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Aug 31, 2012
Aviation biofuels research on Chinese feedstocks continues
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Sep 4, 2012
The Daithi O’Mhurchu Marine Research Station in County Cork, Ireland is set to become the country’s first commercial algae production facility for biofuel.
The facility has been experimenting with algae growth for three years and is funded by a Marie Curie grant from the EU. The grant is due to expire next year and has pushed the decision to commercial production... [Read More]
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Sep 4, 2012
Danish enzymes-for-biofuels producer Novozymes will partner with yeast specialist Terranol to complete final testing on a yeast strain which could accelerate conversion of waste into biofuel.
Novozymes will have the right to register and market Terranol’s C5 yeast technology under the agreement.
‘We feel Terranol's C5 yeast is currently one of the best strains... [Read More]
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Sep 5, 2012
The Japanese government will fund a joint project that aims to conduct research into an algae biofuel programme.
US-based energy extraction company OriginOil and the Research Institute of Tsukuba Biotech (RITB) have confirmed the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries grant will go towards building 1-ac sites for the production of biofuels using algae.
OriginOil... [Read More]
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Sep 5, 2012
Seven biofuel organisations have filed an interveners brief in the American Petroleum Institute (API) case against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) which challenges the 2012 cellulosic and advanced biofuel requirements under the Renewable Fuel Standard.
The groups are defending the EPA's ability to set cellulosic and advance biofuels targets that are based on... [Read More]
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Sep 6, 2012
Switzerland-based chemicals group Clariant has entered into a partnership agreement with Emerald Technology Ventures.
Clariant will work with Emerald in order to identify opportunities to invest in, or cooperate with, technology companies active in the area of cleantech advances like new catalysts to improve process efficiency, advanced materials for the reduction of energy... [Read More]
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Sep 6, 2012
US-based biofuels development company Infinite Enzymes (IE) has received a Small Business Innovation Research (SIBR) Phase Two grant.
The $450,000 (€356,450) grant is IE’s second investment via SIBR and will be used to further IE’s enzyme development technology. IE develops natural enzymes that can be used to convert plant byproducts into biofuels and... [Read More]
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Sep 6, 2012
The first truckload of biodiesel was collected from Renewable energy Group’s (REG) new biodiesel location in California, US this month.
The product was picked up by regional distributor Whole Energy, which has locations in California, Washington and Oregon, following an agreement between REG and terminal owners Maxum Petroleum.
‘Our terminal agreement with... [Read More]
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Aug 7, 2012
Biodiesel producer Methes Energies Canada's newly retrofitted biodiesel plant will be officially opened on 10 August – International Biodiesel Day.
The Sombra, Ontario-based plant is able to produce 13 million gallons a year of biodiesel from mostly cooking oil and animal fat, although it is able to handle a variety of different feedstocks.
Methes Energies began... [Read More]
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Aug 7, 2012
In June this year, 112 million gallons of biodiesel were produced throughout the US, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reports, with a year-to-date production of 557 million gallons through the first six months of the year.
Biodiesel is classified under the EPA's biomass-based diesel category in the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). The 117.5 million gallons of biomass-based... [Read More]
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Aug 8, 2012
Biodiesel producer and marketer, REG, has signed an agreement with independent energy logistics company Maxum Petroleum that will see it supply biodiesel at its Rancho Dominguez terminal near Long Beach, California.
Under the supply agreement, Maxum will begin offering REG-9000 biodiesel in mid-August, when it will be available to petroleum jobbers or large fleets.
'This... [Read More]
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Aug 8, 2012
Commodity management firm Gavilon has become the exclusive ethanol marketer for Advanced BioEnergy's three facilities located in Fairmont, Nebraska; and Aberdeen and Huron, South Dakota.
The announcement was made after subsidiaries of the Gavilon Group entered into multi-service commercial agreements with subsidiaries of Advanced BioEnergy.
Under the terms of the agreement,... [Read More]
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Aug 9, 2012
Second generation ethanol producer Fulcrum BioEnergy has been awarded a $105 million (€85 million) loan guarantee from the US Department of Agriculture.
The finalisation of the loan guarantee, which was awarded to the company's Sierra BioFuels Plant to be built in Storey County in Nevada, US, means Fulcrum will secure bank financing. This, combined with Fulcrum's... [Read More]
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Aug 14, 2012
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has granted Parts 79 and 80 registration to Ineos New Planet BioEnergy (INPB), a joint venture between Ineos Bio and New Planet BioEnergy, for the production and sale of bioethanol from non-food waste materials.
This notice of registration comes as building of the Indian River BioEnergy Center has finished and is going through... [Read More]
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Aug 14, 2012
Bio-based chemicals developer Cobalt Technologies and Rhodia, a specialty chemicals company, will together build and operate a biobutanol demonstration plant in Brazil.
The two companies are working together to eventually construct a commercial-scale biorefinery. This facility will be fitted with Cobalt's technology, producing bio n-butanol from Brazilian bagasse and other... [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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