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Jan 13, 2009
US ethanol plants suspended
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Jan 13, 2009
Following a successful start-up in Q4 2008, Poet Research Center in Scotland, South Dakota, US, is now producing cellulosic ethanol at a pilot scale.
The Scotland plant is producing ethanol at a rate of 20,000 gallons a year using corn cobs as feedstock.
The $8 million (€6 million) endeavour is a precursor to the $200 million Project Liberty, a commercial-scale cellulosic... [Read More]
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Jan 14, 2009
The world’s first legal bio-fuelled flying car is set to journey 3,600 miles from London to Timbuktu.
The Parajet Skycar is a dune buggy with a fan motor and paragliding wing attached.
While on the ground, the Skycar runs off a biofuel-powered engine capable of taking it from 0-60mph in 4.5 seconds with a top speed of 108mph.
The expedition will travel through France,... [Read More]
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Jan 14, 2009
Canada-based biofuels and biochemicals technology Enerkem has announced that its first commercial-scale plant located in Westbury, Quebec, is entering start-up phase and will soon begin production of the company's clean conditioned synthesis gas.
The company’s Westbury plant will process treated wood from used electricity poles. At full capacity it will produce... [Read More]
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Jan 15, 2009
US-based ZeaChem, a developer of biorefineries for the conversion of biomass into fuels and chemicals, has raised $34 million (€26 million) in initial Series B financing.
ZeaChem is developing a cellulose-based green fuels and chemicals biorefinery platform that converts renewable non-food biomass into market-competitive products such as ethanol.
ZeaChem will begin... [Read More]
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Jan 15, 2009
Emami Biotech, the first biodiesel production company in Eastern India, has started production at its plant in Haldia.
The plant was started in 2007 and is aiming for a capacity of 100,000 tonnes of biodiesel a year.
The biofuel plant is a collaboration with Desmet Ballestra, an Italian-Belgian joint enterprise, with a total project cost of Rs 1.5 billion (€23.3 million).... [Read More]
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Jan 15, 2009
New York-based renewable fuels producer Innovation Fuels has acquired the former Shell Oil terminal at the Port of Milwaukee in the US.
Innovation Fuels says it will use the 310,000 barrel capacity terminal to bring biodiesel and other renewable fuels in and out of the Midwest to the east coast and overseas.
The terminal was built in the 1950s as Shell Oil's Milwaukee... [Read More]
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Jan 15, 2009
Indiana, US-based Agresti, an ethanol-making venture, has signed an agreement with Vietnam’s Phuc Yen Co. to build and operate ethanol facilities in Vietnam.
Agresti’s venture will produce ethanol from landfill waste in Vietnam using a gravity-pressure-vessel technology.
Formerly known as Indiana Ethanol Power, Agresti plans to start building its first US project... [Read More]
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Jan 13, 2009
US Laidlaw Energy Group, through its affiliate Laidlaw Berlin BioPower, has completed the acquisition of the former Fraser Paper pulp mill site in Berlin, New Hampshire.
Laidlaw has been working on the site for the last two years to develop a 66 megawatt biomass-to-energy project. The company has also been working to line-up the requisite financing for the project.
‘The... [Read More]
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Jan 19, 2009
The UK’s Renewable Fuels Agency (RFA) has released figures showing major fuel suppliers are continuing to fail government targets to supply biofuels that meet environmental standards.
Nine companies are performing below their targets, including BP, which managed to report just 4% of its biofuels as meeting standards recognised by the Agency.
Esso, Chevron, Murco, Prax... [Read More]
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Jan 19, 2009
A biodiesel project in Tanzania is looking at manufacturing biofuel using the oil from the nuts of the Croton tree.
The Africa Biofuel and Emission Reduction project will take place in Tanzania's northwestern Kagera region where the Croton tree grows in abundance.
The initiative is to replace up to 10% of Tanzania's oil requirements by 2018 through the production... [Read More]
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Aug 27, 2008
Pennsylvania-based Lake Erie Biofuels is considering construction of a pipeline that would carry its biofuels products to Lake Erie's port facilities as an alternative to railroad cars.
Raymond Schreckengost executive director of the Erie-Western Pennsylvania Port Authority says the company is now transporting about 1.5 million to 2 million gallons of biofuels a... [Read More]
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Jan 20, 2009
Second generation ethanol company Verenium has announced plans to build its first commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol facility in Highlands County, Florida.
The company has entered into long-term agreements with Florida agri-business Lykes Bros to provide the agricultural biomass for conversion to fuel.
Verenium also announced that the Highlands Ethanol project has... [Read More]
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Jan 20, 2009
The decision by the German government to raise taxes on biofuels and to reduce blending rates in fossil fuels will mean more biodiesel plants in the country will face closure, a German biofuels industry association says.
Europe’s largest biodiesel industry has been operating at under 60% of its 5 million tonne a year capacity, Johannes Lackmann, CEO of German biofuels... [Read More]
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Jan 21, 2009
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded cellulosic ethanol producer Range Fuels a conditional commitment for an $80 million (€62 million) loan guarantee for the development and construction of its commercial cellulosic ethanol plant near Soperton, Georgia.
Range Fuels was awarded this loan guarantee in part because they are working toward the... [Read More]
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