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Jan 21, 2011
Enerkem receives loan for new waste-to-fuel biorefinery
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Jan 24, 2011
The US Department of Energy is handing out $650 million (€479 million) in loans for new biofuels refineries as part of the government’s overall $17.5 billion (€12.9 billion) plan to support 18 clean energy projects around the country.
A renewable diesel plant to be built in the south of the US and a Florida bioenergy centre are two of the projects to receive... [Read More]
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Jan 25, 2011
A new 30 million gallon a year biorefinery is to be built in Port Arthur, Texas, following a deal between Endicott Biofuels (EBF) and KMTEX.
The site is to use EBF’s technology to produce the biodiesel and KMTEX will provide the project with construction and operational services. Haddington Ventures has funded the development, on which construction is due to begin... [Read More]
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Jan 25, 2011
Brazilian ethanol producer Copersucar has partnered with the JAG – Jamal Al-Ghurair Group to form a new shipping company which will deliver ethanol and sugar around the world.
The two companies will hold a 50% share in the new business, Copa Shipping Company, exporting 600 million litres of ethanol and five million tonnes of sugar throughout its first year of operation.
The... [Read More]
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Jan 26, 2011
Lincoln Park Capital Fund has agreed to invest up to $10 million (€7.3 million) into BlueFire Renewables, a producer of renewable fuels via non-food cellulosic wastes.
The investment, which will be spread out over 30 months, will go towards new developments by BlueFire, improving its processing capabilities.
The round of funding comes following a busy year for BlueFire.... [Read More]
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Jan 27, 2011
In a bid to become a key player in the biodiesel sector, biodiesel producer Australian Renewable Fuels Limited will acquire its largest competitor Biodiesel Producers Limited.
The acquisition includes Biodiesel Producers' production plant, installed with technology capable of converting tallow and waste cooking oil into biodiesel.
The facility is sited in Barnawartha,... [Read More]
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Jan 27, 2011
The European Union has approved the SEK 500 million (€55 million) grant from the Swedish Energy Agency that will help fund the construction of a biorefinery in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden.
The industrial scale demonstration biofuel plant, based on technology provider Chemrec's gasification technology, will be located at the Domsjö Fabriker. It will produce... [Read More]
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Feb 3, 2011
The EU's 2020 renewable energy targets will be met and exceeded, according to the European Commission, if each country fully implements its renewable energy model and improves financial support, including grants, loans, feed in tariffs and certificate regimes.
If renewable energy is to be integrated into the European market as a whole, support between the individual member... [Read More]
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Feb 3, 2011
In Honolulu, Hawaii, Hawaiian Electric Company has submitted a request for an annual supply of 3 to 7 million gallons of biodiesel.
The biodiesel will power the 100MW Campbell Estate Industrial Park generating station – one of the world's largest commercial-scale power plants to be 100% fuelled by biodiesel.
250,000 gallons of the biofuel supply will go towards powering... [Read More]
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Feb 3, 2011
Ohio, US-based environmental services provider Environmental Quality Management (EQM) and Beacon Energy Holdings, a producer of biodiesel, located in Cleburne, Texas, have signed a definitive merger agreement.
Upon the closure of the agreement, EQM will merge with Beacon and become its wholly owned subsidiary.
Beacon will be named EQM Technologies & Energy.
Upon completion... [Read More]
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Feb 3, 2011
UK-based alternative energy company Goes on Green has acquired a biodiesel plant in the Netherlands.
Located in Sluiskil, the 250,000 tonne-a-year facility was acquired by BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions.
Also included in the transaction is the plant's deep water storage loading/unloading berth, 250,000m3 of storage capacity and fully integrated logistics.
24 new jobs will... [Read More]
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Feb 3, 2011
Between March and September 2011 Thailand's government will launch an E95 bus fleet trial to test the viability of replacing the current diesel- and LNG-fuelled buses with a 95% ethanol blend.
1.3 million litres a day of ethanol are consumed by the nation today, but the government is hoping to ramp this up to 9 million litres a day by 2022.
The buses used in the trial... [Read More]
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Feb 3, 2011
Italy is one of the key producers of biodiesel in the EU. However the nation's output capacity has been hurt due to a rise in the importation of cheaper biodiesel.
The biofuel is most commonly made from palm oil and rapeseed oil in Italy, however it is thought that the imported fuel can cost less than these feedstocks.
In the first nine months of 2010, 410,000 tonnes of... [Read More]
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Feb 3, 2011
A couple in Wichita, Kansas, in the US, have been arrested after they were caught stealing waste grease from a local eatery.
After leaving Joplin, it is thought that the pair visited small towns such as Iola and Cherryvale throughout the night, helping themselves to used cooking oil, before arriving at Burger King in the early hours of the morning.
They were spotted at... [Read More]
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Feb 7, 2011
On 3 February 2011 energy company Jatoil achieved production of 200 tonnes of crude jatropha oil, all of which will be shipped and used as feedstock for biojet aviation fuel for use by commercial airlines.
The 200-tonne production milestone comes six months after Jatoil made its inaugural 10-tonne biofuel sale from its Indonesia project to the airline industry.
'Currently,... [Read More]
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