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Mar 2, 2010
Ensus ethanol shipped from Vopak terminal
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Mar 2, 2010
Brazil state-run oil company Petrobras has begun work on raising capacity at its Candeias biodiesel plant.
Petrobras aims to double capacity to 217.2 million litres a year from its current capacity of 108.6 million litres.
The Candeias plant is located alongside a Petrobras refinery near Salvador, Bahia State in northeast Brazil.
Candeias is sited on Todos Os Santos... [Read More]
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Mar 2, 2010
In Wales, UK, Elin Jones, rural affairs minister, has revealed a multi-million pound scheme, called the Wood Energy Business Scheme 2, which could see Wales sitting at the top of wood-to-energy production in Britain.
The scheme is managed by Forestry Commission Wales on behalf of the Welsh Assembly Government, and will provide £7.8 million (€8.6 million) in European... [Read More]
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Mar 2, 2010
A pilot biogas project in Narahenpita, Sri Lanka, has begun.
Due to the high number of complaints about garbage collection received by CMC, the mediation of Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority aims to reduce this problem by instigating a biogas production project at the place where biomass is plentiful.
The recyclable waste can be separated on the site itself and... [Read More]
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Mar 2, 2010
It has long depended on neighbour Russia for its natural gas and oil imports, but now Ukraine is building up renewable energy sources of its own.
Richard Spinks, previous CEO of agricultural company Landkom International, has set up a new company, Alternativa (IOM) and now plans to develop various biofuels projects in the Ukraine, Russia and Canada.
According to a report,... [Read More]
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Mar 2, 2010
In Georgia, US, American Process Inc (API) has unveiled its cellulosic ethanol pilot plant.
A joint venture between ethanol producer Valero and API, the plant will produce cellulosic ethanol from wood biomass and will be the foundation for eventual expansion to a commercial scale plant co-located with a pulp and paper mill.
According to API, it might license its technology... [Read More]
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Mar 2, 2010
The Renewable Fuel Pipeline Act of 2010 is being brought back under US congressman Leonard Boswell. The reintroduced act has been restructured in order to help it pass through the committee and reach consideration.
According to Boswell, ‘The Renewable Fuel Pipeline Act is an important piece of legislation to Iowa’s local communities and economies that have come to... [Read More]
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Mar 2, 2010
In the US Imperial Petroleum has signed a stock purchase agreement to obtain 100% of e-biofuels’ supply.
Indiana-based e-biofuels produces 15 million gallons of biodiesel a year, but has debts totalling approximately $15 million (€11 million). In the year 2009 the company made a net loss of $1.9 million.
According to the agreement, which will close on 31 March,... [Read More]
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Feb 12, 2010
In Rome, New York, a biomass plant has been given the go-ahead by New York State Public Service Commission.
The plant, generating 9.6MW, will provide Grississ Business and Technology Park with 75% of its electricity needs. The biomass refinery will save the park a total of $1.5 million (€1.1 million) in utility costs. Carbon emissions will also be reduced by 46,000... [Read More]
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Feb 12, 2010
A joint venture between Californian development company New Planet Energy and Illinois chemical manufacturer Ineos Bio aims to build Florida’s first ethanol plant.
Ineos New Planet BioEnergy will review and estimate the costs of setting up at a proposed Oslo area location still under negotiation. The company has been discussing buying and converting Ocean Spray Cranberries’... [Read More]
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Feb 15, 2010
Based in Toronto, biogas developer StormFisher has been acquired by Greenhouse Gas Services (GGS). GGS is a joint venture between GE Energy Financial Services and the AES Corporation.
StormFisher develops, owns and manages various projects around North America, where food and agricultural by-products are converted into natural gas and electricity.
Mauricio Vargas, CEO... [Read More]
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Feb 15, 2010
Following construction proposals last year, the future of an anaerobic digestion (AD) unit in Norfolk, UK, is now uncertain.
Although the power plant scheme at Crows Hall Farm would use manure and waste crops, the construction may not go ahead. The smell that would be emitted from the farm has been deemed an ‘unacceptable risk’ of pollution.
In a report to councillors,... [Read More]
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Feb 15, 2010
The 2008 decision, which requires 10% of biofuels in the EU to be used as liquid transport fuel by 2020, has proved to be an extremely bad judgement, according to a report by Action Aid.
People living in developing countries in Africa, Central America and Asia are now to endure more suffering because of the EU 10% target, the report finds. 100 million more people will... [Read More]
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Feb 15, 2010
British Airways has agreed to a deal with US company Solena Group that will see Europe’s first waste-matter-to-jet-fuel plant being erected in London, UK.
Construction will begin within two years and the plant is due to be online from 2014, although it will not be producing at full capacity immediately. Eventually, 16 million gallons of fuel will be produced each year... [Read More]
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Feb 15, 2010
Marc Gillmann, head of biofuels at Total, will give the keynote presentation at the upcoming Bioenergy International expo & conference in Prague on 5-6 May.
Total is participating in a number of research projects trials involving bioenergies and biomass and will speak about these at the conference, which is organised by leading global publication Biofuels International.
Gillmann... [Read More]
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