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May 16, 2011
USDA designates land for 'fuel shed'
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May 16, 2011
In Visalia, California, US, EdeniQ and Logos Technologies are to begin building a corn-to-ethanol pilot plant in, funded partly by a $20 million (€14.2 million) federal Department of Energy (DoE) grant.
The companies will break ground on the facility on 19 May 2011, marked with a groundbreaking ceremony at 10am.
The pilot plant will be installed with EdeniQ's technology... [Read More]
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May 19, 2011
In Baton Rouge, Louisiana, US, speciality chemicals firm Albemarle Corporation has acquired Catilin, a technology company dedicated to the development and application of heterogeneous biodiesel catalysis.
The new move will see Albemarle become involved in several R&D synergies.
'We are excited to offer Catilin technology alongside our existing GoBio portfolio to customers... [Read More]
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May 19, 2011
Germany-based ethanol producer CropEnergies' revenues reached €472.8 million between 1 March 2010 and 28 February 2011, a 26% increase on the previous financial year's €374.1 million.
The company's operating profit was almost four times that of the previous year, increasing from €11.9 million to €45.9 million.
The supervisory board decided to follow... [Read More]
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May 19, 2011
One of the UK's biggest ethanol production plants is due to temporarily close following unfavourable market conditions.
Ethanol producer Ensus owns the Wilton, Teesside-based facility, which will be shut down at the end of May 2011 for up to four months.
According to Ensus, the closure can be attributed to a slump in customer demand, coupled with competition from the US.
However,... [Read More]
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May 23, 2011
Oil company PetroVietnam is on schedule to begin operations at its ethanol production facility in October 2011, according to new reports.
Currently 75% complete, the finished Dung Quat ethanol plant will have the capacity to produce 100 million litres of ethanol a year from locally grown cassava.
Central Oil and Gas Biofuel of Vietnam is financing the build and the plant... [Read More]
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May 23, 2011
59% of India's petrol for transport purposes could come from biofuels by 2020, according to the Bloomberg New Energy Finance study titled 'Next-generation Ethanol: What's in it for India'.
The new study was released on 17 May 2011 and commissioned by enzyme producer Novozymes.
India, the world's sixth largest fuel guzzler, is under pressure to dramatically reduce its reliance... [Read More]
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May 23, 2011
Two supermarkets in California, US, have selected Extreme Biodiesel, a wholly owned subsidiary of BookMerge Technology, to produce biodiesel for them, at a small charge.
Under the preliminary agreement, Extreme Biodiesel will pick up waste vegetable oil from the supermarkets and transport it to its Extreme Corona plant in Corona, California. Extreme will then turn the... [Read More]
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May 23, 2011
In New Zealand the demand for biodiesel is growing, so much so that renewable energy company Biodiesel New Zealand is developing a bulk distribution facility in Nelson to try and meet some of this demand in the northern region of South Island.
To be located in Nelson, the project will supply Biodiesel New Zealand's Biogold NZ20 blend of renewable fuel, in addition to its... [Read More]
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Apr 21, 2011
At around 11am on 20 April 2011, a tanker transporting ethanol in Cheatham County, Tennessee in the US was involved in a crash, which left the vehicle overturned and leaking the fuel onto the Interstate 24.
Both the eastbound and westbound lanes were closed as teams threw sand over the spill to contain it. The spill was later contained but the cleanup continued.
It was... [Read More]
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Apr 21, 2011
In California, US, the California Energy Commission has given a $1.88 million (€1.3 million) grant to AE Advanced Fuels Keyes, the wholly owned subsidiary of AE Biofuels.
According to AE Biofuels, the funding will be used to develop the commercialisation of its enzyme-based technology for the production of cellulosic ethanol.
The company's new facility will be developed... [Read More]
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Apr 21, 2011
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has developed technology for ethanol fuel production which complies with the standards set by the Japanese Automotive Standards Organisation (JASO), from lignocellulose (soft cellulose) such as rice straw and barley straw.
The Japanese government, academia and the agricultural and industrial sectors in Hyogo Prefecture, supported by the... [Read More]
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Apr 26, 2011
Gevo, a renewable chemicals and advanced biofuels company, has signed an engineering and consulting agreement with Mustang Engineering to convert Gevo’s renewable isobutanol into bio-jet fuel.
The agreement will focus on the downstream processing of isobutanol to paraffinic kerosene (jet fuel) for jet engine testing, airline suitability flights and advancing commercial... [Read More]
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Apr 26, 2011
Rentech has acquired additional equity in ClearFuels Technology, and will now own a substantial majority of the equity of ClearFuels, with existing ClearFuels investors retaining a minority interest.
ClearFuels, a company developing advanced sustainable biorefineries that convert multiple mixed cellulosic biomass feedstocks into sustainable, high-value energy products,... [Read More]
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Apr 27, 2011
New research has estimated 27% of fuel could come from biofuels by 2050, a rough increase from about 55 million tonnes to 750 million tonnes within the space of four decades.
A report, released by the International Energy Agency (IEA), says biofuels can help to reduce CO₂ emissions in the transport sector and increase energy security, if produced sustainably.
Currently... [Read More]
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