bioenergy

8 December 2009

Myriant awarded $50m to develop biorefinery

Renewable biochemical manufacturer Myriant Technologies has been selected by the US Department of Energy (DOE) to receive up to $50m for its planned biobased succinic acid facility in Louisiana.

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8 December 2009

Solazyme receives $21m grant for algal biorefinery project

US renewable oil and bioproducts company Solarzyme has received a $21.8m grant from the Department of Energy (DOE) towards the construction its first integrated biorefinery. The development of the plant could speed the commercialisation of algal biofuels for the company.

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8 December 2009

International DME Association launches North American Affairs Committee to promote DME biofuel

The International DME Association (IDA) for biofuel diesel-alternative dimethyl ether (DME) has formed a North American Affairs Committee (NAAC) to promote the biofuel.

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8 December 2009

Enerkem awarded $50m to develop biofuel plant in Mississippi

US-based biofuel company Enerkem Corporation has been selected by the US Department of Energy (DOE) to receive $50m in funding for the construction and operation of its waste-to-biofuels facility to be located in Pontotoc, Mississippi.

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7 December 2009

Washington State Algae Alliance awarded $2m to develop biofuels

The Washington State Algae Alliance, comprised of bioscience firm Targeted Growth, Inventure Chemical and Washington State University will benefit from $2m in funding as part of the 2010 Senate Energy and Water Development appropriations bill.

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7 December 2009

BGST acquires assets of USA Synthetic Fuel Corporation

Film developer BigStar Entertainment (BGST) has agreed to acquire the assets and operations of USA Synthetic Fuel Corporation (USASF).

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7 December 2009

ClearFuels and Rentech awarded $23m DOE grant to construct biomass gasifier

Biomass company ClearFuels Technology and NYSE-listed cleantech company Rentech have been selected to receive up to $23m as a grant from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to construct a biomass gasifier at Rentech's Energy Technology Center in Denver.

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7 December 2009

Biomass developer ADM awarded $24.8m to develop biomass

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded NYSE-listed biomass developer Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) a $24.8m grant to develop and construct a facility that will convert biomass into renewable fuel.

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7 December 2009

Enligna biomass plant approved

The West Sacramento Planning Commission has approved a conditional-use permit for specialist renewable energy company Enligna US to develop a wood-pellet manufacturing plant at the facility.

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7 December 2009

Logos and EdeniQ awarded $20.4m grant to develop cellulosic biofuel plant

US renewable energy developer Logos Technologies and California-based biofuel developer EdeniQ have been awarded a $20.4m grant from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to modify and operate a pilot-scale bio-refinery plant to produce ethanol biofuel from cellulosic feedstock such as corn stover and switch grass.

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4 December 2009

Biomass company Zeachem awarded $25m in DOE funding

ZeaChem, a developer of biorefineries for the conversion of renewable biomass into fuels and chemicals, has been selected for a $25m grant from the US Department of Energy (DOE).

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4 December 2009

Laidlaw Berlin’s Biomass energy project shows progress

US biomass energy innovator Laidlaw has received confirmation of existing adequate interconnection capacity on the local transmission system, an important step for its 66MW biomass energy facility located in Berlin, New Hampshire.

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4 December 2009

Ecopetrol starts trading on the Lima stock exchange

The Comision Nacional Supervisora de Empresas y Valores del Peru has approved the listing of petroleum and biofuel company Ecopetrol's American Depositary Receipts on the Lima Stock Exchange.

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4 December 2009

Amyris Biotechnologies agrees to acquire 40 per cent stake in Boa Vista mill

California-based biofuel company Amyris Biotechnologies intends to acquire a 40 per cent stake in the ethanol-producing Boa Vista mill owned and operated by Brazilian sugar and ethanol producers the São Martinho Group, according to a company statement.

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3 December 2009

Marina and DCO Energy sign 20 year landfill gas power purchase agreement

US renewables firms Marina Energy and DCO Energy have signed a 20-year power purchase agreement with Nevada energy utility NV Energy for power generated at an 11MW landfill gas-powered project to be located at the Apex Regional Landfill, north of Las Vegas. The site will use gas extracted from a series of wells at the landfill, which will be used in a turbine generator to make renewable electricity.

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3 December 2009

SunBelt Biofuels introduces new biomass feedstock for US biofuels

US biofuel technology company SunBelt Biofuels has launched what it claims is the first guaranteed, university-backed strain of giant miscanthus grass. The company has entered into an exclusive licensing agreement with Mississippi State University (MSU).

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2 December 2009

Evolution Resources announces new ethanol production plants

Renewable transport fuel developer Evolution Resources has announced plans for two new cellulosic ethanol facilities. Evolution says that it is ‘aggressively' pursuing development of the projects, which could generate 64 million gallons of the biofuel per year.

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2 December 2009

Europe’s biofuels policy costly and protectionist, according to new reportp

European biofuels policy, once motivated by environmental concerns and the desire to shift away from fossil fuels, has become an industrial policy using various measures to protect domestic producers from foreign competition. If the Renewable Energy Directive is implemented in the way the legislation has proposed, the EU is likely to run afoul of its obligations in the World Trade Organisation (WTO), according to a new study of the European Union's biofuels policy by economist Fredrik Erixon.

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1 December 2009

EcoEnergy Scandinavia to build China waste energy facility

Swedish EcoEnergy has signed a memorandum of understanding with Changzhou Xinbei District Government and Jiangsu Guoyu Electric Co regarding to build local waste-to-energy facilities in the Changzhou Xinbei district.

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30 November 2009

Canadian Pacific and Natural Resources Canada begin biodiesel fuel pilot

NYSE-listed railway operator Canadian Pacific and sustainable company Natural Resources Canada have partnered on a biodiesel fuel pilot project under the National Renewable Diesel Demonstration Initiative.

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