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Jun 27, 2012
South Africa edges closer to biofuel use
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Jun 28, 2012
US-based oil refiners Valero Energy (VE) and ethanol producers Nedak Ethanol (NE) have both temporarily closed their ethanol plants in Nebraska recently. VE spokesman Bill Day cited ‘poor profit margins’ returned by its facility, which produces up to 110 million gallons of biofuel annually, as the reason behind the suspension. There were no signs that VE’s... [Read More]

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Jun 28, 2012
Experienced energy advocates In Thailand have called for the country to step up its development on biodiesel and ethanol production by working with nearby countries. Former executive director of the Petroleum Institute of Thailand, Khunying Thongtip Ratanarat, believes joint development programmes with the likes of Indonesia and Malaysia would help reduce Thailand’s... [Read More]

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Jun 29, 2012
US-based Greenleaf Biofuels is due to fully open what it is claiming to be the ‘biggest biodiesel facility in New England. Construction begun eight months ago and the plant is expected to produce around 10 million gallons of biodiesel a year. Greenleaf is hopeful it will be online by September and its Waterfront Street location has links to both rail lines and a... [Read More]

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Jun 29, 2012
An agreement has been signed by The Netherlands and Brazil at international sustainable energy conference Rio+20 designed to boost biofuels development between the two countries.  Dutch state secretary for infrastructure and environment Joop Atsma co-signed with Brazil’s chief negotiator at Rio+20 Luiz Figueiredo Machado, which will also see the two countries... [Read More]

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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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