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Apr 23, 2009
Biomass Secure Power to develop power plant and pellet mill
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Apr 23, 2009
China-based Anhui Wenergy is planning two 30MW biomass-powered micro-grid electricity generation systems in Anhui Province, China, to power homes.
A-Power Energy Generation Systems has signed contracts with the subsidiaries of Anhui Wenergy to build two micro-grid electricity generation systems in Anhui Province, China.
The systems will use biomass as the primary fuel.... [Read More]
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Apr 24, 2009
The Californian Air Resources Board is expected today to approve the Low Carbon Fuel Standard, in its boldest attempt to slash greenhouse gas emissions.
The standard aims to discouraging oil use by boosting alternatives such as ethanol, biodiesel and natural gas. Starting in 2011, the standard would steadily lower the allowable 'carbon intensity' of fuels, the... [Read More]
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Apr 24, 2009
Canadian company Dynamotive Energy Systems have begun scalable production of renewable petrol and diesel from biomass. Its two-stage process will use a pyrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass to produce a bio-crude.
Dynamotive said it can deliver renewable fuels from biomass at a cost of less than €1.5 per gallon of 'ethanol-equivalent fuel' at a volume of up... [Read More]
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Apr 24, 2009
The second generation cellulosic ethanol pioneer KL Energy will spread its wings to Brazil after announcing an exclusive deal with add blue Ltda.
The move will see KL Energy and add blue optimizing KL Energy's proprietary cellulosic ethanol technology for the use of sugarcane bagasse and straw feedstock. They plan to build a cellulosic ethanol plant using KL's... [Read More]
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Apr 24, 2009
Japanese sake and liquor maker Oenon Holdings will start making ethanol at the nation’s largest biofuel plant this year using rice imported by the government.
The Tokyo-based company plans to use 12,000 metric tonnes of foreign rice from government stockpiles in order to produce 5,000 kilolitres (kl) by December. Oenon are to double output next year and plan to reach... [Read More]
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Apr 27, 2009
The UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), has welcomed the measures in the 2009 Budget that encourage investment in low carbon jobs and anaerobic digestion, with the chancellor Alistair Darling announcing additional funding of €11 million (€12.2 million) of anaerobic digestion and waste infrastructure.
The Secretary of State for Environment... [Read More]
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Apr 27, 2009
An ethanol tank explosion at Bartow Ethanol Florida has led to the plant being closed until further investigation.
The explosion was in a 50,000-gallon tank that contained about 1,000 gallons of ethanol, says David Wyant, a spokesman for the Bartow Police Department.
The fire following the explosion forced the evacuation of employees at Bartow Ethanol and at three... [Read More]
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Apr 27, 2009
New York State-based Buffalo Biodiesel has completed the expansion of its processing facilities, increasing its capacity from 1 to 5 million gallons of biodiesel annually.
By doing so the subsidiary of alternative energy company HydroGenetics has increased its production capacity by 500%.
Such a move indicates that HydroGenetics anticipates the already solid demand... [Read More]
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Apr 27, 2009
Spain's biodiesel plants are running at just nine percent of capacity, according to producers.
The producers hope recent duties imposed by the European Union on US imports will help revive production.
‘Nonetheless, imports and subsidiaries from countries like Argentina, Malaysia and Indonesia, could also become as damaging as those from the US,’ a report by... [Read More]
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Apr 29, 2009
In the US the Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009, or H.R. 1105, has been signed into law, pumping millions into biofuels projects.
The $410 billion (€315 billion) legislative package contains appropriations bills that were not completed in the 110th congress.
Biofuel projects in Michigan, Minnesota and Louisiana will receive funding under the legislation.
The bill... [Read More]
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Apr 6, 2009
A report published by the UN's World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP) has warned that the sharp increase in biofuel production has impact significantly on water demand.
According to the UN World Water Development Report 3 production of ethanol stood at 77 billion litres in 2008 and should reach 127 billion litres by 2017.
One of the major problems with biofuels... [Read More]
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Apr 6, 2009
Operations have begun at Acciona Biocombustibles biodiesel plant in the Port of Bilbao at a cost of €25 million.
The plant is the second such facility owned by the company in Spain and will produce 200,000 tonnes of biodiesel a year, making a 27% contribution to the target figure for the production of biodiesel in Spain for 2009.
The plant is located at Zierbena on... [Read More]
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Apr 6, 2009
Principle Energy plans to start building its $290 million (€217 million) bioethanol plant in Mozambique in May this year.
‘The plant will produce 212 million litres of ethanol a year and 85 megawatts of electricity when it's in full production from 2013,’ chief operating officer Richard Hurly comments.
This is the company's first of a number of biofuels... [Read More]
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Apr 6, 2009
A report by Frost & Sullivan concludes that the robustness of national policies and security of feedstock supply will determine the success of native biofuels industries.
Frost & Sullivan believes that the policies and the long term renewable fuel targets set by the European Union and the US will significantly assist in establishing second generation biofuels.... [Read More]
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