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In Leamington, Ontario, Canada, New Energy Farms (NEF) has constructed its energy crop bioproducts facility.
The 30,000 square foot plant converts locally grown energy crops into low carbon bioproducts. It also generates 265kW of renewable electricity from solar panels fitted in the roof.
Pyramid and Prism Farms, partners of NEF, built the site, which currently handles 1,000 hectares of…
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Refining and marketing company Neste Oil has completed its fourth renewable diesel plant. Located in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, the plant is the largest of its kind in Europe.
The plant has an annual production capacity of 800,000 tonnes and this will be ramped up on a phased basis.
The plant brings Neste Oil's overall renewable diesel capacity to 2 million tonnes each year and 'will help us…
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In Brazil, Cargill, a global trader of sugar and ethanol, and Grupo USJ, a company dedicated to the sugarcane industry, have formed a 50/50 joint venture, SJC Bioenergia.
The new JV brings together two of Grupo USJ's sugarcane mills, both located in the state of Goiás: its Quirinópolis-based São Francisco mill and the Cachoeira Dourada mill, which is currently under…
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Four months after closing, Ensus' bioethanol plant remains closed due to market conditions.
Ensus closed its £250 million (€286 million) facility in May but insisted this was a temporary move. However, operations there remain halted and Ensus is unsure when production will be resumed. However it hopes to start refining by the end of this year.
Nevertheless, the company remains positive…
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PTTMCC Biochem, a joint venture between PTT and Mitsubishi Chemical, is developing a polybutylene succinate (PBS) plant in Thailand.
The joint venture has selected BioAmber, a renewable chemistry company, to build the plant and the company is scheduled the break ground on it in 2012.
The plant will be built close to PTTMCC's PBS plant at the Map Ta Phut site in Rayong, and both these facilities…
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Technical Trade, a company based in Romania, is developing a biofuel plant in the village of Remetea.
The company will break ground on the €6.5 million ethanol plant early next year, with startup scheduled in 2013.
It has not yet been disclosed how much ethanol the plant will produce, but it will be able to handle around 7,000 hectares of local crops such as potatoes, grain and white beet.
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Trading and services company Mitsui has signed an agreement with Simon Storage to store bioethanol at Simon’s Immingham West Terminal on the east coast of England.
The bioethanol will be received and delivered by sea and road; and the product will also be offered to companies currently storing products in the terminal.
Tank modifications were made for the new storage in order to prevent…
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The construction of ethanol producer Poet's commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plant in Emmetsburg, Iowa, US, will remain on track after it received final approval for a $105 million (€78 million) loan guarantee from the US Department of Energy (DoE).
The plant, Project Liberty, will be able to produce 25 million gallons a year of cellulosic ethanol from biomass when it comes online.
'This…
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Waste-to-ethanol company Fulcrum BioEnergy has filed for an IPO that could raise enough money to fund the construction of an ethanol plant that has been under development since 2008.
The IPO could raise up to $115 million (€85.6 million) and this, coupled with a possible US Department if Energy loan guarantee, would see Fulcrum break ground on its $120 million facility, Sierra…
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In Mozambique, it is thought that more than $100 million (€73.5 million) has been invested in over 30 biofuel projects, which are currently being developed.
It is not yet known exactly how many biofuel plants are underway in the nation, but the majority are thought to be in the initial stages, with plant owners still unsure of which feedstock would be most advantageous to use.
However, it…
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In the US, Gavilon, a commodity management company, and Heron Lake BioEnergy, a Minnesota-based ethanol plant, entered into an agreement which took effect on 1 September.
Under the agreement, Gavilon supplies the plant with corn for the production of ethanol. It also markets the ethanol and DDGs produced at the plant.
Heron Lake BioEnergy manufactures around 50 million gallons a year of ethanol…
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In Australia, major oil companies are ceasing to offer E10 at their petrol stations in Queensland and Victoria.
The move is said to come following severe flooding in Queensland, which affected supplies for around six months.
Additionally, Shell Australia said it faced issues with E10 prior to the floods, as demand was low compared to that for 'premium products and diesel'.
However an ethanol…
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In the US, ethanol producer Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings' new ethanol plant was due to come online in October this year but this has been put back and the facility will now open in early 2012.
Located in Canton, Illinois, the arrival of winter has ceased construction work, which means the plant will not be ready until next year.
Additionally, uncertainty surrounding the its ability to…
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In Hawaii, Hawaiian Electric and Hawai'i BioEnergy have agreed on a deal that will see Hawai'i BioEnergy supply biofuel to Hawaiian Electric's Kahe generating station.
The Hawaii Public Utilities Commission (PUC) will now review the contract. If it is approved, Hawai'i BioEnergy will provide the power station with 10 million gallons a year of biofuel for power production.
Empty land on Kauai…
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BP is expanding its biofuels activities in Brazil, with the purchase of shares in Tropical BioEnergia and the acquisition of additional shares in sugar and ethanol producer CNAA.
The company will invest around $71 million (€51.8 million) for the remaining 50% of Tropical BioEnergia from its joint venture partners Maeda Agroindustrial and LDC-SEV Bioenergia.
Following the closure of the deal,…
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Around 1.5 million litres of biofuel is produced in Fiji each year, but this must increase if the nation is to make an impact on the 300 million litres a year of fuel currently consumed in the transport sector.
The Fijian government is now said to be encouraging investors to capitalise on this market, highlighting the enormity of the industry's potential.
While a mandatory biofuel blending…
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