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Biodiesel production in Europe dropped last year and illegal imports from countries such as Argentina and Malaysia are being blamed.
Biodiesel production has fallen for the first time in Europe, even though consumption figures have remained stagnant. Although 2010 showed that the production of biodiesel had risen by 5.5% when compared to the previous year, latest figures show that in 2011…
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Cool Planet BioFuels has been granted approval from the California Air Resources Board to test its negative carbon petrol.
The technology converts biomass, including grass and woodchips, into biodiesel. Through the process, a byproduct is created, which can be used as a fertiliser.
The first part of the testing will involve blending of the negative carbon fuel with E10 petrol to try and hit the…
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Renewable Energy Group (REG) has released 7.2 million shares in an initial public offering to the public for $10 (€7.80) a share.
The shares are to trade on the Nasdaq Global Market from today, under the symbol REGI.
Nearly 7 million of the shares will be offered by REG and the remaining 343,000 shares are being sold by stockholders.
Underwriters have also been granted 30 days in which they…
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BlackGold Biofuels and SLM Facility Solutions Nationwide have joined forces in the US to turn grease trap waste, derived from restaurants, into biofuels.
The process will cost the hospitality companies no extra money to deliver the grease trap waste to the facilities, and then BlackGold Biofuels will extract and recycle the grease, turning it into biodiesel.
'Grease trap waste is…
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Bioenergy crop company SG Biofuels has closed a $17 million (€13 million) round of fundraising to go towards further developments of its hybrid jatropha seeds which can be used for biodiesel production.
The series B of financing was led by Thomas, McNerney & Partners; and Finistere Ventures and current investors Flint Hills Resources and Life Technologies were also involved.
Using the…
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Australian company Algae.Tec has signed a 50/50 joint venture (JV) with Chinese company Shandong Kerui.
Working together, the companies will build a 250-module algae biofuels facility in China, in which both companies will pay half to cover costs.
The module system at the facility will be enclosed and the way the algae will be cultivated is meant to give it a high yield per acre, whilst at…
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Range Fuels has sold its cellulosic ethanol plant to New Zealand biofuels company LanzaTech after the company went into the red this month.
In an auction, LanzaTech purchased the ethanol plant located in Soperton, Georgia, US, for $5.1 million (€4 million), as part of a liquidation process that was approved by the government.
LanzaTech, that has received funding from Khosla Ventures, says it…
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The Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) says the ethanol exports for last year could have been more than 1.1 billion gallons, thanks to a new monthly record set in November.
More than 150 million gallons was exported in that month, according to government figures, going mainly to Brazil. The fuel was also exported to Canada, Mexico and the Netherlands were the other main export destinations.
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A study carried out by San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) says the algal biofuels industry employed 466 workers in the San Diego region last year, providing more than $41 million (€32 million) in payroll and nearly $81 million in economic activity.
Adding to this, the industry is also expected to generate about $12.5 million in payroll and about $33 million in additional economic…
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Brazil says it has had the biggest grain harvest in its history, of nearly 160 million tonnes in 2011, and has forecasted a further rise for 2012.
The cereal, pulse and oilseed harvest beat 2010’s harvest by more than 10 million tonnes, probably because the land for harvest has grown nearly 5% in size to 48.7 million hectares.
This year it is predicted Brazil will harvest 160.3 million…
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Lufthansa says it has finished its six month trial with biosynthetic fuel, during which time more than 1,000 biofuel flights were successfully flown between Hamburg and Frankfurt.
However, the airline is ending its trials because it is unable to find reliable suppliers for its aviation biofuels.
‘As a next step, we will focus on the suitability, availability, sustainability and…
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Boeing and Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) have joined forces to examine the potential for aviation biofuels’ feedstock growth in the north of the country.
The partnership comes following the release of the Flight Path to Sustainable Aviation roadmap, which recommends research into the area.
‘The roadmap made a compelling case for…
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Bioethanol producer CropEnergies has reported a 22% rise in group revenues to €425.8 million which the company says is because of the higher prices of bioethanol and protein food and animal feed products.
‘Ethanol prices in Europe have risen since 2010, mostly due to higher demand which is fuelled by the growing blending rates and implementation of the EU Renewable Energies Directive…
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