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Canadian biofuel production is expected to rise 76% in two years, as government subsidies for production plants and renewable-fuel requirements take effect.
Total biofuel production will reach 2.5 billion litres (660 million gallons) annually by 2011, including 2 billion litres of ethanol and 500 million litres of biodiesel, according to Gordon Quaiattini, president of the Canadian Renewable…
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Bulgaria is boosting its biofuels mix. All Bulgarian petrol stations will be obliged to add at least 2% biodiesel in the diesel fuel after 1 March 2010.
All petrol stations will have a two-month period in which they must apply the new rules.
This measure has been included in the amendments of the Law on Renewable and Alternative Energy Sources and Biofuels, which the Council of Ministers…
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Several foreign and national investors are scouring parts of Africa for high-yielding next generation feedstocks, but this has sparked one government to reportedly suspend all biofuels investments.
The attention is centered on jatropha, and mounting pressure from farmers and environmental groups have voiced concerns over food shortages leading the government to further halt land allocations for…
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The US Department of Energy has awarded Arizona Public Service (APS) a $7.5 million (€5 million) investment in algae-derived biofuels.
The investment was part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The project was launched as the White House released proposed regulations for implementing tough new auto emissions standards in 2012.
APS will seek to grow algae fast enough to absorb…
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King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden today inaugurated the world’s first plant for the production of a renewable automotive fuel called BioDME.
The plant is being constructed by Sweden-based development company Chemrec as part of the BioDME project with consortium members Chemrec, Haldor Topsøe, Volvo, Preem, Total, Delphi and ETC. The project is supported by the Swedish Energy Agency and the…
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The Greenland shark, one of the largest species of sharks, is a nuisance to fishermen and its meat is toxic to humans but researchers now hope the flesh can be used to create a biofuel for the Inuit community.
Greenland sharks, a major waste product of Greenland’s fishing industry, are the latest product that researchers are seeking to convert into biofuel.
The shark, which Inuits once hunted…
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The African nation of Rwanda is moving forward with plans to boost biodiesel production.
Landlocked Rwanda considers biofuel production from locally grown feedstocks an important part of national security.
Since 2007, the Rwandan Institute of Scientific and Technological Research (ISTR) has experimented with a number of feedstocks including palm, jatropha, moringa, castor and soy oils, in a…
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In the US BioJet has agreed to sell 4 million barrels of aviation biojet fuel to Las Vegas oil and fuel broker E85.
The contract is likely to go into effect in 2011, once jet biofuel is projected to be approved for use by the end of 2010. The fuel standard is being developed by ASTM International, formerly known as the American Society for Testing and Materials.
BioJet is aiming to provide 30…
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Growing energy security concerns and a booming automobile industry will drive the biofuel demand in India.
The country’s ethanol consumption is expected to cross the 700 million gallon mark by 2018.
India’s primary energy consumption is among the top five in the world and oil makes up for a large share of the country’s energy mix but due to limited oil reserves it depends on import.…
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US-based Kinder Morgan Energy Partners has announced the beginning of commercial transportation of blended 2% biodiesel (B2) through its 115 mile Oregon Pipeline which runs from Portland to Eugene.
A test of moving B2 through the pipeline was successfully completed. The pipeline will help diesel fuel suppliers through Oregon meet the states mandate on biodiesel.
The first batch of 100,000…
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Canada-based Husky Energy's ethanol plant in Lloydminster received $71.8 million (€48.9 million) in assistance under the federal government's EcoEnergy programme to sustain biofuel production in the face of volatile feed grains markets.
With ethanol plants in Lloydminster and Minnedosa, Husky is Western Canada's largest ethanol producer, making 260 million litres a year which is…
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A study of energy subsidies by the Environmental Law Institute confirmed that the federal government provides substantially larger subsidies to fossil fuels than to renewables.
Fossil fuels benefited from approximately $72 billion (€49 billion) over the seven-year period studied from 2002 to 2008, while subsidies for renewable fuels totalled $29 billion.
More than half the subsidies for…
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The Swedish Energy R&D Board has invested in industrial scale demonstration of the Chemrec technology for production of the renewable motor fuels BioDME and biomethanol.
The plant will be built in Örnsköldsvik. The SEK 500 million (€49 million) grant is contingent on approval by the EU Directorate General for Competition according to the State aid rules.
The plant is based on the…
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A new power station that will use wood chip to produce enough electricity to power half a million homes has today been given the go ahead by the Environment Agency.
The Prenergy plant, in Port Talbot, Wales, will produce electricity with 50 to 80% fewer greenhouse gas emissions than gas or coal fired power stations. It will be Britain’s largest biomass power plant. All wood used at the plant…
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Scientists in Singapore and Switzerland claim that converting the rubbish that fills the world’s landfills into biofuel may be the answer to both the growing energy crisis and to tackling carbon emissions.
New research reveals how replacing petrol with biofuel from processed waste could cut global carbon emissions by 80%.
Biofuels produced from crops have proven controversial because they…
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US-based Ultra Green Energy Services has announced that it is adding two terminals to its expanding New York network.
Burt’s Reliable and Westmore Fuel, both located in New York, have joined with Chicago-based Ultra Green to store, blend and sell Ultra Green Biodiesel at their terminals.
The additional terminals expand Ultra Green’s biodiesel network from the tip of Long Island to…
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