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Apr 19, 2010
Jatoil to boost plantations in Vietnam
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Apr 20, 2010
Bioenergy International expo & conference is organised by leading publication Biofuels International (BI) magazine, and here Robert Gmyrek (RG) director of the biofuels department at PKN Orlen, provides an insight into what he will be speaking about at the event in Prague, Czech Republic, on 5-6 May, and his thoughts on the future of the market.
PKN Orlen is Poland’s... [Read More]
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Apr 21, 2010
According to Lurgi, a member of the Air Liquide group of companies in Memphis, Tennessee, US, California’s only fully operational ethanol plant is online.
An Ultra Low NOX gas turbine generator powers the Calgren plant, located in Pixley, with the ability to generate 5,800KW of electricity.
With its built-in process conversion technology, the facility will also produce... [Read More]
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Apr 21, 2010
At the end of March it was reported that Italian customs authorities seized 10,000 tonnes of illegal biodiesel that is thought to have originated from the US where it benefitted from US subsidies illegal in Europe.
Italian judge Giudice per le Indagini Preliminari has now prolonged this temporary confiscation of the biodiesel load, a decision that is backed fully by the... [Read More]
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Apr 21, 2010
US-based ethanol producer Green Plains Renewable Energy is set to purchase numerous agribusiness companies located in west Tennessee, US.
These include five grain elevators situated in Como, Dyer, Kenton, Trenton, and Union City, Tennessee, and have the capacity to store 11.7 million bushels. A wholly-owned subsidiary of Green Plains Renewable Energy, Green Plains Grain... [Read More]
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Apr 21, 2010
Houston-based energy project development player Energy Allied International and The Seawater Foundation and Global Seawater have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to jointly develop the world’s first commercial-scale seawater-based biofuels project in Egypt.
The formed company New Nile will produce tens of millions of litres of second generation biofuels on... [Read More]
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Apr 22, 2010
US-based ethanol producer Poet has plans to produce 3.5 billion gallons of cellulosic ethanol a year by 2022.
Following successful technology and feedstock development the company will break ground on its first cellulosic ethanol plant Emmetsburg, Iowa, later this year.
The 3.5 billion gallons of cellulosic ethanol will come from three primary sources: 1 billion gallons... [Read More]
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Apr 22, 2010
In the US the federal tax credit for ethanol is set to expire on 31 December. Now producers look to have a new lease of life following the introduction of a bill on 20 April to extend the ethanol credit for five years.
The extension will remain at the current level of $0.45 (€0.33) per gallon. This is a companion bill to HR 4940, the Renewable Fuels Reinvestment Act,... [Read More]
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Apr 22, 2010
It is now only two weeks to go until the Bioenergy International expo & conference Europe 2010 kicks off, with limited place left on the plant tour on 4 May 2010 – included in the price of the conference pass.
The tour will be held at Preol’s state-of-the-art biodiesel plant in the industrial region of Lovosice.
Companies that have already registered for the... [Read More]
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Apr 23, 2010
Sustainable fuel manufactured from soyabeans leaves the atmosphere worse-off than conventional fossil fuels by releasing a higher amount of carbon dioxide (CO2), a report finds.
According to the European report commissioned in Brussels for the European Commission, released under Freedom of Information rules, some biofuels can result in four times as much CO2 being emitted... [Read More]
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Apr 26, 2010
In Dundarrach, North Carolina, US, the $100 million (€75 million) Hoke Country ethanol plant is due to start producing its first batch of ethanol on Saturday 1 May.
Ethanol producer Clean Burn Fuels’ plant, which was originally expected to begin production in January this year, faced various construction delays. Rescheduled for April, production had to be set back... [Read More]
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Apr 27, 2010
Following the resignation of the Czech Minister of the Environment Jan Dusík in March, Vladimír Vlk, energy advisor for the new Minister of the Environment Rut Bízková, will now make the keynote presentation at the upcoming Bioenergy International expo & conference next week in Prague on 5-6 May.
Dusik resigned because he felt that the prime minister had put... [Read More]
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Apr 27, 2010
In Finland refining and marketing company Neste Oil has begun testing its Neste Green 100 diesel as transport fuel.
Neste Green 100 diesel is made from 100% renewable raw materials which have between 40 and 80% lower carbon dioxide emissions than conventional diesel. Its tailpipe emissions are also lower.
Neste Oil’s executive vice president Sakari Toivola said:... [Read More]
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Apr 27, 2010
Biology-based renewable energy company Coskata develops technology for the production of biofuels and biochemicals from biomass and waste materials and has now closed a round of equity financing with French oil major Total.
The oil and gas firm has invested in the round of equity financing and will have a seat on Coskata’s Board of Directors.
The investment will go... [Read More]
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Apr 29, 2010
Ferry service company Miller Boat Line is switching to green fuel this season to ferry travellers to Put-in-Bay in Ohio, US.
The William Market passenger vessel is to run on a 10 to 20% blend of G2 Diesel to Put-in-Bay, which is located on South Bass Island in Lake Erie. Although using biodiesel will cost Miller Boat Line more than conventional diesel, this will not... [Read More]
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