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Canadian RFA to call for expansion of biofuels mandates beyond 5 percent gasoline, 2 percent diesel targets
In Canada, the president of the Canadian Renewable Fuels Association said, in a Reuters report, that the industry would request the expansion of Canadian biofuels mandates and incentives, but confirmed that they have not yet hammered out an agreement on the scope of their specific recommended targets.
A 5 percent biofuel mandate for gasoline is scheduled [...]
Canada to invest $77.5 million in 40 Mgy Terra Grain Fuels ethanol project in Saskatchewan
In Canada, the Federal Government announced that it would invest $77.75 over five years in the 40 Mgy Terra Grain Fuels ethanol project in Saskatchewan, part of an overall investment of $1.5 billion over nine years in biofuels through ecoENERGY for Biofuels program. The Terra Grain project primarily utilizes wheat as a feedstock.
Iogen: 50 Hotttest Companies in Bioenergy candidate profile
Iogen
Based in: Canada
2008-09 rank: 18
Business: Cellulosic ethanol production
Model: Owner-operator.
Past milestones:
In 2009, a Shell station in Ottawa became the first in the country to serve cars with cellulosic ethanol, offering a 10 percent blend of gasoline and wheat straw ethanol manufactured at a demonstration-scale cellulosic ethanol plan jointly owned by Shell and Iogen.
A [...]
Manitoba abandons wild algae harvest effort on Lake Winnipeg; fuel project not economically viable
In Canada, the provincial government in Manitoba has abandoned an effort, for the time present, to harvest wild algae in Lake Winnipeg for algal fuel and to reduce phosphorus levels in the lake. The Manitoba Water Stewardship Board told the Winnipeg Free Press that “With Lake Winnipeg being the 10th largest freshwater lake in the [...]
Suncor to restart ethanol expansion in Canada as ethanol fortunes revive
In Canada, Suncor said that it has restarted work on increasing the capacity of its St. Clair ethanol plant in Sarnia, Ontario to 105 Mgy. The $120 million project was halted in January due to economic conditions. The company had cut its capital expenditures by 70 percent for 2009.
The company said that the expanded ethanol [...]
Today in Biofuels Opinion: “Ottawa’s push to use high-level ethanol fuel in cars is doing little or nothing to cut Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions nor will it.”
Canada.com: “Ottawa’s push to use high-level ethanol fuel in cars is doing little or nothing to cut Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions nor will it, says a government briefing note prepared for Natural Resources Minister Lisa Raitt and obtained by Canwest News Service. Moreover, government officials have warned Raitt that giving automakers credits toward new fuel [...]
Enerkem to supply residential heat, power using residuals from Canadian biofuel plant
In Canada, Enerkem announced that it will supply power and heat to residents in Emerald Hills, Alberta, using heat and residual gas from its Enerkem GreenField Alberta Biofuels plant. The community energy project has received $7.45 million in support from the Alberta provincial government’s EcoTrust fund.
Strathona County said that they will use the renewable energy [...]
Enerkem, Edmonton, Alberta break ground on advanced energy facility in Canada
In Canada, Enerkem, the City of Edmonton and the Government of Alberta commenced construction of a joint advanced energy research facility.
The research facility, a collaboration between Enerkem, the City of Edmonton and the Alberta Energy Research Institute (AERI), will focus on the conversion of various types of waste from industrial sectors and from the municipal [...]
Canadian truckers protest terms of Manitoba, BC biodiesel mandates
In Canada, truckers are protesting over the terms of Manitoba’s implementation of its B2 biodiesel mandate. Instead of requiring a 2-percent biodiesel blend in all vehicles, the province has required that fuel suppliers have an average fuel distribution of 2-percent biodiesel.
Truckers say that some customers will successfully demand biodiesel-free fuel, perhaps over cost concerns, and [...]
Lignol Energy scores $4.3 milion grant from Canadian government for cellulosic ethanol
In Canada, cellulosic ethanol pioneer Lignol Energy announced a $4.37 million grant from Sustainable Development Technology Canada, in the latest financing round of grants from the Canadian federal government. The company said that the grant will support activities at its pilot-scale cellulosic ethanol plant near Vancouver. The plant uses feedstocks including, beetle-killed, Lodgepole pine trees [...]
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1. Coskata
2. Sapphire Energy
3. Virent Energy Systems
4. POET
5. Range Fuels
6. Solazyme
7. Amyris Biotechnologies
8. Mascoma
9. DuPont Danisco
10. UOP
11. ZeaChem
12. Aquaflow Bionomic
13. Bluefire Ethanol
14. Novozymes
15. Qteros
16. Petrobras
17. Cobalt Biofuels
18. Iogen
19. Synthetic Genomics
20. Abengoa Bioenergy
21. KL Energy
22. Ineos
23. GreenFuel
24. Vital Renewable Energy
25. LS9
26. Raven Biofuels
27. Gevo
28. St.1 Biofuels Oy
29. Primafuel
30. Taurus Energy
31. Ceres
32. Syngenta
33. Aurora Biofuels
34. Bionavitas
35. Algenol
36. Verenium
37. Simply Green
38. Carbon Green
39. SEKAB
40. Osage Bioenergy
41. Dynamotive
42. Sustainable Power
43. ETH Bioenergia
44. Choren
45. OriginOil
46. Propel Fuels
47. GEM Biofuels
48. Lake Erie Biofuels
49. Cavitation Technologies
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