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Apr 12, 2012
From slurry to biofuel to power
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Apr 12, 2012
First aviation biofuel plant planned for Indonesia
Wilmar Indonesia, the biggest palm oil producer in the country, plans to produce palm oil-derived aviation biofuel in a plant in Gresik, East Java, thanks to an investment of around $80 million (€61 million). Working with Elevance Renewable Sciences through its subsidiary PT Wilmar Nabati Indonesia, it will be the first biofuel plant for aviation fuel in Indonesia. The... [Read More]

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Apr 13, 2012
Porter plans Canada's first commercial biofuel flight
Canadian air carrier Porter Airlines is due to fly a commercial, biofuel-powered aircraft later this month, making it the nation's first carrier to do this. The flight comes after Porter's biofuel test flight, which took place in February earlier this year. Porter will operate one of its Bombardier Q400 turboprop airliners on a 50/50 blend of biojet and conventional fossil... [Read More]

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Apr 16, 2012
Regus invests in algae company
Regus Advisors has invested in Algae International so that it can build its first $2 million algae to biofuel development in California. Regus, a private global investment banking firm, says the plant will be a large scale project will use CO₂, fuel cells, nitrates, phosphates, sunlight and algae to produce the biofuels. Regus’ president, Mervyn Price, explains:... [Read More]

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Apr 16, 2012
Australian aviation biofuels could be derived locally
Following the success of the Qantas biofuel powered flight, Algae.Tec says that in the future most of the Australian biofuels could be derived from algae that is grown locally. The biofuel flight, which saw the plane fly between Sydney and Adelaide, was powered on cooking oil-derived biodiesel which was supplied by SkyNRG. However, Algae.Tec says it would be beneficially... [Read More]

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Mar 12, 2012
JOil announce first-year yields of jatropha
JOil, a scientific bioenergy crop developer of a new generation of jatropha, has achieved first-year yields in its India field trials of over 2 tons of seeds per hectare. 'Our [JO S1 and JO S2] seedlings started flowering three months after planting and in five months yielded their first harvest of fruit. Most current jatropha plants have no fruiting in the first year... [Read More]

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Mar 12, 2012
Motiva's Sewaren Terminal converted to ULSD Heating Oil
The refining and marketing venture jointly owned by affiliates of Shell and Saudi Aramco, Motiva Enterprises (Motiva), is planning to convert its High Sulfur Diesel Heating Oil (2000 ppm) to Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel (ULDS) (15 ppm) at its 5,000,000+ barrel Sewaren Terminal, located in New Jersey. The conversion has been prompted by a State of New York mandate which... [Read More]

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Mar 16, 2012
Verbio and VNG produce and supply natural gas to Berlin
Verbio (Vereinigte BioEnergie) is continuing to expand its sales of biomethane. VNG (Verbundnetz Gas) is now selling verbiogas, a fuel derived solely from agricultural residue, at all 10 of the natural gas filling stations belonging to VNG-T (VNG-Erdgastankstellen, a wholly owned subsidiary of VNG AG). Furthermore, VNG has opened 2 natural gas fuelling stations in Berlin,... [Read More]

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Mar 16, 2012
Primus Green Energy receives $12 Million investment
Developer of a proprietary process to produce petrol and other fuels from biomass and natural gas, Primus Green Energy, has announced the completion of its third round of funding. IC Green Energy, the renewable energy sector of Israel Corp, has invested $12 million (€9.18 million) in the company, raising the total funding since 2007 to $40 million (30.62 million). 'IC... [Read More]

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Mar 16, 2012
Decrease in throughput of biofuels
The throughput of biofuels in the Port of Rotterdam decreased to 4.3 million tonnes in 2011. This was a 6% decrease compared to 2010. The throughput of ethanol fell 15%, from 2 to 1.7 million tonnes with incoming cargo dropping from 1.2 to 1.1 million tonnes. Along with a decrease in imports from Brazil, there has been almost an entire loss of ethanol imports from Spain... [Read More]

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Mar 20, 2012
MSE Enviro-Tech and Wardlaw Fuels sign two year agreement
In the city of Sault Ste. Marie in Ontario, Canada, MSE Enviro-Tech has signed a two-year agreement with Wardlaw Fuels to supply the Transit Commission with biodiesel for its fleets of buses. Under the agreement, MSE Enviro-Tech will source the biodiesel and fossil diesel. Wardlaw Fuels will then collect the biodiesel and blend it with petrol diesel to make B5-B20 blends. The... [Read More]

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Mar 22, 2012
Solar, Wind, and Biofuels Markets Rise by 31%
The combined global revenue for solar PV, wind power, and biofuels rose by 31% in 2011, according to the Clean Edge Annual Report. The report showed that revenue grew from $188.1 billion (€142.9 billion) in 2010 to $246.1 billion (186.96 billion) in 2011. The report saw biofuels reach record revenue of $83 billion (63.07 billion) in 2011, but suggested that this... [Read More]

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Mar 22, 2012
POET-DSM constructs commercial scale ethanol plant
POET-DSM Advanced Biofuels have announced the planned construction of a commercial scale cellulosic ethanol plant. The Iowa facility named 'Project Liberty' will use corn as feedstock and is set to open in 2013. POET-DSM Advanced Biofuels was formed in January after POET and Royal DSM entered into a joint-venture agreement, each holding a 50% share of the project. The... [Read More]

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Mar 22, 2012
E15 has met EPA requirements
The model Misfueling Mitigation Plan for E15 (15% blended petrol) that the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) submitted to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has met the requirements of EPA's waiver decision. This means that E15 is well on track to its introduction onto the market. States, including Iowa, Illinois, and Kansas, will be among the first to see E15 in... [Read More]

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Mar 23, 2012
Celanese to produce industrial ethanol in China
Celanese Corporation has received government approval to set its plans to upgrade its integrated acetyl facility at the Nanjing Chemical Industrial Park in to motion. The company is intending to convert the facility so that it can produce ethanol for industrial uses, and expects it to be operational by mid-2013. The company has seen advancements with its TCX ethanol technology,... [Read More]


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