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Jan 26, 2010
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Jan 26, 2010
Sweden has long tapped into the bioethanol stream and now a new partnership is looking at liquid biogas as a transportation fuel.
Vehicle manufacturer Volvo’s subsidiary Terracastus Technologies and waste management firm Nordvastra Skanes Renhallningsbolag plan to jointly construct a liquid biogas plant in southern Sweden.
In December, the two companies signed a letter... [Read More]
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Jan 27, 2010
In Sweden, thanks to a team effort between Kungsbacka Municipality, Halland County, and Renova, the country’s first energy efficient garbage truck has been delivered.
It is the first of eight garbage trucks around Sweden to run on biomethane and biodiesel.
CEO of Renova, Sweden’s major recycling company Christian Baarlid said: ‘It is largely thanks to the municipality’s... [Read More]
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Jan 27, 2010
In Ione, California, plans are being made to turn a previously coal-powered plant into a generator of green electricity.
During a meeting on January 15, the director of Buena Vista Biomass Power (BVBP) Jesus Arredondo said that the refinery could be latest provider of green electricity.
The company, having already invested $15 million, is aiming for the plant to reopen... [Read More]
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Jan 8, 2010
While northern Europe is shut down following snow showers, it seems poor weather has damaged Brazil’s ethanol industry.
Excessive rain has slowed the harvest of sugarcane, reducing supplies. This has led the government to announce it may need to cut the mandatory amount of biofuel mixed in petrol from 25%, as soon as next week.
Above-average rainfall in Brazil’s... [Read More]
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Jan 12, 2010
A $308 million (€212 million) bioethanol project will be constructed in Grimsby, northern England, thanks to a partnership between Future Capital Partners, biofuels company Vireol and the engineering group Simon Carves.
Vireol will operate the ethanol plant once it has been completed, while Future Capital plans to sell or offer shares in its percentage within six years.
A... [Read More]
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Jan 12, 2010
China is planning to construct biomass power plants to ensure the 24-hour production of electricity.
Supplying the fuel to these biomass power plants will be a shrub called the sand willow.
Found in the nearby area, this small plant is usually grown to avoid the rapid depletion of plant life.
According to Nathaniel Bullard, Bloomberg New Energy Finance, the use of... [Read More]
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Jan 12, 2010
Canada-based cellulosic ethanol producer Iogen has more than doubled the amount of cellulosic ethanol it produced in 2008, with over 581,000 litres of fuel made in 2009.
Gordon Quaittini, President of the Canadian Renewable Fuels Association says, ‘Advanced renewable fuels such as cellulosic ethanol will play a critical role in meeting future energy demands, and Iogen... [Read More]
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Jan 13, 2010
In order to advance the development of the sustainable biofuel jatropha, Californian-based companies SG Biofuels and Life Technologies Corporation have become united.
With the ability to grow on adverse lands, this non-edible shrub is found in Central America and posses seeds high in oil that can be used for a variety of bio-based materials.
With the largest library... [Read More]
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Jan 13, 2010
Qatar Airways, Qatar Science & Technology Park and Qatar Petroleum are to embark on a joint venture after Qatar Airways successfully managed the world’s first commercial flight using gas-to-liquid fuel last October.
This Qatar Advanced Biofuel Platform (QABP) enterprise, with Airbus chosen as project partner, comes after a detailed study that looked at biomass-to-liquid... [Read More]
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Jan 13, 2010
With its annual rainfall and soil temperatures perfect for growing the tall perennial cane Arundo donax, the north of Australia could find itself at the forefront of the world’s leading biofuel energy producers.
Norwegian company ENEnergy has already submitted pastoral permit applications to different governments in a bid to plant and grow Arundo donax in the Northern... [Read More]
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Jan 14, 2010
After 2009’s successful combined Biofuels International/Tank Storage Canada expo & conference in Montreal we are pleased to announce that this year’s event will be held on 27-29th September in the new location of Calgary, Alberta.
The biofuels sector in Canada is just beginning but all the signs are that it will grow into a strong and successful industry. The... [Read More]
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Jan 14, 2010
Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act $78 million (€53.8 million) will be invested in two biofuels associations: National Alliance for Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts (NAABB) and National Advanced Biofuels Consortium (NABC).
NAABB will receive $44 million to develop a method for producing a sustainable supply of algal biofuel which can then be used for... [Read More]
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Jan 15, 2010
The 2009 production of sugarcane in South-Central Brazil was up 5.24% compared with 2008, in spite of unreasonable rains throughout the majority of the year.
By the end of December, over 523 tons of sugarcane had been harvested, with 10.31 million tons crushed in the second half of December alone.
In January 2008 just 14 companies were in operation, while this rose to... [Read More]
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Jan 15, 2010
Supported by the Department of Energy (DOE), National Science Foundation, USDA and United Soybean Board, research into soyabean oil production for use in biodiesel has advanced one stage further.
Soyabean is one of the biofuel industry’s most important sources of oil, but with the plant’s production lacking, researchers are looking to increase the oil content produced... [Read More]
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