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Pond Biofuels is developing a new algae growth system that will use CO₂ emissions from smoke stacks to grow biomass, which can then be converted into biodiesel, bioplastics or act as a substitute for renewable coal.
With support from the Ontario, Canada province, Pond Biofuels aims to get a full scale commercial facility into operation at St Marys Cement by 2014.
About one tonne of the algae…
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Finnish paper producer UPM is to build a biorefinery that will produce biofuels from crude tall oil derived from pulp in Lappeenranta, Finland.
The facility will be commercial size and produce about 100,000 tonnes of biodiesel a year to be used as vehicle fuel. The biodiesel is called BioVerno and produces 80% less greenhouse gases than traditional fossil fuels.
Construction on the biorefinery is…
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Novozymes has formed a joint venture with Sea6 Energy, an Indian company, to develop a method of turning seaweed into biofuels. Through the research, enzymes will be used to convert the seaweed-based carbohydrates into sugar, which can then be turned into ethanol through fermentation.
Sea6 Energy will contribute its offshore seaweed cultivation technology to the partnership, whilst Novozymes will…
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Consulting company Lee Enterprises has developed a RIN verification programme called RIN 9000 which will help biodiesel blenders, producers and others involved to make sure he RINs being sold or bought are legitimate.
Lee’s owner, Wayne Lee, as well as Jess Hewitt from Gulf Hydrocarbon and biodiesel engineering group Agri-Process Innovations, helped to create the programme.
Recently there…
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The Green Investment Bank (GIB), a world first initiative to encourage private investment into green energy projects, has received 32 bids from cities in the UK willing to host the bank.
The city that wins the bid would need to be able to recruit and retain the staff, work closely with other parties involved in order to further develop investment projects, and ensure that the bank is cost…
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Algae producer Aquaviridis has joined forces with OriginOil to develop a new technology that extracts oil from the algae and will develop this multi-phase production at its Mexicali site in Mexico.
Through the North American Free Trade Agreement, a region in the country has been put aside for such developments and OriginOil will help by harvesting and developing its algae cultivation…
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Chemoprojekt, a Czech Republic-based company specialising in design, engineering and procurement, has formed a joint venture with Nationwide Asset Management.
The 50/50 joint venture has been named FAME Usti nad Labem and will be used for biodiesel production.
The new joint venture will be in charge of the operation of a biodiesel plant that will produce 100,000 tonnes of FAME each year.…
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BlackGold Biofuels and SLM Facility Solutions Nationwide have joined forces in the US to turn grease trap waste, derived from restaurants, into biofuels.
The process will cost the hospitality companies no extra money to deliver the grease trap waste to the facilities, and then BlackGold Biofuels will extract and recycle the grease, turning it into biodiesel.
'Grease trap waste is…
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Renewable Energy Group (REG) has released 7.2 million shares in an initial public offering to the public for $10 (€7.80) a share.
The shares are to trade on the Nasdaq Global Market from today, under the symbol REGI.
Nearly 7 million of the shares will be offered by REG and the remaining 343,000 shares are being sold by stockholders.
Underwriters have also been granted 30 days in which they…
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Cool Planet BioFuels has been granted approval from the California Air Resources Board to test its negative carbon petrol.
The technology converts biomass, including grass and woodchips, into biodiesel. Through the process, a byproduct is created, which can be used as a fertiliser.
The first part of the testing will involve blending of the negative carbon fuel with E10 petrol to try and hit the…
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Biodiesel production in Europe dropped last year and illegal imports from countries such as Argentina and Malaysia are being blamed.
Biodiesel production has fallen for the first time in Europe, even though consumption figures have remained stagnant. Although 2010 showed that the production of biodiesel had risen by 5.5% when compared to the previous year, latest figures show that in 2011…
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Green Biologics Limited (GBL), a UK-based industrial biotechnology company has merged with butylfuel, a US-based renewable chemicals and biofuels company.
The new company will operate under the Green Biologics name and continue to be head-quartered in Abingdon, UK with a strong operational presence and commercial focus in the US contributed by butylfuel, which will become Green Biologics. The…
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Novozymes’ shares fell to the lowest they have been in two months following the announcement that the company’s earnings for the fourth quarter of 2011 were lower than predicted.
The Denmark-based company, which uses enzymes to produce biofuels, says the results could be blamed on the price of raw materials rising and a drop in sales for bioenergy enzymes.
However, net profit did grow…
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Joule Biotechnology has closed a $70 million (€54 million) third round of financing which it says it will use to bring its developments to commercialisation.
This means the total amount raised is more than $110 million and a facility will now be built in Hobbs, New Mexico, which will begin its commissioning process in the middle of this year.
In the facility, Joule’s technology will be…
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