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Latin American Herald Tribune reports that flex-fuel technology that allows cars to run on sugar-based ethanol in Brazil has prevented the emission of more than 75 million tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, said industry group Unica. The trade organization said the figure also takes into account the effect of the r (Read More)
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Biodiesel International reports that Kenya has introduced a five-year strategy for developing biodiesel as a clean source of energy. The African nation hopes the move to biodiesel will free the country from its reliance on fossil fuel imports. The strategy aims to tackle global warming and recommends using environmentally f (Read More)
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Biofuels International reports that Manila-based Chemrez Technologies, a producer of biodiesel, resins and olechemicals has reported a 3% increase in profits after the Philippine government implemented a B2 blend. Chemrez saw profits increase to €5.3 million in the first 9 months of 2009, up from €5.1 million in the same pe (Read More)
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Domestic Fuel reports that cellulosic ethanol producer BlueFire Ethanol Fuels is working to get a $56 million U.S. government loan guarantee for its Lancaster, California ethanol plant. Arnold Klann, CEO of BlueFire says the Lancaster facility is designed for communities of about 100,000-150,000 people. Klann says they have (Read More)
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Daily Comet reports that the U.S. government has awarded Nicholls State University a $1.9 million federal contract to research clean energy over the next three years. The Department of Energy wants Nicholls to focus primarily on generating ethanol from sugar cane waste. The goal of Nicholls’ research will be to find an econ (Read More)
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Biofuels Digest:
GEM BiofuelsBased in: Madagascar2008-09 ranking: 47Business: GEM BioFuels is initially focusing on the establishment of ‘company managed’ plantations of Jatropha trees in Madagascar and the extraction of the vegetable oil that is produced from its seeds as this oil is well suited to use in the production of biodiesel.GEM Bi (Read More)
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In Brazil, the biofuels arm of Petrobras acquired a 50 percent stake in the BSBIOS biodiesel plant in Parana. The project is expected to open with a30 Mgy capacity in Q2 2010. With this acquisition, Petrobras has four biodiesel plants with 85 Mgy in capacity. The acquisition is Petrobras first biodiesel operation in the sou (Read More)
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In New Zealand, Minister of Energy Hon Gerry Brownlee opened a wastewater algae to bio-crude oil demonstration project. The project combines NIWA’s scientific expertise on advanced wastewater treatment and algal production pond technology with Solray’s bio-crude oil conversion technology and is hosted by Christchurch City C (Read More)
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In Nigeria, the Cassava Growers Association signed a $371 million, 8 million metric ton supply contract with Cassava Agro Industries Services. The Cassava Agro project will supply ethanol for home cooking, lighting and power generation for 4 million families, via 10,000 small scale installations.Nigerian Cassva Growers Asso (Read More)
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Biofuels Digest:
In a recent poll, Digest readers identified “waste biomass” as the hottest feedstock – and companies using agricultural, forest, animal and municipal residues have been receiving much support in the “50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy” voting, underway this week. Before voting closes, it’s well worth a special look at compan (Read More)
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Verenium executive vice-president William Baum: “We’ve got hundreds of biofuel companies that are trying to get to the next stage. If you don’t have a big brother with deep pockets, like a BP, Exxon, Shell, or a Chevron, it’s going to be very difficult.”National Research Council: “The report found that, in 2005, the hidden (Read More)
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All this week, subscribers are casting their ballots for the 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy.Balloting will be open to the registered subscribers of the Biofuels Digest, Geothermal Digest and Biomass Digest e-newsletters, through Monday November 23rd at 5pm EST. To cast your vote, click here.To download your free copy of (Read More)
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INFORMATION OVERLOAD – What’s the Solution to my Problem?Obtaining Vital Information – Part IIIHow do you sift all the available information to find only what you need to help you make sound decisions? It is worthwhile to know the best sources of information for your business. Many industries have websites, research repor (Read More)
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A team of scientists led by The Genome Center at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis published the completed corn genome in the Nov. 20 journal Science. The corn genome is a hodgepodge of some 32,000 genes crammed into just 10 chromosomes. In comparison, humans have 20,000 genes dispersed among 23 chromoso (Read More)
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Ethanol Producer Magazine reports that plans are in place for the Northeast Biofuels ethanol plant in Volney, New York, to become operational again during Q2 2010. The plant began production in August 2008, but ceased operations when the company filed for bankruptcy protection in January. Major oil refiner Sunoco Inc. purch (Read More)
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