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May 15, 2009
Oregon company to turn dairy waste into butanol
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May 18, 2009
New York-based Innovation Fuels has begun selling biodiesel to customers through a Port of Milwaukee terminal located on Lake Michigan.
The 312,000-barrel capacity terminal is the first in the country dedicated to the sale and distribution of renewable fuels.
The port allows the receiving of international shipping via the St. Lawrence Seaway and river barge cargo via... [Read More]
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May 18, 2009
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is expected to focus on renewable fuels during his state visit to Beijing, hoping to team up with China to develop biofuels.
Lula stressed his priorities for the visit was to focus on renewable fuels, especially ethanol and bio-diesel. The two developing countries already have strong trade ties.
Brazil has been promoting... [Read More]
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May 18, 2009
Baystate Biofuels, a Massachusetts-based company, is preparing to open the first full-scale commercial biodiesel terminal in the state.
The construction of the terminal in North Andover will begin by the end of May and is expected to begin selling environmentally friendly biodiesel by the September.
The company plans to distribute biodiesel to oil companies seeking to... [Read More]
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May 18, 2009
German biodiesel producer Petrotec has announced that it has undertaken an internal restructuring programme that is likely to lead to the release of more than 20 employees within the coming days.
It says the restructuring programme is deemed necessary to ensure the company’s survival.
Spokesman of the Board of German biodiesel producer Petrotec, Roger Böing, has stepped... [Read More]
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May 18, 2009
India Emami Biotech is planning to extend its biodiesel sales in Calcutta with the introduction of mobile biodiesel dispensing units.
The company has applied for approval from various authorities, and initially plans to launch two to three units with the number rising depending on the feedback.
The move is seen as an attempt by the company, one of the major bio-diesel... [Read More]
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May 19, 2009
The Brazilian government will deliberate over plans to increase the local biodiesel blending level from 3% to 4% in July this year.
As a world leader in the production of soyabean oil, the implications of these new plans will result in sharply reducing its export.
If the new mandate is implemented the export of soyabean oil from Brazil may be ruled out during the second... [Read More]
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May 19, 2009
Ecopellets, an Ireland-based supplier of wood pellet fuel, is investing more than €110 million in the development of a biomass complex and wind farm in Wales, UK.
Ecopellets intends to apply for planning permission for a wood-biomass electricity plant and a four turbine commercial wind farm.
The biomass plant and wind farm will be designed to generate 40 MW of electricity,... [Read More]
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May 19, 2009
Construction on a €30 million biogas plant in Croatia, Europe’s largest, began on 14 May.
The plant will be located at Ovcara farm outside the eastern Croatian town of Vukovar.
The project has been initiated by Vukovar-based Bionergija company, established by a local Vupik agribusiness and several Croatian and foreign entrepreneurs.
The future plant, which should... [Read More]
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May 5, 2009
Fourteen southern African nations have been welcomed into the Global Renewable Fuels Alliance.
The move to join the alliance is clear indication of the southern African countries’ desire to promote biofuels policies throughout the world.
Andrew Makenete, President of the Southern African Biofuels Association (SABA), called on other nations to speak out in favour... [Read More]
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May 5, 2009
One of Brazil’s largest sugar and ethanol groups Santelisa has confirmed that it has been bought by French commodities group Louis Dreyfus.
The Brazilian subsidiary of Louis Dreyfus, Commodities Bioenergia (LDC), expects to incorporate Santelisa within two months pending the Brazilian company restructuring its debt of €970 million.
In order to make the deal viable... [Read More]
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May 5, 2009
Filipino manufacturer Chemrez Technologies has reported a 37.2% jump in net income to €2 million in Q1 2009 from €1.4 million in the same period last year, owing to strong oleochemical and biodiesel sales, as well as higher margins.
The company largely attributed the revenue growth to the surge in domestic demand for coconut-based biodiesel or coco-biodiesel after... [Read More]
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May 5, 2009
Omaha, US-based Green Plains Renewable Energy has won a €1.6 million state grant for a pilot project to produce algae from by-products of its Shenandoah, Iowa, ethanol plant.
Pending the success of the pilot project, Green Plains intends to develop a commercial plant producing algae for biofuels.
The high-protein algae could be added to the dried distillers grains... [Read More]
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May 5, 2009
Federal and provincial funds have been injected in ethanol facilities and research projects in Canada.
British Columbia has pledged more than $32.6 million (€24.5 million) to commercialise approximately $200 million in provincial renewable energy technology projects.
The Innovative Clean Energy Fund has awarded more than $22.6 million to 19 projects and another $10... [Read More]
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May 6, 2009
The US Environmental Protection Agency has issued a draft rule calling for further use of advanced biofuels and to measure carbon dioxide emissions from alternative motor fuels.
The regulatory body’s move looks to reduce the impact biofuels have on the climate and food prices.
The move confirms the schedule of the 2007 Renewable Fuels Standard which called for the... [Read More]
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