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Sep 15, 2011
Guardian Lima launches new ethanol plant
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Sep 15, 2011
In July this year, the US Department of Energy approved a proposal from the state of Kansas to install a number of flex-fuel ethanol pumps at 38 sites belonging to the convenience store chain QuikTrip.
Under the proposal, the state and local company Ethanol Products were to form a partnership and invest $5 million (€3.6 million) and $10 million respectively in the... [Read More]
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Sep 16, 2011
Oil major Lukoil says its oil terminal development in Barcelona is on schedule for completion, this week seeing the welding of the ring of the final tank within the farm.
Litasco, the Lukoil International Trading and Supply company, formed a joint venture with Barcelona-based oil company Meroil in 2010 to build the development as an extension of the existing Meroil terminal... [Read More]
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Sep 19, 2011
In Florida, US, Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, the Tampa Port Authority (TPA) and CSX Corporation have partnered to build an ethanol transportation system in the Port of Tampa.
TPA will be responsible for the construction of a new railroad, on which trains of up to 100 cars will be able to deliver product.
This new rail track will enable CSX to move ethanol from manufacturers... [Read More]
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Sep 19, 2011
Mascoma, a renewable fuels company, is developing two biofuel production plants that will make ethanol from woody biomass.
In order to fund the development of the two plants, Mascoma is looking to raise $100 million (€73 million) through an initial public offering (IPO).
The first of the two wood-ethanol plants will be built in Kinross, Michigan, US. It will cost... [Read More]
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Sep 19, 2011
Renewable Energy Technologies has proposed to open an ethanol plant in the city of Holland, Michigan, US.
The company is looking to acquire an existing facility that was previously owned by American Beverage and convert it into a waste-to-ethanol production facility, handling products leftover from the production of sugar and alcohol.
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA)... [Read More]
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Sep 19, 2011
Enerkem, a producer of biofuels and chemicals from waste materials, has entered into an offtake agreement with Methanex, a methanol supplier.
Under the agreement, Methanex will purchase methanol produced at Enerkem's facility in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Enerkem's Edmonton-based subsidiary, Enerkem Alberta Biofuels, will begin producing the methanol for Methanex. The... [Read More]
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Sep 20, 2011
In Europe, a number of North West European organisations are partnering for a €14 million initiative that will address the current lack of information on macro- and microalgal productivity.
Energetic Algae (EnAlgae) will establish a series of pilot-scale seaweed farms and microalgae growth facilities in the region to provide information needed for optimised algae... [Read More]
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Sep 20, 2011
Metro Terminals held a ribbon cutting ceremony and tour on 14 September to celebrate the grand opening of its biodiesel/bioheat clean fuel distribution facility in Calverton, Long Island, New York.
The facility will make use of a newly funded rail spur extension, which will improve the way fuel is transported throughout New York. Approximately 2,500 trucks will be taken... [Read More]
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Sep 20, 2011
In Leamington, Ontario, Canada, New Energy Farms (NEF) has constructed its energy crop bioproducts facility.
The 30,000 square foot plant converts locally grown energy crops into low carbon bioproducts. It also generates 265kW of renewable electricity from solar panels fitted in the roof.
Pyramid and Prism Farms, partners of NEF, built the site, which currently handles... [Read More]
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Sep 21, 2011
Refining and marketing company Neste Oil has completed its fourth renewable diesel plant. Located in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, the plant is the largest of its kind in Europe.
The plant has an annual production capacity of 800,000 tonnes and this will be ramped up on a phased basis.
The plant brings Neste Oil's overall renewable diesel capacity to 2 million tonnes each... [Read More]
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Sep 21, 2011
In Brazil, Cargill, a global trader of sugar and ethanol, and Grupo USJ, a company dedicated to the sugarcane industry, have formed a 50/50 joint venture, SJC Bioenergia.
The new JV brings together two of Grupo USJ's sugarcane mills, both located in the state of Goiás: its Quirinópolis-based São Francisco mill and the Cachoeira Dourada mill, which... [Read More]
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Sep 21, 2011
Four months after closing, Ensus' bioethanol plant remains closed due to market conditions.
Ensus closed its £250 million (€286 million) facility in May but insisted this was a temporary move. However, operations there remain halted and Ensus is unsure when production will be resumed. However it hopes to start refining by the end of this year.
Nevertheless,... [Read More]
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Sep 22, 2011
PTTMCC Biochem, a joint venture between PTT and Mitsubishi Chemical, is developing a polybutylene succinate (PBS) plant in Thailand.
The joint venture has selected BioAmber, a renewable chemistry company, to build the plant and the company is scheduled the break ground on it in 2012.
The plant will be built close to PTTMCC's PBS plant at the Map Ta Phut site in Rayong,... [Read More]
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Sep 23, 2011
Technical Trade, a company based in Romania, is developing a biofuel plant in the village of Remetea.
The company will break ground on the €6.5 million ethanol plant early next year, with startup scheduled in 2013.
It has not yet been disclosed how much ethanol the plant will produce, but it will be able to handle around 7,000 hectares of local crops such as potatoes,... [Read More]
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