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German ethanol production soars 61% in first half of 2009; biodiesel slumps
In Germany, ethanol consumption increased 61% in the first half of 2009, to 126 million gallons, according to the German Office of Economics and Export Control. Ethanol production jumped 50 percent to 73 million gallons, though E85 only accounted for 3.5 percent of sales. Verbio reported an increase of 50 percent in ethanol production.
Meanwhile, the [...]
German election to cause reductions in renewable energy subsidies?
In Germany, with a change in the structure of the federal government imminent after election results made a center-right coalition of the Free Democrats and the Christian Democrats all but inevitable, a report was filed in Environmental Finance that the country will be poised to reduce its EEG, the national renewable energy subsidy law that [...]
German researchers target winter sugar beet as biofuel feedstock
In Germany, researchers from Christian-Albrecht University in Kiel have commenced a project, titled “Bioenergy 2021: winter sugar beet as energy crop”, to improve breeding of winter sugar beet as a biofuel feedstock.
The Institute of Plant Production and Plant Breeding said that, so far, the winter sugar beet is producing up to 30 percent more biomass, [...]
Germany’s Karlsruhe Institute of Technology to form “Algae Platform” group; researching extraction, light
In Germany, the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology announced the development of a plate reactor for optimum light management in microalgae cultivation. KIT researcher Dr. Georg Müller, head of this institute’s Pulsed Power Technology Division also detailed research in using electric pulsed treatment to extract oil from algae biomass. KIT said it would establish a KIT [...]
Germany’s upper house rejects reduction in biofuels targets for 2009
In Germany, the federal parliament’s upper house voted to reject the government’s proposed reduction of the 2009 biofuel blending targets from 6.25 percent to 5.25 percent. the amount of biofuel that should be mixed with fossil fuels from 6.25% to 5.25% this year.
The upper house also rejected a plan to further increase taxes on the [...]
German ethanol production up 46 percent in 2008 on sugar beet surge
In Germany, the national bioethanol association BDBe reported that German ethanol production increased 46 percent in 2008 to 458,394 tons, of which 61 percent came from grains. The association notes that sugar beets, which accounted for 8 percent of production volume in 2007, jumped to a 36 percent share in 2008, and allowed the production [...]
German researchers identify new enzyme to convert xylose to ethanol in a single step; eliminates costly two-step process for cellulosic ethanol
In Germany, researchers at Goethe-University Frankfurt have developed a new process to convert xylose to ethanol by genetically modifying yeasts that previously would only convert glucose. The researchers discovered a new bacterial enzyme and inserted it into yeast cells. The research, which is published in Applied Environmental Microbiology, demonstrates that xylose can be converted in [...]
International Renewable Energy Agency founded in Germany with 75 member nations; data gathering, policy advocacy among central missions
In Germany, the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) was officially founded this week in Bonn, with 75 nations joining the new agency, which its backers say will be a counterbalance to the International Energy Agency and the International Atomic Energy Agency that are dominated by industrialized western democracies.
According to the new organization, IRENA will develop [...]
US biodiesel producers capture 38 percent market share in UK; UK producers call for regulations, Germany contemplates US biodiesel ban
US B99 biodiesel exports to the UK have climbed, according to new figures from the European Biodiesel Board. The EBB is reporting that 38 percent of UK biodiesel came from the US, prompting the EBB to issue a new call for a regulatory system to combat subsidized biodiesel.
US biodiesel receives a 99 cent blenders credit [...]
German biodiesel industry, at 60 percent of capacity, faces more shutdowns as biofuel taxes are hiked
In Germany, increased biodiesel taxes have already reduced German production down to 3 million tons annually, out of a total capacity of five million tons. The German biofuels industry association VDB, said that higher taxes and a roll-baclk of a proposed biodiesel blending increase will put many small and medium size plants out of business. [...]
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