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Jun 27, 2011
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Jun 29, 2011
In the US, DuPont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol (DDCE), a wholly owned subsidiary of DuPont, is one step closer towards building its commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol biorefinery, after signing an agreement to acquire a plot of land in Nevada, Iowa.
The land is adjacent to Lincolnway Energy's first generation ethanol plant.
DDCE is already producing cellulosic ethanol at... [Read More]
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Jun 29, 2011
In Florida, US, the Florida National Guard is minimising waste and cutting costs by converting used vegetable oil into biodiesel that will power state maintenance vehicles at Camp Blanding Joint Training Center.
Camp Blanding Joint Training Center scheme was established back in January 2010.
The waste oil is collected from Camp Blanding's Consolidated Dining Facility before... [Read More]
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Jun 29, 2011
Algae.Tec, an Australia-headquartered biofuels company, has signed a deal to partner with Australian ethanol producer Manildra.
The collaboration will see Algae.Tec construct its demo-scale plant Shoalhaven One in Nowra, New South Wales.
'Algae.Tec is one of only a few advances biofuels companies globally with technology designed to grow algae on an industrial scale and... [Read More]
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Jun 29, 2011
In the US, Detroit Metro Airport (DTW) and Michigan State University Extension (MSUE) will partner for the cultivation of energy crops.
Between them, DTW and another airport operated by the Wayne County Airport Authority (WCAA), Willow Run, have around 1,700 acres of land suitable for growing energy crops.
MSUE is currently growing canola and oriental mustard seed on 3... [Read More]
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Jun 30, 2011
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released new specifications for a label that will be displayed at all fuel pumps dispensing petrol blended with 15% ethanol (E15).
The new orange and black label will include information about which vehicles can use E15. It will also discourage the use of E15 in cars manufactured before 2011, motorbikes and boats, as well... [Read More]
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Jun 30, 2011
Between 2005 and 2015 the worldwide market value of biodiesel is expected to increase by 26%, reaching $62 million (€43.3 million) in 2015. This is according to a report released from market research reports database companiesandmarkets.com.
In 2009, a total of 14.7 billion gallons of biodiesel were produced. The report, entitled Biodiesel and Feedstocks: A Global... [Read More]
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Jul 4, 2011
A revised version of the ASTM D7566-11, Specification for Aviation Turbine Fuel Containing Synthesized Hydrocarbons, was approved on 1 July 2011.
The new specification means that up to 50% renewable fuels can now be blended with traditional fossil jet fuel. These renewable fuel components are derived from vegetable oil-containing feedstocks, including algae, camelina and... [Read More]
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Jul 4, 2011
Thomson Airways will become the UK's first airline to fly passengers on a plane powered by biofuels.
The flight will take off from Birmingham airport before landing in Palma, Majorca, on 28 July 2011. Weekly flights of the same kind will then follow the same route from September.
It is thought Thomson Airways' biofuel-powered flights between Birmingham and Palma will take... [Read More]
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Jun 9, 2011
KiOR, a next-generation renewable fuels company, and Catchlight Energy have signed a feedstock supply agreement which will see Catchlight Energy provide forestry-based feedstocks to KiOR for commercial renewable fuel production.
Catchlight Energy, a company that is a 50/50 joint venture between Chevron and Weyerhaeuser, will provide the feedstocks to the KiOR fuel facility... [Read More]
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Jun 14, 2011
The Air Transport Association (ATA), the US airline trade organisation, says it is pleased with the ASTM International Committee on Petroleum Products and Lubricants for giving the go ahead for a new jet fuel specification to push for aviation biofuels.
‘The committee endorsement of this specification is significant for all consumers of jet fuel, bringing the airline... [Read More]
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Jun 15, 2011
Elevance Renewable Sciences, a Bolingbrook, Illinois, US-based company dedicated to the production of specialty chemicals from natural oils, has acquired the Delta BioFuels facility in Adams County.
Elevance will invest over $225 million (€156.6 million) in converting the facility to a biorefinery and derivatives operation in a multi-phase project. In addition to... [Read More]
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Jun 15, 2011
Since E5 became commercially available in Vietnam almost 12 months ago, the numbers of sales are below expected volumes. Now, experts are calling for more support to be given to the nation's biofuel manufacturers and traders.
In 2010 PV Oil was selling the 5% ethanol blend from 30 petrol stations and at the end of the year shifted 4.2 million litres of the fuel. However,... [Read More]
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Jun 15, 2011
In the south of Brazil, 99.63 million tonnes of sugarcane was crushed between April 2011 (the start of the 2011/2012 harvest) and 1 June 2011, according to Unica, the sugarcane industry association.
This figure is down on the 134.17 million tonnes crushed the previous year.
Of the 99.63 million tonnes crushed, 57.12% was used in the manufacturing of ethanol, while the... [Read More]
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Jun 15, 2011
In the US a bill, which would see the majority of all automobiles manufactured in 2017 and after have the ability to run on biofuels, has been strongly opposed by car manufacturers.
The Open Fuel Standard Act of 2011 has come about in an effort by the Senate to try and keep ethanol tax subsidies in place and raise the tariff.
However, trade group The Alliance of Automobile... [Read More]
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