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Dec 30, 2008
Brazil ethanol sales beat petrol
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Dec 31, 2008
Texas-based GreenHunter Biofuels, a wholly-owned subsidiary of GreenHunter Energy, has received approval by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to sell GreenHunter Biodiesel to the on-road market in the US.
This approval by the EPA improves GreenHunter Energy’s biodiesel distribution capabilities in the US, and further enhances the company’s strategy of diversifying... [Read More]
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Jan 2, 2009
US-based Liberty Green Renewables Indiana plans to build a 28 megawatt biomass-to-electricity plant on 110 acres northwest of Milltown, Indiana.
The Crawford County plant will cost $80-90 million (€57-64.5 million).
Funding for the project is expected to come through equity investments, bank financing, local tax abatement and federal New Markets Tax Credits, which... [Read More]
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Jan 2, 2009
Nigeria-based Global Biofuels is establishing the first of a number of refineries for the production of bioethanol from sweet sorghum.
Ethanol will be blended with petrol to make E10.
Global Biofuels is planning to establish the project in nine Nigerian states. It expects to start production in December 2009, with an initial production capacity of 27 million litres a... [Read More]
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Jan 5, 2009
The Rees Labor Government in Australia is set to approve a AUD$400 million (€208.7 million) expansion of an ethanol plant owned by the Manildra Group, the largest manufacturer of ethanol in Australia.
The plan for expanding ethanol fuel production at the Shoalhaven Starches Plant is due to be approved this week by Planning Minister Kristina Keneally.
The approval... [Read More]
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Jan 5, 2009
The Philippines Department of Energy (DoE) will accredit five biofuels manufacturing facilities in 2009.
The DoE says the new plants will ensure adequate local supply biofuels and meet the mandated higher biofuels blend.
‘Alternative fuels are currently in various stages of development and uses as it will become more crucial to the country’s energy mix,’ the DoE... [Read More]
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Jan 6, 2009
Portugal-based biodiesel producer Gleinol is set to install a unit to produce biodiesel in Castelo Branco using oil-producing plants from Angola.
Gleinol has set up partnerships in Africa and in Brazil to obtain raw materials for the project, José Luís Brito, Gleinol director, comments.
Gleinol started out with a production area of 700 hectares in Angola, which recently... [Read More]
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Jan 6, 2009
The Philippines-based San Carlos BioEnergy will start commercial operations of its P2.5-billion (€38.9 million) integrated ethanol distillery and co-generation power plant by mid-January.
The project responds to the country’s 5% ethanol mandate to commence in February.
San Carlos BioEnergy started testing and commissioning of the plant in December.
The plant, located... [Read More]
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Jan 5, 2009
Iowa State University has received a $2.37 million (€1.74 million) grant from the Iowa Power Fund to replace natural gas usage in ethanol plants with biomass gasification technology.
The project will examine the production of ethanol from syngas.
It will also study more efficient burners to use the syngas production from biomass gasification for thermal energy or... [Read More]
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Jan 5, 2009
President-elect Barack Obama has elaborated his American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan with a target to further expand the US’ renewable energy sector.
‘To put people back to work today and reduce our dependence on foreign oil tomorrow, we will double renewable energy production and renovate public buildings to make them more energy efficient,’ Obama said on Saturday... [Read More]
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Jan 6, 2009
US state Pennsylvania has signed a letter of agreement with 10 other eastern states to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transportation fuels and other sources by developing a regional low carbon fuel standard.
Vehicles using low carbon transport fuels include cars fuelled with biodiesel and ethanol, especially cellulosic ethanol made from non-food plant materials;... [Read More]
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Dec 3, 2008
Air New Zealand has postponed its biofuel test flight planned for Wednesday 3 December after an Airbus crash last week near France.
The two-hour test flight, now scheduled for January, will use a jatropha-based fuel, which has been certified by engine maker Rolls-Royce. Air NZ will confirm the revised date later this week.
‘The full efforts and resources of Air NZ... [Read More]
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Dec 11, 2008
One of the world's most energy-efficient ethanol plants is set for start-up in Norrköping, Sweden.
Sweden-based manufacturer Lantmännen Agroetanol will produce more than 3 million litres of ethanol a week, using technology from Vogelbusch, making it the largest ethanol plant in north Europe.
Initially the plant was due to come on line before the end of 2008, but... [Read More]
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Dec 11, 2008
The EU reached a deal on 9 December on the renewable energy targets it will adopt under its climate change action plan.
A spokeswoman for the European Parliament confirmed that a preliminary deal had been reached between parliament and the European Council of member states that would retain the proposed target of ensuring renewable energy makes up 20% of the union's... [Read More]
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Dec 11, 2008
The value of forestry land in the UK has more than doubled since 2003, and land values remain strong, partly due to the growth of biomass-fuelled power stations.
The 2008/09 Forest Market Report published by UK woodland management company UPM Tilhill and estate agent Savills found that wood-fired plants at Shotton, Teesside and Lockerbie, alongside new projects underway... [Read More]
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