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May 19, 2009
Ecopellets to invest in biomass complex
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May 19, 2009
Construction on a €30 million biogas plant in Croatia, Europe’s largest, began on 14 May.
The plant will be located at Ovcara farm outside the eastern Croatian town of Vukovar.
The project has been initiated by Vukovar-based Bionergija company, established by a local Vupik agribusiness and several Croatian and foreign entrepreneurs.
The future plant, which should... [Read More]
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May 5, 2009
Fourteen southern African nations have been welcomed into the Global Renewable Fuels Alliance.
The move to join the alliance is clear indication of the southern African countries’ desire to promote biofuels policies throughout the world.
Andrew Makenete, President of the Southern African Biofuels Association (SABA), called on other nations to speak out in favour... [Read More]
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May 5, 2009
One of Brazil’s largest sugar and ethanol groups Santelisa has confirmed that it has been bought by French commodities group Louis Dreyfus.
The Brazilian subsidiary of Louis Dreyfus, Commodities Bioenergia (LDC), expects to incorporate Santelisa within two months pending the Brazilian company restructuring its debt of €970 million.
In order to make the deal viable... [Read More]
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May 5, 2009
Filipino manufacturer Chemrez Technologies has reported a 37.2% jump in net income to €2 million in Q1 2009 from €1.4 million in the same period last year, owing to strong oleochemical and biodiesel sales, as well as higher margins.
The company largely attributed the revenue growth to the surge in domestic demand for coconut-based biodiesel or coco-biodiesel after... [Read More]
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May 5, 2009
Omaha, US-based Green Plains Renewable Energy has won a €1.6 million state grant for a pilot project to produce algae from by-products of its Shenandoah, Iowa, ethanol plant.
Pending the success of the pilot project, Green Plains intends to develop a commercial plant producing algae for biofuels.
The high-protein algae could be added to the dried distillers grains... [Read More]
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May 5, 2009
Federal and provincial funds have been injected in ethanol facilities and research projects in Canada.
British Columbia has pledged more than $32.6 million (€24.5 million) to commercialise approximately $200 million in provincial renewable energy technology projects.
The Innovative Clean Energy Fund has awarded more than $22.6 million to 19 projects and another $10... [Read More]
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May 6, 2009
The US Environmental Protection Agency has issued a draft rule calling for further use of advanced biofuels and to measure carbon dioxide emissions from alternative motor fuels.
The regulatory body’s move looks to reduce the impact biofuels have on the climate and food prices.
The move confirms the schedule of the 2007 Renewable Fuels Standard which called for the... [Read More]
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May 5, 2009
In March US biodiesel output fell sharply, fuelling calls for the release of federal regulations to require use of advanced biofuels.
The National Biodiesel Board (NBB) said production fell from 49 million gallons in March 2008 to only 30 million gallons in March 2009.
The NBB claimed that if the trend continues, US output would be only half of the 700 million gallons... [Read More]
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May 5, 2009
In Vietnam, Phuc Yen Company and businessman Ngo Xuan Tiec have signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOU) to market, build and operate municipal waste-to-ethanol facilities in the country.
The newly created joint venture Agresti Vietnam, a subsidiary of Agresti Biofuel, will employ the patented GeneSyst Gravity Pressure Vessel technology to produce ethanol and other saleable... [Read More]
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May 6, 2009
With less than a month to go before the 2nd Biofuels International expo & conference in Amsterdam there are over 200 companies registered to attend the two day conference and exhibition.
Companies registered include Shell Global Solutions, Total, Neste Oil, EcoPetrol, Standic, Mercuria Energy Trading, Oiltanking, Royal Vopak, Swedish Energy Agency, TNO, Solvay solexis,... [Read More]
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May 7, 2009
Switzerland's first bioethanol refinery could soon be built in Jura canton if authorities there approve a planning application for the project.
The €66.42 million plant in Delémont, western Switzerland, if approved could produce almost 100,000 tonnes of fuel and 30,000 tonnes of pharmaceutical-grade alcohol annually.
Switzerland has some of the most stringent... [Read More]
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May 7, 2009
The German and Polish governments have agreed an alliance for cooperation on the development of bioenergy feedstocks, after a meeting between the Polish Minister for Agriculture Marek Sawicki and German Agricultural Minister Ilse Aigner.
The move establishes Bio-GEPOIT, a task force group that will be coordinated by the Polish Research Institute of Construction, Mechanics... [Read More]
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May 8, 2009
US Biofuels and Go Green Home Stores have come together to plan the construction of an algae biodiesel plant in Rosemont, California.
New American company, Go Green Home Stores has partnered with US Biofuels to, start up algae production in mid fall in order to produce 500,000 gallons of biodiesel gas.
The two companies plan to produce algae to make oil that can be... [Read More]
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May 8, 2009
President Barrack Obama issued a presidential directive to the US Secretary of Agriculture to form an interagency biofuels group to aggressively accelerate the investment in and production of biofuels.
Directive aims to make the biofuels industry cleaner and encourage output of ethanol made from non-food crops.
The Biofuels Interagency Working Group, to be headed... [Read More]
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