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Feb 10, 2009
Lignol and Suncor cancel cellulosic ethanol plant
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Jan 20, 2009
Thailand-based palm oil crushing company Vichitbhan Group is investing almost THB2 billion (€44.3 million) to set up biogas and biomass energy businesses.
Vichitbhan Group runs separate palm oil crushing mills under its Vichitbhan Palm Oil and Vichitbhan Plantation companies.
Krisada Chavananand, MD of Vichitbhan Palm Oil, says the investment is part of a five-year... [Read More]
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Jan 19, 2009
In Europe in mid-January sunflower methyl ester (SME) was trading at a $200/tonne (€155/tonne) premium to Ice gasoil for February dates fob ARA, despite reports of a prompt oversupply, a report by Argus Biofuels finds.
Bid/ask spreads for fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) zero was broadly around a $190/t premium to the Ice futures screen.
Further forward activity on the... [Read More]
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Jan 23, 2009
Biodiesel producer Bionor will invest US$209 million (€163 million) in a project to produce 300 million litres of biodiesel a year in the state of Paraiba, Brazil.
The investments are scheduled for the first half of 2009, with land purchase and the installation of the first seedling nursery and a laboratory already defined.
The project will use the oleaginous plant... [Read More]
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Jan 23, 2009
Nebraska, US-based ethanol producer Green Plains Renewable Energy has acquired a majority interest in Houston-based biofuel terminal operator Blendstar.
Green Plains acquired 51% of Blendstar from Bioverda U.S. Holdings for $9 million (€7 million).
Blendstar currently operates terminal facilities in Oklahoma City, Little Rock, Nashville, Knoxville, Louisville and Birmingham.... [Read More]
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Jan 26, 2009
Sierra Leone has launched a $200 million (€154 million) renewable energy project, which includes the production of ethanol.
The project’s sugarcane plantation will take 20,000 hectares of land and the ethanol plant will produce more than 1.2 million litres of ethanol a year.
In addition, a 30MW power plant will also be in operation. The project’s funding has been... [Read More]
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Jan 26, 2009
The Netherlands-based biodiesel producer Solarix, the University of Amsterdam (UvA), and technology company Yellow Diesel have received a €1 million subsidy for developing new biofuels from the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, as part of the EOS KTO programme (short term energy research).
The funding forms part of a €1.5 million R&D project for synthesising... [Read More]
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Jan 26, 2009
The first industrial biodiesel production plant in Latvia opened on 22 January.
The plant constructed by BDI – BioDiesel International is located in the port area of Ventspils with an annual production capacity of 100,000 tonnes.
The plant will use vegetable raw materials coming from the Baltic states, the Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan. It is also capable of processing... [Read More]
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Jan 27, 2009
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) plans to assist the ailing ethanol industry by improving efficiency.
The USDA will research, develop and promote best practices to improve efficiency at corn-based ethanol plants, which have suffered volatile corn prices and low demand for a fuel more expensive than petrol, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says.
VeraSun Energy,... [Read More]
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Jan 27, 2009
The sale of petrol with 7% ethanol content is anticipated for March in Costa Rica following a pilot plan conducted in the north-western area Guanacaste.
Biofuels in the country will use a number of feedstocks. Ethanol is made from sugarcane and cassava, while biodiesel is extracted from oil-producing plants such as castor bean and jatropha.
Roberto Dobles, minister of... [Read More]
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Jan 28, 2009
US ethanol producer Poet may bid on plants owned by VeraSun Energy during an auction to be held in March, CEO Jeff Broin says.
Earlier in January VeraSun obtained approval from a judge to auction seven of the eight ethanol plants it had bought from U.S. BioEnergy in 2008 for approximately $700 million (€527 million).
Poet first expressed an interest in making investments... [Read More]
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Jan 28, 2009
Brazil exported a record-high 5.16 billion litres of ethanol fuel in 2008, up 45.7% from 2007, the Ministry of Mines and Energy reports.
The amount of ethanol fuel exported in 2008 was over two times higher than the exports of petrol made by state-owned oil giant Petrobras in the same period.
The fuel sold for $0.47 (€0.35) per litre in 2008, up 16% from 2007. The... [Read More]
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Jan 27, 2009
Energy companies Shell and BP have joined the British government in pumping £27 million (€29 million) into research on biofuels that steer away from food crops.
It is Britain's largest public investment in bioenergy to date, and includes input from a total of 15 businesses.
The sum will fund research at six centres around Britain with the goal of replacing petrol... [Read More]
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Jan 28, 2009
The UK Government has set a higher target for the use of biofuels in vehicles for 2009-10.
The initial 3% limit deliberated by the Government has been lifted to 3.25%, using feedstock sources such as palm oil and sugar beet.
Transport Minister Lord Adonis has set a slightly higher target in response to a legal loophole which meant less renewable fuel was supplied than... [Read More]
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Jan 29, 2009
ECB Enviro North America and StormFisher Biogas have formed a partnership to build a 3.2 megawatt biogas plant in Lethbridge, Alberta, one of Canada’s major agricultural centres.
Once operational, the plant will create enough energy to power more than 3,000 homes and offset the carbon dioxide equivalent of more than 17,000 tonnes every year.
Biogas plants naturally... [Read More]
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