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Aug 4, 2009
Australian Aboriginals produce biodiesel from used cooking oil
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Aug 4, 2009
A dramatic illustration of the potential of biodiesel came with its use to power a Boeing U-787 hydroplane in a demonstration on 2 August.
The U-787 was tested repeatedly at the annual Chevrolet Cup, each with a greater proportion of biofuel, culminating in the 100% blend being used in a run on Sunday. Hydroplane driver Chip Hanauer reported no drop in performance... [Read More]
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Aug 4, 2009
Biofuel Africa, a Ghanaian corporation wholly owned by the Norway-based Solar Harvest, claims to have increased the acreage of land available for food production in Northern Ghana by 880%.
In 2008, 55 acres of the company’s land was planted with food crops grown by 25 local farmers. Tests showed that repeated growing of food crops had depleted this soil of much of... [Read More]
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Aug 4, 2009
The US state of Oregon has relaxed its E10 mandate to allow petrol stations to sell unblended fuel to the owners of non-road vehicles such as fishermen, snowmobilers and loggers.
The E10 mandate was introduced in 2007, but it was relaxed shortly afterwards when the owners of specialist vehicles and power tools reported engine problems with the compulsory blend.
Initially,... [Read More]
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Aug 5, 2009
Dan Bulzan from the NASA Glenn Research Centre is the latest speaker to confirm his attendance at the upcoming Biofuels International Canada expo & conference, organised by leading publication Biofuels International magazine.
Bulzan will be talking about 'Green Aeronautics': the work NASA is doing to make aircraft more environmentally friendly through R&D... [Read More]
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Aug 5, 2009
US-based second-generation biofuel company PetroAlgae is investigating the use of microcrops other than algae as feedstocks. PetroAlgae claims its technology, which uses the miniature flowering plant lemna, is ready for commercialisation.
PetroAlgae currently operates two labs and one customer demonstration facility, all in the US state of Florida. The customer demonstration... [Read More]
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Aug 5, 2009
In the credit squeeze and with plants idling around them, biodiesel producers are keen to ensure what they bring into the plant and what they produce out of it will survive the winter.
Having a flexible source of raw materials is one way to weather the volatile ride the industry is taking. Biodiesel producer Innovation Fuels has been processing waste vegetable oil to... [Read More]
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Aug 5, 2009
Plankton Power and Regional Technology Development (RTDC) are to form a consortium with various research organisations and the Massachusetts National Guard to establish the Cape Cod Algae Biorefinery in the US state of Massachusetts. The new facility will focus on pilot- and commercial-scale development of algae biodiesel.
Pending legal and regulatory reviews, the plant... [Read More]
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Aug 5, 2009
Illinois-based Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) is set to become the US’ biggest producer of bioethanol despite an 83% drop in profits in the fiscal fourth quarter.
The company is due to open new 275 Mgy bioethanol plants: one in the fourth (calendar) quarter of 2009 and one in Q3 2010. It anticipates that demand for ethanol will be driven by an expected increase in the... [Read More]
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Aug 7, 2009
In the US, the Minnesota-based Guardian Energy has agreed to purchase a 100Mgy corn ethanol plant in Janesville, Minnesota from the financial services company AgStar Lending Group. Guardian Energy hopes to close the deal by 15 September.
The Janesville plant has passed through a string of owners since planning originally began in 2004. The plant was originally built... [Read More]
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Jul 22, 2009
Healy Biodiesel is to convert from production of traditional biodiesel to become the first commercial producer of a new type of renewable diesel.
The Kansas-based producer signed a letter of intent with New Mexico’s Cetane Energy on 17 July. It is to abandon transesterification to become the first manufacturer to produce renewable diesel using Cetane’s patent-pending... [Read More]
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Jul 22, 2009
The Arctic Technology Centre (ARTEK) is heading a pilot study to produce biofuel from fishing industry waste in Greenland.
The Greenland Shark, one of the world’s largest species of shark, is killed in large numbers by fishermen, either accidentally when they become entangled in nets or deliberately to prevent predation of commercially valuable species such as squid.... [Read More]
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Jul 23, 2009
One island’s food waste is being put to a greener use.
One of the UK’s largest anaerobic digestion facilities and will generate 32,000 MW of energy a year by treating 165,000 tonnes of commercial food waste.
The £20 million (€23.2 million) Whites Renewable Energy plant is to be built in Selby, Yorkshire, after North Yorkshire county council granted planning permission... [Read More]
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Jul 20, 2009
In the US, the Department of Energy (DoE) has seen sense in scouring the ponds for renewable fuel potential.
The Department has announced $85
million (€60 million) in funding for the development of algae-based biofuels and advanced, infrastructure-compatible biofuels.
The funding comes as part of the funds released from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.... [Read More]
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Jul 22, 2009
A project in Australia’s Queensland is looking to generate power from bananas.
Horticultural organisation Growcom intends to generate power from biogas from the 30% of harvested bananas in Australia which are deemed unsaleable and wasted along with leaves and plant stalks.
Growcom’s Banana Waste 2 Energy (BW2E) project aims to capture the energy in banana waste... [Read More]
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