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Aug 10, 2009
Pakistan launches biogas programme
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Aug 10, 2009
A new HUF 14 billion (€52 million) bioelectricity plant in Szakoly, eastern Hungary, is set to be operating commercially by September 2009.
The Hungarian Energy minister announced that plant workers are currently conducting a trial run, which, assuming there are no unforeseen difficulties, should be completed by the end of August.
The plant will burn 170,000–180,000... [Read More]
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Aug 10, 2009
MGT Power is planning a second 300MW bioelectricity plant in the British Port of Tyne to accompany the current project under construction in nearby Teesport.
MGT details plans for the Tyne Renewable Energy Plant (TREP) to be located on industrial land 10 kms east of Newcastle city centre on the north bank of the River Tyne. The proposed plant would burn about 2.4 million... [Read More]
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Aug 10, 2009
In the US, Virginia-based green energy specialist Osage BioEnergy has joined forces with agriculture expert Perdue Agribusiness to supply barley for conversion to ethanol at a plant under construction in Hopewell, Virginia.
Perdue will work with local farmers to supply 28 million bushels of barley to the 65Mgy bioethanol plant. The ethanol will be sold in local markets... [Read More]
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Aug 10, 2009
US-based National Wind Solutions (NWND) has bought an undisclosed biodiesel plant in Texas for $3 million (€2.1 million) and has announced its intention to convert it to produce biodiesel from second-generation feedstock.
After successfully producing soyabean biodiesel for commercial transportation uses, the plant was mothballed by its original producers because of... [Read More]
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Aug 11, 2009
UK entrepreneur Richard Branson has raised £150 million (€174 million) through private equity to invest in renewable energy.
A significant proportion of this money will be invested in biofuels, notably isobutanol, which Branson intends to use as aircraft fuel.
The Virgin Green Fund is one of the few private equity ventures to raise its target amount this year. ... [Read More]
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Aug 11, 2009
Nigeria will start producing biodiesel commercially at some point next year, say scientists.
Nigeria has been experimenting with biodiesel for several years. The Sweden-based telecoms operator Ericsson funded the first pilot biodiesel production in Nigeria under its corporate responsibility programme: several operators have been powering their mobile base stations... [Read More]
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Aug 11, 2009
US Biofuels manufacturers are lobbying Congress for a share of the free carbon permits needed to emit carbon dioxide under the Obama administration’s proposed carbon-trading scheme.
The bill passed by the House of Representatives last month would give away 85% of the permits to pollute to industries regarded as essential in the first years of a cap. The remaining 15%... [Read More]
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Aug 11, 2009
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposes to restrict the official designation of ‘renewable fuel’ to biofuel from producers which can provide documentary evidence that their feedstock is sustainably produced.
This has drawn complaints from biofuels producers which argue they will face a bureaucratic nightmare.
The proposal is contained in the consultation... [Read More]
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Aug 11, 2009
Sweden-headquartered Chemrec’s pulp mill-integrated BioDME (dimethyl ether) biorefinery demonstration plant project will break ground in September in Piteå, Sweden.
Production is expected by mid-2010. The project will demonstrate the production of an advanced diesel fuel, DME, from forest biomass over the black liquor route and will also demonstrate the use of this... [Read More]
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Aug 12, 2009
The conference programme for the upcoming Biofuels International Asia expo & conference in Singapore on 19-20th November is now available online and can be viewed at:
http://www.biofuelsinternationalexpo.com/asia/conf_prog.html
Speakers include:
•Henri Bardon, Biofuels trading manager, Trafigura
•Allan Lim, CEO, Alpha Biofuels
•Long Tian Ching, Managing Director,... [Read More]
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Aug 12, 2009
In the US, endeavours to cut back on burning coal for power generation have moved a step in the green direction.
A subsidiary of FirstEnergy, Ohio Edison, has agreed to switch two coal-powered generators to biomass fuel, creating electricity by burning a mixture of wood, crop residues and other waste.
The plan is the result of a Justice Department order that mandated... [Read More]
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Aug 13, 2009
UK energy giant BP and Maryland, US-headquartered Martek Biosciences are teaming up to create biodiesel from sugar-based feedstocks.
The sugar to biodiesel pathway uses advanced biological science to convert sugars derived from biomass into lipids using unique fermentation micro-organisms; the lipids are then converted into fuel molecules through chemical or thermocatalytic... [Read More]
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Aug 14, 2009
Indian biofuels specialist Emami Biotech is to invest $80 million (€56 million) in Ethiopian biofuel production. The cost includes the purchase of 12,000 acres of land for a feedstock plantation.
Although Emami will grow other crops including various herbs on the plantation, the main crop will be jatropha, which will be processed into biofuel at a nearby factory.
The... [Read More]
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Aug 14, 2009
Chinese research scientists believe that chitin, the compound secreted by aquatic animals to make shells, could provide an environmentally friendly catalyst for the conversion of organic oils into biodiesel, and they have already convinced one commercial producer to invest.
The team, from Hua Zhong Agriculture University in the Wuhan province of China, found that carbonised... [Read More]
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