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Mar 12, 2012
JOil announce first-year yields of jatropha
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Mar 12, 2012
The refining and marketing venture jointly owned by affiliates of Shell and Saudi Aramco, Motiva Enterprises (Motiva), is planning to convert its High Sulfur Diesel Heating Oil (2000 ppm) to Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel (ULDS) (15 ppm) at its 5,000,000+ barrel Sewaren Terminal, located in New Jersey.
The conversion has been prompted by a State of New York mandate which... [Read More]
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Mar 16, 2012
Verbio (Vereinigte BioEnergie) is continuing to expand its sales of biomethane. VNG (Verbundnetz Gas) is now selling verbiogas, a fuel derived solely from agricultural residue, at all 10 of the natural gas filling stations belonging to VNG-T (VNG-Erdgastankstellen, a wholly owned subsidiary of VNG AG).
Furthermore, VNG has opened 2 natural gas fuelling stations in Berlin,... [Read More]
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Mar 16, 2012
Developer of a proprietary process to produce petrol and other fuels from biomass and natural gas, Primus Green Energy, has announced the completion of its third round of funding. IC Green Energy, the renewable energy sector of Israel Corp, has invested $12 million (€9.18 million) in the company, raising the total funding since 2007 to $40 million (30.62 million).
'IC... [Read More]
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Mar 16, 2012
The throughput of biofuels in the Port of Rotterdam decreased to 4.3 million tonnes in 2011. This was a 6% decrease compared to 2010.
The throughput of ethanol fell 15%, from 2 to 1.7 million tonnes with incoming cargo dropping from 1.2 to 1.1 million tonnes. Along with a decrease in imports from Brazil, there has been almost an entire loss of ethanol imports from Spain... [Read More]
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Mar 20, 2012
In the city of Sault Ste. Marie in Ontario, Canada, MSE Enviro-Tech has signed a two-year agreement with Wardlaw Fuels to supply the Transit Commission with biodiesel for its fleets of buses.
Under the agreement, MSE Enviro-Tech will source the biodiesel and fossil diesel. Wardlaw Fuels will then collect the biodiesel and blend it with petrol diesel to make B5-B20 blends.
The... [Read More]
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Mar 22, 2012
The combined global revenue for solar PV, wind power, and biofuels rose by 31% in 2011, according to the Clean Edge Annual Report. The report showed that revenue grew from $188.1 billion (€142.9 billion) in 2010 to $246.1 billion (186.96 billion) in 2011.
The report saw biofuels reach record revenue of $83 billion (63.07 billion) in 2011, but suggested that this... [Read More]
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Mar 22, 2012
POET-DSM Advanced Biofuels have announced the planned construction of a commercial scale cellulosic ethanol plant. The Iowa facility named 'Project Liberty' will use corn as feedstock and is set to open in 2013.
POET-DSM Advanced Biofuels was formed in January after POET and Royal DSM entered into a joint-venture agreement, each holding a 50% share of the project.
The... [Read More]
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Mar 22, 2012
The model Misfueling Mitigation Plan for E15 (15% blended petrol) that the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) submitted to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has met the requirements of EPA's waiver decision.
This means that E15 is well on track to its introduction onto the market.
States, including Iowa, Illinois, and Kansas, will be among the first to see E15 in... [Read More]
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Mar 23, 2012
Celanese Corporation has received government approval to set its plans to upgrade its integrated acetyl facility at the Nanjing Chemical Industrial Park in to motion. The company is intending to convert the facility so that it can produce ethanol for industrial uses, and expects it to be operational by mid-2013.
The company has seen advancements with its TCX ethanol technology,... [Read More]
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Mar 23, 2012
Boeing, Airbus and Embraer have agreed to work together on the development of drop-in, affordable aviation biofuels. The agreement was signed by all respective CEOs and Presidents, at the Air Transport Action Group (ATAG) Aviation and Environment Summit in Geneva. It will see the airframe manufactures speak in unity to government, biofuel producers and other key stakeholders... [Read More]
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Mar 26, 2012
Verbio Bioenergie has reported a rise in sales to €754 million for the 2011 financial year, with EBITDA growing by more than 50%.
Using the profit made, €150 million will be invested into growing the biomethane sector of the company.
The main reason for the 45% increase in sales was because of third party sales from the Märka branch of the business, which... [Read More]
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Mar 26, 2012
The US Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD )has signed a deal with Albemarle for it to produce biojet fuel derived from bio n-butanol which will be provided by Cobalt Technoloigies.
Albemarle will use technology provided by NAWCWD to produce the renewable jet fuel from Cobalt’s n-butanol in its processing facility located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
The... [Read More]
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Mar 28, 2012
Italy-based Agroils Technologies has received investment funds of €900,000 from X-Capital, which it says it will use to develop technology to produce biofuel, protein biomass for animal feed and jatropha.
The process of production was developed by Roberto Crea, who also developed the first recombinant production of human insulin at Genentech in California in 1978.
‘The... [Read More]
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Mar 28, 2012
Enzyme developer Codexis has been awarded a patent from the US Patent and Trademark Office which covers a component of the company’s enzymatic technology used for the production of cellulosic biofuels.
Codexis received US Patent Number 8,143,050: Recombinant Beta-Glucosidase Variants for Production of Soluble Sugars from Cellulosic Biomass and says that it will help... [Read More]
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