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Kenya’s Mumias Sugar Company plans to start production of ethanol from sugarcane by the end of 2011.
The plant is expected to produce about 22 million litres of ethanol a year to be sold primarily to the East African Community and COMESA member states.
The project includes electricity co-generation, and the company is currently working on a carbon trading initiative.
Funding for the $64.5…
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CORE BioFuels is planning to build its first facility in Houston, British Columbia, Canada.
The $100 million (€73.3 million) plant, which takes biomass as a feedstock to produce 92 octane petrol, will employ 40 to 50 people and begin operations by the end of 2012.
CORE BioFuel’s patent-pending MKS Gasoline Synthesis Process (MKS Process) is a ground breaking development that addresses the…
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While Brazil’s ethanol industry continues to boom South American neighbour Peru’s industry is facing further set-backs.
The nation has decided to delay the planned roll-out of an obligatory biofuel blending mandate in the Peruvian capital, Lima, and in the province of Callao in order to avoid the need for imports.
Projected national demand including the capital is 10,000m3 per month and…
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In the US a group of 23 environmental, consumer, food, auto and other industry organisations want to block ethanol producers’ endeavours to have the government mandate the sale of petrol containing 12% ethanol (E12).
The group approached the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on 28 September to deny the request.
In a letter to EPA Assistant Administrator Gina McCarthy, the…
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The US’ fourth largest ethanol producer Green Plains Renewable Energy has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Global Ethanol.
Manufacturing a total of around 157 million gallons a year, Global Ethanol currently owns two ethanol production facilities; one in Lakota, Iowa, and a second in Riga, Michigan.
These two plants will boost Green Plains’ output capacity by 31% to 657…
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As the production of crude oil begins to slow in Australia, biofuels production looks set to increase and it has been estimated that this will more than double by 2015.
Increased installed capacity coupled with a continuous rise in demand for green transport fuel could see Australia’s output capacity reach 1.519 billion litres in five years’ time, up from its 2010 production output of 636…
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As energy firm Jatoil moves into the second stage of its joint venture PT Jatoil Waterland, its initial jatropha land holdings in central Java, Indonesia, is set to increase by 42.375%.
In addition to the jatropha plantations held by the joint venture, Jatoil will plant a further 500 hectares next to the existing plots.
Throughout the next 12 months PT Jatoil Waterland will increase its…
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Renewable fuels company BlueFire Renewables has signed a 15-year supply contract with Cooper Marine and Timberlands (CMT) to provide feedstock for BlueFire’s planned cellulosic ethanol facility in Fulton, Mississippi, US.
The cellulosic ethanol plant will convert materials such as wood chips, forest residual chips and wood waste in approximately 7 million gallons of ethanol a year.
The…
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By 2019 it is predicted that the production of ethanol for vehicle fuel will reach 64 billion litres, over double what is currently produced today.
According to energy minister Marcio Zimmerman: ‘Brazil produces 26 billion litres today and will reach 64 billion litres in 2019. With that we will even have a surplus to export.’
To date 47% of the nation’s energy is produced from renewable…
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Thailand-based Bangchak Petroleum is planning to invest approximately Bt2 billion (€48.7 million) in the acquisition of at least two ethanol plants by 2011.
The company currently sells 95-octane petrol but plans to stop doing so by 2012 as ethanol demand for transportation fuel is expected to increase from 200,000 barrels per day in 2009 to 400,000 barrels per day.
According to Bangchak’s…
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Biodiesel producer Renewable Energy Group (REG) is to acquire biodiesel assets from Ares Corporation.
Burlingame, California-based Ares is an engineering, risk management, software/IT and project management firm, which will invest an additional $8 million (€5.99 million) into REG in an all common stock transaction.
Ares previously owned the 15 million gallon-a-year facility in Clovis, New…
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Bioenergy International expo & conference is now less than a week away – don’t miss out on the opportunity to learn from and network with biofuels experts from throughout Canada and the US.
Starting on Tuesday the 28th September at the Coast Plaza Hotel, Calgary, Alberta, the day conference and exhibition features speakers including Bruce McEwen, Oil, gas and alternative energy division,…
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Leading global publication Biofuels International magazine has just boosted its market position by becoming the only one in the biofuels sector to be independently audited.
The magazine has just gone through an independent audit of its circulation with BPA, the global industry resource for verified audience data and media knowledge.
This proves that 10 times a year the magazine is sent out to…
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