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Jun 29, 2010
JV to build biorefinery in Indonesia
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Jun 29, 2010
UK-based renewable energy company Green Oil Plantations has launched a new biofuel investment programme in Australia.
The company’s biofuel plantations project is located in Cairns Hinterland, Queensland, and managed by its wholly owned subsidiary Green Oil Plantations Holdings (Pty) Ltd.
UK investors can now benefit from a safe biofuel producing plantation investment... [Read More]
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Jun 29, 2010
The construction of biomethanol producer BioMCN’s second generation biofuel plant has been completed and began operations on Friday 25 June.
Located in the city of Delfzijl, the Netherlands, BioMCN’s plant has the capacity to produce 250 million litres of biomethanol annually and is thought to be the largest in the world.
Rob Voncken, director at BioMCN, said: ‘There... [Read More]
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Jun 29, 2010
An ethanol plant proposed for Zimbabwe has been given the go-ahead as country leaders believe it will bring some much-needed development to the area.
The $600 million (€492 million) Chisumbanje ethanol project is a venture between the government, MacDon and Rating Investments and, according to Chief Tobias Hiliziyo Garawa, the area is already seeing some changes.
‘We... [Read More]
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Jun 30, 2010
Australia’s first sorghum-fed ethanol plant located in Dalby, Darling Downs, Australia, has gone into voluntary administration 18 months after opening.
Now the refinery located in Dalby, Darling Downs, Australia, has gone into voluntary administration.
Ernst and Young have been brought in to review the business, which owes creditors over $80 million (€65.4 million).... [Read More]
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Jul 1, 2010
Ethanol producer Poet has purchased its most recent facility – a 90mgy ethanol plant in the town of Cloverdale, Indiana, US.
Poet’s CEO Jeff Broin said: ‘In total, POET will have the capacity to produce 1.7 billion gallons of ethanol and more than 4.5 million tons of dried distillers grains. We will continue to look for opportunities to expand that capacity.’
The... [Read More]
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Jul 1, 2010
In Saint John, New Brunswick province, Canada, energy company Irving Oil has withdrawn its application that would have seen the construction of a biodiesel production facility adjacent to the company’s oil refinery.
On the 31 March this year Irving Oil applied for environmental impact assessment for a biodiesel plant that would manufacture biofuel from food waste.
The... [Read More]
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Jul 2, 2010
Dedicated to the production of sustainable energy, UK-based Vepower has entered into an exclusivity agreement with biofuel feedstock company Jatropha Africa, with the goal of financing the company’s 50,000 hectare plantation in Ghana, West Africa.
In five years the plantation in Ghana will have matured and yield as much as 1400kg of crude jatropha oil per harvest. The... [Read More]
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Jul 5, 2010
Despite a number of attempts to pass a tax extenders package, the US Senate was unable to get the 60 votes needed in order to continue.
The bill included extending the $1 (€0.8) -a-gallon tax credit for biodiesel and the future of the tax credit for biodiesel production now appears uncertain.
According to the head of the National Biodiesel Board (NBB), the industry... [Read More]
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Jul 7, 2010
In Massachusetts, US, the mandate that would have seen 2% of biofuels blended with conventional heating oil and diesel has been put on hold.
Due to come into effect last week (30 June 2010) the Clean Energy Biofuels Act would have begun at 2% before being increased to 5% in 2013.
The legislation was signed in 2008 in order to reward second generation biofuels and other... [Read More]
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Jul 7, 2010
In Santa Cruz, California, US, an increasing number of taxis from Yellow Cab and Go Green Cab are switching from regular vehicle fuel to biofuels.
While Yellow Cab begins to integrate its first hybrid taxi, a Ford Escape, onto the roads, Go Green is transporting passengers around the city using biodiesel.
One Yellow Cab driver explained that he used to spend between... [Read More]
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Jul 7, 2010
Located in Rehovot, Israel, biofuel plant producer Evogene has produced biojet that meets the key international standards for alternative aviation fuels. Also known as bio synthesised paraffinic kerosene (Bio-SPK) and hydroprocessed renewable jet (HRJ), biojet is the plant-based alternative to aviation fuel.
Evogene Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Evogene Ltd. and... [Read More]
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Jul 7, 2010
Cellulosic ethanol technology provider BlueFire Ethanol is one step closer to constructing its ethanol production facility in Fulton, Mississippi, US.
After receiving an $88 million (€69.9 million) grant the firm, based in Irvine, California, has now met the conditions required in order to receive an additional $250 million loan guarantee from the Department of Energy... [Read More]
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Jul 8, 2010
After recently acquiring joint venture operations in Central Java, Indonesia, renewable energy company Jatoil has secured its first sale of a commercial quantity of crude jatropha oil.
The sale is under a new four-year off-take agreement with Jatoil’s partner Waterland International, covering all crude jatropha oil produced from the first 1,000 hectares of the project.... [Read More]
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Jul 9, 2010
A joint venture between Everpure Biodiesel Coop. and Zuraw Technologies has seen the construction of a new biodiesel plant in Acton, Ontario, Canada.
The facility means that Everpure can now collect waste vegetable oil from eateries around the local area before Zuraw Technologies converts it into biodiesel in the new plant.
Prior to the construction of the biofuel production... [Read More]
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