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Severe flooding in Colombia in December last year has led to a loss of $29 million (€21.77 million) for the country's ethanol industry.
Six ethanol refineries were also forced to close down throughout December, after sugarcane fields were immersed in water and access to harvesting equipment was restricted.
Speaking about the flooding, which first hit the nation back in mid-November, Jorge…
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In Hawaii, power company Hawaiian Electric Industries' (HEI) subsidiary Hawaiian Electric is to generate electricity from biofuel sourced from locally grown materials.
Aina Koa Pono will provide the biofuels, which will be supplied to the Ka'u region-based 80MW Keahole Power Plant.
The new contract will help Hawaii reach its clean energy target of 70% renewable electricity by 2030. 30% of the…
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UK-based storage operator Oikos has revealed it is to upgrade its fuel terminal on Canvey Island, facing opposition from campaigners.
The terminal has yet to hold its forward strategy meeting, so is unable to reveal any further details.
Campaigners against the project, The People Against Methane Group, believe there are not enough emergency services facilities on the island to deal with any…
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A new company has been set up in Australia that will produce biofuels from algae at commercial-scale.
Muradel Pty is a joint venture between Murdoch University, Adelaide Research and Innovation Pty, and SQC Pty.
Murdoch University will bring to the company its knowledge in the commercial production of algae and algae production, while engineering expertise in algal processing lies with the…
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Green Plains Renewable Energy, the fourth largest ethanol producer in the US, has signed an asset purchase agreement with Otter Tail Ag Enterprises to acquire its 55 million gallon-a-year capacity dry-mill ethanol plant near Fergus Falls, Minnesota.
The proposed transaction is anticipated to progress through a court-approved bankruptcy processing initiated by Otter Tail Ag Enterprises. If…
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Noble Group, a Hong Kong-headquartered agricultural, industrial and energy products company, has acquired two sugarcane/ethanol mills in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Both the mills, Catanduva and Potirendaba, are fully operational, situated 50km apart from each other and located just over 100km from Noble’s UNP facility. Catanduva has a nominal sugarcane crushing capacity of 4.6…
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With a goal to slash CO2 emissions by 80% by the year 2050, Super E10 will be available to German drivers on 1 January 2011.
Super E10 is a biofuel with a higher ethanol content and is more environmentally friendly than E5, which is currently blended with conventional transport fuel.
According to the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), an estimated 90% of German…
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In the US the state of Kentucky is looking to set up a new programme to study biofuel viability.
As part of the initiative Kentucky is to establish around 700 acres of switchgrass fields and is to provide incentives to local farmers who are interested in participating.
In addition to assistance, Natural Resources Conservation would also provide funding for those farmers willing to plant the…
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Minnesota, US-based ethanol plant Heron Lake BioEnergy is to pay a $66,000 (€50,260) fine following environmental violations.
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) issued the fine on 27 December for infringements that go back to October 2005 when the plant was being built.
According to the MPCA, Heron Lake BioEnergy breeched the conditions of its air quality and water quality permits on…
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Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding Co. is to partner with Sime Darby Plantation Sdn., a unit of Malaysia’s Sime Darby Bhd, for a bioethanol plant in the state of Selangor, Malaysia.
Together Mitsui and Sime Darby will build and operate the demonstration facility, which will manufacture 1.25 million tonnes a day of bioethanol from empty oil palm fruit branches.
Speaking about the project…
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In 2011 Brazilian state-owned utility company Companhia Paranaense de Energia (Copel) is planning to build a pilot-scale biodiesel plant in the state of Parana.
The project, known as Parana Biodiesel, will start out by producing 5,000 litres a day of biodiesel.
Copel has already made arrangements with the City Hall Jorge d’Oeste that will see it install a facility and recycle the residue…
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In southern Queensland, Australia, the Dalby Bio-Refinery, Australia’s first grain-to-ethanol production facility, has been forced into temporary closure following severe flooding in the area.
According to Kevin Endres, chief executive of Dalby Bio-Refinery, it is not safe for employees to travel to and from the site.
‘The heavy rains and flooding has resulted in disruption to grain…
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China’s Ministry of Commerce has launched an anti-dumping probe into distillers dried grains (DDGS) from the US.
China is the world’s largest importer of DDGS, a by-product of ethanol production, for use in animal feed. Between January and November this year the nation is reported to have imported over 2.9 million tonnes of DDGS – an increase of 542% compared with the same period in 2009.…
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The 24 December 2010 saw pure biodiesel derived from waste animal fats or vegetable oils exempt from consumption taxes, following action by China’s Ministry of Finance and State Administration of Taxation.
The tax exemption has been introduced retroactively, effective from 1 January 2009. Consumption taxes paid on biodiesel from this date onwards will be refunded.
It has been estimated…
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On the 4 January 2011 marketer and producer of low-carbon renewable fuels Pacific Ethanol resumed production at the 60 million gallon-a-year ethanol plant in Stockton, California.
The first corn grind occurred on 9 December last year and the facility is now operating at close to full capacity.
‘We achieved our goal of successfully restarting the Stockton ethanol facility in December 2010,…
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Virent Energy Systems, a US, Wisconsin-based advanced biofuel technology provider, and biofuels and bioproducts firm HCL CleanTech have been awarded a $900,000 (€680,847) grant that will part-fund a project looking to demonstrate cellulosic sugars as feedstocks for drop-in biofuels and bioproducts.
The grant was awarded by BIRD Energy, a programme for US – Israel joint renewable energy…
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