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Jun 25, 2009
Vale to develop Brazilian palm oil biodiesel project
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Jun 25, 2009
Philippine biofuel producer Eco Global Bio-Oils is pursuing further areas in which to grow jatropha to use as biodiesel.
The company had initial targets of planting 100,000 hectares of jatropha, locally called tuba-tuba, but it has furthered its plans to expand to 200,000 hectares in the next two years.
Eco Global is attempting to convince members of local tribes to... [Read More]
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Jun 26, 2009
Following the success of the second Biofuels International expo & conference in Amsterdam this year (www.biofuelsinternationalexpo.com) leading global publication Biofuels International magazine is expanding its portfolio with Biofuels International Asia expo & conference.
The two-day conference and exhibition will be held in the petrochemical hub of Asia, Singapore,... [Read More]
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Jun 26, 2009
Belgian holding company Ackermans & van Haaren has signalled its intentions to move into the Brazilian bioethanol market after agreeing to take a minority stake in Alcofina in a preliminary deal.
The move comes after a deal between Ackermans and Sibco Holding, which will see Sibco selling its 30% of Alcofina which in turn holds 45.3% of Swiss trading firm Alcotra,... [Read More]
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Jun 26, 2009
The largest biodiesel refinery in the US was put up for sale after the owner shut down the $70 million (€50 million) facility due to declining demand.
GreenHunter Energy has plans to sell the Houston, Texas-based 105 Mgy plant by the end of the year in order to meet its $50 million financing obligations with a key lender.
The plant, which only opened in June 2008,... [Read More]
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Jun 26, 2009
Energy giant BP and cellulosic ethanol developer Verenium have been selected by the US Department of Energy (DoE) to enter the due diligence phase of its Title XVII Loan Guarantee Programme.
The project is entitled to a loan guarantee from the DoE, which would support debt funding for first commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plant, covering up to 80% of eligible costs.... [Read More]
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Jun 29, 2009
US, Ohio-based Dayton Power and Light (DP&L) has issued a request for proposals to use biofuels at its generating stations.
The company is stepping towards incorporating renewable energy resources into its services.
DP&L has indicated its plans to purchase a maximum of 15,000 tonnes of biomass fuels by the end of 2009 and a maximum of 100,000 tonnes in the following... [Read More]
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Jun 29, 2009
Cavendish Farms, a North American potato product producer, has finalised the construction of an anaerobic digestion facility that will generate biogas from potato waste.
The project is a first for the potato industry.
The new plant in Price Edward Island, Canada, will accompany the existing wastewater treatment facility, and will handle production rates of 120,000... [Read More]
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Jun 29, 2009
The US Department of Agriculture could offer US farmers greater financial incentives for developing cellulosic ethanol projects.
The USDA announced it would guarantee $80 million (€57 million) in loans for the production of cellulosic ethanol.
Increased biofuel production will be necessary as the industry works to comply with current national energy policy, which is... [Read More]
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Jul 1, 2009
Michigan, US-based Dow Chemical has backed Algenol Biofuels’ pioneering pilot-scale project to convert algae and carbon dioxide into ethanol fuel.
The project will use Algenol's technology that calls for carbon dioxide and saltwater supplied to algae in photobioreactors to produce the biofuel.
The project aims to create a breakthrough in ethanol production that... [Read More]
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Jun 30, 2009
Sweden-based Chemrec has been granted SEK 500 million (€45 million) in funding from the Swedish Energy Agency’s Energy R&D Board to build an industrial scale renewable fuel plant.
The plant will use biomass through gasification of black liquor.
The planned location for the plant is the Domsjö biorefinery complex in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden.
Production in the... [Read More]
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Jun 30, 2009
General Biodiesel Seattle has completed its acquisition of Imperium Renewables’ Seattle Biodiesel facility in Washington, US.
General Biodiesel is converting the Seattle-based commercial biodiesel refinery to produce biodiesel from waste oils such as recycled cooking oil and animal fat, which the company collects from restaurants and food stores around the region.
The... [Read More]
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Jun 11, 2009
The UK Environment Agency has undertaken a new scheme of turning its leftover food into energy.
Food waste from the public sector organisation’s 37 sites is being collected and taken to a state of the art biomass plant where it is turned into renewable energy.
The participating sites create a monthly food waste of around 4.3 tonnes, which could generate 4.29MW of renewable... [Read More]
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Jun 11, 2009
Neste Oil and forestry sustainability company Stora Enso have inaugurated their biomass to liquids demonstration plant at Varkaus, Finland.
The joint venture, NSE Biofuels, utilises forestry residues and has been established first to develop technology and to produce commercial-scale biocrude for renewable diesel.
The demonstration facility at Stora Enso’s Varkaus... [Read More]
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Jun 12, 2009
Royal Dutch Shell is trialling a 10% cellulosic ethanol blend petrol at a Shell service station in Ottawa, Canada.
The cellulosic ethanol, made from wheat straw, was produced at Iogen Energy's demonstration plant in Ottawa using advanced conversion processes. Biotechnology firm Iogen and Shell are partners in the plant, which produces 40,000 litres of fuel per month.... [Read More]
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