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Nov 2, 2009
Japanese refiner builds ETBE facility
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Nov 4, 2009
US-food and agriculture giant Cargill has expanded its grain handling portfolio by purchasing assets of the former Altra Nebraska ethanol facility in
Carleton, Nebraska.
The plant became a victim of the crashing financial market when half way through construction in November 2007 the tools had to be put down.
‘This facility is a valuable asset to the entire region,... [Read More]
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Nov 4, 2009
Another foreign company is climbing the Brazilian ethanol ladder to create the second-largest sugar and ethanol group in the world.
France-based Louis Dreyfus' Brazilian affiliate Louis Dreyfus (LD) Commodities Bioenergia has bought the Brazilian sugar and ethanol group Santelisa Vale.
The combined company, LDC-SEV, will have 13 ethanol plants and 40 million tonnes... [Read More]
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Nov 4, 2009
Construction on one of the UK’s largest biomass to power generation projects is getting closer following environmental approval.
UK-based MGT Power plans to build a 295 megawatt (MW) wood-fuelled power station at Teesport, which received Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) consent from the Marine and Fisheries Agency (MFA).
This formal consent together with its associated... [Read More]
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Nov 4, 2009
Following the opening of its factory in October this year, Brazilian company Grupo Ypioca is set to produce ethanol from sugarcane.
The Jaguaruana factory has installed capacity to produce 50 million litres of ethanol a year, or 90 million litres of the sugarcane derivative cachaca, making it the world's largest manufacturing facility of cachaca.
‘There is no... [Read More]
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Nov 4, 2009
A debate in the UK parliament’s House of Commons has called for an amendment to current UK biofuels legislation to encourage the use of used cooking oil as a feedstock.
Biodiesel manufactured from used cooking oil is one of the most sustainable renewable fuels available, using a waste product to produce energy and reduce lifecycle carbon emissions by up to 90%.
However,... [Read More]
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Nov 4, 2009
Ireland-based Greenfield Project Management has entered into an agreement to sell its ethanol output to LUKoil’s trading and supply company Litasco.
Greenfield’s first bioenergy complex in Belarus will initially produce 150,000 metric tonnes of ethanol a year, rising to 450,000 tonnes as phases 2 and 3 are completed. Litasco intends to blend Greenfield’s ethanol... [Read More]
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Nov 4, 2009
Bioenergy company Ineos Bio has got the green ball rolling on a project to convert locally-generated biodegradable household and commercial wastes into carbon neutral road transport fuel and clean electricity.
The green player has begun a £3.5 million (€3.9 million) feasibility study, which includes detailed engineering design work for a plant at the company’s Seal... [Read More]
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Oct 29, 2009
China Integrated Energy plans to sell 8 million shares of the company's stock in a public follow-on offering in order to fund the expansion of its biodiesel production capacity, wholesale distribution and retail gas station businesses, and working capital and general corporate purposes.
The oil and gas company said it plans to grant the underwriters of the offering... [Read More]
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Oct 26, 2009
India is set to fix the price of biodiesel for purchase by oil companies.
India’s government is likely to fix a price of Rs 34 (€0.49) a litre after biodiesel producing companies agreed to sell the fuel at that rate in a recent meeting between the government's representatives and industry players.
‘Most of the biodiesel plants are either running at 5% capacity... [Read More]
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Nov 5, 2009
Tri-City Energy looks to sell its 5 million gallon a year biodiesel plant in Keokuk, Iowa, US, to BFSG International of Zurich, Switzerland.
The acquisition will be finalised through Tomorrow’s Choice in Energy, or TC Energy, a wholly- owned subsidiary of BFSG. The sale includes Keokuk Glycerin in which Tri-City Energy has a 51% stake.
Upon finalisation the plant... [Read More]
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Nov 5, 2009
Finland-based fuel company St1 will build more than 20 ethanol facilities by 2020 in a programme totalling €400 million.
St1 opened its fifth ethanol plant in October in Lahti, on track for its 300 million litre a year target.
The Lahti facility uses waste from a nearby brewery as feedstock.... [Read More]
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Nov 5, 2009
Energy leading US state California is perhaps not every ethanol producer’s choice.
BlueFire Ethanol planned to build its second cellulosic ethanol facility in the state, but development and licensing concerns, coupled with the challenging business climate in California caused company officials to petition the Department of Energy for a site change to Mississippi.
The... [Read More]
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Nov 5, 2009
The year is 2013, and the place: Brazil. UK energy major BP will be instrumental in the deployment of large-scale cellulosic ethanol facilities.
Its first port of call, however, will be north of the border. BP’s first second generation ethanol plant will be constructed in the US next year, with the technology being transferred to its plants in Brazil after operations... [Read More]
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Nov 5, 2009
Spain-based ethanol company Abengoa Bioenergy intends to bring three new ethanol plants online by Q1 next year.
The addition will boost its global production capacity to about 2.6 billion litres.
The company is building ethanol
plants in Illinois and Indiana, US, each with a capacity of 380 million litres a year, and one in Rotterdam with a capacity of 480 million.... [Read More]
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