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Jun 22, 2009
USDA launches phase one of cellulosic ethanol programme
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Jun 22, 2009
The Chinese state is expected to encourage a transition towards biodiesel in larger cities according to a senior academic.
Min Enze, of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering has forecast that vehicles in large cities, such as Beijing, Guangzhou and Shanghai, will be B5 biodiesel compatible by next year.
Next year is expected to see the... [Read More]
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Jun 22, 2009
US city Seattle is set to review its policy on using food crop-based biodiesel, such as soyabean, for its vehicles amid concerns of it being more evironmentally harmful than standard diesel.
Seattle's Fleets and Facilities Department director, Brenda Bauer, announced that the city has temporarily stopped purchasing soya-based biodiesel fuel and is testing biodiesel... [Read More]
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Jun 22, 2009
The northern region of Vietnam has begun construction on the region’s first bioethanol plant in the province of Phu Tho.
The US$80 million project producing 100,000 m3 of ethanol per year is scheduled to come online in December 2010, converting locally available cassava and sugarcane to fuel.
The project investor, Bio-Petroleum and Petrochemical Joint Stock Company... [Read More]
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Jun 3, 2009
Swedish company Chemrec has entered into an agreement with The Stella Group to support the company’s efforts to raise awareness of Chemrec’s integrated biorefineries at pulp and paper mills.
Chemrec’s technology converts black liquor, a mill byproduct, into renewable biofuels, biomaterials or power.
The company has plans to design, build and operate integrated... [Read More]
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Jun 1, 2009
According to new research from the Netherlands’ University of Twente, 14,000 litres of water are needed to create 1 litre of biodiesel from rapeseed or soyabeans.
Researchers at the university analysed 13 crops to determine the optimal production regions for each based on water consumption and climate date.
The water footprint for rapeseed in western Europe is significantly... [Read More]
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Jun 2, 2009
The EU has launched a biogas project as a solution to the mounting agricultural waste on farms in the continent.
The Agrobiogas project with €2.9 million in funding has set its sights on developing anaerobic digestion technology, which offers an effective way to treat agricultural waste while being a
realistic option for farmers.
The project will encourage the use... [Read More]
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Jun 4, 2009
The provincial government in Saskatchewan, Canada, has signed an agreement with biotechnology company Iogen to develop the province’s first cellulosic ethanol plant.
It was announced that the plant is to be situated at the former Domtar-owned pulp and sawmill in Big River.
Iogen will operate the plant, which will be a commercial-scale expansion of its wheat straw... [Read More]
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Jun 2, 2009
Food giant Cargill has started production at its new glycerine refinery in Frankfurt, Germany.
The new plant, completed in nine months, is located adjacent to Cargill’s existing biodiesel production facility in the Höchst Industrial Park.
The neighbouring biodiesel plant will provide the refinery’s supply of crude glycerine, as the full integration of these... [Read More]
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Jun 3, 2009
The European Commission has submitted a proposal to extend the temporary tariffs imposed on imports of US biodiesel for up to five years.
The anti-dumping and anti-subsidy tariffs passed in March were established in order to protect European biodiesel producers by counteracting the payments the US gives its own producers.
European biofuel producers stressed that US... [Read More]
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Jun 5, 2009
Finland-based Neste Oil laid the foundation stone for Europe’s largest renewable diesel plant last week, coinciding with the second annual Biofuels International expo & conference in the Netherlands.
The Rotterdam plant will have an annual production capacity of 800,000 tonnes. The investment cost of the plant is estimated to be €670 million, and it will create... [Read More]
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Jun 5, 2009
The partnership between BP and DuPont to accelerate its next generation clean renewable fuels has successfully tested biobutanol over 1.3 million miles in an ordinary car.
In an exclusive interview for the June issue of Biofuels International magazine BP's Philip New says typical blends of around 16% were used without the need for modifications.
Like ethanol, biobutanol... [Read More]
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Jun 5, 2009
Chinese bioenergy producer Gushan Environmental Energy has announced the temporary suspension of production at its subsidiary Fujian Gushan Biodiesel Energy following a dispute with a local tax authority concerning consumption tax issues.
In January consumption tax rates on diesel products were levied, but Gushan has appealed to the State Administration of Taxation of... [Read More]
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Jun 5, 2009
Innovation Fuels plans to begin biodiesel operations later this month at a New Haven port terminal in Connecticut, US.
The biodiesel producer has announced that intermodal connections in the area will enable the company to position itself as a biodiesel distributor for the region.
The company will receive biodiesel by barge from its production plant in Newark, New Jersey,... [Read More]
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Jun 5, 2009
Ethanol Technologies has been awarded AUD$2.9 million (€1.65 million) by the Australian Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research to scale up a cellulosic ethanol process technology.
The subsidiary of forestry products company Willmott Forests will use the funding to pay for the construction of a $20 million pilot-scale biorefinery in Harwood, New South... [Read More]
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