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Jan 13, 2011
Abengoa plant resumes operations
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Jan 17, 2011
Operations have started at a biodiesel production facility in Groveland, Florida, US.
Owned by Greenwave Biodiesel, a key player in Florida's emerging biofuels industry, the plant has already produced its first batch of ASTM-certified biodiesel and is now preparing to begin production at commercial-scale.
The plant is fitted with technology provider Raptor Fabrication's... [Read More]
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Jan 17, 2011
Oil major BP has been forced to replace its ethanol-blended petrol (E10) in Queensland, Australia, due to severe flooding in the state.
From 17 January 2011 Regular Unleaded 91 will take the place of E10, as the Queensland-based biofuel supplier cannot continue to deliver.
Over 75% of Queensland, a state larger than California and Texas combined, has been declared a disaster... [Read More]
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Jan 17, 2011
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... [Read More]
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Jan 17, 2011
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... [Read More]
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Jan 18, 2011
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... [Read More]
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Jan 19, 2011
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... [Read More]
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Jan 19, 2011
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... [Read More]
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Dec 17, 2010
Following a $27 million (€20.2 million) boost from the US Ex-Im Bank Mexican biofuels company Recursos Renovables Alternativos (RRA) plans to begin construction of its first plant to produce biodiesel from algae oil in February.
The financing is used for equipment at the first plant, which will most likely be built in Campeche state, but also could be located near Merida... [Read More]
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Dec 17, 2010
Abengoa Bioenergy Netherlands is involved in a deal to pipe waste carbon dioxide from its bioethanol plant in Rotterdam to greenhouses in the Zuidplaspolder within an area of around 550 hectares.
The European Commission (EC) authorised the move, under EU state aid rules, for a €5 million investment aid for the pipeline infrastructure.
The waste CO2 will be used to... [Read More]
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Dec 20, 2010
US president Barack Obama signed new tax legislation on 17 December extending incentives for ethanol and biodiesel.
The president signed the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 in the afternoon, following a late night approval from the US House on 16 December.
The Senate approved the legislation on 15 December.
For ethanol,... [Read More]
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Dec 20, 2010
Caldic Chemie, a producer and storage and handling terminal for methanol and bioethanol, has completed the second phase of its tank park expansion in the Port of Rotterdam.
The entire tank park now has a total capacity of 172,500m3. The nine new tanks will all be used for the storage and handling of methanol and bioethanol. All the tanks which were built in the first... [Read More]
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Dec 22, 2010
On 20 December 2010 Denmark-based bioinnovation company Novozymes A/S signed a definitive agreement to acquire EMD/Merck Crop BioScience Inc. from Merck KGaA for $275 million (€209.4 million).
The agreement is subject to customary regulatory approvals. The transaction is expected to close between February and May 2011. The total sum is to be paid to Merck KGaA, subject... [Read More]
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Dec 22, 2010
21 December 2010 saw the US District Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia fully deny the petition by the National Petrochemical Refiners Association and the American Petroleum Institute challenging the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS2).
According to petitioners, the RFS2 final regulation violated the statutory requirements setting separate biomass based diesel... [Read More]
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Dec 22, 2010
The emergence of specialty pipelines that deliver renewable and alternative energy substances from the point of production to points of blending, storage or end use will be a catalyst for growth in the development of current and future alternative fuel projects, according to Specialty Pipelines for Renewable and Alternative Energy Substances by market research publisher... [Read More]
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