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A Poet to rival petrol

Nov 19, 2009

ZeaChem building cellulosic ethanol facility

Elsewhere in the US, cellulosic ethanol developer ZeaChem has begun construction on its 250,000 gallon a year semi-commercial scale production facility in Oregon. The company has enlisted Hazen Research to fabricate the front-end fermentation modules and will install the units at ZeaChem’s. The facility is expected to be fully operational by the end of 2010. The facility in Boardman will be…
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Nov 23, 2009

Ethanol demand lifts Valero's profits

Texas-based Valero is reaping the benefits of buying seven corn ethanol plants for $477 million (€316 million). The company’s high profits are linked to an increase in demand for ethanol. This is most likely due to the low prices of corn and the government mandates to boost usage. Valero’s profits are spurring producers on to ask the EPA to increase the blend of ethanol in petrol from 10%…
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Nov 6, 2009

Ethiopia to develop biofuels

One of the world’s poorest countries, Ethiopia, is developing biofuel crops on over 500,000 hectares of arid land. ‘Castor oil plants, jatropha and palm oil plants are being developed to reduce land-locked Ethiopia's dependency on imported oil,’ Ephrem Hassen, coordinator of biofuels development in the Ministry of Mines and Energy, comments. Ethiopia's programme will not use…
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Nov 5, 2009

Azerbaijan to access biogas

Azerbaijan is tapping into new alternative energy sources. The country’s chairman of the parliamentary commission on energy, ecology and natural resources Valekh Alaskarov says Azerbaijan has the ability to use various types of alternative energy sources with a focus on biogas. ‘It will enable providing remote regions of the country with alternative energy expeditiously and justifiably…
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Nov 6, 2009

Even more reasons to attend Biofuels/Tank Storage Asia expo & conference – AT NO CHARGE

Tank Storage/Biofuels Asia expo & conference at the Suntec Centre, Singapore, is now just days away! As an added incentive visitors to the combined exhibition on 19-20th November will now receive access to the complementary networking cocktail reception on 19th November at 17.00 This gives you an opportunity to network with both the speakers and the conference delegates. Companies already…
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Nov 9, 2009

Biomass projects head for the highlands

Nine biomass plants could be built in Scotland, UK, if a funding programme is fruitful. UK-based investment company Invicta Capital has launched a fund aiming to raise £300 million (€336.5 million) to invest in the plants, which will produce up to 90 megawatts (MW) of renewable energy. The plants will produce enough power to supply 140,000 homes using biomass technology whereby organic…
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Nov 9, 2009

Biofuel sales into Irish law

It must be the luck of the Irish – the UK Government has implemented a new environmental regulation under which fuel companies must sell 4% of sales in biofuels in Ireland by July 2010. The Government approved the biofuels obligation a year later than originally envisaged. There will be a requirement that the biofuels used by oil companies must produce 35% less greenhouse gases than fossil…
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Nov 9, 2009

Biomass bank loan goes south

Funds for a Chilean biomass power plant have been approved. The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) gave the go-ahead on a loan of $6.5 million (€4.3 million) to build a 15.6-megawatt biomass power plant in the South American country. The plant will use agricultural, forestry and industrial waste as fuel, emitting zero carbon dioxide, meeting the strict international environmental…
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Nov 9, 2009

Shell shakes off green fuel stake

The Netherlands’ energy major Shell has sold its stake in second generation biofuels producer Choren. Choren is building Germany's first cellulosic ethanol plant using non-food raw materials as feedstock with a commercial operational target of 2010. Shell sold its minority shareholding to other shareholders, which comprise German vehicles groups Volkswagen and Daimler plus a consortium…
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Nov 6, 2009

CNPC and UOP team up on biofuels

State-owned China National Petroleum Corp(CNPC) will work with Honeywell’s subsidiary UOP to develop biofuels for road transport and aviation. Under an agreement the two companies will collaborate to produce biodiesel and green jet fuel using feedstocks available in China. CNPC will also look at establishing a demonstration-scale facility for producing biodiesel using UOP technology, in…
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Nov 10, 2009

Timing is everything

The inaugural Biofuels International Canada expo & conference attracted over 300 attendees from as far as Mexico, Peru, UAE and Peru – all wanting to learn more about the sector in Canada. This year’s Biofuels International Canada expo & conference was perfectly timed to bring together regulators, producers, suppliers, traders and other experts just before new targets are brought in…
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Nov 11, 2009

Ethanol surplus for 2010

Next year will see a worldwide ethanol surplus of over half a billion litres. A modest global ethanol surplus of around 700 million litres is set to come in during 2010, according to F.O. Licht analysis. Total consumption in the US, Europe, Asia could increase to 76.4 billion litres, while supply is estimated at around 77.1 billion. Referring to the modest global ethanol surplus expected in…
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Nov 12, 2009

New Floridian ethanol hub open to offers

In Florida, US, Port Everglades wants to upgrade idled tanks to develop as an ethanol hub but finding a company to do the job has caused set-backs. A Broward County selection committee in April had picked one contender, an affiliate of a Brazilian company. But after repeated objections, it switched in October to the protesting runner-up, an Oklahoma firm. In early November the committee decided…
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Nov 13, 2009

Biorefinery gets EU funding

Norway’s Borregaard has received €4 million in research grants from the EU, which will be used for demonstration plants within development projects connected to Borregaard's biorefinery concept. The EU's seventh framework programme for R&D is offering altogether €57 million through the Joint Biorefinery Call during the period 2010-2014. More than 50 projects applied at the…
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Nov 13, 2009

Malaysia mulls B3

One biodiesel feedstock-rich nation is taking the unusual step and reducing its mandate targets. Malaysian Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Tan Sri Bernard Dompok says the country is likely to reduce its local biodiesel blend to B3 from the current B5 mandate, due to the slow usage and costly government subsidy. Under the current mandate, the government has set a January 2010…
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Nov 13, 2009

Two biodiesel plants planned for California

California’s status as the new green state has drawn the interests of two biodiesel producers. Canada-based Sunx Energy will open a 21,500 square foot biodiesel plant, and San Diego-based Dynasty Energy will open a 20,164 square foot biodiesel plant, in the state. ‘It's always good to have green industries coming to town because it encourages other green industries to come,’ Adelanto…
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