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Aug 1, 2011
Abengoa's biomass programme receives USDA support
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Aug 4, 2011
Aeromexico is the latest airline to fly its planes on biofuel. Along with Boeing, the two companies powered a flight from Mexico City to Madrid using a General Electric motor that ran on bio-combustible fuel.
The flight, which took off at the beginning of August, had 250 passengers on board. The airline plans to make the flights more regular by implementing a programme... [Read More]
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Aug 4, 2011
In Hawaii, US, biodiesel company Pacific Biodiesel will deliver its fuel to the new Hawaiian Electric Company-operated 8MW Honolulu International Airport Emergency Power Facility.
Hawaiian Electric and Pacific Biodiesel reached an agreement on 2 August, which will see Pacific Biodiesel supply the facility with at least 250,000 gallons of biodiesel produced from used cooking... [Read More]
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Aug 5, 2011
Currently under construction in Indian River County, Florida, US, construction on the INEOS New Planet BioEnergy plant is now scheduled to finish 'by this period of time next year' instead of April 2012, according to the company's president David King.
The reason for the delay has been attributed to the time it took to evaluate and hire construction firm AMEC back in 2010.
INEOS... [Read More]
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Aug 5, 2011
With a goal to produce 3 billion litres of ethanol in the 2012/2013 crop year, biofuels company ETH Bioenergia of Brazil is looking to expand its sugarcane plantation by 100,000 hectares.
In addition to the 3 billion litres of ethanol, ETH plans to generate 2,700GWh of renewable power.
The company has already started building its Agua Emendada ethanol plant, located in... [Read More]
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Aug 8, 2011
Rosetta Green, an Israel-based public company, which develops improved plants traits for the agriculture and biofuel industries, has been awarded a three-year grant from the Canada-Israel Industrial Research and Development Foundation (CIRDF).
The grant will fund a project between Rosetta Green and Canada's Agrisoma Biosciences. Together the two companies will work to... [Read More]
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Aug 10, 2011
In Jamaica, one of the nation's three ethanol producers – Jamaica Ethanol Processing – has been forced to close its operations following the continuing rise of feedstock prices.
'The CBI (Caribbean Basin Initiative) ethanol business has been in distress for the last three years, initiated by the volatility of the commodities market and essentially an upside... [Read More]
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Aug 10, 2011
Renewable oil company Solazyme and Bunge Global Innovation, an agribusiness and food company, have agreed to form a joint venture that will produce triglyceride oils in Brazil.
Under the JV, Solazyme and Bunge will build a new plant on the site of Bunge's existing sugarcane mill in Brazil. Upon completion, slated for 2013, the facility will produce 100,000 tonnes of renewable... [Read More]
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Aug 10, 2011
In India, Bharat Renewable Energy (BREL), a joint venture of Bharat Petroleum, one of the country's largest petroleum companies, has initiated a programme with SG Biofuels (SGB) to develop and deploy elite hybrids of jatropha for the production of biodiesel.
Phase one of the project involves a crop development effort to produce cross varieties of jatropha adapted to unique... [Read More]
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Aug 10, 2011
Aventine Renewable fuels producer Renewable Energy Holdings has reported a net loss of $23.9 million (€16.7 million) for Q2 2011, ended 30 June.
This is compared to the $9.3 million net loss for the same three-month period in 2010. Net loss for the six months ended 30 June 2011 was $43.1 million, compared to a net loss of $16.4 million for the four months ended 30... [Read More]
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Aug 11, 2011
In Pollock, Louisiana, US, a formerly defunct biodiesel plant has reopened.
The plant, which is owned by biodiesel producer Vanguard Synfuels, was officially opened on 8 August, although it began producing biodiesel a couple of weeks prior to this. The opening has created jobs for 25 people.
The plant originally opened as a biofuel facility in 2003 when it started producing... [Read More]
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Aug 11, 2011
A $100 million (€70 million) ethanol plant located in Hoke County, North Carolina, US, will be put up for auction on 24 August after Clean Burn Fuels filed for bankruptcy.
The auction start price has not been disclosed.
Clean Burn Fuels originally filed for permission to build the plant in 2005. By 2007 it had been awarded $35 million from the US Department of Agriculture... [Read More]
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Aug 12, 2011
In Argentina, Nestor Lopez, president of Agrupacion de Colaboracion San Antonio, has opened the company's first biodiesel plant.
Mayor Francisco Guiterrez and industry secretary William Gardella also attended the ceremony.
The plant, which is currently running at 30% capacity, can produce biodiesel from a variety of fat and oil feedstocks. The company's vice president... [Read More]
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Aug 12, 2011
Renewable products company Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) has achieved the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) to supply sustainably grown soyabeans to the European market.
ADM will be the first company to provide Europe with ISCC-certified sustainable soya that meets the requirements of the EU's Renewable Energy Directive (RED).
By the end of 2011... [Read More]
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Aug 16, 2011
In India, Southern Biodiesel Technologies is to build a biodiesel plant in Devanahalli.
This plant comes hot on the heels of the state's first biodiesel production facility, which was put into operation on 20 February this year in Peenya Industrial Area.
The new plant will produce 50 tonnes a day of biodiesel. According to the company's director, Abhishek Mudram, the unit... [Read More]
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