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Oct 29, 2008
Philippines’ biofuels project hits environmental obstacles
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Oct 29, 2008
Biomethane fuelling station lands in London
The first compressed biomethane (CBM) re-fuelling facility in London, UK, has been set up to support a trial of a CBM-powered street cleansing vehicle. Following the launch earlier this year of a commercial trial of the vehicle in the London Borough of Camden Council, the group has now announced that the re-fuelling facility is ready. Gasrec, the UK's first producer... [Read More]

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Oct 29, 2008
New wood-to-sugar biofuel method heats up
Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Coal Research in Germany have announced a new method of producing high efficiency and easily available biofuels from wood, grass and plants could soon be available. The researchers have devised a more effective method of breaking down the cellulose found in plants into sugar molecules, which can then be used to produce ethanol.... [Read More]

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Oct 29, 2008
Coskata plans to enter Chinese ethanol market
Illinois-based renewable energy company Coskata plans to market cellulosic ethanol produced from its novel production process in China. Coskata intends to establish technology licensing and/or partnership agreements to bring the company's ethanol production process to China. Coskata has short- to medium-term goals that focus on developing relationships with potential... [Read More]

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Oct 29, 2008
Bulgarian biofuel faces excise tax
Bulgarian biofuel producers have threatened to file a lawsuit against the Customs Agency after the agency said that it would impose an excise on pure biofuel products starting from October, the National Biofuels Association in Bulgaria has announced. Earlier in October, deputy finance minister Kiril Zhelev commented that biofuel producers will be obligated to pay excise... [Read More]

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Oct 24, 2008
Cobalt to build pilot biobutanol plant in 2009
California-based Cobalt Biofuels plans to build a pilot plant in the San Francisco Bay Area by next year. In early October the company closed $25 million (19.5 million Euro's) in its third round of funding. It plans to build a pilot plant producing tens of thousands of gallons of biobutanol a year. The commercial project will be located near sources of non-food materials,... [Read More]


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