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Dec 22, 2010
Novasep and Danisco to scale-up industrial betaine production process
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Dec 23, 2010
Noble Group, a Hong Kong-headquartered agricultural, industrial and energy products company, has acquired two sugarcane/ethanol mills in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Both the mills, Catanduva and Potirendaba, are fully operational, situated 50km apart from each other and located just over 100km from Noble’s UNP facility. Catanduva has a nominal sugarcane crushing... [Read More]
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Dec 29, 2010
With a goal to slash CO2 emissions by 80% by the year 2050, Super E10 will be available to German drivers on 1 January 2011.
Super E10 is a biofuel with a higher ethanol content and is more environmentally friendly than E5, which is currently blended with conventional transport fuel.
According to the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), an estimated... [Read More]
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Dec 29, 2010
In the US the state of Kentucky is looking to set up a new programme to study biofuel viability.
As part of the initiative Kentucky is to establish around 700 acres of switchgrass fields and is to provide incentives to local farmers who are interested in participating.
In addition to assistance, Natural Resources Conservation would also provide funding for those farmers... [Read More]
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Dec 29, 2010
Minnesota, US-based ethanol plant Heron Lake BioEnergy is to pay a $66,000 (€50,260) fine following environmental violations.
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) issued the fine on 27 December for infringements that go back to October 2005 when the plant was being built.
According to the MPCA, Heron Lake BioEnergy breeched the conditions of its air quality... [Read More]
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Dec 29, 2010
Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding Co. is to partner with Sime Darby Plantation Sdn., a unit of Malaysia’s Sime Darby Bhd, for a bioethanol plant in the state of Selangor, Malaysia.
Together Mitsui and Sime Darby will build and operate the demonstration facility, which will manufacture 1.25 million tonnes a day of bioethanol from empty oil palm fruit branches.
Speaking... [Read More]
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Dec 30, 2010
In 2011 Brazilian state-owned utility company Companhia Paranaense de Energia (Copel) is planning to build a pilot-scale biodiesel plant in the state of Parana.
The project, known as Parana Biodiesel, will start out by producing 5,000 litres a day of biodiesel.
Copel has already made arrangements with the City Hall Jorge d’Oeste that will see it install a facility... [Read More]
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Dec 30, 2010
In southern Queensland, Australia, the Dalby Bio-Refinery, Australia’s first grain-to-ethanol production facility, has been forced into temporary closure following severe flooding in the area.
According to Kevin Endres, chief executive of Dalby Bio-Refinery, it is not safe for employees to travel to and from the site.
‘The heavy rains and flooding has resulted... [Read More]
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Dec 30, 2010
China’s Ministry of Commerce has launched an anti-dumping probe into distillers dried grains (DDGS) from the US.
China is the world’s largest importer of DDGS, a by-product of ethanol production, for use in animal feed. Between January and November this year the nation is reported to have imported over 2.9 million tonnes of DDGS – an increase of 542% compared with... [Read More]
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Dec 30, 2010
The 24 December 2010 saw pure biodiesel derived from waste animal fats or vegetable oils exempt from consumption taxes, following action by China’s Ministry of Finance and State Administration of Taxation.
The tax exemption has been introduced retroactively, effective from 1 January 2009. Consumption taxes paid on biodiesel from this date onwards will be refunded.... [Read More]
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Jan 5, 2011
On the 4 January 2011 marketer and producer of low-carbon renewable fuels Pacific Ethanol resumed production at the 60 million gallon-a-year ethanol plant in Stockton, California.
The first corn grind occurred on 9 December last year and the facility is now operating at close to full capacity.
‘We achieved our goal of successfully restarting the Stockton ethanol... [Read More]
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Jan 5, 2011
Virent Energy Systems, a US, Wisconsin-based advanced biofuel technology provider, and biofuels and bioproducts firm HCL CleanTech have been awarded a $900,000 (€680,847) grant that will part-fund a project looking to demonstrate cellulosic sugars as feedstocks for drop-in biofuels and bioproducts.
The grant was awarded by BIRD Energy, a programme for US – Israel... [Read More]
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Jan 5, 2011
A former fish farm in south Hillsborough County, Florida, US, could soon be home to a new biofuels plant, following a proposal from Mad Dog Mulching (MDM).
Carlos Macho, owner of MDM, and his partner Jason Davis are looking to build an ethanol production facility on the 120-acre site. Though still in the very early stages, the county’s Environmental Protection Commission... [Read More]
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Dec 2, 2010
UK-based BP Biofuels has outlined four criteria for successful sugar-based biofuels.
Speaking at the International Sugar Organisation meeting in London on 26 November, Phil New, head of BP Biofuels, explains that, for one, it needs to be low in cost. In order to compete with oil priced at between $40 and $50 (€30.4 and €38) a barrel, the biofuel must be $1 a gallon.... [Read More]
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Dec 2, 2010
As the UK reaches a critical crossroads for renewable energy, and specifically the generation of biogas through anaerobic digestion (AD), The Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Association (ADBA)’s National Conference 2010 could not come at a more important time.
Bringing together government departments and agencies, interest groups and industry, the conference will consider... [Read More]
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