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Nov 2, 2010
Ineos Bio progresses with bioenergy plans
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Nov 4, 2010
Researchers at the University of Illinois in the US have completed the first extensive geographic yield and economic analysis of potential bioenergy grass crops in the Midwestern US.
In recognition of this problem, federal regulations mandate that 79 billion litres of biofuels must be produced annually from non-corn biomass by 2022. Large grasses, such as switchgrass... [Read More]
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Nov 4, 2010
Ethanol producer Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) is to begin building its second Brazil-based biofuel plant.
Construction of the biodiesel production plant is expected to commence next year before it is operational in 2012.
With an annual output capacity of 164,000 tonnes of biodiesel, the facility will be erected nearby to a soyabean crushing facility in Santa Catarina.... [Read More]
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Nov 4, 2010
An ethanol-from-sugarcane processing plant in Chisumbanje and Middle Sabi will now be completed in March 2011 following logistical delays.
Green Fuel is behind the multi-million dollar project and general manager Graeme Smith explained that some of the equipment for the refinery has still not arrived from Brazil. ‘Delivery of equipment was held up by, among many factors,... [Read More]
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Nov 4, 2010
Western Biodiesel, a biodiesel company based in Alberta, Canada, is facing charges under the Environmental Protection Act and the Waste Control Regulation following a number of offences.
Back in 2008 two incidents occurred at the facility where wastewater containing methanol and biodiesel was released onto nearby land.
As a result Western Biodiesel and the plant’s... [Read More]
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Oct 11, 2010
Gevo, a privately held renewable chemical and advanced biofuels company, has closed its acquisition of renewable energy producer Agri-Energy’s ethanol production facility in Luverne, Minnesota, US.
Gevo has already begun retrofitting the plant and the production of isobutanol is expected to begin in Q1 2012. During the retrofit process it is expected that the facility... [Read More]
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Oct 11, 2010
In the Philippines the province of San Mariano, Isabela, is to receive a $120 million (€86 million) investment for the construction of an ethanol plant.
The Japanese firm Itochu Corp. is behind the investment, while Green Future Innovations (GFI) will develop the project. GFI is a joint venture between Itochu, Japan-based JGC Corp., the Philippine Bioethanol and Energy... [Read More]
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Oct 12, 2010
A fuel station, which opened on 8 October 2010 in Gloucester in Virginia, US, is the second alternative transport fuel station offering three alternative fuels to open in the state.
The station was opened by Phillips Energy and sells ethanol, biodiesel and propane.... [Read More]
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Oct 13, 2010
Maverick Biofuels, a second generation biofuels technology company, is planning to construct a biomass-to-biofuel pilot plant in North Carolina, US.
Although the firm has not yet decided on a specific location Karl von Gunten, the vice president of marketing at Maverick, explains that a site at or near a landfill is most likely.
The actual size of the plant will be... [Read More]
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Oct 13, 2010
Delegates registering for the upcoming Bioenergy International Asia expo & conference can start networking straight away! Using pre-event software delegates can set-up meetings and contact other visitors, delegates, speakers and exhibitors, maximising networking opportunities at this event.
The two day event, being held on 10-11th November in Kuala Lumpur, organised... [Read More]
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Oct 15, 2010
In the US algae producer LakeMaster Corporation is to co-locate within the refinery of energy company Northern Biodiesel (NBI), based in Ontario, New York.
NBI is currently converting grease and oil derived from animal and vegetable sources into ASTM certified biodiesel. In the future LakeMaster will produce lipid oil from algae as a feedstock for the NBI refinery.
LakeMaster... [Read More]
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Oct 15, 2010
With its ability to be utilised in a number of different biofuels applications including algal oil, biodiesel, aviation biofuel, ethanol, butanol and biomethane, the Algae Biofuels Production Technologies Worldwide reported that company involvement in the algae biofuels industry increased by 550% between 2005 and 2007.
The driving force behind this boom was environmental... [Read More]
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Oct 18, 2010
INEOS Bio’s first commercial project in the US has secured key permits to build its waste-to-bioenergy facility in Indian River County, Florida.
The INEOS Bio joint venture has obtained its final air permit and environmental resource permit from the State of Florida, its wetlands permit from the US Army Corps of Engineers and a Final Environmental Assessment (EA) and... [Read More]
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Oct 18, 2010
Following its dedication ceremony in July earlier this year, sustainable and renewable energy firm Growth Design Energy expects that construction on its biodiesel plant in the US should begin before 2011.
The $9.3 million (€6.69 million) facility, based in Forest City, Iowa will produce 3 million gallons of biodiesel a year from a number of feedstocks, including animal... [Read More]
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Oct 18, 2010
Brazil-based integrated energy company Petrobras and Novozymes have entered into an agreement to develop a new process for the production of biofuel from sugarcane bagasse.
The deal will see the development of enzymes and production processes to make second generation lignocellulosic ethanol from bagasse in an enzymatic process.
The commercial potential of cellulosic... [Read More]
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The decline in rapeseed meal exports has prompted the Union zur Förderung von Oel- und Proteinpflanzen e.V. (UFOP) to strongly oppose the proposed reduction of the cap on biofuels from cultivated biomass.
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