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Jun 2, 2009
US E85 stations reach 2,000
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Jun 2, 2009
In the US, the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) is requesting more transparency over the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Renewable Fuel Standard Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.
The RFA says many of the models, data sets, and other pertinent pieces of information used by EPA for its lifecycle analysis are not publicly available, preventing third parties like... [Read More]
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Jun 2, 2009
Scientists in Wales, UK, are looking into a research project aiming to turn grass into a green transport fuel.
The £1 million (€1.16 million) ‘grassohol’ research project aims to develop commercially and economically viable processes to make ethanol from perennial ryegrass, the most commonly sown grass in the UK, which is normally used for grazing or silage.
The... [Read More]
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Jun 2, 2009
Biomass plant specialist Helius Energy has announced that it has seen profits for the last six months to 31 March 2009, and has projected expansion plans to add a third multi-million-pound plant to its portfolio.
The UK-based company has reported an £18,000 (€20,824) profit up from a loss of £1.6 million at the same point last year. The company believes it is now... [Read More]
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Jun 2, 2009
Industrial enzymes maker Novozymes has reported that Brazil could produce up to 8 billion litres of biofuel from sugarcane residues (bagasse) by 2020, representing additional export revenue for Brazil of up to US$4 billion (€4.6 billion).
Novozymes, which sells enzymes that turn crops such as corn, soya and sugarcanes into bio-ethanol products, expect Brazil to be... [Read More]
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Jun 2, 2009
US-based Baystate Biofuels' terminal in North Andover, Massachusetts, is to come online next year and begin delivering a green energy, petroleum alternative to the region.
The terminal will be the first full-scale commercial facility dedicated to biodiesel distribution in the state with construction having started up at the end of May.
Baystate Biofuels aims to... [Read More]
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Jun 1, 2009
A fire at the Minnesota Soybean Processors plant in Brewster, Minnesota caused the nearby town to be evacuated on 24 May.
Nobles County Sheriff Kent Wilkening announced that a couple of explosions were reported around 10 pm and ignited the fire.
The biodiesel producing plant processes uses soyabean as its feedstock.... [Read More]
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Jun 3, 2009
The city of Lünen, Germany, has begun building a new biogas distribution network, which will be powered by agricultural waste, including cow dung and horse manure.
It is thought that approximately 90,000 residents will benefit from the development, and will make the town the first in the world to build and manage a biogas network.
Local farms will deliver animal waste,... [Read More]
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May 12, 2009
At least four new power stations being planned around the UK are considering turning to burning vegetable oils with the assurance that they will generate less pollution than burning fossil fuels.
Two of the power stations would power more than 50,000 homes are considering burning palm oil, which is blamed for causing rainforest destruction in south-east Asia.
W4B Energy... [Read More]
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May 12, 2009
Commodity merchant Louis Dreyfus Commodities has begun operation at its new 100 million gallon ethanol plant at Grand Junction, Iowa.
The new plant is the second ethanol plant opened this week in the state of Iowa, and will produce 100 million gallons of ethanol and 300,000 tonnes of distillers grains annually. A week ago Homeland Energy Solutions opened another new... [Read More]
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May 12, 2009
The EU has become the main importer of Argentine biodiesel since December, 2008, replacing the US as the sole buyer in April 2009.
The prominent companies in the sector are Renova, Ecofuel, Louis Dreyfus Commodities, and Explore.... [Read More]
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May 13, 2009
Shell, Total, Mercuria Energy trading, Vopak, Oiltanking, Dong Energy, Swedish Energy Agency, TNO, Neste Oil, Ecopetrol, Pertamina, Petrom, UK Department of Energy and Climate Change, EOP Biodiesel, Solvay Solexis and Petrotec are just some of the companies registered to attend the 2nd annual Biofuels International expo & conference 2009 on 27-28 May in Amsterdam.
Want... [Read More]
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May 13, 2009
In Rialto, California, Rentech has announced plans to build a 9 million gallon a year renewable diesel plant that will produce 35 MW of power.
The plant will provide enough power to supply 30,000 homes, and is expected to be up and running by 2012.
The plant is expected to adhere to the new standards set by the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard, using biomass gasification... [Read More]
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May 13, 2009
State-owned Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) has entered a partnership with the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) for a pilot project to produce cellulosic ethanol from agricultural and wood wastes.
IOC will invest $4 million (€2.92 million) for the pilot, while NREL has also signed an agreement with the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy regarding the production... [Read More]
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May 13, 2009
Krajowa Spolka Cukrowa (KSC), Poland's biggest sugar producer, announced plans to turn two of its closed sugar factories into plants producing biofuels and bioenergy by end of 2011.
The estimated costs of the project are 110 million zlotys (€24.7 million) for the sugar plant in Wozuczyn and 162 million zlotys for the Lapy plant.
The state-owned company is watching... [Read More]
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