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Oct 22, 2012
PFP Group acquires idle biodiesel plant in Northern Italy
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Oct 22, 2012
Technology supplier Metso is to provide a Swedish combined heat and power plant with a biofuel-fired boiler.
The plant, based in Torsvik and owned by Jönköping Energi (JE), is expanding and the new 100MW unit will serve to help meet district heating and electric power needs of Jönköping municipality.
The expansion the CHP plant represents a significant... [Read More]
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Oct 22, 2012
Biorefineries operator Biodico has agreed to develop renewable fuel and technologies with the US Navy on behalf of the US Department of Defence (DoD).
Both US Naval and DoD facilities across the globe will benefit from the partnership as it seeks to optimise the operation of sustainable biorefineries that would produce biofuels, energy using renewable resources and other... [Read More]
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Oct 22, 2012
Biofuels and chemicals company Advanced Bioenergy is expected to sell its Nebraska, US ethanol plant by the end of the year to Flint Hills Resources.
The news comes after Advanced Bioenergy wanted to see how much interest would come from a sale after receiving interest from another potential buyer earlier this year. The deal is still subject to regulatory approval.
The... [Read More]
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Oct 22, 2012
A coalition of US biofuel trade organisations have urged House and Senate leaders ‘to stay the course’ on the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).
A drafted letter claims the RFS as the cornerstone of the association’s efforts to reduce foreign oil dependence and create jobs and economic growth across America. It also tells the Environmental Protection Agency... [Read More]
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Oct 23, 2012
The owner of a 30 million gallon a year biodiesel plant in Iowa, US has temporarily suspended production.
Soy Energy has said ‘recent volatile market conditions and continued production challenges’ have taken their toll hence the suspension. Some employees have been laid off since the announcement.
‘In order to ensure the long-term health of the business... [Read More]
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Sep 24, 2012
Biodiesel producers in Argentina were happy to hear the country will start to employ a sliding-scale on its multi-billion dollar export industry.
President Cristina Fernandez announced the modification of a recent tax levy, from 20% to 32% on biodiesel exports, as it drew strong opposition from local producers. In light of the global price plunge for biodiesel the government... [Read More]
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Sep 25, 2012
Aircraft manufacturer Airbus will work with China’s state-run oil and gas company Sinopec to develop a new type of biofuel.
The project is named “1# biojet fuel” and will be produced at a new Sinopec refinery based in Hangzhou, which has a capacity to produce aviation fuel from biomass on a large scale.
‘Biojet fuel is becoming increasingly important... [Read More]
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Sep 25, 2012
A fire broke out at a biodiesel production in Südlohn-Oeding, Germany on 23 September.
It started in a side production line of the Petrotec-owned facility’s biodiesel production process. Petrotec claims the main biodiesel production line was not damaged and suffered no halt of production.
Petrotec also reports that, as a result of the disturbance, biodiesel... [Read More]
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Sep 25, 2012
A partnership that will use the by-products from whisky making in Scotland to make butanol for transportation has been signed.
The Tullibardine distillery in Perthshire has signed a MoU with Celtic Renewables, an off-shoot of Napier University, to allow bacteria to feed on its draff and pot ale by-products which are high in sugar content.
‘This partnership is an... [Read More]
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Sep 26, 2012
Scientists from the University of Liverpool are taking part in an international research project to apply the properties of drought-adapted desert plants to biofuel crops.
The £8.6million ($13.9 million) project, funded by the US Department of Energy, aims to explore the photosynthetic mechanisms of drought-tolerant desert plants like agave and introduce these... [Read More]
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Sep 26, 2012
Italian energy company Eni will invest €100 million ($128.7 million) into converting a conventional refinery located in Venice to biofuels.
The process will start with an initial conversion of existing facilities which will be launched in the second quarter of 2013 and be completed by December.
‘It will make the Venice site a model of technological excellence... [Read More]
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Sep 27, 2012
A multi-million pound project to explore biofuel potential in plants growing in harsh environments has been announced.
Newcastle University is taking part in the five-year, £8.8 million ($14.2 million) project, funded by the US Department of Energy, to look into the genetic mechanisms of nocturnal photosynthesis, a process displayed by some desert plants.
By taking... [Read More]
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Sep 28, 2012
A new recovery boiler installed at the Iggesund Paperboard mill in Sweden means the facility can now be energy self-sufficient.
The new boiler allows Iggesund to increase its production and also enables the facility to operate on 100% biofuel and be CHP self-sufficient.
It took two years and SEK 2.3 billion (€240 million) to construct and was officially opened by... [Read More]
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Sep 28, 2012
Biotechnology company Dyadic has concluded its DISCO bioethanol project in cooperation with SEKAB E-Technology.
The goal of DISCO was to identify and develop more productive and cost-effective enzymes for the production of bioethanol from lignocellulosic raw materials.
Dyadic’s biofuels enzyme, AlternaFuel CMAX, was successfully verified by SEKAB at an ethanol demonstration... [Read More]
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