Food production company Universal Robina’s board of directors has approved an ethanol development which will complement the company’s sugar business. The company says the development will allow the business to ‘maximise the productive usage of its resources’. The plant, which will be built in the Philippines, is expected to cost about P27 million... [Read More]

Biofuels solutions provider, Lincoln Energy Solutions (LES), is constructing new storage tanks at their facility in Belton, South Carolina. The tanks will increase the facility's ethanol storage capacity by 1.5 million gallons and its biodiesel capacity by 400,000 gallons. To meet the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) standards, a 225,000-gallon water tank is... [Read More]

San Carlos Bioenergy (SCBI) is putting delayed plans to expand their ethanol facility in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental into action. The expansion will see the company's ethanol production reach over 40 million litres per year, an increase of 10 million litres from its current annual production figures. Original plans were delayed after SCBI's initial expansion proposal... [Read More]

A memorandum of understanding has been signed by Italian power company Enel to build a 1-5MW concentrated solar power and biomass bi-generation plant, which will produce electricity for the city of Rome. Italy's agency for new technologies, Enea, and Rome's local authority Roma Capitale, which will be backing the porject also signed the agreement. Enel will build and... [Read More]

Shandong-based furan resin and polymers specialists, Shengquan Group, has entered into a partnership with Novozymes, a world leader in bioinnovation. The agreement will enable Shengquan to use Novozymes' technology in order to begin commercial-scale production of cellulosic ethanol for solvents in June 2012. 'Shengquan has profound experience in chemical production and... [Read More]

The US's largest advanced biofuel company, Renewable Energy Group, announced in their initial public offering on January 18, 2012. The Iowa-based company then celebrated its offering at the NASDAQ, New York, in a closing bell ceremony which recognized shareholders, the board of directors, employees and client service providers. 'The biodiesel we produce is an important... [Read More]

BioJet has announced the formation of a strategic business and project relationship with Lao Asia Pacific Agriculture Promotion Import-Export Sole Company (LAP). The partnership will involve the production of biofuels for land and air transportation, as well as other bioenergy products. The project will also include 100,000 hectares of feedstock production as well as refining/conversion... [Read More]

US Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) has submitted a statement to the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures for a hearing on 'Certain Expiring Tax Provisions': 'Sustained supportive tax policy is very important to emerging technologies that have not yet achieved commercial scale, and should be targeted at those technologies with the greatest... [Read More]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]