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Jun 9, 2010
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Jun 9, 2010
Colorado-headquartered ZeaChem has broken ground on its 250,000 gallon a year biorefinery in Boardman, Oregon, US.
The plant will initially use ZeaChem's core technology to produce ethyl acetate, a salable chemical intermediate and precursor to cellulosic ethanol.
ZeaChem's fermentation technology has been built and tested at Hazen Research facility in Golden,... [Read More]
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Jun 9, 2010
In New Mexico the Center of Excellence for Hazardous Materials Management (CEHMM) opened what it claims to be the world's first vertically integrated algal biorefinery.
The refinery uses saltwater micro-algae grown in ponds that are high in oil, which is then extracted and used for biodiesel production. The remaining algae material can also be used as a livestock... [Read More]
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Jun 9, 2010
The deal is finally done and dusted. In the US the state Public Utilities Commission has given Hawaiian Electric (HECO) approval to buy renewable biodiesel from a subsidiary of Iowa-based producer Renewable Energy Group.
The fuel, 3 to 7 million gallons in total, processed from used cooking oil and waste animal fat will be used at Hawaiian Electric's new 110MW combustion... [Read More]
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Jun 10, 2010
Privately held company ICM of Colwich, Kansas, US, is to build a second generation biofuels plant after being given the green light by the US Department of Energy.
From August this year the company will begin converting an existing grain-to-ethanol plant into a cellulosic ethanol facility that will use corn fibre, switchgrass and energy sorghum.
The $25 million (€20.7... [Read More]
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May 12, 2010
Ethanol producer Osage Bio Energy, headquartered in Glen Allen, Virginia, US, is currently building the state’s first ethanol plant, which is due to be operational by July this year.
Located in Hopewell the Appomattox Bio Energy plant will produce 65 million gallons of ethanol from 30 million bushels of barley each year as well as protein feed when running at full capacity.
John... [Read More]
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May 12, 2010
Following a meeting held on 6 May this year in São Paulo, Brazil, ten organisations have come together to form the Brazilian Alliance for Aviation Biofuels with a vision to promote public and private initiatives that seek to develop and certify sustainable biofuels for aviation.
The ten groups forming the alliance include Algae Biotechnology, Amyris Brazil, the Brazilian... [Read More]
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May 12, 2010
Following poor weather conditions in Brazil last year, which affected the cultivation of the nation’s sugarcane, this year’s CS Brazil harvest is set to reach an all-time high.
The UK’s oldest sugar trader Czarnikow has reported that around 590 million tonnes of sugarcane is set to be crushed this year, increasing production by 17% to 33.5 million tonnes.
However... [Read More]
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May 13, 2010
On May 6 this year Brazil launched the Program for Sustainable Production of Palm Oil with the aim to promote sustainability of the biodiesel feedstock and help prevent deforestation.
A major feature of the programme is a proposed bill that, if passed by the National Congress, would put into effect agro-ecological zoning rules that would restrict the cultivation of palm... [Read More]
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May 13, 2010
Airport shuttles at the San Antonio airport, Texas, US, are to join forces and power the vehicles on biodiesel.
The collaboration between the three rental car companies Alamo Rent A Car, Enterprise Rent-A-Car and National Car Rental will see a cut back from 16 to seven fleets, all of which will now run on a 20% biodiesel blend.
Enterprise Holdings owns and operates... [Read More]
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May 13, 2010
The Environmental Protection Agency has named Iowa’s first ‘RFS2 ready’ generating facility. Biodiesel producer Renewable Energy Group (REG) owns the plant, located in Newton, Iowa, US.
The facility, which has the capacity to produce 30 million gallons of biodiesel annually, has completed stages one and two of the three-part compliance preparedness timeline and... [Read More]
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May 13, 2010
The third annual Bioenergy International expo & conference was held last week in Prague and delegates certainly had no shortage of subjects to talk about.
The event was opened by Vladimír Vlk, advisor to the Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic, who outlined the Czech Republic’s potential in terms of renewable energy.
The country may not be the... [Read More]
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May 17, 2010
US petrol refiner Sunoco’s ethanol plant located in New York is expected to come online in the beginning of July this year..
The plant has been undergoing repairs for almost six months in order to get it to operate at its full capacity of 100 million gallons of ethanol a year.
Sunoco purchased the ethanol plant for $8.5 million (€10 million) in June last year after... [Read More]
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May 18, 2010
After signing a Memorandum of Understanding solutions provider MBD Energy has become the first customer of algae-related technology producer OriginOil (OOIL).
The deal will see OOIL provide Australia-based MBD Energy with its Quantum Fracturing and Single-Step Extraction technology.
To begin with MBD Energy will use the technology in its research and development facility,... [Read More]
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May 19, 2010
Non-state owned energy firm China Integrated Energy’s (CIE) biodiesel plant, which is currently being built in Tongchuan City, Shaanxi province, China, has just obtained the production equipment needed for its new refinery.
Under construction near to the company’s existing 100,000-tonne/year biodiesel production facility, the new plant will utilise crop straw including... [Read More]
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