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Mar 24, 2010
Terra to acquire oil/biodiesel terminal
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Mar 24, 2010
UK chancellor Alistair Darling will announce a £1 billion (€1.1 billion) fund to inject investment in green transport and energy projects.
The UK government is committed to reducing UK carbon emissions by 80% by 2050 and so changes in infrastructure and power generation will be needed over the coming decades.
The Labour Government hopes to upgrade the transport system... [Read More]
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Mar 25, 2010
Bioenergy International expo & conference is organised by leading publication Biofuels International magazine, and here Jaroslav Pesek, head of the quality department and strategic reserves at Czech state-run pipeline and storage terminal operator CEPRO, provides an insight into what he will be speaking about at the event in Prague, Czech Republic, on 5-6 May.
CEPRO... [Read More]
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Mar 25, 2010
A Californian company has developed a large-scale jatropha farming initiative in Central America.
SG Biofuels also entered into the first project with the Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels (RSB) to test and enhance sustainability standards for jatropha cultivation.
The SG Biofuels/RSB pilot will evaluate the practicality and usability of RSB sustainability standards... [Read More]
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Mar 25, 2010
The Netherlands-based energy major Shell has started up its biopetrol demonstration facility in Madison, Wisconsin, US.
The plant is the outcome of a joint biopetrol research and development effort between Shell and Wisconsin’s Virent Energy Systems.
The plant is billed as the world’s first demonstration plant converting plant sugars into petrol and petrol blend... [Read More]
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Mar 26, 2010
After a reshuffle of its finances and a review on its strategic plan in 2009 one of the biggest biodiesel manufacturers in Brazil, Brasil Ecodiesel, has reached operating profit since its incorporation in 2006.
The company’s gross margin reached 17%, compared with the negative figures of 2008 and the production of biodiesel in 2009 was 152,000m3.
As part of its new... [Read More]
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Mar 26, 2010
In Malaysia the national government will introduce a B5 biodiesel mandate by June 2011.
Malaysia is the world’s second-largest manufacturer of palm oil, the prime feedstock for the B5 mandate. However palm oil is not received well by environmentalists who claimed the plantations destroy the environment and wildlife habitats.
Malaysia initially approved the B5 law... [Read More]
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Mar 26, 2010
In Angola, Africa, the production of biofuels will now be regulated with a new law approved by the national parliament that requires foreign biofuels producers to sell a share of their fuel to state oil company Sonangol to meet local needs.
It is hoped that the law will contribute towards helping Angola become less reliant on fossil fuels as ethanol produced by the project... [Read More]
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Mar 29, 2010
After three years in the making Rwanda’s first biodiesel bus has set out on a trip from the country’s capital Kigali to the town of Akanyuru.
It is hoped that the Rwanda Biodiesel Express, which is powered only by oil plants, animals fats and used cooking oil, will play a key part in reducing the nation’s reliance on fossil fuels.
Jean Baptiste Nduwayezu, head... [Read More]
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Mar 29, 2010
In Botswana, Africa, plans are underway to construct a biofuels plant that will produce 50 million-litres of biodiesel annually.
The plant, due to be online in 2012, will eventually utilise jatropha from plantations to manufacture the biodiesel but will start off using meat tallow and used cooking oil.
The National Petroleum Fund will finance the project with advanced... [Read More]
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Mar 30, 2010
On the island on Java, Indonesia, London-based investment firm Aston Lloyd will be leasing 10,000 hectares of marginal land that will be used to grow a hybrid of jatropha.
With its ability to live without excess amounts of water, the drought-resistant jatropha plant thrives in Indonesia’s climate and the government is aiming to have 1.5 million hectares of jatropha... [Read More]
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Mar 30, 2010
D1 Oils’ chairman Brian Myerson has resigned after his plans to adjust the focus of the business were rejected by fellow board members.
Brian Myerson has been pressing D1’s senior executives to change from planting energy crops to producing biofuels. However, his plans have been rejected and Myerson, whose company owns 27% of D1’s shares, has stood down from the... [Read More]
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Mar 31, 2010
Based in Denver, US, ethanol producer BioFuel Energy Corp. has had an increase in share purchases after it reported its first quarterly profit.
On Tuesday at midday trading BioFuel Energy’s shares rose by 15.6% to $3.56 (€2.64).
During 4Q of 2009 the company earned $6.8 million, with each share selling for 21 cents. During the same period in 2008 it lost $6.9 million.... [Read More]
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Mar 31, 2010
Next generation bioenergy company Four Rivers BioEnergy’s UK subsidiary Four Rivers BioFuels has signed an agreement with BP’s subsidiary BP Oil International.
The deal will see the sale of EN 14214 specification biodiesel from the Four Rivers facility in the UK. For an initial period of five years the company will be selling at least 60,000 tonnes of the blended... [Read More]
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Mar 31, 2010
France-based ethanol producer and agro-industrial group Tereos has signed a collaboration agreement with deinocci bacteria to biofuels specialist Deinove to achieve high-performance, cost-effective ethanol production.
Based in Paris Deinove will supply its bacterial processes for bioethanol production to be tested and validated at the Tereos group’s BENP Lillebonne... [Read More]
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