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Sep 16, 2009
Sustainable biomass plant to be constructed in Wales
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Sep 28, 2009
Scientists in Singapore and Switzerland claim that converting the rubbish that fills the world’s landfills into biofuel may be the answer to both the growing energy crisis and to tackling carbon emissions.
New research reveals how replacing petrol with biofuel from processed waste could cut global carbon emissions by 80%.
Biofuels produced from crops have proven... [Read More]
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Oct 1, 2009
US-based Ultra Green Energy Services has announced that it is adding two terminals to its expanding New York network.
Burt’s Reliable and Westmore Fuel, both located in New York, have joined with Chicago-based Ultra Green to store, blend and sell Ultra Green Biodiesel at their terminals.
The additional terminals expand Ultra Green’s biodiesel network from the... [Read More]
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Oct 1, 2009
Global biofuel use is expected to increase two-fold by 2015.
A Hart Energy Consulting report predicts worldwide ethanol demand will represent 12-14% of the global petrol pool by 2015.
While Brazil will remain the world's top exporter of biofuel, the US is expected to see the largest increase in biofuel use per country, increasing its current consumption by more... [Read More]
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Sep 3, 2009
Just south of the US ethanol power-house, Mexico is looking to ramp-up its own renewable fuel production.
Mexico’s state-owned Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) will invite tenders next month for a contract to produce 176 million litres a year of ethanol.
The bidding round, which will be concluded in December, aims to promote ethanol as a transportation fuel as part of a... [Read More]
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Sep 3, 2009
Vancouver-based Northwest Renewables is planning to build a 24MW biomass direct combustion electric power plant.
Construction on the $72.5 million (€50.7 million) facility will begin next year.
Various wood-waste sources, including wood chips and hog fuel, would be burned to generate steam. The high pressure steam would drive a turbine to churn out power.
The company... [Read More]
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Sep 3, 2009
Australia’s parliament has ruled that 20% of the country’s electricity production must come from renewable sources by 2020.
The bill quadruples the renewable energy target set by the previous government in 2001. The new target matches that of the European Union, the world’s leader in green power technology.
The target would provide enough clean electricity to... [Read More]
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Sep 3, 2009
Global marine terminal operator DP World announced last week its acquisition of a majority stake in Embraport, the largest Brazilian private multi-modal port terminal in the city of Santos.
The deal is the fruit of DP World’s partnership with Brazilian engineering and construction company Odebrecht, and marks its entry into the Brazilian market. ‘This is an unparalleled... [Read More]
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Sep 4, 2009
The UK’s Renewable Obligation is firing up green power stations in Scotland.
Power utility Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) and port operator Forth Ports have announced plans to construct four 100-MW biomass power plants in Dundee, Leith, Rosyth and Grangemouth.
In June 2008, SSE and Forth Ports formed Forth Energy, a joint venture to develop renewable energy projects... [Read More]
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Sep 4, 2009
Canada’s first canola-based biodiesel Milligan Bio-Tech producer opened its 10 million litre-a-year flagship optimisation facility in July in Saskatchewan province, as a first step to ensuring the technology works well enough to upscale to a future 150-million litre a year plant.
Although like everyone else, the plant has suffered delays as a result of the economy and... [Read More]
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Sep 7, 2009
State-owned Vietnam Oil and Gas Company (Petrovietnam) has started construction on a second bioethanol plant in the central province of Quang Ngai.
The $80 million (€56 million) plant which will use cassava as feedstock, is expected to open in 18 months with annual capacity of 100,000m³.
The project is the second of three planned biofuel plants in Vietnam, each costing... [Read More]
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Sep 7, 2009
US-based Fulcrum BioEnergy has announced that it has successfully demonstrated the ability to economically produce renewable ethanol, using ordinary household waste as feedstock.
This milestone, achieved at the Turning Point Ethanol Demonstration Plant, confirms construction of the Sierra BioFuels Plant in Nevada in July. The facility is scheduled to begin operations... [Read More]
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Sep 7, 2009
The Government of Canada is investing CA$13.72 million (€8.9 million) over seven years in NorAmera BioEnergy’s bioethanol plant in Weyburn, Saskatchewan, as part of a new EcoEnergy for Biofuels initiative.
‘By investing in this project, we are helping to create and sustain local jobs and economic opportunities while encouraging a healthier environment for all Canadians,’... [Read More]
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Sep 8, 2009
Profits from biofuels are hard to come by at the best of times, but one biofuels company’s ex-CEO has been selling green property on the black market.
The former CEO of biofuel company Alabama-based American Bio-Fuels has been charged for felony first-degree theft of property after selling illegal Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs).
The charge was a result of... [Read More]
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Sep 8, 2009
One of India’s largest transport and energy groups is planning to make the largest investment into green fuels on the eastern seaboard of Australia.
An Indian consortium which includes the Bhoruka Group plans to invest AUD$63 million (€37.6 million) to produce edible oils and eventually biodiesel in NSW.
The venture will be named Riverina Oils & Bio Energy (ROBE).... [Read More]
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