Tag: kenya
Kenyan ethanol company to import molasses from Uganda and Tanzania
Tweet In Kenya, Spectre International has resumed ethanol production thanks to molasses imports from Uganda and Tanzania. Mumias Sugar, who had been a major supplier of molasses to the facility—representing about 60% of the company’s feedstock—has launched its own distillery, reducing available supplies.
Kenya’s Kibos Sugar to invest in ethanol production and co-gen
Tweet In Kenya, Kibos Sugar is investing $55.7 million in 10 million liters of annual ethanol production as well as co-generation and paper production capacity. The ethanol supply will be exported to regional COMESA countries, similar to other major ethanol producers in the country.
Bedford Biofuels may abort Kenyan jatropha project
Tweet In Canada, Bedford Biofuels is considering aborting their Kenyan jatropha plan to cultivate 60,000 hectares of the crop after four years of failures have left the leased land completely undeveloped. Bedford cites the poor economic climate as the reason the project has been largely unable to accrue investment. While the project aims at eventually [...]
Karan Biofuels sells 313,000 CERs from biomass briquettes to Standard Bank.
Tweet In Kenya, Karan Biofuels has sold 313,000 CERs to Standard Bank of Kenya following validation from the UNFCCC for its biomass briquettes production and supply in Kisumu. Over the next 10 years, the company expects to earn $1.8 million through the sale of the CERs that will help it with its international expansion plans.
Brazil’s BNDES loans $80M to Kenya to mechanize agriculture; in talks for larger-scale energy loans
Tweet In Kenya, the Brazilian National Development Bank (BNDES) extended an $80 million (Sh6.7 billion) soft loan to the government to assist in the mechanization of agriculture and $150 million (Sh12.6 billion) for the construction of link roads and interchanges to decongest the capital city of Nairobi. During talks with the president of the development [...]
Kenya’s Kwale sugar, ethanol mill, set to come online
Tweet In Kenya, the new Kwale Sugar mill is set to come online soon, after a six month delay, with its 30,000 ton ethanol plant in tow in addition to sugar production and 18MW of bassase-based electricity. The 3,000 TCD mill is 20% owned by Mauritius’ Omnicane, one of the major sugar producers on the [...]
Webco funds $150M sugarbeet ethanol plant in Kenya
Tweet In Kenya, a $150m biofuel production plant will open in Bungoma and will produce ethanol from tropical sugar beet. The plant, funded by Webco, is expected to open for a trial run early next year. The fuel will eventually be sold to Kenol Kobil and the National Oil Cooperation for blending. Sugar beets are [...]
Kenya to generate power from invasive Prosopis trees
Tweet In Kenya, the National Environmental Management Authority has given approval to Tower Power to build a $20.7 million 11.5MW electricity plant in Marigat, Baringo County that will run on the Prosopis Juliflora tree popularly known as “Mathenge”. The area has a forest of 30,000 ha of the invasive plant, which the company says is [...]
Kenya group pleads to keep jatropha license
Tweet In Kenya, Tana River county counselors have petitioned the National Environmental Management Authority to not revoke a local jatropha project license. The County Council accused NGO Nature Kenya of petitioning NEMA to revoke the license without due cause stating that Nature Kenya has been operating in the area for many years and has done [...]
"Woody biomass supply + logistics hold real key to the success of a biofuels industry"
Tweet Today on Twitter. Dorethea63453: How Biofuels Are Moving Into Top Status As An Alternative Fuel Source NatureCanada: Canadian company Bedford Biofuels threatens Kenya’s Tana Delta with plans for a 10,000 ha commodity crop plantation wood2energy: FRA and #Biofuel Development - “woody biomass supply + logistics hold real key to the success of a biofuels [...]
