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May 24, 2012
A new bioenergy alternative for the future is being created by researchers at the University of Birmingham, UK. By creating clean hydrogen from food waste this research hopes to provide answers to the questions concerning whether the mass production of bioethanol using sugarcane is a long-term sustainable solution, particularly in countries like Brazil. ‘Bioethanol is the current biofuel of…
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May 25, 2012
German technology and engineering supplier ThyssenKrupp Uhde is set to partner with Sundrop Fuels to create the first ‘green gasoline’ production facility in the US. Sundrop expects to break ground for the new facility later this year and hopes to produce around 50 million gallons of renewable fuels per annum, it said in a statement. The facility will be the proving ground for…
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May 28, 2012
The National Biodiesel Board (NBB) and global energy information provider Genscape has announced the launch of the GEnscape Renewable Identification Number (RIN) Integrity Network dashboard. The NBB call the initiative ‘another step to stabilising the RIN market’ and its RIN task force has continuously worked with the petroleum industry to provide solutions to the uncertainities in…
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May 28, 2012
US renewable chemicals and next-generation biofuels company Gevo has begun start-up of what it is calling the world’s first commercial biobased isobutanol production plant. Based in Luverne, Minnesota Gevo broke ground on the project a year ago and reached its goal of initiating production of biobased isobutanol  at commercial level within 12 months. ‘The startup of this plant…
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May 29, 2012
US-based clean energy technology provider Zere Energy and Biofuels has been awarded nearly $1 million (€796,000) to demonstrate a ‘near zero emissions’ fuel flexible combined heat and power system. The money has come from the California Energy Commission and Zere will design and build a system prototype which employs a ‘near zero emissions’ oxidation process. It will…
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May 30, 2012
A recent report concerning Alcorn State University in Mississippi, US reveals it has conducted research into using bamboo as a feedstock for biofuels production. The Mississippi Development Authority legislation, in conjunction with next-generation renewable fuels company KiOR’s state-wide research project, has provided the funding for the university to get involved in biofuels research…
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May 30, 2012
Philippines-based San Carlos Bioenergy has claimed to have produced ethanol fuel from sweet sorghum feedstock. The company’s chairman Jose Zabaleta says this is a ‘major breakthrough and a first for the Philippines and Southeast Asia’ as his team overcame technical difficulties associated with producting ethanol from sorghum. ‘We were able to produce 247 litres of fuel…
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May 31, 2012
Bioinnovation company Novozymes has inaugurated a $200 million (€161 million) enzyme plant in Nebraska, US to help advance the biofuels market. Novozymes claims the plant will specialise in developing ‘world-leading’ enzymes to advance both existing and advanced biofuel markets. The facility will create 100 job positions and 400 construction jobs. ‘Advanced biofuels are…
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Jun 1, 2012
The Shell Company of Australia is to provide B20 to its Australian customers after opening a biodiesel facility in Victoria. The biodiesel facility, which is built at Shell's Newport Terminal in Melbourne, officially opened on 29 May. Australian Renewable Fuels (ARF) is providing Shell with the biodiesel part of the blend. The total cost of the project was $5 million (€4 million), $2 million…
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May 10, 2012
Algae into biofuels company Algae Tec has announced commissioning for a showcase biofuels facility in Nowra, Australia. The facility, named Shoalhaven One, already has the bioreactor technology and associated racks, piping and separation tanks in place, with full testing and final validation now underway. ‘This commissioning process is on track for production of algae biomass in early June,…
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May 10, 2012
Danisco has seen a verdict given against it in a patent infringement case against competitor Novozymes reviewed and changed. A district court in Wisconsin, US has overturned a ruling from October 2011 that sided with Novozymes which claimed Danisco, part of DuPont Industrial Biosciences (DIB), had infringed on one of its US biofuel enzymes patents. With the new ruling, the court has found…
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May 11, 2012
German waste to biodiesel producer Petrotec has announced increased sales of 27% compared to Q1 2011 and also expanded its operations into Spain. The overall group generated revenues of €42.1 million ($54.4 million) and an operating profit of €600,000 EBIT (Earnings Before Interest and Tax) in the first three months of 2012, up a third from the same time last year. A statement from…
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May 11, 2012
US-based producer and marketer of low-carbon renewable fuels Pacific Ethanol (PE) has reported a first quarter loss of $5 million (€3.8 million) compared to a small profit of $18 million for the three-month period a year earlier. However PE also boosted its year-on-year revenue by 14% and increased total gallons of ethanol sold by 36% over the same quarter last year, meaning a total of 114.8…
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May 14, 2012
Crop technology provider for biofuel production company Agrisoma is working with several partners to test a new kind of jet biofuel in Canada. Along with Honeywell UOP, the Canadian National Research Council and the Genome Prairie project, Agrisoma is road-testing a fuel blend derived from its Brassica carinata (Ethiopian mustard) variety Resonance. ‘Brassica carinata is drought and heat…
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