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Aug 10, 2011
Aventine Renewable Energy reports Q2 net loss
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Aug 11, 2011
In Pollock, Louisiana, US, a formerly defunct biodiesel plant has reopened.
The plant, which is owned by biodiesel producer Vanguard Synfuels, was officially opened on 8 August, although it began producing biodiesel a couple of weeks prior to this. The opening has created jobs for 25 people.
The plant originally opened as a biofuel facility in 2003 when it started producing... [Read More]
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Aug 11, 2011
A $100 million (€70 million) ethanol plant located in Hoke County, North Carolina, US, will be put up for auction on 24 August after Clean Burn Fuels filed for bankruptcy.
The auction start price has not been disclosed.
Clean Burn Fuels originally filed for permission to build the plant in 2005. By 2007 it had been awarded $35 million from the US Department of Agriculture... [Read More]
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Aug 12, 2011
In Argentina, Nestor Lopez, president of Agrupacion de Colaboracion San Antonio, has opened the company's first biodiesel plant.
Mayor Francisco Guiterrez and industry secretary William Gardella also attended the ceremony.
The plant, which is currently running at 30% capacity, can produce biodiesel from a variety of fat and oil feedstocks. The company's vice president... [Read More]
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Aug 12, 2011
Renewable products company Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) has achieved the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) to supply sustainably grown soyabeans to the European market.
ADM will be the first company to provide Europe with ISCC-certified sustainable soya that meets the requirements of the EU's Renewable Energy Directive (RED).
By the end of 2011... [Read More]
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Aug 16, 2011
In India, Southern Biodiesel Technologies is to build a biodiesel plant in Devanahalli.
This plant comes hot on the heels of the state's first biodiesel production facility, which was put into operation on 20 February this year in Peenya Industrial Area.
The new plant will produce 50 tonnes a day of biodiesel. According to the company's director, Abhishek Mudram, the unit... [Read More]
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Aug 17, 2011
In the US, projects designed to restore and protect wetlands in the Northern Everglades Watershed could receive funding from the Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the government of Florida.
The grants will support a number of projects, including the INEOS New Planet BioEnergy plant in Vero Beach. A loan guarantee from the USDA went towards the construction of this facility,... [Read More]
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Aug 17, 2011
In the UK, supermarket giant Tesco's organic waste-derived ethanol has been certified by OFGEM, the government's energy official.
The ethanol, which has been under development for 2 years, has seen Tesco granted a Renewable Obligation Certificate, confirming the fuel contains no traces of additional fossil fuels and is 100% renewable.
The fuel is currently being used to... [Read More]
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Aug 17, 2011
In the Philippines, the minimum percentage of coconut oil as a biodiesel feedstock could be increased, as the government works to reduce the nation's reliance on imported fuels.
The minimum blend for biodiesel derived from coconut oil (coco-diesel) currently stands at 2%.
An exact date for when this higher blend mandate will be introduced is not yet known, however the... [Read More]
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Jul 19, 2011
Bonsucro's certification scheme, used to certify the sustainable production of sugarcane, has been formally recognised by the EU.
Ethanol certified by Bonsucro conforms to the requirements of the Renewable Energy Directive (RED) and the EU Fuels Quality Directive (FQD).
'Bonsucro EU certification will not only show compliance with the Union's sustainability rules, but... [Read More]
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Jul 20, 2011
The Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels' (RSB) standard and certification system has been recognised by the EU as a way to demonstrate and document compliance with the EU biofuels mandate.
In order to qualify under the Renewable Energy Directive (RED), biofuels consumed within the EU must demonstrate environmental benefits compared to its fossil-based alternatives. In order... [Read More]
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Jul 20, 2011
The European Commission has formally approved Greenergy's gold standard sustainability criteria for Brazilian bioethanol, under the Renewable Energy Directive (RED).
The approval enables major fuel supplier Greenergy to supply all 27-member states with sustainably sourced bioethanol.
Although biofuels being sold in the EU must comply with the RED mandates, countries are... [Read More]
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Jul 21, 2011
In the province of Santa Fe, Argentina, biodiesel producer Unitec Bio is to break ground on its biodiesel plant, located in Puerto General San Martin city.
Operations at the €49.3 million biodiesel production facility are planned to start in the second half of 2012. It will produce 240,000 tonnes a year of biodiesel.
The plant is being erected close by to Unitec's... [Read More]
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Jul 21, 2011
In Denmark, the city of Fredericia is looking to convert municipal waste into a biofuel that can fuel public buses and power homes.
As the city's mayor Thomas Banke explains: 'Our goal is to change the management of wastewater and household rubbish from a costly problem into a valuable resource for local energy production. Rubbish will be turned into gas, which will be... [Read More]
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Jul 25, 2011
Seven certification schemes which conform to the requirements of the Renewable Energy Directive (RED) have been approved by the European Commission.
The formally recognised programmes include ISCC, Bonsucro EU, RTRS EU RED, RSB EU RED, 2BSvs, RSBA and Greenergy.
Energy commissioner Günther Oettinger named the schemes on 19 July 2011, saying: 'We need to make sure... [Read More]
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