All Entries Tagged With: "cassava"
Cambodia supplying cassava for South Korean ethanol production
In Cambodia, Te Haing Development announced that it will supply dried cassava for ethanol production to South Korea’s MH Bio-Energy Group. In related news, MH said that it had invested $1 million to build a 5-hectare air dry facility, and Te Haing will grow a portion of the export crop itself as well as aggregate [...]
Vietnam’s cassava exports soar as China ethanol feedstocks demand growns
In Vietnam, cassava chip exports are producing up to $800 million in income for producers, according to local reports, with half of the demand coming in the last four months of this year. Demand has skyrocketed based on increased Chinese demand for ethanol feedstock, with Chinese imports expected to reach 6.5 million tonnes, sources from [...]
GPC, Prodigy Capital announce 33 Mgy cassava ethanol plant for Colombia at CGI meeting
In Colombia, Prodigy Capital and GPC Group announced at the Clinton Global Initiative meeting in New York that they will finance and construct a $130 million 33 Mgy cassava-based ethanol plant using feedstock grown on marginal lands. The group announced that they will commence with a 2 Mgy cassava ethanol module and expand, as well [...]
23 Mgy cassava, sugarcane ethanol plant in Vietnam commences production
In Vietnam, the Dong Xahn company has commenced ethanol production at its 23 Mgy ethanol plant in Quang Nam. The plant reported that it produced a first batch of 500,000 gallons from a combination of cassava and sugar cane.
The plant commenced construction in 2007 as a part of an effort by PetroVietnam and the central [...]
PetroVietnam Technical Services receives $60 million construction contract for 22 Mgy cassava ethanol plant
In Vietnam, PetroVietnam Technical Service has been awarded the $60 million engineering and services contracts for the Dung Quat ethanol plant in the central province of Quang Ngai. Under the contract, PTSC will collaborate with Alfa Laval (India) and Delta-T (US) on the construction. The 22 Mgy plant will supply 25 percent of Vietnamese ethanol [...]
Nigeria’s Ekiti State gives 37,500 acres for cassava ethanol project; state aims to become biofuel hub
In Nigeria, Ekiti State has given 37,500 hectares of land to the Oke-Ayedun cassava ethanol project, for feedstock cultivation. The state governor also pledged to Chinese investors that the state would assume the costs of the land survey and title documents.
The project will be the third cassava ethanol project in the country, with the other two [...]
PetroVietnam advances on two 26 Mgy cassava ethanol projects
In Vietnam, PetroVietnam announced that it has signed contracts to construct two new 26 Mgy cassava ethanol plants in Quang Ngai and Binh Phuoc provinces. PetroVietnam Central Biofuels Joint Stock will build the plant in Quang Ngai, a venture which includes Binh Son Refining and Petrochemical Company (60%), PetroVietnam Finance (10%) and Petrosetco (30%). Construction [...]
Venezuelan research team develops process to convert deadly cassava waste to biofuel
In Venezuela, a team of researchers on the Yaretanol project report that they have developed a means to convert cassava waste to ethanol, butanol, isobutanol and propanol. “Yare” is the local term for the milky byproduct of cassava root food production, a substance high in cyanide content. The team said that 2 cubic centimeters of [...]
African biofuels webinar explores potential of cassava, cassava waste for biofuels
In Nigeria, the “Using the Internet to help African Agriculture” Biofuels Webinar will be conducted on July 9th, organized by FADO Capital. Nigeria is the world’s largest producer of cassava. FADU is a union of over half a million Nigerian farmers and is currently proposing arrangements with the National Institute of Agricultural Botany (NIAB) in [...]
Chinese financing falls through for Philippine cassava ethanol project
In the Philippines, Eastern Renewables and Fuels, said that it is seeking $30 million from local banks to finance its proposed ethanol plant in Isabela after Chinese financing collapsed.
Originally, the company signed a MOU with Guanxi Estates of China for the 8 Mgy cassava ethanol plant, with a completion date of 2012. The company said [...]
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