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Apr 1, 2010
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Apr 1, 2010
US president Barack Obama is introducing new energy policies that will see an increased use of advanced biofuels in the country’s military vehicles.
According to Obama these energy strategies will not only help protect the environment, but will also go towards protecting national security.
He said: ‘Our military leaders recognise the security imperative of increasing... [Read More]
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Apr 6, 2010
Following an indication given by the European Biodiesel Board (EBB) Italian customs authorities seized a large quantity of illegal biodiesel at the end of March.
This operation, as carried out by the Custom authorities of the port of Venice was validated by an Italian judge. The 10,000 tonnes of biodiesel were imported in the ports of Venice and Trieste in mid-March.... [Read More]
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Apr 6, 2010
In Germany sales of pure biodiesel have fallen rapidly between 2007 and 2009.
Based on official statistics published by Bundesamt für Wirtschaft und Ausfuhrkontrolle (Federal Office of Economics and Export Control - BAFA), the Union zur Förderung von Oel- und Proteinpflanzen e. V. (UFOP) analysed the domestic consumption of biofuels from 2007 to 2009 and found that... [Read More]
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Mar 17, 2010
The Growing Power Hairy Hill biogas facility’s plans to expand are being supported by the Canadian Government.
Expansion of the existing demonstration-scale biogas plant represents the first phase in developing a larger integrated biorefinery capable of producing products such as green power, bio-fertiliser and fuel ethanol.
The project includes the construction of... [Read More]
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Mar 17, 2010
A sewage work upgrade project planned by UK utility provider Thames Water will also introduce an anaerobic digestion process, where solid waste is broken down in enclosed tanks in the absence of oxygen.
This process forms biogas which can be used to generate renewable energy, and it is intended to produce enough energy to power the entire site.
Thames Water began the... [Read More]
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Mar 17, 2010
In the US the newly-passed Forest Biomass Supply Agreements Bill (SB 6236) will allow the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to enter into long-term agreements to supply forest biomass from trust lands for energy projects/purposes.
There are approximately 3 million acres of state trust land in Washington.
The bill goes hand-in-hand with HB 2165,... [Read More]
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Mar 17, 2010
A new project has been launched in France to produce biodiesel and bio-kerosene.
BioTfueL is composed of five French partners and German engineering company Uhde.
With a global reliance on energy and the need to increase our consumption of renewable resources, the BioTfueL scheme will be the first to meet these requirements with a technically innovative solution.
Uhde... [Read More]
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Mar 17, 2010
In Sao Paulo, Brazil, Grupo Bertin is to purchase 71% of sugar and ethanol manufacturing company Infinity Bio-Energy for an undisclosed sum.
After having sold its meat department to JBS SA, Bertin transferred into the renewable energies sector.
The agreement between the two companies is part of Infinity’s judicial recovery proceedings and Bertin will be issued shares... [Read More]
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Mar 17, 2010
With 135 million litres of ethanol being manufactured from six sugar factories in India it looks like the country’s production of biofuels is on the up.
The ethanol is blended with petrol in order to comply with India’s 10% ethanol target by the end of 2011. According to the state’s Biofuel Task Force president Y B Ramakrishna, ‘There is a target of increasing... [Read More]
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Mar 18, 2010
The Indian government has approved further capital investment by biodiesel refiner Australia-based Mission NewEnergy into its Indian feedstock business.
Mission will also continue with the original approved activity of being engaged in the contract farming of jatropha and utilising the jatropha oil for domestic or export markets.
The managing director of Mission Nathan... [Read More]
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Mar 18, 2010
A total of $79.75 million (€58.3 million) will be awarded to the GreenField ethanol plant in Varennes, Quebec, Canada, over a period of seven years.
GreenField will receive the funding from the Canadian government’s ecoENERGY for Biofuels programme. ‘What it allows us to do is maintain the right operating margins to support operations,’ said Jean Roberge, the... [Read More]
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Mar 18, 2010
After the construction of an ethanol biorefinery began in late 2007 work ceased a year later and Illinois-based Aventine Renewable Energy filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in February 2009 but now things are changing.
The Posey County ethanol plant in Mount Vernon was near completion when the building work was forced to stop due to a rise in the cost of ethanol production.... [Read More]
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Mar 19, 2010
India’s largest energy firms NTPC and Indian Oil Corp (IOC) are considering biodiesel production.
The two companies will undertake research and development on an integrated biodiesel unit for developing new innovative technology.
The biodiesel project is in line with the government-proposed policy on biofuels. The government is considering to replace 10% of petroleum... [Read More]
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Mar 19, 2010
A group of UK companies working under the Carbon Trust aims to start producing biofuel from a pilot plant in 2014 eventually producing over 2 million tonnes a year from UK biomass.
Axion Energy, along with catalytic technologies company Catal International, CARE and technology provider Aquafuel Research, will aim to turn the pyrolysis process into a cheap and green way... [Read More]
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