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Nov 29, 2010
Biofuel tech-firm plans comeback
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Nov 30, 2010
Europe’s main biofuel production port, and a key player in bulk liquid fuel storage, Ghent has 600 hectares of land available for investment following 14 years of infrastructural work.
The new space has already attracted 13 companies and at the end of November Brazil-based Companhia Brasileira de Logistica announced it would invest €70 million in the construction... [Read More]
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Nov 30, 2010
In the US, 13.95 billion gallons of biofuels must be blended with conventional fossil-based transport fuels by next year, according to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS2) requirements for 2011.
Of this renewable fuel, 0.78% (1.35 billion gallons) of it will be made up of advanced biofuel, 0.69% (800 million gallons) of biomass-based... [Read More]
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Dec 1, 2010
Illinois is traditionally known for mass ethanol production owing to its position in the US corn belt, but now biodiesel availability is on the up thanks to fuel terminal operator Kinder Morgan.
From mid-December Renewable Energy Group’s REG 9000/1 biodiesel will be available for splash blending at Kinder Morgan’s Argo, Illinois, terminal.
REG expects biodiesel from... [Read More]
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Dec 1, 2010
From April 2011 Europe’s largest airline Lufthansa is to trial biofuel in an Airbus A321 engine.
The six-month trial will see the airline use a 50:50 blend of biofuel and kerosene on its local commercial flights from Hamburg to Frankfurt and back again.
The project will allow Lufthansa to test the effect of biofuels on plane engines, looking at engine maintenance... [Read More]
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Dec 1, 2010
Switzerland-headquartered biodiesel producer BioPetrol Industries is to acquire the entire issued share capital of Dutch Biodiesel BV, a manufacturer of biodiesel, after signing an agreement.
The deal is subject to shareholder approval and customary closing conditions being satisfied by BioPetrol and Dutch Biodiesel shareholders. Following the satisfaction of these conditions,... [Read More]
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Dec 1, 2010
Mexico’s first biodiesel plant has begun operations.
The nation’s president Felipe Calderon opened the production facility on 26 November 2010 in the south eastern state of Chiapas.
The plant will convert jatropha, palm oil and recycled oil into 20,000 litres per day of biodiesel for use as transport fuel in local vehicles.... [Read More]
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Dec 2, 2010
As refining and marketing company Neste Oil’s renewable fuels business enters a new phase following two major investment projects, the company has decided to merge its Oil Products and Renewable Fuels business areas.
Neste Oil’s financial reporting will remain unchanged and Oil Products and Renewable Fuels will continue to form separate reporting segments.
Currently... [Read More]
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Nov 4, 2010
The city of LaHarpe in Illinois, US, will soon be home to Bio-NRG’s new $38 million (€26.7 million) biodiesel plant.
The plant is still in the development stages, however Bio-NRG is looking to start building the facility in 2011. With an estimated completion time of between 12 and 15 months, the plant should be up and running by 2012.
Bio-NRG will operate the plant... [Read More]
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Nov 4, 2010
Following the recent stakeholders' consultation organised by the European Commission to address the issue of indirect land use change (ILUC), the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA) calls on the Commission to review modelling work and ensure scientific robustness to calculate ILUC.
Developing the science to calculate and understand ILUC has become crucial... [Read More]
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Nov 4, 2010
Sitimas Holdings, Sime Derby, Mabanaft, Dialog, Shell, Jurong Port, ASB Biodiesel, Thai Oil, ConocoPhillips, Dialog, MISC, SK Energy, Langsat Terminal, Dovechem, Vopak – just some of the names registered for next week’s Bioenergy International Asia expo & conference at the Hotel Maya in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 10-11th November.
Sustainability standards forms... [Read More]
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Nov 5, 2010
October this year saw Imperial Petroleum’s wholly owned subsidiary e-biofuels, based in Middletown, Indiana, sell 1.98 million gallons of biodiesel, bringing in approximately $6.3 million (€4.48 million) in revenues for that month alone.
First quarter revenues for biodiesel sales represent approximately $16.7 million on 5.2 million gallons sold.
‘It has been... [Read More]
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Nov 5, 2010
Renewable energy firm AMG Bioenergy Resources Holdings has signed a letter of intent with China Zhejiang Biodiesel (CZBC) to acquire the eucalyptus and jatropha plantation assets, which it has developed in Guangdong province, southern China.
AMG will initially acquire the 145-hectare jatropha and the 330-hectare eucalyptus plantation assets for around CA$2.6 million (€1.85... [Read More]
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Nov 8, 2010
Sudan-based White Nile Sugar Co. has signed an agreement with China’s Beijing-based CAMC Engineering Co. for the development of an ethanol production facility and an animal feed plant.
It is expected that both plants will come online towards the end of April 2012 when White Nile begins its sugar production, but managing director Hassan Satti refused to comment on the... [Read More]
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Nov 8, 2010
Biofuels company AE Advanced Fuels Keyes’ wholly owned subsidiary AE Biofuels has secured over $4 million (€2.87 million) in funding from Third Eye Capital to retrofit and restart operations at its Keyes-based ethanol plant in California, US.
The retrofit is expected to be completed and the plant fully operational by Q1 2011.
The facility was originally opened back... [Read More]
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