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Dec 22, 2011
ADM acquires biodiesel company in Poland
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Dec 22, 2011
Neste Oil has commissioned its Rotterdam facility to produce hydrated vegetable oil (HVO), opening it on 19 December 2011.
This follows the opening of productiion in Singapore and Finland, adding a further 800,000 tonnes to its capacity and bringing the total output to two million tonnes of HVO.
The Rotterdam refinery produces NExBTL renewable diesel, Neste Oil’s... [Read More]
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Dec 22, 2011
The German Federal Finance Ministry says it will qualify biodiesel produced from used cooking oil for double counting, even if it includes animal fats.
The Netherlands and France already includes waste-based biodiesel within its double counting legislation and it is possible to double count in countries that have not yet implemented their schemes officially, such as in... [Read More]
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Jan 4, 2012
German chemical company BASF has participated in a $50 million (€38 million) funding round with an investment of $30 million into biofuel producer Renmatix.
The process Renmatix uses to produce biofuels includes creating industrial sugar from lignocellulosic biomass such as wood, cane waste or straw. Using supercritical water—a state in which water acts as a... [Read More]
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Jan 4, 2012
World Health Energy Holdings (WHEH), a public holding company that works on forming joint ventures with algae companies for the production of biodiesel and fish food, says it has signed a deal with Indian company Prime to build a biodiesel facility.
The production site will sit on 250 acres and cost up to $100 million (€77 million) to build. So far two sites are being... [Read More]
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Jan 4, 2012
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has introduced new state guidelines which allow for biodiesel to be blended at any ratio into any compliant fuel. This means former limitations, such as having to use more additives within the biodiesel and producers having to report blending requirements, are now non-existent.
Biodiesel producers have happily accepted... [Read More]
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Jan 4, 2012
Evogene has established Evofuel, a subsidiary of the company, which will focus on developing seeds to be used as a feedstock for the development of biofuel.
In particular, castor bean varieties will be developed for biofuel commercialisation in both Brazil and Israel.
‘We have headquarters in Israel and field trials there that simulate different water conditions... [Read More]
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Jan 5, 2012
The Illinois state government has extended the tax credit for biodiesel for an extra five years, until 2018. Originally the credit was due to run out in 2013, but now biodiesel blends of more than 1% and less than 10% will continue to have tax applied to only 80% of the total cost for a further six years.
The Senate Bill 397 passed the full Illinois Senate by a vote of... [Read More]
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Jan 5, 2012
The Nigerian government has signed a deal with Global Biofuels, a local biofuel producer, to build 15 biofuel plants in the country, costing about N414 billion (€2.02 billion) in total.
The project will create about 120,000 jobs and will power 15 states with 30MW each. A pilot plant will be built in Ekiti, with construction beginning within the next few months and... [Read More]
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Jan 5, 2012
Florida-based company BioTork has converted papayas into fatty acids which it says can be refined into biofuels.
Under a research development programme working with the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center (PBARC) and Rivertop Solutions, BioTork says this discovery is a positive breakthrough for the local agriculture and military... [Read More]
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Jan 5, 2012
BP Technology Ventures has invested in Cool Planet Biofuels as part of the company’s C financing round, following the likes of General Electric, Google Ventures, ConocoPhillips, NRG and North Bridge Venture Partners, other investor companies.
The money will be used to further develop Cool Planet’s technology which involves producing reduced carbon petrol from... [Read More]
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Dec 1, 2011
Hoang Anh Gia Lai of Vietnam has broken ground on a renewable energy project in Laos’ Attapeu province.
Costing in the region of $100 million (€74.3 million) to build, the development includes a sugar mill, a 30,000 tonne per year ethanol plant, a 30MW thermal power plant and a fertiliser plant.
Around 20,000 jobs will become available for the local people when... [Read More]
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Dec 1, 2011
Technology manufacturer Honeywell and AliphaJet, a collaborative venture between Synget and Unitel Technologies, will work to bring renewable aviation fuel to market under a new partnership.
Honeywell will bring its engineering services and equipment to the venture, while AliphaJet has pioneered a catalytic method for bio-jet production using renewable materials such as... [Read More]
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Dec 1, 2011
Algae.Tec, a company dedicated to the production of renewable oils from algae, has been awarded a contract to build its algae biofuels production facility in Sri Lanka.
The plant is being constructed for cement and building company Holcim Lanka and is Algae.Tec's first plant to be built in Asia.
Holcim is investing in the plant to reduce its carbon footprint by channelling... [Read More]
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Dec 1, 2011
In Mexico, Chiapas state government will propose to build a biojet fuel production plant in January 2012.
Should the plans be granted approval, the plant would help Mexican airlines achieve their blending targets for aviation fuel; in 2015 the government wants 1% of renewable jet fuel to be blended with traditional aviation fuel. This will increase to 15% by 2020.
The... [Read More]
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