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Sep 23, 2010
Banchak Petroleum invests in ethanol
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Sep 23, 2010
By 2019 it is predicted that the production of ethanol for vehicle fuel will reach 64 billion litres, over double what is currently produced today.
According to energy minister Marcio Zimmerman: ‘Brazil produces 26 billion litres today and will reach 64 billion litres in 2019. With that we will even have a surplus to export.’
To date 47% of the nation’s energy... [Read More]
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Sep 29, 2010
Renewable fuels company BlueFire Renewables has signed a 15-year supply contract with Cooper Marine and Timberlands (CMT) to provide feedstock for BlueFire’s planned cellulosic ethanol facility in Fulton, Mississippi, US.
The cellulosic ethanol plant will convert materials such as wood chips, forest residual chips and wood waste in approximately 7 million gallons of... [Read More]
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Sep 29, 2010
As energy firm Jatoil moves into the second stage of its joint venture PT Jatoil Waterland, its initial jatropha land holdings in central Java, Indonesia, is set to increase by 42.375%.
In addition to the jatropha plantations held by the joint venture, Jatoil will plant a further 500 hectares next to the existing plots.
Throughout the next 12 months PT Jatoil Waterland... [Read More]
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Aug 25, 2010
The Brazil-based agribusiness company Granol is set to invest BRL10 million (€4.5 million) to boost the production capacity of biofuel at its biodiesel plant located in the state of Goias.
The facility currently produces 613m3 of biodiesel a day from soya oil, other vegetable oils and animal fat but Granol is looking to ramp up production to 1,033m3 a day.
In addition... [Read More]
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Aug 25, 2010
In the city of Dunafoldvar, Hungary, energy utility Pannon Ethanol has started building its new bioethanol power plant.
Pannon Ethanol has invested €120 million in the project, which will produce 240 million litres of bioethanol a year from 575,000 tonnes of maize when up and running in the fourth quarter of next year.
250 construction jobs will be created, in addition... [Read More]
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Aug 26, 2010
On 25 August oil company Shell and Cosan S.A., one of the world’s largest ethanol companies based in Brazil, signed binding agreements to form a $12 billion (€9.44 billion) joint venture, which will see the production and commercialisation of ethanol from sugarcane.
Should the partnership be formed it will become the world’s third largest producer of ethanol with... [Read More]
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Aug 26, 2010
China has become the world’s third largest manufacturer of ethanol.
The increase comes after the Chinese government ramped up the production of ethanol from non-grain feedstocks including straws, cassava and bagasse.
The issue of food security led the government to curb the cultivation of first generation crops for use in biofuel production.
Most recently the nation... [Read More]
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Sep 1, 2010
In Wisconsin, US, Sun Power Biodiesel is expected to receive over $1 million (€788,161) in grants.
The seven-year low-interest loan will be put towards upgrading the firm’s equipment and infrastructure at its Cumberland-based 3 million gallon-a-year biodiesel plant.
The project will create around 31 jobs.
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is reported... [Read More]
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Sep 1, 2010
The opening ceremony of the world’s first plant for the production of the renewable fuel BioDME will take place on 9 September 2010 in Piteå, Sweden.
Located at the Smurfit Kappa pulp and paper container board mill, the plant utilises black liquor, a by-product of the pulping process, to produce the BioDME.
The gasification technology comes from Chemrec AB, while... [Read More]
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Sep 1, 2010
In Brazil a recently held biomass, wind and hydroelectric auction is expected to encourage $5.52 billion (€4.32 billion) in investments in alternative energies in the region.
The auction came as the Brazilian government aims to further diversify its clean energy matrix. It contracted power from biomass plants, 89 wind farms and small hydroelectric plants and will add... [Read More]
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Sep 2, 2010
In May 2006 renewable energy company Resource Recovery submitted an application to the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to build a municipal waste landfill in Rush Township, Pennsylvania, US. However the company has switched focus and is now working on plans that could see the construction of an ethanol production plant.
The president of Resource Recovery... [Read More]
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Sep 2, 2010
In Canada waste-to-fuel company Enerkem held its ground breaking ceremony on 31 August to celebrate the start of construction at its new biofuels refinery.
Located in Edmonton, Alberta, the C$80 million (€59.4 million) plant will have the capacity to produce 10 million gallons of biofuel a year from municipal solid waste (MSW). This will be enough to power 400,000... [Read More]
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Sep 2, 2010
On 1 September Mascoma Corp, an innovative biofuels company, acquired biomass conversion technology producer SunOpta BioProcess (SBI).
The acquisition combines SBI’s fibre preparation and pre-treatment technologies with Mascoma’s bioprocessing technologies to create a company with capabilities for producing ethanol from non-food cellulose, such as wood chips, energy... [Read More]
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Sep 2, 2010
The conference programme for the upcoming Bioenergy International Asia expo & conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 10-11th November is now available online.
The two day event, organised by market leading publication Biofuels International magazine is now in its second year and is supported by the Malaysian Biodiesel association.
The programme can be viewed at:
http://www.biofuelsinternationalexpo.com/asia/conf_prog.html
Key... [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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