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May 23, 2011
Almost 60% of India's fuel to come from biofuels
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May 23, 2011
Two supermarkets in California, US, have selected Extreme Biodiesel, a wholly owned subsidiary of BookMerge Technology, to produce biodiesel for them, at a small charge.
Under the preliminary agreement, Extreme Biodiesel will pick up waste vegetable oil from the supermarkets and transport it to its Extreme Corona plant in Corona, California. Extreme will then turn the... [Read More]
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May 23, 2011
In New Zealand the demand for biodiesel is growing, so much so that renewable energy company Biodiesel New Zealand is developing a bulk distribution facility in Nelson to try and meet some of this demand in the northern region of South Island.
To be located in Nelson, the project will supply Biodiesel New Zealand's Biogold NZ20 blend of renewable fuel, in addition to its... [Read More]
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Apr 21, 2011
At around 11am on 20 April 2011, a tanker transporting ethanol in Cheatham County, Tennessee in the US was involved in a crash, which left the vehicle overturned and leaking the fuel onto the Interstate 24.
Both the eastbound and westbound lanes were closed as teams threw sand over the spill to contain it. The spill was later contained but the cleanup continued.
It was... [Read More]
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Apr 21, 2011
In California, US, the California Energy Commission has given a $1.88 million (€1.3 million) grant to AE Advanced Fuels Keyes, the wholly owned subsidiary of AE Biofuels.
According to AE Biofuels, the funding will be used to develop the commercialisation of its enzyme-based technology for the production of cellulosic ethanol.
The company's new facility will be developed... [Read More]
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Apr 21, 2011
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has developed technology for ethanol fuel production which complies with the standards set by the Japanese Automotive Standards Organisation (JASO), from lignocellulose (soft cellulose) such as rice straw and barley straw.
The Japanese government, academia and the agricultural and industrial sectors in Hyogo Prefecture, supported by the... [Read More]
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Apr 26, 2011
Gevo, a renewable chemicals and advanced biofuels company, has signed an engineering and consulting agreement with Mustang Engineering to convert Gevo’s renewable isobutanol into bio-jet fuel.
The agreement will focus on the downstream processing of isobutanol to paraffinic kerosene (jet fuel) for jet engine testing, airline suitability flights and advancing commercial... [Read More]
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Apr 26, 2011
Rentech has acquired additional equity in ClearFuels Technology, and will now own a substantial majority of the equity of ClearFuels, with existing ClearFuels investors retaining a minority interest.
ClearFuels, a company developing advanced sustainable biorefineries that convert multiple mixed cellulosic biomass feedstocks into sustainable, high-value energy products,... [Read More]
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Apr 27, 2011
New research has estimated 27% of fuel could come from biofuels by 2050, a rough increase from about 55 million tonnes to 750 million tonnes within the space of four decades.
A report, released by the International Energy Agency (IEA), says biofuels can help to reduce CO₂ emissions in the transport sector and increase energy security, if produced sustainably.
Currently... [Read More]
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Apr 27, 2011
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded three new research grants to Michigan State University to research the production of bioenergy and bio-based products.
It is hoped the grants will help develop sustainable regional systems and create jobs in the sector.
Already at the university there is a cellulosic ethanol pre-treatment research lab and an AFEX technology... [Read More]
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Apr 28, 2011
Prairie Skies Biomass Co-op, a grower cooperative based in Madelia, Minnesota, US, is to build a third-generation biofuels project to produce petrol, diesel and ammonia.
Perennial and other agricultural feedstocks will be supplied by Prairie, and an existing torrefaction facility will be used in the first phase of the development.
The second two phases of the project will... [Read More]
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May 4, 2011
Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, US, has been given a grant from the Biofuels Center of North Carolina worth more than $145,000 (€97,500).
The money will be used to expand the university’s testing facilities for biofuels catalysts. The grant is for one year’s worth of research and will be used to produce biodiesel from cheap feedstocks and other... [Read More]
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May 5, 2011
In the Piura Region on the North coast of Peru, integrated independent energy company Maple Energy is still on target to commence commercial operations at its ethanol project in Q4 2011 as development continues.
The 60kV electric transmission line connecting the ethanol project to the national power grid is now largely complete, as are certain sections of the electric... [Read More]
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May 5, 2011
In California, US, Cobalt Technologies, dedicated to the commercialisation of biobutanol as a renewable chemical and fuel, has closed a $20 million (€13.7 million) Series D round of funding.
The financing will aid Cobalt in constructing its 470,000 gallon-a-year demonstration plant in Alpena, Michigan. The facility will be the world's first cellulosic biorefinery... [Read More]
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May 5, 2011
At the Chemelot site in Geleen, the Netherlands, technology firm Avantium has completed start-up at its polyester pilot plant, which is the first stage of a pilot facility that will demonstrate the company's YXY technology for the production of green fuels and materials.
The plant is on schedule to begin operations in Q2 2011.
The company's patented YXY technology is a... [Read More]
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