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Nov 7, 2012
Vopak receives multisite ISCC for biofuels storage terminals
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Nov 7, 2012
The Pakistani government is to implement several new plants with the aim of creating a total of 304MW of electricity from city waste.
Many projects are already underway, with an aggregate capacity of 57MW, and the subsequent facilities will create a further 247MW via agricultural, industrial and biogas waste products.
A senior government official stated that agricultural... [Read More]
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Nov 8, 2012
Renewable chemicals and fuels company Amyris has recorded declining financial results for the third quarter ending September 2012.
Aggregate revenues for the quarter were posted at $19.1 million (€15 million) versus $36.3 million in the same quarter 2011. The company puts the decline in revenue down to the planned transition out of the ethanol and ethanol-blended... [Read More]
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Nov 8, 2012
Engineering and technology provider Praj Industries is to move into India as it further explores second generation biofuels.
A 10 million litres a year demonstration commercial plant represents a continuation of Praj’s lignocellulose to ethanol programme as it seeks ways to produce ethanol from non-food based feedstock.
Praj will use the plant to demonstrate technical... [Read More]
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Oct 9, 2012
Germany-based bioethanol manufacturer CropEnergies has posted a new record level for its first half of this financial year.
The final figure announced by the company was €319.9 million ($412 million), which was an increase of 16% during March and August compared to 2011. Its operating profit improved by 28% to €37.2 million and its net financial debt has been... [Read More]
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Oct 10, 2012
US-based ethanol plant Heron Lake Bioenergy has been working with an energy company to cut its running costs.
Interstate Power and Light, a division of Alliant Energy, has worked with Heron to convert a coal-fired boiler system to natural gas, plus installing a new fan system at the same time.
The plant will see a drop in internal electricity usage of approximately 4.5MKW/h... [Read More]
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Oct 11, 2012
The minister for Energy and Power Development in Zimbabwe, Elton Mangoma, has addressed public doubts over an ethanol project in the village of Chisumbanje.
The project, which has cost $600 million (€465 million) so far, halted in August as politicians could not agree on how best to proceed with it.
Speaking to displaced villagers that paved the way for the project... [Read More]
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Oct 11, 2012
Platts, global provider of energy, petrochemicals and metals information, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Kingsman SA, a privately-held, Switzerland-based provider of price information and analytics for the global sugar and biofuels markets.
The purchase price was not disclosed but is expected to close on 1 November.
‘Kingsman is recognised... [Read More]
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Oct 12, 2012
Carinata seeds form the basis of a new research project into biojet fuel according to Albuquerque, US-based Applied Research Associates (ARA).
ARA and Chevron Lummus are working with Agrisoma Biosciences, the National Research Council of Canada (NRCC) and the US Air force Research Laboratory to evaluate and ultimately produce a 100% drop-in ReadiJet fuel.
‘It... [Read More]
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Oct 12, 2012
A strategic alliance between US liquid fuels from non-food biomass producer Ensyn and Brazilian wood pulp provider Fibria Celulose has been signed.
This partnership will include the establishment of an equally-owned joint venture for the production of cellulosic liquid fuels and chemicals in Brazil, as well as a US$20 million (€15.4 million) equity investment in Ensyn... [Read More]
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Oct 12, 2012
Buckeye Partners is to offer crude oil services at its storage terminal in Albany, New York after forming a long-term agreement with an Irving Oil subsidiary.
Under the agreement, Buckeye will provide around 1.8 million barrels of oil storage, off-loading unit trains and throughput when the terminal opens at the beginning of November.
Buckeye president and CEO Clark Smith... [Read More]
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Oct 15, 2012
Portuguese company Assunto Importante has upgraded its biodiesel plant in Sines to increase feedstock flexibility and improve biofuel quality so that it meets the requirements of the more stringent quality standard EN 14214/2013.
The project means Assunto Importante will be able to manufacture biodiesel from second generation feedstocks such as animal fat and used cooking... [Read More]
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Oct 15, 2012
Ethanol manufacturer Bunge-Ergon Vicksburg, a JV between Bunge Group and Ergon, is to halt production at its Vicksburg, Mississippi-based plant by the end of the year, resulting in 40 people losing their jobs.
The announcement comes as companies struggle to make ethanol profitable as corn prices continue to rise due the drought in the US Midwest coupled with high demand.
The... [Read More]
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Oct 15, 2012
Dubai-based alternative fuels company Lootah Biofuels and AlgaOil, a Philippines-headquartered algae production company, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop algae-derived biofuels.
The partnership, which will involve the construction of a biodiesel production plant in Dubai, will bring together Lootah's local knowledge and engineering specialities... [Read More]
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Oct 16, 2012
Felda Global Ventures Holdings is developing a renewable energy plant in Malaysia that will turn palm oil mill effluent (POME) into biogas.
The RM8 million (€2 million) pilot plant will be built in Kota Tinggi, Johor by technology company Weida Bhd, who says construction will be completed within four months.
The biogas will be used to generate 2MW of electricity that... [Read More]
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