Mexico’s first biodiesel plant has begun operations. The nation’s president Felipe Calderon opened the production facility on 26 November 2010 in the south eastern state of Chiapas. The plant will convert jatropha, palm oil and recycled oil into 20,000 litres per day of biodiesel for use as transport fuel in local vehicles.... [Read More]

As refining and marketing company Neste Oil’s renewable fuels business enters a new phase following two major investment projects, the company has decided to merge its Oil Products and Renewable Fuels business areas. Neste Oil’s financial reporting will remain unchanged and Oil Products and Renewable Fuels will continue to form separate reporting segments. Currently... [Read More]

The city of LaHarpe in Illinois, US, will soon be home to Bio-NRG’s new $38 million (€26.7 million) biodiesel plant. The plant is still in the development stages, however Bio-NRG is looking to start building the facility in 2011. With an estimated completion time of between 12 and 15 months, the plant should be up and running by 2012. Bio-NRG will operate the plant... [Read More]

Following the recent stakeholders' consultation organised by the European Commission to address the issue of indirect land use change (ILUC), the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA) calls on the Commission to review modelling work and ensure scientific robustness to calculate ILUC. Developing the science to calculate and understand ILUC has become crucial... [Read More]

Sitimas Holdings, Sime Derby, Mabanaft, Dialog, Shell, Jurong Port, ASB Biodiesel, Thai Oil, ConocoPhillips, Dialog, MISC, SK Energy, Langsat Terminal, Dovechem, Vopak – just some of the names registered for next week’s Bioenergy International Asia expo & conference at the Hotel Maya in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 10-11th November. Sustainability standards forms... [Read More]

October this year saw Imperial Petroleum’s wholly owned subsidiary e-biofuels, based in Middletown, Indiana, sell 1.98 million gallons of biodiesel, bringing in approximately $6.3 million (€4.48 million) in revenues for that month alone. First quarter revenues for biodiesel sales represent approximately $16.7 million on 5.2 million gallons sold. ‘It has been... [Read More]

Renewable energy firm AMG Bioenergy Resources Holdings has signed a letter of intent with China Zhejiang Biodiesel (CZBC) to acquire the eucalyptus and jatropha plantation assets, which it has developed in Guangdong province, southern China. AMG will initially acquire the 145-hectare jatropha and the 330-hectare eucalyptus plantation assets for around CA$2.6 million (€1.85... [Read More]

Sudan-based White Nile Sugar Co. has signed an agreement with China’s Beijing-based CAMC Engineering Co. for the development of an ethanol production facility and an animal feed plant. It is expected that both plants will come online towards the end of April 2012 when White Nile begins its sugar production, but managing director Hassan Satti refused to comment on the... [Read More]

Biofuels company AE Advanced Fuels Keyes’ wholly owned subsidiary AE Biofuels has secured over $4 million (€2.87 million) in funding from Third Eye Capital to retrofit and restart operations at its Keyes-based ethanol plant in California, US. The retrofit is expected to be completed and the plant fully operational by Q1 2011. The facility was originally opened back... [Read More]

A $160 million (€116.3 million) biofuel plant, located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, US, is now operational. Owned by Tyson Foods and fuel manufacturer Syntroleum Corp., Dynamic Fuels has been designed to produce 75 million gallons of renewable diesel a year from leftovers from Tyson’s meat-processing factories and eateries, including chicken fat, beef tallow and grease. 'Our... [Read More]

Bioenergy firm Solena Group has signed a letter of intent with clean energy company Rentech for the use of its proprietary Fischer-Tropsch synthetic fuel technology in Solena’s sustainable biojet fuel project – GreenSky. The facility will convert more than 500,000 tonnes of waste biomass feedstock into synthesis gas every year using Solena’s plasma gasification... [Read More]

In Avon, Colorado, local buses and other town vehicles will soon be running on biodiesel following moves by the area’s fuel supplier in October. In response to federal EPA standards, which will see US suppliers offer renewable fuels, Sinclair Oil Company is looking to replace its No.2 diesel with a 2% biodiesel blend. ‘This renewable fuel is another step the town... [Read More]

Renewable energy and green tech company GreenGold Ray Energies has announced its revenue forecast for the next five years’ cumulative sales for jatropha-based biodiesel. Based on today’s jatropha biodiesel prices GreenGold has estimated that its revenue should reach $178 million (€129.5 million) by year five, whereby a cumulative sales of $356 million are expected.... [Read More]

The privately held renewable chemicals and advanced biofuels company Gevo’s isobutanol has successfully cleared registration with the U.S. EPA as a fuel additive. Gevo’s isobutanol is the first isobutanol to be listed in the EPA’s Fuel Registration Directory and is now approved for blending with petrol. ‘We’ve taken another important step in commercialising... [Read More]