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Jul 21, 2010
REG purchases Tellurian Biodiesel and ABDF
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Jul 21, 2010
In the US car producers are apparently meeting targets that will soon see an increase of ethanol-fuelled vehicles on US roads.
There are currently around 8 million flex-fuel vehicles in operation and, although not as efficient as petrol, E85 is cheaper due to the subsidies awarded by the government. These total around $6 billion a year.
According to General Motors... [Read More]
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Jul 22, 2010
In a bid to cut its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, British Airways (BA) has teamed up with Solena Group, a renewable energy producer, to construct a waste-to-biofuels plant.
Solena will invest around $300 million (€233.9 million) in the plant and is already considering two potential sites, both located close by to Dagenham, east London, UK.
The plant will produce... [Read More]
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Jul 22, 2010
In Taubate, Brazil, biofuel producer BioVerde Industria e Commercio de Biocumbustiveis SA is to purchase Companhia Petroquimica do Nordeste (Copenor) for 23.5 million reais (€10.3 million).
The acquisition comes as BioVerde aims to dramatically increase its biodiesel production capacity 14 times over by Q4 2011. By June 2012 the company wants to be producing 1.2 billion... [Read More]
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Jul 22, 2010
On 17 July this year a biodiesel project commenced that will see BNSF Railway test Montana, US-made biodiesel produced by biofuels manufacturer Earl Fisher Biofuels.
20% of the fuel will be blended with conventional diesel and used in one of BNSF Railway’s switch engines at the Havre Depot.
Throughout the year Montana State University-Northern’s BioEnergy Center... [Read More]
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Jul 22, 2010
The Renewable Fuels Agency (RFA) has published data from the second year of the Renewable Transport Fuels Obligation (RTFO), showing that the UK has met its 3.25% target.
The report shows that close to 1.6 billion litres of biofuels has been used in the UK, the equivalent of taking 500,000 million vehicles off the road. This equates to Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast... [Read More]
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Jul 22, 2010
Texas-headquartered pipeline transportation and energy storage company Kinder Morgan Energy Partners (KMEP) has experienced strong financial growth at its terminals and pipelines in Q2, namely due to an increase in ethanol handling.
‘Growth in [the products pipelines] segment compared to the second quarter last year was driven by strong financial performance at our... [Read More]
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Jul 23, 2010
Fuel provider Exousia Advanced Materials headquartered in New York, US, has nearly completed its new biodiesel production facility, which is expected to begin operations later on in the year.
Maintenance and re-tooling of the plant, which is located in South Carolina, are well underway and will start delivering biodiesel orders in August.
Wayne Rodrigue, chairman and... [Read More]
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Jul 26, 2010
In the US the Minnesota Department of Agriculture estimates that the state will gain $600 million (€465 million) from the growth of its ethanol industry this year.
It estimates production will increase to 1.1 billion gallons in 2010 with an economic impact of $3.1 billion, and providing 1,500 additional jobs.
In 2009 Minnesota's ethanol industry generated more... [Read More]
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Jul 26, 2010
The US department of energy (DoE) will pump $106 million (€82 million) from the American Recovery and Reinvestment into six projects which will convert captured carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from industrial sources into useful products such as fuel, plastics, cement, and fertilisers.
The funds were matched with $156 million in private cost-share.
Converting captured... [Read More]
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Jul 26, 2010
On the surface it all seems good news for Europe’s biodiesel industry with capacity growth at 16.6%, but a worrying number of idled plants put its true potential at bay.
The total production figure of 9 million tonnes is overshadowed by the EU27’s two-thirds idle capacity, said to be due in part to unfair trade practices on the global biodiesel market.
The European... [Read More]
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Jul 26, 2010
German specialty chemicals company Süd-Chemie is to build Germany´s largest second generation ethanol plant.
As from the end of 2011, this large-scale demonstration plant, located in the immediate vicinity of the new Bavarian BioCampus in Straubing, will produce up to 2,000 tonnes of bioethanol from agricultural waste, such as cereal straw.
The project comprises an... [Read More]
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Jun 24, 2010
Following US-based Amyris’ advancements in the development of its second generation technology, which uses microorganisms to produce biodiesel from crushing cane, oil group Total wishes to acquire a percentage in the company.
Located in France Total is to invest an undisclosed sum to purchase a 17% stake in the biofuels producer as it plans to expand into sustainably-sourced... [Read More]
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Jun 25, 2010
California, US, is expected to increase the number of E85 fuelling stations and electric vehicle charging stations after receiving a $4 million (€3.3 million) grant.
75 new fuelling stations have been planned for the state, which are predicted to cut the use of petrol by over 24 million gallons annually and reduce the CO2 emissions by roughly 170,000 tonnes a year.... [Read More]
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Jun 29, 2010
Construction on American Jianye Greentech Holdings’ second biofuels plant in China is underway.
The facility, located at the Xiangzhou Shilong Industry Zone, in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of southern China, will produce approximately 50,000 tonnes of biodiesel, 50,000 tonnes of civil use clean fuel, and 100,000 tonnes of ethanol fuel with a maximum annual operating... [Read More]
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