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With car giants such as Ford, General Motors and Chrysler all aiming to double their production of flex-fuel vehicles in the US by 2012, refining and marketing business Valero Energy is planning to increase the availability of E85 at new Valero Corner Stores.
According to Valero, every newly built store will be fitted with E85 pumps, in addition to some existing stores as they are updated and…
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Denmark-based ethanol producer Inbicon has delivered 28,500 litres of cellulosic ethanol to energy company Statoil.
In what is the first delivery of many, the biofuel was dropped off at its stock tank in Hedehusene, Denmark, where it will be blended with conventional vehicle fuel later on in the year.
This is just part of a total 5 million litres which Statoil bought from Inbicon in August.…
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The New Zealand-based clean tech firm LanzaTech has signed a memorandum of understanding with one of the largest coal manufacturers in China, Henan Coal and Chemical Industrial, to produce ethanol.
Using Henan Coal’s coal gasification technology and its own biological fermentation process, the new plant will create ethanol fuel and other chemical products from syngas derived from coal.
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The upcoming Bioenergy International Canada expo & conference is now just around the corner on 28-29th September at the Coast Plaza Hotel in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
For those companies already – or looking to move into – producing, trading, supplying or working with the biofuels market it is the ideal opportunity to hear from 40 industry experts for only CA$990 for the two day…
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In the city of Luverne, Minnesota, US, biofuels company Gevo is to acquire an ethanol plant currently owned by biofuels producer Agri-Energy.
Once the deal is closed Gevo will begin retrofitting the facility to produce isobutanol in addition to ethanol. While the retrofit is taking place it is thought that the plant will continue with its production of ethanol. The plant is predicted to begin…
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Ethanol producer Aventine Renewable Energy has recently completed the acquisition of an ethanol plant in Illinois, US.
Aventine purchased the Canton-based facility and all of Riverland’s remaining assets for $16.5 million (€12.8 million).
Commenting on the deal, which closed on 6 August 2010, the CEO of Aventine Torn Manuel said: ‘This is an exciting opportunity to acquire a 38 million…
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In South America, Cargill Argentina, the Argentinean-based business of biofuels distributor Cargill, is looking to expand its biodiesel output in the region.
The company recently invested $112 million (€87.2 million) in the construction of a 72mgy biodiesel production plant in the Santa Fe province of Argentina. The refinery, which will process 13,000 tonnes of soyabeans a day, will be built…
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In Scotland, UK, scientists at Edinburgh Napier University have developed a new whisky-based biofuel that could be available at filling stations in as little as a few year’s time.
The nation’s whisky industry is worth £4 billion (€4.8 billion). Two by-products created during whisky production and available in abundance are pot ale and draff. Both produced during the distilling process,…
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US-based biofuels producer and cellulosic ethanol technology provider BlueFire Ethanol Fuels has changed its company name to BlueFire Renewables in a bid to communicate more effectively the firm’s numerous capabilities in renewable energy.
The name change comes as the company produces a number of different biofuels, including ethanol, biodiesel and biojet fuel. This rebrand as a company…
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On 18 August 2010 Ambrian Capital acquired international energy trading company Masefield Group’s biofuels business, Masefield Biofuels.
The business, which supplies its European customers with biodiesel and other biofuels, will now trade under the name Ambrian Energy GmbH. Ambrian Capital is expected to invest $5 million (€3.9 million) in the business.
Ambrian Energy GmbH will focus on…
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When it comes to biofuels markets, Canada and the US could not be more different. The US market grew quickly and as a result created an environment of overcapacity where some producers struggled to survive.
In contrast the market in Canada is fairly nascent, yet it enjoys exceptionally high public and government support. This gives Canada the perfect opportunity to learn from the US and ensure…
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After signing an agreement to acquire two ethanol plants in Iowa, US, Flint Hills Resources has announced its plans to purchase the Hawkeye ethanol plants in Menlo and Shell Rock.
The two facilities, which both opened in 2008 and produced a total combined capacity of 200 million gallons of ethanol, are to change hands in September this year.
However with 15 staff working at each site, Flint…
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In Blount County, Tennessee, US, Genera Energy, a for-profit limited liability company wholly owned by the University of Tennessee Research Foundation and Alcoa, Tennessee Operations, the world’s largest producer of rolled aluminium can sheet, have formed a partnership to cultivate switchgrass, a popular perennial grass known for producing cellulosic ethanol.
Switchgrass has already been…
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El Maniel International’s subsidiary EMLL Energy has entered into preliminary discussions with a Chicago-based biofuels distributor and oil terminal operator.
EMLL and the provider had exchanged preliminary information and formalities sufficient to move forward with a site visit to the oil terminal facility in the coming days to assess its overall potential accordingly.
The discussions are…
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Alberta is under increasing pressure to become more environmentally friendly and is home to the largest biorefinery in North America. During 2009-10 $55 million (€33 million) will be committed for biofuel initiatives to support the development of renewable energy and offer additional economic opportunities for rural Alberta and the agriculture and forestry industries.
Alberta’s Renewable…
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