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May 8, 2009
AgStar announces sale of ethanol plant
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May 8, 2009
Plantation Energy, Australia’s largest manufacturer and exporter of Densified Biomass Fuel (DBF) pellets, has announced the signing of a three year €39 million supply agreement with Belgium-based Electrabel NV.
The agreement between Plantation Energy and Electrabel, a subsidiary of Europe’s largest power company GdF-Suez, is the first of its kind in Australia that... [Read More]
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May 8, 2009
Süd-Chemie, a leading manufacturer of catalysts and adsorbents, and a leading global company in the sector of gases and engineering, the Linde Group, have launched the production of climate-friendly biofuels based on lignocellulosic biomass in Munich.
The process developed by Süd-Chemie and Linde allows biofuels, such as ethanol, to be extracted from plant matter containing... [Read More]
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May 11, 2009
Canadian Pacific Railway and Global Partners are proposing a $14.8 million (€10.8 million) ethanol storage and distribution facility along the Hudson River.
The facility would be based at Global's distribution terminal on the Hudson River just north of the Port of Albany, and adjacent to CP's Kenwood intermodal yards.
The companies are seeking $8.8 million... [Read More]
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May 11, 2009
Indonesia's palm-based biodiesel firms await a fair price formula and government subsidies to survive as they feel the squeeze of surging palm oil prices.
The fledgling industry is expected to play a key role in absorbing growing palm output in world's top producer, but as feedstock prices become more expensive than fossil oils, it is difficult for the industry... [Read More]
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May 11, 2009
US President Barack Obama has proven his support for the biomass and biofuel industries by providing nearly $800 million (€588 million) in funding and forming a market development programme.
The new funding will be allocated under the directive of the US Department Of Energy biomass programme across four main areas which include $480 million (€353 million) to the... [Read More]
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May 12, 2009
Mississippi, US-based Encore Energy Systems has announced that five new biofuel facilities have been targeted for acquisition.
Of the five production facilities, four of them are located in Mississippi with the other facility in Texas.
Fuel distribution and feedstock allocations have been located for these projects and will be further announced when shipping commences.... [Read More]
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Apr 28, 2009
One of the world’s largest landfill gas-to-energy projects was formally unveiled in Istanbul, Turkey, on 25 April.
The landfill gas project, owned by Ortadogu Enerji Sanayi Ve Ticaret, was developed as part of a national initiative to reduce the environmental impacts of solid waste facilities and use the landfills’ gas to generate electricity.
Turkey has been modernising... [Read More]
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Apr 27, 2009
Researchers from Fermentec, Piracicaba (Brazil), have cut the volume of vinasse in half while producing ethanol at its pilot plant.
Vinasse is a by-product of sugar-based ethanol production.
The achievement was obtained due to the increase the ethanol concentration in fermentation. Currently the distillery in Brazil working with alcohol content between 8% and 10%, resulting... [Read More]
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Apr 28, 2009
Germany's biodiesel industry is currently working at below 60% capacity because of higher taxes on green fuels and reduced blending levels with fossil fuels.
Germany was likely to consume about 2.5 million tonnes of biodiesel in 2009, down from 2.7 million tonnes in 2008 and 3.3 million tonnes in 2007, said Johannes Daum, political director of German biofuels industry... [Read More]
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Apr 28, 2009
Energy consulting firm Peregrine Energy announced its plan to develop a new woody biomass-fuelled cogeneration plant at Sonoco's manufacturing complex in Hartsville South Carolina.
The company will invest €100 million for the project. The construction of the plant is scheduled to begin once the air permit is issued and the company expects the facility to be commercially... [Read More]
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Apr 28, 2009
South Korea will spend €208 million over the next ten years to create new seaweed forests that can help increase the country's ability to produce biomass energy.
The plan calls for 35,000 hectares of seaweed forest to be created in waters in the east and south coasts and near Jeju Island that can produce up to 1.56 billion litres of ethanol per year by 2020.
The... [Read More]
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Apr 28, 2009
British Columbia-based Lignol Energy, a technology company in the cellulosic ethanol and biorefining sector, recently announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Lignol Innovations, was awarded €2.6 million to produce cellulosic ethanol and other biochemical products from under-used forest resources.
Lignol will use the funding to support production runs at its industrial-scale... [Read More]
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Apr 28, 2009
Automotive fuels supplier FCL Petroleum has signed an agreement with Petrochem Carless releasing FCL biodiesel to the UK market.
The advanced fuels will be pre-blended biodiesel made from fully sustainable sources.
Blending will take place at the Petrochem Carless refinery at Harwich where blends from B5 (5% sustainable fuel) to B50 (50% sustainable fuel) will be produced.
The... [Read More]
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Apr 28, 2009
BP has called for the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to end US import duties on Brazil's sugarcane-based ethanol.
The letter has highlighted BP’s belief that ‘sugarcane-based ethanol will be the lowest-carbon biofuel available in the first years of the Low-Carbon Fuel Standard’.
By supporting the end of import taxes on Brazil's ethanol, the letter... [Read More]
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