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In the US, 92.2 million acres of corn will be planted for the purpose of producing ethanol, while 85.1 million acres of corn will be harvested, with a yield of around 158.7 bushels per acre. These are figures according to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).
'American farmers appear poised to once again respond to market signals and increase their productivity without needing to convert…
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In the US, agribusiness and ethanol company The Andersons has achieved record first quarter net income attributable to the company of $17.3 million (€12.3 million), or $0.93 per diluted share, on revenues of $1 billion. In the same three month period of 2010, the company reported results of $12.3 million, or $0.66 per diluted share, on $722 million of revenues.
During the quarter, the…
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Ethanol producer Southwest Iowa Renewable Energy (SIRE) has revealed that it made $674,031 (€477,867) in net losses for the second quarter which ended on 31 March 2011. This is lower than the company's $742,851 net loss reported in the same period in 2010.
Brian Cahill, SIRE's general manager and chief executive officer said, 'Our corn oil extraction implementation process is complete. This…
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The US Department of Energy (USDA) has accepted a cooperative's proposal for a Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP) area designation. Named 'Plant, Baby, Plant', the designation was accepted by the USDA on 4 May 2011.
This designation of land will see 30 western Missouri counties and eight counties in Kansas form a 'fuel shed' in which the farmers will grow energy crops on land unusable for…
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In Visalia, California, US, EdeniQ and Logos Technologies are to begin building a corn-to-ethanol pilot plant in, funded partly by a $20 million (€14.2 million) federal Department of Energy (DoE) grant.
The companies will break ground on the facility on 19 May 2011, marked with a groundbreaking ceremony at 10am.
The pilot plant will be installed with EdeniQ's technology that converts…
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In Baton Rouge, Louisiana, US, speciality chemicals firm Albemarle Corporation has acquired Catilin, a technology company dedicated to the development and application of heterogeneous biodiesel catalysis.
The new move will see Albemarle become involved in several R&D synergies.
'We are excited to offer Catilin technology alongside our existing GoBio portfolio to customers in the fast growing…
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Germany-based ethanol producer CropEnergies' revenues reached €472.8 million between 1 March 2010 and 28 February 2011, a 26% increase on the previous financial year's €374.1 million.
The company's operating profit was almost four times that of the previous year, increasing from €11.9 million to €45.9 million.
The supervisory board decided to follow the recommendation of the…
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One of the UK's biggest ethanol production plants is due to temporarily close following unfavourable market conditions.
Ethanol producer Ensus owns the Wilton, Teesside-based facility, which will be shut down at the end of May 2011 for up to four months.
According to Ensus, the closure can be attributed to a slump in customer demand, coupled with competition from the US.
However, Ensus goes on to…
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Oil company PetroVietnam is on schedule to begin operations at its ethanol production facility in October 2011, according to new reports.
Currently 75% complete, the finished Dung Quat ethanol plant will have the capacity to produce 100 million litres of ethanol a year from locally grown cassava.
Central Oil and Gas Biofuel of Vietnam is financing the build and the plant is predicted to double…
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59% of India's petrol for transport purposes could come from biofuels by 2020, according to the Bloomberg New Energy Finance study titled 'Next-generation Ethanol: What's in it for India'.
The new study was released on 17 May 2011 and commissioned by enzyme producer Novozymes.
India, the world's sixth largest fuel guzzler, is under pressure to dramatically reduce its reliance on fossil fuels, as…
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Two supermarkets in California, US, have selected Extreme Biodiesel, a wholly owned subsidiary of BookMerge Technology, to produce biodiesel for them, at a small charge.
Under the preliminary agreement, Extreme Biodiesel will pick up waste vegetable oil from the supermarkets and transport it to its Extreme Corona plant in Corona, California. Extreme will then turn the waste oil into biodiesel…
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In New Zealand the demand for biodiesel is growing, so much so that renewable energy company Biodiesel New Zealand is developing a bulk distribution facility in Nelson to try and meet some of this demand in the northern region of South Island.
To be located in Nelson, the project will supply Biodiesel New Zealand's Biogold NZ20 blend of renewable fuel, in addition to its 100% biodiesel, known as…
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Eucalyptus has been found to be a promising option as a biomass feedstock for the production of liquid fuel, as researchers from the US Department of Energy's (DoE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have identified a tree that releases more than twice the usual amount of sugar.
The trees being studied by NREL are lignin-modified eucalyptus lines that have been developed for research by…
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In Canada, renewable energy producer Rentech is looking to develop a biomass plant in White River, Ontario that will produce jet fuel and create 400 fulltime jobs.
'This will be the largest renewable clean jet fuel programme in the world,' says the CEO of RenTech Hunt Ramsbottom. 'This will be the first of its kind where the province, the federal government, local communities and a private…
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Papua New Guinea-headquartered New Britain Palm Oil (NBPOL), a large-scale integrated industrial producer of sustainable palm oil in Australasia, and agribusiness group Wilmar International have agreed to set up an integrated supply chain and joint marketing agreement to supply Europe with fully traceable and segregated sustainable palm oil from NBPOL's Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)…
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Privately owned company Greenergy is to start reducing the levels of waste sent to landfill and has partnered with waste food recycling company Brocklesby to produce biodiesel from food leftovers.
In a bid to reduce the environmental impact of the fuel that the company produces, while also creating a new alternative source of fuel, the joint venture will covert edible oils and unsalable food into…
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The 5 May 2011 saw the US Department of Energy (DoE) and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) expose a new $47 million (€32.7 million) grant programme.
The new R&D grants, which are part of the Obama Administration's aim to address the rising costs of fuel, will support the generation of energy from biomass.
The funding will help finance a total of eight projects dedicated to the…
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