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Dec 14, 2011
Illinois approves biodiesel blending
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Dec 14, 2011
Biodiesel company Evogene has extended its agreement with Brazilian agriculture company SLC Agricola in order to further develop castor bean seeds as a feedstock for biofuels.
This follows the development of seed varieties in trials in northeast Brazil through this year which the companies say has been successful.
The partnership between the two companies began in 2010... [Read More]
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Dec 15, 2011
Shipping company Maersk and the US navy are working together to test biofuels derived from algae by fuelling a container ship with the alternative fuel for a journey from the north of Europe to India.
The ship, called Maersk Kalmar, was chosen for the tests because it features an engine that has been specifically designed for auxiliary testing, meaning risk of damage on... [Read More]
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Nov 10, 2011
Cascade Grain plant in Washington could come back into operation over the next couple of months after being shut down in 2009 because of bankruptcy.
JH Kelly Ethanol, a JV between The Industrial Company and JH Kelly Holdings, acquired the plant back in December 2009 and at the time JH Kelly’s president Mason Evans said: ‘We were very disappointed when Cascade... [Read More]
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Nov 11, 2011
Boeing has signed an agreement to collaborate with Hawai'i BioEnergy to produce renewable fuels, identify biofuel sources and build new technology.
The companies plan to examine crops including sorghum and eucalyptus for possible biofuel feedstocks – which can be grown locally in Hawaii in order to be produced into jet biofuel.
Boeing vice president of environment... [Read More]
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Nov 11, 2011
South African company Sasol Synfuels has opened its first cobalt catalyst manufacturing facility in Sasolburg which will convert gas to liquids (GTL).
The company will supply the catalyst production to Qatar, Nigeria and Uzbekistan; creating 50 permanent jobs in the local South African community in the process.
Lean Strauss, Sasol senior group executive, says: ‘Our... [Read More]
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Nov 14, 2011
Green Plains Renewable Energy’s wholly owned subsidiary, BlendStar, will build, own and operate a new ethanol unit train terminal in Birmingham, Alabama on the BNSF Railway.
The new terminal will have 160,000 barrels of storage, and will receive full 96-car unit trains of ethanol, which can be offloaded within 24 hours.
The terminal is expected to be completed in... [Read More]
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Nov 15, 2011
The Netherlands-based oil company North Sea Group is planning to construct the largest ethanol plant in Asia.
Located in the Philippines, the plant will have a capacity of 400 million litres of ethanol a year from a variety of feedstocks.
The plans have come about following the implementation of an E10 blending mandate, which requires oil companies to sell petrol with... [Read More]
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Nov 16, 2011
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is calling on key players within the aviation industry to unite to ensure fuel supply safety.
The IATA says this is the responsibility of stakeholders within the aviation and air transport fuel supply sectors, who must come together for fuel safety, as well as environmental and commercial issues.
IATA's director general... [Read More]
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Nov 17, 2011
In New Haven, Connecticut, US, biodiesel producer Greenleaf Biofuels has broken ground on its biodiesel plant.
The plant, which has been designed to manufacture 10 million gallons a year of biodiesel, has been under development for five years and could be operational by Q2 2012.
Upon completion, a system from Greenline Industries will be installed, enabling the plant to... [Read More]
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Nov 17, 2011
Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) is to construct a biodiesel plant in Canada to help fulfil the nation's renewable diesel mandate.
In response to the B2 blending mandate that came into effect on 1 July this year, the new plant will be designed to produce 265 million litres a year of biodiesel from canola. It will be located in Lloydminster, Alberta, Canada, adjacent to ADM's... [Read More]
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Nov 18, 2011
In the US, ethanol producer Big River Resources has agreed to purchase an ethanol plant located in Boyceville, Wisconsin.
The 55 million gallon a year plant is currently owned by Western Wisconsin Energy, which put the plant up for sale in mid-2010.
Under the contract, Big River Resources will continue to employ the existing workers.
Big River Resources' total production... [Read More]
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Nov 21, 2011
Waste Management of Texas, US has closed an equity investment in Fulcrum BioEnergy.
Additionally, Waste Management has agreed to a secured loan facility that provides for Waste Management's funding of up to $70 million (€51.8 million) for Fulcrum's proposed Sierra BioFuels plant upon the satisfaction of certain conditions.
The parties also entered into a master project... [Read More]
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Nov 21, 2011
VTT Vasiliko, the company which aims to build a private oil storage terminal in Cyprus with an investment of €220 million, said it would take a positive view if the state wished to use its facilities.
According to the company, this would save up to €50 million in investment for the Republic of Cyprus, a saving which could be passed onto the Cyprus tax payer.
It... [Read More]
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Nov 22, 2011
Kappa Ethanol in Nebraska, US is expanding its transportation infrastructure with the addition of more than four miles of rail track.
This will result in Kappa being able to transport 96 rail cars of ethanol to destinations such as California and Texas, instead of just one.
Construction on the new infrastructure commenced in October and it is slated for completion by 31... [Read More]
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