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Jul 1, 2010
Poet acquires its 27th plant
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Jul 1, 2010
In Saint John, New Brunswick province, Canada, energy company Irving Oil has withdrawn its application that would have seen the construction of a biodiesel production facility adjacent to the company’s oil refinery. On the 31 March this year Irving Oil applied for environmental impact assessment for a biodiesel plant that would manufacture biofuel from food waste. The... [Read More]

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Jul 2, 2010
Dedicated to the production of sustainable energy, UK-based Vepower has entered into an exclusivity agreement with biofuel feedstock company Jatropha Africa, with the goal of financing the company’s 50,000 hectare plantation in Ghana, West Africa. In five years the plantation in Ghana will have matured and yield as much as 1400kg of crude jatropha oil per harvest. The... [Read More]

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Jul 5, 2010
Despite a number of attempts to pass a tax extenders package, the US Senate was unable to get the 60 votes needed in order to continue. The bill included extending the $1 (€0.8) -a-gallon tax credit for biodiesel and the future of the tax credit for biodiesel production now appears uncertain. According to the head of the National Biodiesel Board (NBB), the industry... [Read More]

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Jul 7, 2010
In Massachusetts, US, the mandate that would have seen 2% of biofuels blended with conventional heating oil and diesel has been put on hold. Due to come into effect last week (30 June 2010) the Clean Energy Biofuels Act would have begun at 2% before being increased to 5% in 2013. The legislation was signed in 2008 in order to reward second generation biofuels and other... [Read More]

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Jul 7, 2010
In Santa Cruz, California, US, an increasing number of taxis from Yellow Cab and Go Green Cab are switching from regular vehicle fuel to biofuels. While Yellow Cab begins to integrate its first hybrid taxi, a Ford Escape, onto the roads, Go Green is transporting passengers around the city using biodiesel. One Yellow Cab driver explained that he used to spend between... [Read More]

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Jul 7, 2010
Located in Rehovot, Israel, biofuel plant producer Evogene has produced biojet that meets the key international standards for alternative aviation fuels. Also known as bio synthesised paraffinic kerosene (Bio-SPK) and hydroprocessed renewable jet (HRJ), biojet is the plant-based alternative to aviation fuel. Evogene Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Evogene Ltd. and... [Read More]

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Jul 7, 2010
Cellulosic ethanol technology provider BlueFire Ethanol is one step closer to constructing its ethanol production facility in Fulton, Mississippi, US. After receiving an $88 million (€69.9 million) grant the firm, based in Irvine, California, has now met the conditions required in order to receive an additional $250 million loan guarantee from the Department of Energy... [Read More]

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Jul 8, 2010
After recently acquiring joint venture operations in Central Java, Indonesia, renewable energy company Jatoil has secured its first sale of a commercial quantity of crude jatropha oil. The sale is under a new four-year off-take agreement with Jatoil’s partner Waterland International, covering all crude jatropha oil produced from the first 1,000 hectares of the project.... [Read More]

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Jul 9, 2010
A joint venture between Everpure Biodiesel Coop. and Zuraw Technologies has seen the construction of a new biodiesel plant in Acton, Ontario, Canada. The facility means that Everpure can now collect waste vegetable oil from eateries around the local area before Zuraw Technologies converts it into biodiesel in the new plant. Prior to the construction of the biofuel production... [Read More]

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Jul 9, 2010
Oil producer Petrobras, construction firm Camargo Corrêa and Mitsui & Co. have secured a preliminary environmental license to construct an ethanol pipeline in Brazil. Expected to cost $1.1 billion (€900 million) to build, the pipeline will be 337 miles (542km) long. The pipeline will be ready for use by Q3 2011 and will connect mills located in the states of... [Read More]

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Jul 13, 2010
A petroleum products terminal in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, US, has changed hands with the new owners considering future biodiesel production. El Maniel Energy, a subsidiary of El Maniel International (EMLL), acquired the 24 million gallon terminal in eastern Pennsylvania, which includes five acres of land, buildings and equipment valued at over $2 million (€1.59... [Read More]

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Jun 10, 2010
In Berkeley County, South Carolina, US, coal brokerage firm Converse and Co. is currently developing a $4 million (€3.3 million) biofuels plant that, once completed later on this year, will use waste oil collected from eateries for the production of solid biofuel. Now North Carolina-based waste-to-energy firm EcoPlus has signed a multi-year contract with Converse to... [Read More]

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Jun 11, 2010
In Lakeland, Florida, US, fuel supplier Fleetwing Corporation now sells E85 ethanol from its first public ethanol pump. Comprising of a blend of 85% ethanol and 15% petrol, the fuel is available to owners of flex-fuel vehicles only. Fleetwing also distributes E85 to Lakeland city in bulk amounts for use in its fleet vehicles. However, since the ethanol pump was installed... [Read More]

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Jun 11, 2010
On Thursday 10 June 2010 the EU Energy Commissioner Gunther Oettinger outlined strict biofuels plans, which have been described as the ‘most stringent in the world.’ Announcing the measures in Brussels Oettinger said: ‘In the years to come biofuels are the main alternative to petrol and diesel used in transport which produces more than 20% of the greenhouse gas... [Read More]


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