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Apr 11, 2011
Sprague and Biodico launch BioGenset programme
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Apr 13, 2011
M&G, a Novozymes partner, conducted the groundbreaking ceremony for an ethanol plant on 12 April 2011.
Located in Crescentino, Italy, the production facility will produce 13 million gallons a year of cellulosic ethanol from wheat straw, energy crops and other forms of biomass. It is due to start production in 2012.
'Laying the foundation for the world's first commercial-scale... [Read More]
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Apr 14, 2011
In Mount Vernon, Indiana, US, ethanol producer Aventine Renewable Energy's ethanol plant was officially opened on 6 April 2011.
The news comes after construction came to an end when Aventine became bankrupt. However it recovered in March 2010 and construction on the Mount Vernon facility commenced.
Building work on the project finished in November 2010 and operations began... [Read More]
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Apr 14, 2011
'Renewable energy systems', as defined in the Rural Energy for America Programme (REAP), will now also include flexible fuel pumps, which the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) will fund the installation of.
The new rule, which was announced by US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on 8 April 2011, is expected to encourage more installations of these 'blender pumps', which... [Read More]
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Apr 14, 2011
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is to award bioenergy and biobased products with research grants in order to further the development of sustainable projects.
After the selection process, the chosen projects will implement sustainable regional systems for the production of biofuels.
The projects to receive the grant aree based in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California,... [Read More]
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Apr 14, 2011
In Peru, biodiesel producer Heaven Petroleum Operators SAC is to invest $186 million (€130 million) in jatropha cultivation.
Heaven Petroleum's subsidiary Bio Agro Heaven del Sur SAC will develop the project, which will take place on 50,000 hectares of land in Ica region.
The jatropha grown under the project will then be used in the production of biodiesel at the... [Read More]
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Apr 14, 2011
In Dunaföldvár, Hungary, a US-Irish collaboration is due to finish the construction of its ethanol production facility by 1 March 2012.
Costing $200 million (€139 million) to build, the plant is being developed by Pannonia Ethanol, a joint venture between Minnesota, US-based Fagen and Irish company Europe Ethanol.
Upon completion, the plant will manufacture... [Read More]
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Apr 19, 2011
In a bid to encourage the use of biogas across China, Austria's GE Energy is to supply its Jenbacher biogas engine technology to power China's largest ethanol production plant, which is currently under construction in the city of Nan Yang, Henan Province.
Owned and operated by Henan Tianguan Group, the new ethanol plant will produce 500,000m3 of biogas a day, from organic... [Read More]
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Apr 20, 2011
The EU's goal of slashing greenhouse gases (GHGs) by 35% can be met through utilising jatropha, according to sustainability consultants Partners for Innovation and its independent report.
Designed by the Jatropha Alliance and Sun Biofuels, the study highlights how Sun Biofuels Mozambique could save 39% of GHGs compared to fossil fuels if the jatropha-derived biodiesel... [Read More]
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Apr 20, 2011
In the US, renewable fuels company Cobalt Technologies and biorefinery technology firm American Process (API) have partnered to build an industrial-scale cellulosic biorefinery for the production of biobutanol.
In addition, the two companies have also agreed to jointly market a GreenPower+ Biobutanol solution that will convert biomass into power.
GreenPower+ Biobutanol... [Read More]
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Apr 20, 2011
In Argentina, 26% of the nations soya crop was used for the production of biodiesel, according to a study by the Consorcios Regionales de Experimentacion Agricola (CREA).
Argentina manufactured 2.6 million tonnes of biodiesel last year and as a result consumed 14 million tonnes of the total 55 million tonnes of soya cultivated.
In 2010 Argentina sold 1.1 million tonnes... [Read More]
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Apr 20, 2011
In the US, Tidewater Biodiesel is one step closer towards building its biodiesel plant in the state of Virginia.
The company has been granted planning approval from the local commission. Construction can now get underway once the final approval is given by Chesapeake's city council.
Upon completion, scheduled for 2012, the facility will produce 10 million gallons a year... [Read More]
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Apr 21, 2011
Biodiesel producer Sirona Fuels began selling biodiesel produced from locally-grown feedstocks on 22 April 2011.
The move will see its customers purchase the fuel for $0.25 (€0.17) less per gallon than the cost of fossil diesel.
In addition, when local businesses give their used cooking oil to the Sircona facility, 20% of what the biodiesel sells for will be donated... [Read More]
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Mar 11, 2011
Poet has reduced the amount of water used in its ethanol plants by 411 million gallons a year compared to 2009 levels.
The news comes after a widespread installation of the company's Total Water Recovery technology, meaning Poet plants now utilise an average of 2.77 gallons of water per gallon of ethanol.
With startup of systems at Poet plants in Mitchell, South Dakota;... [Read More]
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Mar 11, 2011
The newly introduced E10 fuel – a blend of conventional petrol and 10% ethanol – in Germany has created uncertainty among motorists, despite being compatible in an estimated 93% of vehicles.
However, 'the launch of E10 in Germany is a positive move and is extremely welcomed,' explains Rob Vierhout, secretary general at ePURE, the European Renewable Ethanol... [Read More]
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