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Nov 5, 2009
BlueFire Ethanol to relocate
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Nov 5, 2009
The year is 2013, and the place: Brazil. UK energy major BP will be instrumental in the deployment of large-scale cellulosic ethanol facilities.
Its first port of call, however, will be north of the border. BP’s first second generation ethanol plant will be constructed in the US next year, with the technology being transferred to its plants in Brazil after operations... [Read More]
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Nov 5, 2009
Spain-based ethanol company Abengoa Bioenergy intends to bring three new ethanol plants online by Q1 next year.
The addition will boost its global production capacity to about 2.6 billion litres.
The company is building ethanol
plants in Illinois and Indiana, US, each with a capacity of 380 million litres a year, and one in Rotterdam with a capacity of 480 million.... [Read More]
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Nov 5, 2009
Figures for the first half of 2009 show an improvement in Germany’s bioethanol market.
The industry suffered a stagnant production spell in 2008, but now Federal Office of Economics and Export Control (BAFA) figures for the first half of 2009 show that the German bioethanol industry is building up with demand rising almost four-fold compared to 2008.
New legislation... [Read More]
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Nov 4, 2009
The relationship between the US and EU biodiesel industries is a sinking ship.
EU producers, voiced by the European Biodiesel Board, have raised questions over the activity of US biodiesel producers, suspecting them of exporting a new blend to Europe to avoid EU tariffs.
The European Biodiesel Board (EBB) says US exporters of the fuel may have begun shipping a blend... [Read More]
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Nov 5, 2009
Rwanda’s government is teaming-up with the US and UK on a biodiesel project.
The $35 million (€23.5 million) project between the Rwandan Government and US firm Eco-Fuel Global and the UK’s Eco-Fuel Positive will use the non-edible shrub jatropha as feedstock.
The two firms will lease 10,000 hectares of land near Akagera National Park in the Eastern Province to... [Read More]
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Nov 5, 2009
Peterborough Renewable Energy (PREL) has received approval from the Department of Energy to build the first Energy Park in the UK, which will eventually generate enough green electricity to power 60,000 homes.
The Energy Park will be built in Peterborough and achieve 4,000 MW of biomass power needed to meet the renewable requirement for 2020 for the UK.
The UK needs... [Read More]
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Nov 5, 2009
The Hungarian Development Bank’s ELMIB plans to build a HUF 9 billion (€32.6 million) wood industry waste-fuelled power plant in Salgótarján.
The plant will generate 200,000 GJ of heat, or enough for 60% of the city's district heating demand, and 12.5MW of electricity, enough for all 20,000 of the city's homes. The project is due to be online in Q4 2012.... [Read More]
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Oct 16, 2009
Reports reach us from Stockholm, Sweden, that an annual cull of thousands of rabbits is fuelling a heating plant.
The so-called Biofuel Bunnies cause mayhem in the capital’s green spaces, so the 3,000 culled this year are providing green energy to homes instead.
Hunter Tommy Tuvunger says: ‘Once culled, the rabbits are frozen and when we have enough, a contractor... [Read More]
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Oct 16, 2009
A council in the UK has been left red-faced after its ‘locally sourced’ biofuel buses were found to run on an imported feedstock.
Reading Council said the buses were run on sugar beet bioethanol sourced from Norfolk, northeast England, when in fact it has been running on wood pulp imported from Sweden.
The discovery only came to light when Reading Transport Board... [Read More]
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Oct 16, 2009
Hawaiian Electric has signed a contract with a subsidiary of the Renewable Energy Group (REG) of Iowa to supply clean-burning biodiesel for testing at its new plant.
REG, which was chosen from among eight bidders, is expected to supply 400,000 gallons of biodiesel for HECO to conduct operational testing and collect emissions data at its 110 MW plant at Campbell Industrial... [Read More]
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Oct 19, 2009
South Carolina, US-based Clemson University and ArborGen have partnered to develop purpose-grown woody biomass as feedstock for the biofuels industry.
The cooperative will support South Carolina’s ethanol industry based on existing cellulose conversion technology, foster multi-agency collaboration and engage students in research and internships.
ArborGen and Clemson... [Read More]
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Oct 19, 2009
A major U.N. Environment Programme (UNEP) report released on 16 October says biofuels, like all new technologies, present opportunities and challenges but countries must approach them in a sophisticated manner if they are to benefit the economy, the environment and society as a whole.
Biofuels are mostly produced from food crops including wheat, maize, sugarcane and vegetable... [Read More]
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Oct 19, 2009
Iowa-based Bio-NRG plans to build a $35 million (€23.4 million) integrated oilseed crushing and biorefinery facility on 15 acres on the east edge of LaHarpe, Illinois.
The company expects to break ground sometime in 2010.
Construction should take 12 to 14 months, with the plant expected to go online in 2011. It will be a 24/7, year-round operation that will employ... [Read More]
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Oct 19, 2009
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has referenced primary standards contributor ASTM International in a recent greenhouse gas rule it approved.
The final Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gases Rule was enacted in response to the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2008 (H.R. 2764; Public Law 110-161). Under the rule, manufacturers of vehicles and engines and... [Read More]
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