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Argentina has the potential double its current 12% ethanol blending mandate in the next two to three years, according to a government official.
Nestor Roulet, secretary of added value at the Argentinian Ministry of Agriculture, told Reuters that the South American country’s annual ethanol consumption could rise to 2 million m3, which could help Argentina reduce its energy deficit.
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US ethanol company ACE Ethanol has received a pilot facility which uses patented cellulosic ethanol technology from D3MAX.
The pilot facility will be installed at ACE Ethanol’s Wisconsin plant in late February. Installation is expected to be complete by mid-March with start-up and testing at the facility taking place over the ensuing two months. “We are very excited to take this next…
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Pacific Ethanol, a US renewable fuels producer, and Edeniq, a biorefining and cellulosic technology company, have announced that they have entered into a technology licensing and purchase agreement to enable the production of cellulosic ethanol at Pacific Ethanol’s Madera, California plant using Edeniq’s Pathway and Cellunator technologies.
The Madera plant has a total annual…
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Creditors of Abengoa Bioenergy US Holding, a unit of Spanish renewable energy company Abengoa, have reached an agreement over the distribution of asset sale proceeds, removing a key hurdle for the company to exit bankruptcy, according to Reuters
Abengoa Bioenergy was one of dozens of US Abengoa subsidiaries that filed for US bankruptcy protection last year while the Seville-based parent worked…
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Hong-Kong headquartered Cathay Pacific will start to use biofuels on select long-haul flights in an effort to cut its carbon emissions, according to a media report in the South China Morning Post.
Cathay flights to Hong Kong from the US, where the new fuel is produced, will use a combination of conventional jet fuel and biofuels starting in 2019, the South China Morning Post reported. The…
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Swedish regional carrier BRA has operated a flight from Stockholm Bromma Airport to Umeå in northern Sweden with an ATR-72-600 using a fuel blend comprised 45% of used cooking oil.
Turboprop manufacturer ATR said it was the first biofuel-powered flight of an ATR aircraft.
“Sweden is currently debating a new tax on aviation,” BRA CEO Christian Clemens. “It will…
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The publication of the European Commission’s renewable energy report shows that the EU is falling behind in its climate policies for transport, according to European renewable ethanol trade body ePURE.
The EC published its report entitled Renewable energy progress report yesterday (1 February, 2017).
The report stated: “Progress has been fastest in the electricity sector, while the…
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Finnish pulp and paper maker UPM-Kymmene is planning its next step in wood-based renewable fuel products after a successful ramp-up at its initial biofuels plant, UPM’s Biofuels VP, Sari Mannonen, said.
In a statement, UPM stated the plant in Lappeenranta is the first in the world of its kind, making biofuel for vehicles and ships from crude tall oil, a residue of wood pulp production that…
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Coal generation in Europe is being phased out and will continue to do so due to competition from cleaner energy sources, such as natural gas and renewables, as well as governments efforts to cut emissions, according to a new study by The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).
The UK is leading the way when it comes to reducing coal dependency, helping to put coal's share of power generation in…
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Republican Party Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner has introduced two bills aimed at reforming the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) and the national biofuels mandate.
The bills call for the additional study and evaluation of the ethanol mandate . According to Sensenbrenner, this is to ensure that the Environmental Protection Agency’s “volume obligations are based in reality”. The…
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UK-based gas-to-liquids firm Velocys and US-based ENVIA Energy have produced their first Fischer-Tropsch product at ENVIA’s Oklahoma City plant.
The plant deploys a number of Velocys' full-scale commercial Fischer-Tropsch (FT) reactors.
These Fischer-Tropsch products are fractionated on site to produce premium wax, diesel and naphtha. The fuels produced at the plant are expected to qualify…
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Clariant, global specialty chemicals company, together with Mercedes-Benz and Haltermann Carless, a well-established HCS Group brand, tested the use of sustainable cellulosic ethanol from agricultural residues in a fleet test with Mercedes-Benz series vehicles over a period of 12 months for the first time in Germany.
Sunliquid 20 was used for the test – a fuel produced by Haltermann Carless…
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Sweden’s Prime Minister, Stefan Löfven, has unveiled proposals to go carbon-neutral by 2045.
Last week (2 February, 2017) Löfven set a statutory target to go carbon neutral will be trigged by 1 January, 2018.
Under the proposed Climate Act, the government will be required by law to include a climate report in the country's annual budget and to produce a climate action…
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UK motorists are turning away from buying diesel cars and buying “more eco-friendly” ones, new figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) suggest.
In a statement, the SMMT said that 78,778 diesel cars were sold in January, a drop of 4.3% on the same month last year. Over the same period sales of electric cars and other alternatively-fuelled vehicles…
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Finnish renewable diesel producer Neste has posted a 6% rise in full-year operating profit to €983 million, compared to €925 million in 2015, helped by strong demand for its renewable products.
In its 2016 full-year financial statement, the company stated that its renewable products business recorded a full-year comparable operating profit of €469m, compared to €402m in…
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Will a possible US tax reform and border adjustability affect ethanol producers in the US? K·Coe Isom’s Brian Kuehl and Donna Funk, unpick this issue.
As the 115th US Congress begins in Washington, DC, comprehensive tax reform is set to be one of the top priorities for congressional leadership and for the new Trump administration. There is a high likelihood that comprehensive tax…
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