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Aug 13, 2009
BP and Martek to make sweet biodiesel
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Aug 14, 2009
Indian biofuels specialist Emami Biotech is to invest $80 million (€56 million) in Ethiopian biofuel production. The cost includes the purchase of 12,000 acres of land for a feedstock plantation.
Although Emami will grow other crops including various herbs on the plantation, the main crop will be jatropha, which will be processed into biofuel at a nearby factory.
The... [Read More]
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Aug 14, 2009
Chinese research scientists believe that chitin, the compound secreted by aquatic animals to make shells, could provide an environmentally friendly catalyst for the conversion of organic oils into biodiesel, and they have already convinced one commercial producer to invest.
The team, from Hua Zhong Agriculture University in the Wuhan province of China, found that carbonised... [Read More]
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Aug 17, 2009
In the US state of Oregon, cellulosic ethanol specialist Trillium FiberFuels has received a grant of $750,000 (€531,000) from the US Department of Energy (DoE) to commercialise its cellulosic ethanol technology.
The trillium process works by using an existing industrial enzyme to convert xylose, which is not digestible by yeast, to another sugar called xylulose, which... [Read More]
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Aug 17, 2009
The presence of trace amounts of biodiesel in marine diesel is becoming increasingly hazardous to shipping, according to marine fuel specialists.
Marine fuel is often transported in pipelines also used to transport biodiesel. Trace contamination of marine fuel is therefore almost inevitable.
‘Since there is today no accepted test method available to quantify biodiesel... [Read More]
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Jul 29, 2009
Stockholders in Nevada's Panda Ethanol have voted to approve a voluntary dissolution and plan of liquidation.
After payment of all outstanding claims to the company’s creditors, preference shareholders will receive up to $2.5 million (€1.4 million) in funds and assets, together with any unpaid dividends. Panda does not believe any funds or assets will remain... [Read More]
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Jul 30, 2009
Texan bioethanol producer Gulf Alternative Energy (GAE) is to use its new cellulosic feedstock preprocessing technology to convert a first-generation bioethanol plant to cellulosic ethanol production.
The company has signed a letter of intent with Xethanol Biofuels to purchase a plant in Blairstown, Iowa. The plant is currently producing six million gallons of ethanol... [Read More]
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Jul 30, 2009
The US state of Oregon is to adopt a mandate requiring diesel sold in the state to contain at least 2% biodiesel by 1 October. Nine counties in northwest Oregon will introduce the requirement from next week.
Oregon passed renewable energy legislation in 2007 stating that a B2 mandate would take effect when the state’s biodiesel production capacity reached 5 million... [Read More]
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Jul 30, 2009
A poisonous extract of Cassava root is expected to produce 1% of the ethanol used in Venezuela.
Cassava root, or yuca, is the third largest source of carbohydrates for human food in the world. It is processed into casabes, or flat breads. However, this leaves behind a residue called yare, which, owing to its high cyanide content, is highly toxic to humans and animals.
Now... [Read More]
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Jul 30, 2009
Crimson Renewable Energy, operator of California’s largest biodiesel plant which opened on 29 July, is doing what few producers in the nation are.
The 30 million gallon a year producer will move away from the nation’s predominant choice of feedstock, soyabean, and process 50 million pounds of the crude glycerine by-product, turning it into high quality refined glycerine... [Read More]
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Jul 30, 2009
Hot on the heels of its launch of Butamax earlier this month BP is further strengthening its biofuels efforts with the inception of a joint venture company with Verenium, Vercipia Biofuels.
While Butamax will focus R&D resources on biobutanol, Vercipia Biofuels will continue to develop one of the US’ first commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol facilities, located... [Read More]
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Jul 31, 2009
California-based algae expert SunEco Energy has tested biodiesel from algal oil produced at its demonstration plant in Chino, California in the trucks of transportation logistics company J. B. Hunt. The biodiesel was tested in a B20 and a B50 blend and produced an 82% reduction in particulate emissions with no loss of power.
The company is now constructing the world’s... [Read More]
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Aug 3, 2009
US-based biomass specialist Covanta Holding has signed a deal to buy seven North American bioelectricity plants from Veolia Environmental Services for US$450 million (€315 million).
The seven plants, which collectively process about 3 million tonnes of municipal solid waste (MSW) a year, will join Covanta’s existing portfolio of 38 plants processing 17 million... [Read More]
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Aug 3, 2009
Filipino developer Basic Energy has commissioned two Thai consultants to conduct feasibility studies into a proposed cassava ethanol plant.
Basic Energy signed contracts on 30 July with the Alternative Energy Institute of Thailand and Ethanol Thai to examine the company’s proposal to build a 100 million litre a year bioethanol plant in the Filipino province of Batangas.
Basic... [Read More]
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Aug 4, 2009
Two members of the US House of Representatives have introduced a bill to remove government subsidies on corn-derived bioethanol.
The Affordable Food and Fuel for America Act, sponsored by Joseph Crowley, a New York Democrat, and Mary Joseph Mack, a Californian Republican, would phase out subsidies on the production of ethanol from corn and transfer them to second-generation... [Read More]
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