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Feb 24, 2010
$71.3 million biomass plant for Palawan
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Feb 25, 2010
Canada-based biofuels firm Enerkem may have come up with a solution to create cheap biofuels while at the same time decreasing the amount of rubbish on landfill sites. The current problem with using ethanol as a biofuel is that it is still expensive but contains much less energy to the gallon compared to petrol. With a waste-to-fuels facility in Mississippi set up... [Read More]

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Feb 25, 2010
In the UK, city councillors have declined the biomass power plant proposed for Avonmouth. The refinery, which would have utilised 70,000 tonnes of vegetable oil from tropical palm trees to power 25,000 homes, received more than 1,100 letters of objection before the meeting. The high demand for palm oil has been linked to large areas of deforestation. Councillors... [Read More]

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Feb 25, 2010
Major European oil refiner PKN Orlen will be presenting on the execution of targets for biofuels at the upcoming Bioenergy International expo & conference in Prague on 5-6 May. Robert Gmyrek, the director of the biofuels department will also cover the need for top quality biofuel. PKN Orlen is the pioneer in the Polish market when it comes to selling biofuels and... [Read More]

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Feb 25, 2010
The European Commission is taking an active role in steering member states on to the right path for renewables. It has worked with key industry associations and producers, many of which say they will produce surplus biofuels and bioenergy than mandated. By 2020 the European Union must source 20% of its total energy (including heat, power and transport) from renewable... [Read More]

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Feb 25, 2010
Hawaii-based ClearFuels Technology will build a biorefinery in Wayne County, Tennessee, US. The $200 million (€148.3 million) biorefinery will turn sawdust, wood shavings and wood chips into diesel or jet fuel. The refinery would employ 50 people and be built at lumber supplier Hughes Hardwoods’ facility in Collinwood. Construction is scheduled to begin near the... [Read More]

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Mar 2, 2010
Europe’s largest wheat to ethanol refinery has shipped its first renewable fuel product. Tanker Clipper Nelly left independent terminal operator Vopak’s North Tees, UK, terminal loaded with Ensus ethanol and headed for Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Ensus’ £300 million (€332 million) plant at Wilton went into production last month, making the green road fuel,... [Read More]

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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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