing stages and key resources for algal growth are still…
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Novozymes CEO Peder Holk Nielsen has called for the EU to introduce a blending mandate for advanced biofuels by 2030 to help decarbonise the transport sector.
The chief executive of the biotech specialist made the announcement at an energy security conference which took place at the European Parliament in Brussels on 25 February, 2016.
He urged the EU to promote advanced biofuels in order to…
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Argentina is set to beef up its ethanol production by increasing the required blend of ethanol in gasoline from 10% to 12%, according to media reports.
The South American country's President, Mauricio Macri, said the additional ethanol would be exclusively derived from sugar, according to news agency Reuters.
The increase should provide a boost to farmers there who have been struggling with a…
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