Return to main news page
If you would like to use our search facility - please log in or register above.
The results below show our latest news.
The results below show our latest news.
May 7, 2010
Petrobras progresses with biofuels
Other News
May 7, 2010
US vehicle manufacturer General Motors has increased annual production of flex-fuel vehicles to more than 850,000, an increase of 55% from 2006 volumes.
GM offers 17 models in its 2010 lineup with flex-fuel capability, allowing them to run on E85 ethanol, petrol, or any combination of the two.
More than 5 million of the 7.5 million flex-fuel vehicles on the road in... [Read More]
Other News
May 10, 2010
Based in the Netherlands, ethanol producer and yeast developer Royal Nedalco is to form a partnership with biofuel enzymes company Novozymes in order to develop a new fermentation process that is capable of fermenting C5 and C6 sugars for the commercialisation of cellulosic biofuel.
The two companies will work together on the development of a more efficient fermentation... [Read More]
Other News
May 11, 2010
In the US a joint ethanol distribution terminal project between Louisiana-based fuel storage provider Red River Terminals and Tennessee ethanol producer Eco-Energy has entered operations.
The project will serve the bulk ethanol needs of the Shreveport area as ethanol blending increases over the next several months.
The facility is located close to the area’s petrol... [Read More]
Other News
Apr 16, 2010
US-based derivatives marketplace CME Group has launched trading and clearing services for four new European biofuel swap futures contracts.
Trading will be available on the New York trading floor and clearing services through CME ClearPort, a set of flexible clearing services open to over-the-counter (OTC) market participants to substantially mitigate counterparty risk... [Read More]
Other News
Apr 16, 2010
Tanquid, OPEC, Vopak, Mestilla, Petrom, Amerifina Bio-Fuels, Noil Energy Group, Enamo, MÜNZER Bioindustrie, OK a.m.b.a, LSPO Oy, BTP Biodiesel, Slovnaft, GREENEA, Noil Energy Group, Coalandoil, italgest, Shimadzu Europa, Camlin Fine Chem, Transpetrol – just some of the names registered for the third Bioenergy International expo & conference, organised by leading... [Read More]
Other News
Apr 16, 2010
Hawaii-based ClearFuels Technology has signed a letter of agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) to build a biorefinery in Colorado.
ClearFuels will receive an initial $7.7 million (€5.6 million) toward the construction of the Colorado refinery as part of an overall $22.6 million DoE grant.
The ClearFuels-Rentech biorefinery in Colorado is scheduled to... [Read More]
Other News
Apr 16, 2010
Petrojam Ethanol Limited (PEL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Petrojam Limited, has ceased its production of ethanol, idling its 40 million gallon-a-year plant based in Jamaica.
The facility was shut down due to the lack of raw material being delivered from Brazilian trading company Coimex.
‘The government must accept full responsibility for this state of affairs’,... [Read More]
Other News
Apr 19, 2010
100% fuel grade ethanol will power the racecars in the Toyota Grand Prix, held on Long Beach on 18 April 2010, according to the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA).
UNICA has partnered with IndyCar to raise awareness about the use of ethanol. UNICA’s chief representative Joel Velasco for the US said: ‘Sugarcane ethanol is a clean and affordable renewable... [Read More]
Other News
Apr 19, 2010
Renewable energy firm Jatoil will become majority shareholder in its Vietnamese jatropha plantations as it invests further into the joint venture with Green Energy Vietnam (GEV). The company hopes this investment will dramatically increase its production of jatropha oil.
CEO at Jatoil Phil Hodgson said: ‘Now is the time to expand our jatropha plantings to enable... [Read More]
Other News
Apr 20, 2010
Bioenergy International expo & conference is organised by leading publication Biofuels International (BI) magazine, and here Robert Gmyrek (RG) director of the biofuels department at PKN Orlen, provides an insight into what he will be speaking about at the event in Prague, Czech Republic, on 5-6 May, and his thoughts on the future of the market.
PKN Orlen is Poland’s... [Read More]
Other News
Apr 21, 2010
According to Lurgi, a member of the Air Liquide group of companies in Memphis, Tennessee, US, California’s only fully operational ethanol plant is online.
An Ultra Low NOX gas turbine generator powers the Calgren plant, located in Pixley, with the ability to generate 5,800KW of electricity.
With its built-in process conversion technology, the facility will also produce... [Read More]
Other News
Apr 21, 2010
At the end of March it was reported that Italian customs authorities seized 10,000 tonnes of illegal biodiesel that is thought to have originated from the US where it benefitted from US subsidies illegal in Europe.
Italian judge Giudice per le Indagini Preliminari has now prolonged this temporary confiscation of the biodiesel load, a decision that is backed fully by the... [Read More]
Other News
Apr 21, 2010
US-based ethanol producer Green Plains Renewable Energy is set to purchase numerous agribusiness companies located in west Tennessee, US.
These include five grain elevators situated in Como, Dyer, Kenton, Trenton, and Union City, Tennessee, and have the capacity to store 11.7 million bushels. A wholly-owned subsidiary of Green Plains Renewable Energy, Green Plains Grain... [Read More]
Other News
Apr 21, 2010
Houston-based energy project development player Energy Allied International and The Seawater Foundation and Global Seawater have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to jointly develop the world’s first commercial-scale seawater-based biofuels project in Egypt.
The formed company New Nile will produce tens of millions of litres of second generation biofuels on... [Read More]
CONNECT WITH US
Poll
Loading ...
