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Apr 27, 2012
BIO submits statement to House Ways and Means Subcommittee on ways to extend tax provisions
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Apr 27, 2012
TEPSA has expanded its storage capacity in Valencia. The extension consists of two new plants for petroleum products and biofuels, with the capacities of 53.000m³ and 61.000m³.
The facility for biofuels and non-flammable products became operational mid 2011, with the second facility, designed for petroleum products, coming into action in November.
After passing... [Read More]
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Apr 30, 2012
China New Energy (CNE) and Chinese state-Owned ethanol producer, Jilin Tianshun Biochemical Development, a subsidiary of JEIC, have signed an agreement of intent. The contract will see an existing, Jilin-located, JEIC production facility upgraded into a commercial-scale, integrated plant with an annual capacity of 50,000 tonnes of biofuel.
The redeveloped facility, which... [Read More]
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May 1, 2012
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has granted motions to allow the Advanced Biofuels Association (ABFA), the American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE), the Advanced Ethanol Council (AEC), the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), Growth Energy, the National Biodiesel Board and the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) to intervene and address the... [Read More]
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May 1, 2012
Dyadic International is a global biotechnology company focused on the discovery, development, manufacture and sale of enzyme and protein products for the bioenergy, biochemical, biopharmaceutical and industrial enzyme industries. The company has announced that Abengoa Bioenergy New Technologies (Abengoa), has agreed to pay them $5.5 million for an expansion of its rights... [Read More]
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May 2, 2012
Lukoil has commissioned a new petroleum terminal at the port of Barcelona, Spain.
The project was made possible due to a joint venture between Spanish company, Meroil, and international oil company Litasco (a Lukoil subsidiary) that was reportedly established in July 2010.
The new terminal, which is connected to the Hydrocarbonates Logistics Company pipeline system, includes... [Read More]
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May 2, 2012
Royal Dutch Shell and Iogen have cancelled plans to construct a commercial-scale biofuel plant in Manitoba, Canada. This about-turn has resulted in the loss of 150 jobs.
The joint venture was set to construct a plant that produced ethanol from straw and other plant waste rather than food crops. Shell first invested in Iogen in 2002 and the two companies have jointly operated... [Read More]
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May 2, 2012
Green Fuel, who jointly own an ethanol plant in Chisumbanje, Zimbabwe may have to let go of over 4,500 employees as the plant was forced to cease operations due to it being unable to sell the 10 million litres of ethanol it produced. The plant was the result of a joint venture between Green Fuel, the Agricultural and Rural Development Authority, Rating Investments and... [Read More]
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Mar 29, 2012
Car manufacturer Volkswagen has partnered with biofuels companies Solazyme and Amyris to evaluate the amount of emissions produced from biodiesel in order to show the environmental benefits.
Volkswagen is to supply the companies with two cars – the 2012 Passat TDI and 2012 Jetta TDI – so that they can examine the effects the fuels will have on the Volkswagen... [Read More]
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Mar 30, 2012
A white paper has been released, detailing the extent and impact the advanced biofuels and bio-based chemicals industry in the future on the region of Minnesota, US.
The BioBusiness Alliance of Minnesota, the association behind the research, says the demand for safer materials, volatile petroleum prices and policies requiring consumption of advanced biofuels will all affect... [Read More]
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Apr 3, 2012
Commodities company ED & F Man has signed an agreement with BioMCN to source, risk manage and deliver crude glycerine from Argentina.
BioMCN, the second biggest second generation biofuels producer in the world, produces and sells biomethanol from sustainable renewable resources including glycerine. Argentina is quickly becoming the world’s largest producer of... [Read More]
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Apr 3, 2012
Algae-based green oil producer, Sapphire Energy, has closed its final round of Series C investment funding, raising $144 million (€108 million).
Not all of the investors were disclosed but those that were included Arrowpoint Partners and Monsanto. Including this funding round, Sapphire Energy has now raised a total of $300 million from public and private sources.
The... [Read More]
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Apr 3, 2012
The first test run of B100 Marine Microalgal Biodiesel has been carried out at the CSIR headquarters in New Delhi, India.
Last year the government successfully tested B20 biodiesel derived from marine microalgal and these most recent tests follow further developments.
For the test, a regular vehicle was powered by the B100 biodiesel for 200km and the government says it... [Read More]
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Apr 4, 2012
Energy company Kinder Morgan has completed the build on its 16” ethanol pipeline between its unit train facility in Linden, New Jersey in the US, and its New York Harbor terminal in Carteret, New Jersey.
The pipeline has a full automation and a state-of-the-art leak detection system.
The terminal in Linden handles about 36,000 barrels of ethanol a day, storing 550,000... [Read More]
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Apr 5, 2012
Energy company Maple Energy has opened its ethanol plant in Peru, although its electric power generation facilities are not yet open.
The company is harvesting and processing sugarcane, which it will turn into ethanol in its new facility.
Throughout this year, the amount of sugarcane that will be harvested and processed in the plant will grow during the second quarter.
The... [Read More]
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