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Apr 26, 2010
Production date draws close for Clean Burn Fuels
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Apr 27, 2010
Following the resignation of the Czech Minister of the Environment Jan Dusík in March, Vladimír Vlk, energy advisor for the new Minister of the Environment Rut Bízková, will now make the keynote presentation at the upcoming Bioenergy International expo & conference next week in Prague on 5-6 May.
Dusik resigned because he felt that the prime minister had put... [Read More]
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Apr 27, 2010
In Finland refining and marketing company Neste Oil has begun testing its Neste Green 100 diesel as transport fuel.
Neste Green 100 diesel is made from 100% renewable raw materials which have between 40 and 80% lower carbon dioxide emissions than conventional diesel. Its tailpipe emissions are also lower.
Neste Oil’s executive vice president Sakari Toivola said:... [Read More]
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Apr 27, 2010
Biology-based renewable energy company Coskata develops technology for the production of biofuels and biochemicals from biomass and waste materials and has now closed a round of equity financing with French oil major Total.
The oil and gas firm has invested in the round of equity financing and will have a seat on Coskata’s Board of Directors.
The investment will go... [Read More]
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Apr 29, 2010
Ferry service company Miller Boat Line is switching to green fuel this season to ferry travellers to Put-in-Bay in Ohio, US.
The William Market passenger vessel is to run on a 10 to 20% blend of G2 Diesel to Put-in-Bay, which is located on South Bass Island in Lake Erie. Although using biodiesel will cost Miller Boat Line more than conventional diesel, this will not... [Read More]
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Apr 6, 2010
With its ability to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 90%, Brazilian sugarcane-based ethanol is described as the most emission-efficient biofuel.
A report by the International Food Research Policy Institute (IFPRI) called ‘Global Trade and Environmental Impact of the EU Biofuels Mandate’ has concluded that Europe will meet its 2020 targets with regards to carbon... [Read More]
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Apr 7, 2010
The Brazilian Chamber of Foreign Trade is to remove the ethanol tariff until 31 December 2011.
By momentarily suspending Brazil’s 20% tariff on ethanol for a year, starting from 31 December this year, the nation hopes that the US will follow its lead and reduce or remove its own taxes that are placed on imported ethanol.
At the moment ethanol that has been brought... [Read More]
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Apr 7, 2010
In Buffalo Lake, Minnesota, the smallest ethanol plant in the state is closing down and leaving 20 people without jobs.
Although the decision to close was tough, the Minnesota Energy ethanol plant, which opened in 1997, had been losing money over the previous months and, according to chairman of the board for the farmer-owned ethanol plant and grain handling cooperative,... [Read More]
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Apr 8, 2010
A move by the Canadian Government to enforce a law requiring 5% renewable content in petrol is gaining speed.
The commitment was made in 2006 to regulate renewable fuel content in petrol and now the Government has developed draft regulations following consultations with industry, provinces and stakeholders for a September roll-out.
The proposed regulations are part of... [Read More]
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Apr 8, 2010
It was the first country in Asia to use biodiesel on such a large scale, mandating a B1 blend since July 2008, and now Taiwan will double the percentage of biodiesel in diesel for cars this year.
It is estimated that the consumption of biodiesel in Taiwan will increase to 100 million litres this year, decreasing carbon dioxide emissions, the Bureau of Energy under the... [Read More]
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Apr 8, 2010
One of Brazil’s largest sugarcane and ethanol producers has acquired an ethanol plant.
Alto Alegre bought the Cofercatu plant in Florestópolis (Paraná state) for R$ 182 million (€76.8 million).
Alto Alegre's latest unit crushed 1.06 million tonnes of sugarcane in the 2009/10 crop year, which ended 20 April. It produced 66.35 million litres of fuel ethanol... [Read More]
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Apr 8, 2010
One country in Africa is eyeing a sweet ethanol deal if the Government puts in place a policy for biofuel blending.
Reports come in that Uganda’s sugar industry plans a sh200 billion (€72.3 million) investment to produce ethanol in two years.
Uganda’s three sugar factories Kakira, Kinyara and Lugazi have a combined production of 112,000 tonnes of molasses, a by-product... [Read More]
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Apr 8, 2010
Israel-based biofuels technology company HCL CleanTech will open its pilot plant and corporate office in Oxford, North Carolina, US.
HCL CleanTech raised $5.5 million (€4.1 million) in May 2009 in its Series A financing led by US venture capital firms Burrill & Co. and Khosla Ventures.
Other investors included the company’s lead seed investor, Zohar Gilon, and... [Read More]
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Apr 8, 2010
St1’s sixth plant will have a slightly different focus by using household and municipal waste as its feedstock.
This will be located Hämeenlinna, southern Finland, and testing is due to begin next month. Production capacity will gradually be increased to 1 million litres by the end of the year.
St1 Biofuels has proved its waste to-ethanol concept in Finland and is... [Read More]
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Apr 9, 2010
The upcoming Bioenergy International expo & conference is now only weeks away and only a few places remain for the free plant tour that comes with the delegate pass
You can listen to presentations from H.E. Mr. Jan Dusík, Minister of the Environment for the Czech Republic, Ivan Soucek, CEO, Ceska Rafinerska, Marc Gillmann, Bioenergy expert, Total, Miroslav Bažata,... [Read More]
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