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Feb 3, 2009
USDA and DoE announce further biofuels funding
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Feb 3, 2009
The US Air Force (USAF) is planning to test two types of biofuel for use in a 50-50 mix with jet fuel by 2013.
USAF will acquire more than 300,000 gallons of biofuels, building on initiatives under way at commercial airlines.
The Air Force will select about 160,000 gallons of each type of biofuel. The winning biofuels will be used for lab analysis, engine testing and... [Read More]
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Feb 3, 2009
Green Gold Ray Energies will open a jatropha biodiesel refinery in Nasipit Port, Agusan del Norte, the Philippines, in Q2 this year.
The plant will have a capacity of 180 million gallons of biodiesel a year.
The research and development team of Green Gold Ray Energies has designed a biodiesel processing and refining technology to fit jatropha oil market requirements.... [Read More]
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Feb 5, 2009
Iowa, US-based biodiesel producer and marketer Renewable Energy Group has opened a new biodiesel blending terminal in Alamosa, Colorado, US.
At the Alamosa terminal REG has partnered with petroleum company and biodiesel marketer Alta Fuels to facilitate the company’s marketing efforts of its branded REG-9000 biodiesel at the site.
Alta Fuels also has an on-site laboratory... [Read More]
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Feb 5, 2009
Portugal state-owned water utility Aguas de Portugal is preparing to invest €620 million in projects to generate electricity from waste and other renewable sources.
AdP, which deals in water supply, water and waste treatment, will collaborate with Energias de Portugal and energy company Galp on the projects.
Power generation from biogas formed from the breakdown of... [Read More]
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Feb 6, 2009
UK-based energy crop developer D1 Oils and its joint venture energy company partner BP have announced business plans to improve their fuel crop project using jatropha.
D1 Oils Plant Science Limited (DOPSL), the company’s subsidiary, has developed the group’s global breeding programme in support of D1-BP Fuel Crops, establishing a central facility in Cape Verde and... [Read More]
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Feb 6, 2009
Biofuel enzyme producer Novozymes and its Chinese partner COFCO have entered into a partnership with Chinese oil and energy company Sinopec to develop ethanol from agricultural waste.
The three companies will cover ethanol production and distribution with the aim of developing a commercial-scale process for producing second-generation ethanol from corn stover.
Novozymes... [Read More]
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Feb 6, 2009
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners (KMEP) expects to move fuels blended with 5% biodiesel across southern regions in the US via the Plantation Pipe Line this year.
KMEP recently conducted a test in which it moved 20,000 barrels of the blended fuel via a Mississippi-to-South Carolina segment of the line.
KMEP will ship the fuel blends along portions of the line that carry... [Read More]
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Feb 9, 2009
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) could approve the use of genetically-engineered (GE) corn as a feedstock for manufacturing ethanol.
The new ethanol corn would also be the first GE industrial crop to be planted on millions of acres a year if authorised.
The Agriculture Department recently ended the public comment period for its proposal to permit widespread... [Read More]
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Feb 9, 2009
Texas-based oil company Valero Energy is expected to purchase several ethanol plants from VeraSun Energy.
The $280 million (€216 million) bid from Valero Energy would buy a group of VeraSun properties, including its Aurora plant, if no other bidders arise before a March auction.
VeraSun also plans to sell the rest of its plants this year, primarily to big oil companies... [Read More]
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Feb 9, 2009
Finland-based paper company UPM Kymmene and renewable fuel supplier Lassila & Tikanoja are testing the use of producing ethanol from the pulp-based waste created by the paper industry.
During the pilot tests ethanol and energy are produced from commercial and industrial waste, such as paper, cardboard and wood.
By developing waste processing units, energy company... [Read More]
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Feb 9, 2009
UK-based Local Generation has announced plans for a food-waste to energy plant in Cambridgeshire, UK.
The food recycling company is investing £9-12 million (€10.3-13.7 million) in an anaerobic digestion system, which will produce up to 2.5MW of power to supply 1,500 local homes and businesses.
Local Generation intends to submit a planning application for the site... [Read More]
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Feb 10, 2009
Bharat Renewable Energy, a subsidiary of India’s state-owned oil company Bharat Petroleum (BPCL), will invest Rs.21.31 billion (€335 million) in a biodiesel project in Uttar Pradesh, India.
The project will use jatropha as feedstock.
BPCL will work in five districts: Kanpur, Jhansi, Laltpur, Chitrakoot and Sultanpur.
The company expects the project to start by... [Read More]
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Feb 10, 2009
Biorefining technology company Chempolis has commissioned a third-generation biorefinery demonstration plant in Oulu, Finland.
With a total investment of €15 million the biorefinery is expected to reach full production during Q2.
‘The demonstration plant represents the third-generation because it can use the entire vegetable matter and produce a number of biomass-based... [Read More]
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Feb 10, 2009
Japanese companies including Nippon Oil and Toyota will establish a research body to develop next-generation cellulose-derived biofuels.
The consortium has set the target of producing 250,000 kilolitres (1.6 million barrels) of ethanol by March 2014, at 40 yen (€0.03) per litre (about €54 a barrel) by 2015.
The other firms in the project are Mitsubishi Heavy Industries,... [Read More]
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