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World Rally Championship to race on gas-ethanol-methanol blend
Tweet In the UK, the World Rally Championship is switching its rally cars to run on biofuel beginning with the Acropolis Rally of Greece on May 31. The company who supplies the Ford Fiesta cars for the races, M-Sport, did trial runs on GEM fuel last year. GEM fuel is a blend of gasoline, ethanol [...]
Enerkem starts “drop-in” fuels R&D
Tweet Also, next-gen waste-to-biofuels biofuels pioneer expects to reach commissioning stage by summer at first commercial plant In Canada, Enerkem announced that the Canadian government will contribute $1.1 million to a project developing new catalytic processes for the conversion of waste into “drop-in” biofuels. These “drop-in” biofuels are fully interchangeable with hydrocarbon fuels, such as [...]
New research looks further into economics of duckweek biofuel
Tweet In New Jersey, Princeton researcher Christodoulos A. Floudas, Xin Xiao and colleagues explain that duckweed, an aquatic plant that floats on or near the surface of still or slow-moving freshwater, is ideal as a raw material for biofuel production. It grows fast, thrives in wastewater that has no other use, does not impact the [...]
Extreme Biodiesel in talks to acquire Promethean Biofuels
Tweet In California, Extreme Biodiesel announced has entered into discussions to acquire Promethean Biofuels, which in addition to the standard waste collection services they provide also run a membership based cooperative program. With the exception of the used motor oil and waste vegetable oil collection programs, Promethean Biofuel’s products and services are only available to [...]
IEA says cellulosic biofuels capacity has tripled since 2010: new Task 39 global report
Tweet The IEA Task 39 group publishes its latest report on advanced biofuels — how is the global industry progressing? The International Energy Agency, through its Task 39 group, has published its 207-page report on the “Status of Advanced Biofuels Demonstration Facilities in 2012″. The report, in its pages, contains detailed project summaries as well [...]
UK releases open source data on biofuels usage since 2008
Tweet In the UK, the government has made available open source data regarding the country’s use of biofuels through April 14, 2013 (despite the fact that it’s still a month away), the fifth year of the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation. Between April 15 and Oct. 14, 2012, ethanol comprised 61% of supply, biodiesel (FAME) 34% [...]
Hot sauce! 5 Lessons Louisiana can teach us about advanced bayoufuels
Tweet Louisiana — it’s as hot as cayenne pepper in biofuels capacity development, but there are cautionary tales hidden in the sauce. When it comes to the first generation of ethanol and biodiesel-based biofuels, Louisiana didn’t figure much into the calculations — to date, there’s just the 5 million gallon (per year) Oswalt Bioenergy biodiesel [...]
If polluters pay, will renewables rise?
Tweet Changes in EU policy and the financing of advanced biofuels have led to a revival of project formation in Europe. The latest news from Finland is that St1 is proceeding towards a build on its 10 million liter (2.6 million gallon) cellulosic ethanol project in Kajaani. The project will use industry residues, primarily waste [...]
Team Up for Energy Victory
Tweet “Up with octane, down with aromatics, and embrace the needs of people and nature,” says ACORE’s legendary biomass guru. But less freak-out, more reach-out is needed, he cautions. By Col. Bill Holmberg (ret.) Biomass Coordinator, American Council On Renewable Energy Advances taking place in the biofuels industry have an impact on many different aspects [...]
SynGest: Biofuels Digest’s 5-Minute Guide
Tweet Company description: Production of specialty chemicals using proprietary biomass gasification to produce anhydrous ammonia/urea (nitrogen fertilizer), methanol, dimethyl ether, polypropylene. Address: 310 Green Street, San Francisco, CA 94133 Year founded: 2008 Major Investors: Founder financed. Type of Processing Technology(ies) : The heart of the SynGest process involves a pressurized oxygen-blown biomass gasifier designed for operation in [...]
