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Apr 28, 2009
Turkey unveils waste gas-to-energy projects
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Apr 27, 2009
Researchers from Fermentec, Piracicaba (Brazil), have cut the volume of vinasse in half while producing ethanol at its pilot plant.
Vinasse is a by-product of sugar-based ethanol production.
The achievement was obtained due to the increase the ethanol concentration in fermentation. Currently the distillery in Brazil working with alcohol content between 8% and 10%, resulting... [Read More]
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Apr 28, 2009
Germany's biodiesel industry is currently working at below 60% capacity because of higher taxes on green fuels and reduced blending levels with fossil fuels.
Germany was likely to consume about 2.5 million tonnes of biodiesel in 2009, down from 2.7 million tonnes in 2008 and 3.3 million tonnes in 2007, said Johannes Daum, political director of German biofuels industry... [Read More]
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Apr 28, 2009
Energy consulting firm Peregrine Energy announced its plan to develop a new woody biomass-fuelled cogeneration plant at Sonoco's manufacturing complex in Hartsville South Carolina.
The company will invest €100 million for the project. The construction of the plant is scheduled to begin once the air permit is issued and the company expects the facility to be commercially... [Read More]
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Apr 28, 2009
South Korea will spend €208 million over the next ten years to create new seaweed forests that can help increase the country's ability to produce biomass energy.
The plan calls for 35,000 hectares of seaweed forest to be created in waters in the east and south coasts and near Jeju Island that can produce up to 1.56 billion litres of ethanol per year by 2020.
The... [Read More]
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Apr 28, 2009
British Columbia-based Lignol Energy, a technology company in the cellulosic ethanol and biorefining sector, recently announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Lignol Innovations, was awarded €2.6 million to produce cellulosic ethanol and other biochemical products from under-used forest resources.
Lignol will use the funding to support production runs at its industrial-scale... [Read More]
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Apr 28, 2009
Automotive fuels supplier FCL Petroleum has signed an agreement with Petrochem Carless releasing FCL biodiesel to the UK market.
The advanced fuels will be pre-blended biodiesel made from fully sustainable sources.
Blending will take place at the Petrochem Carless refinery at Harwich where blends from B5 (5% sustainable fuel) to B50 (50% sustainable fuel) will be produced.
The... [Read More]
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Apr 28, 2009
BP has called for the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to end US import duties on Brazil's sugarcane-based ethanol.
The letter has highlighted BP’s belief that ‘sugarcane-based ethanol will be the lowest-carbon biofuel available in the first years of the Low-Carbon Fuel Standard’.
By supporting the end of import taxes on Brazil's ethanol, the letter... [Read More]
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Apr 28, 2009
Australian biofuels producer Mission NewEnergy has raised €2.7 million from international investors.
In conjunction with the recently announced €12.8 million debt financing, Mission has sufficient funds to complete its second biodiesel facility.
This capital raise also provides Mission with further operational flexibility.
Mission will issue 24,137,931 units raising... [Read More]
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Apr 29, 2009
In anticipation of the second annual Biofuels International expo & conference on 27-28 May in Amsterdam, a pre-conference webinar is being held to discuss algae production trends, updates on government biofuel targets, demand for algae and commercial opportunities.
The webinar is scheduled for Wednesday, May 6th, 2009 at 3pm GMT (UK) 9am EST (New York) and 8am CDT... [Read More]
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Apr 28, 2009
France-based oil and gas company Total has invested in US renewable hydrocarbons producer Gevo.
Gevo is commercialising technology to produce renewable jet fuel and renewable, fungible hydrocarbons such as petrol blendstocks, and renewable diesel blendstocks.
Gevo’s commercialisation approach includes retrofitting existing ethanol facilities to produce hydrocarbon... [Read More]
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Apr 30, 2009
Panda Ethanol’s subsidiary in Hereford, Texas, has sold its unfinished 115 million gallon per year ethanol plants to creditors for €18.7 million.
Panda put the plant up for sale and filed for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy in later January 2009.
The ethanol plant was destined to be a unique operation in Hereford, unofficially known as ‘the beef capital of the... [Read More]
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Apr 30, 2009
Five new small biodiesel plants in Brazil’s north-eastern region are set to come online this month.
The plants are to be opened in Itapipoca, Limoeiro, Russas and Sobral, with a further plant in Aracoiaba to start up in May that will produce 2,000 gallons of castor bean and sunflower-based biodiesel per day to Petrobras.... [Read More]
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Apr 30, 2009
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has signed an agreement on biofuels with his Hungarian counterpart during an official state visit.
The agreement saw a pledge between the two countries to cooperate on plant growing and seed farming with regards to biodiesel and bioenergy production.
The move is expected to boost production in both eastern European countries. In... [Read More]
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Apr 29, 2009
A landfill in Knox County, Illinois, is on the verge of signing a contract with ethanol company Big River Resources to build a plant onsite.
The new bioethonal plant could generate revenue of around €150,000 a year for the Illinois landfill, in a deal to accept 15-20 tonnes of ethanol and related byproducts per month.
The Knox County Board is expected to approve the... [Read More]
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