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Jul 20, 2009
The Pentagon gets a new Robo-Crop
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Jul 21, 2009
In the US the Renewable Fuels Association has called on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to take the immediate interim step of moving to an E12 blend while it waits for the EPA to rule on the E15 waiver request.
The EPA is not required to do so until 1 December 2009.
Increasing the amount of ethanol blended into the nation’s fuel supply is both scientifically... [Read More]
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Jun 30, 2009
The proposal for an international fund to cut greenhouse gas emissions costs could remove biofuels subsidies.
UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown has proposed the creation of an international $100 billion (€70 billion) annual fund to distribute to developing nations to cut GHG costs, but also recommends a cut in biofuel subsidies.
Brown recommends that subsidies for agriculture... [Read More]
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Jun 30, 2009
Alternative energy technology company Solix Biofuels has announced that it will complete construction and begin operations at its Coyote Gulch Demonstration Facility after concluding its Series A funding (where?)
Colorado, US-based Solix, a specialist in the large-scale commercialisation of microalgae-based fuels, has gained investment of $16.8 million (€11.9 million)... [Read More]
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Jun 30, 2009
Floridian biofuel start-up Ag-Oil plans to build a $20 million (€14.2 million) pilot-scale biodiesel production facility with the potential to produce 15 million gallons a year on Delray Beach.
The biorefinery will use a patented technology to convert jatropha seeds, algae and related by-products into biodiesel fuel.
The company, the recipient of a $2.5 million state... [Read More]
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Jun 29, 2009
The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) has announced a number of clean energy projects, including biogas, and funding in the developed world.
REEEP provided €667,500 in seed funding for eight new finance projects to accelerate the clean energy market in these countries.
Microfinance facilities are a way to open up access to energy services for... [Read More]
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Jun 29, 2009
Energy company Cello Energy has received a court order to pay $10.4 million (€7.4 million) over allegations the firm fraudulently claimed it could produce cheap fuel from hay, waste wood and other material.
A jury ruled that Cello Energy, owned by a former head of the Alabama Ethics Commission, was liable for breach of contract with New York-based paper company Parsons... [Read More]
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Jun 30, 2009
Bache Commodities Group has launched the Bache Commodity Green Index (BCGI) to offer investors a tool to invest in commodities with a focus on biofuels.
The BCGI comprises two components: the Bache Biofuel Composite and Bache Clear Air Composite. The Bache Biofuel Composite includes agricultural commodities such as corn and sugar used for ethanol production, along with... [Read More]
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Jun 29, 2009
The UK’s All-Party Parliamentary Renewable Transport Fuels Group will host a meeting on 6 July at the House of Commons in London starting at 16:30 p.m.
The role of the All-Party Group is to provide a forum for parliamentarians and other interested parties to generate informed discussion on the role of all renewable transport fuels, including biofuels, hydrogen, and... [Read More]
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Jul 2, 2009
Choren Industries’ new generation biomass biofuel plant is expected to begin initial commercial production in 2010.
The plant is being built in Freiberg, Germany, with a capacity to produce around 15,000 tonnes of biomass-to-liquid (BTL) fuels largely using wood products and wood-based waste.
Germany is among the first European countries building test plants to produce... [Read More]
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Jul 2, 2009
US, New Jersey-based Garden State Ethanol has selected a landfill site in Woodbine, Philadelphia, for the location of a $200 million (€142 million) biofuel plant that would use more than 100 bioreactor tanks to convert algae into ethanol and biodiesel oil.
An environmental study has cleared the site over the threat to any endangered species and a site analysis is planned,... [Read More]
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Jul 2, 2009
ReNvision Biofuels has secured the services of SRS Engineering to build it a 10 million gallons per year biodiesel multi-feedstock plant in, Alberta, Canada.
SRS Engineering will provide the complete design and engineering services and the equipment required to build this biodiesel plant. The project will use a number of feedstocks that are available locally, including... [Read More]
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Jul 3, 2009
Pipeline company Kinder Morgan Energy Partners has announced the first successful commercial shipment of biodiesel to be transported through a pipeline in the US.
The shipment saw a 5% biodiesel blend transported from Mississippi to Georgia, and from Mississippi to Virginia, via the Plantation Pipe Line Company, jointly owned by Kinder Morgan (51%) and Exxon Mobil (49%).
December... [Read More]
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Jul 3, 2009
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has decided to extend the comment period on a draft rule that aims to cut greenhouse gases emitted by biofuels.
The proposed changes to the 2007 US Renewable Fuel Standard attempt to make production of corn-based ethanol more efficient and increase output of advanced biofuels.
The comment period on the rule (RFS2) has been... [Read More]
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Jul 6, 2009
Drawing on the success of Biofuels International expo & conference in Europe in 2008 & 2009, leading global publication Biofuels International magazine is pleased to announce its first Biofuels International Canada expo & conference.
The two day conference and exhibition on 28 - 29 October 2009 in Montreal is designed to coincide with Canada's biofuel... [Read More]
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