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The German biofuels association UFOP has dismissed claims in a new report carried out by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) into the predicted emissions to be created by indirect land use change policy.
The UFOP says it opposes the adoption of ILUC factors specific for biofuels outlined in the report and says more investment protection needs to be given for existing…
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Biomass to ethanol producer TMO Renewables says it has raised £7.6 million (€9 million) in a financing round from new and current shareholders.
This will be combined with the £4.6 million that was raised at the beginning of the year, and will be used to help the company come into commercialisation.
The company is working with plant owners and land official from Minas Gerais, a…
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OriginOil, an algae technology developer, has joined forces with Australian company Future Energy Solutions (FES), and its subsidiary Alternate Energy Systems (AES), to carry out feasibility studies on the potential for biorefining centres around the world.
The biorefineries would serve US and NATO military requirements for alternative fuels, including biofuels.
OriginOil has also recently teamed…
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MSW to waste biofuel producer Enerkem has received investment from Waste Management and EB Investments to the tune of C$15 million (€11 million), in return for a minority equity interest in Enerkem Alberta.
The biofuels company is currently building a full-scale commercial plant in Edmonton, Canada, and has so far raised C$103 million to put towards the development.
Other investors include…
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The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), which represents more than 1,000 biotechnology companies, has called for long-term tax policies to be introduced in the US in order to push biofuel developments to commercial scale.
In order to make sure these developments are successful, incentives should be given to ‘technologies with the greatest potential to create new jobs, economic…
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Shipping company Maersk and the US navy are working together to test biofuels derived from algae by fuelling a container ship with the alternative fuel for a journey from the north of Europe to India.
The ship, called Maersk Kalmar, was chosen for the tests because it features an engine that has been specifically designed for auxiliary testing, meaning risk of damage on the voyage is reduced. The…
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Biodiesel company Evogene has extended its agreement with Brazilian agriculture company SLC Agricola in order to further develop castor bean seeds as a feedstock for biofuels.
This follows the development of seed varieties in trials in northeast Brazil through this year which the companies say has been successful.
The partnership between the two companies began in 2010 and involves developing…
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Members of Illinois parliament in the US have approved the state’s biodiesel blending programme today with a vote in the senate of 44 to nine.
The sunset date for the biodiesel state sales tax initiatives has been extended for the biodiesel state sales tax to the end of 2019 and with this any biodiesel blend of more than 10% is now eligible for fuel tax exemption.
President of the Renewable…
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Mascoma has signed an agreement with Valero Energy to develop and operate a 20 million gallon a year commercial-size cellulosic ethanol facility that will be built in Kinross, Michigan, US.
The plant will cost about $232 million (€175 million) and the companies plan to expand the facility to produce a further 40 million gallons a year as part of a second phase.
The build is expected to begin…
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Thai Airways says it will be the first airline in Asia to fly a commercial passenger flight powered by biofuels, when its plane takes off on 22 December, travelling from Bangkok to Chiang Mai.
The airline will also fly a non-commercial flight the day before under the airline’s ‘travel green’ scheme which it is operating under part of its corporate social responsibility…
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The US Navy says it is to adapt a biofuel blend for aircraft and vessel use which will be put in use near Hawaii around the middle of next year.
About 450,000 gallons of biofuels will power a navy carrier group during a maritime exercise as part of a $12 million (€8.95 million) deal with Dynamic Fuels, which is a joint venture between Tyson Foods and Syntroleum.
Solazyme will also work with…
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Aurora Algae has released a new method of developing algae strains that can be designed to meet fuel needs without using ‘foreign genes’ and instead using the algae’s natural genetic makeup.
Aurora says that in the past algae development has been limited to using existing strains of eukaryotic microalgae, because there was not enough technology available for genome…
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Codexis has created its own line of cellulose enzymes, called CodeXyme, which will be used to convert biomass into sugar.
The company is currently working with partners, such as Shell, Merck and Pfizer, and plans to release commercial samples to the chemical market by the second half of 2012.
Alan Shaw, CEO of Codexis, says: ‘CodeXyme Cellulase enzymes will be transformational and enabling.…
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FuturaGene, a woody crop plantation company for the bioenergy and biofuel markets, has opened a new biotech R&D centre in China.
Although Futuragene has been working in China through partnerships with universities and research institutes over the last six years, this is the first such centre of its kind for the company in the country.
Stanley Hirsch, CEO of FuturaGene, says: ‘China,…
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