Posts Tagged ‘biofuel’
6 February 2012
US biofuel and biomass producer Enviva has been contracted by E.ON to supply 240,000 tonnes of wood pellet per year as part of a multi-year contract.
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6 February 2012
The US Department of Agriculture has awarded $50m to two programmes designed to encourage the use of biomass and the production of biofuel.
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3 February 2012
US biotech company OriginOil has signed a strategic agreement with Aquaviridis to implement an algae production roll-out at a facility in Mexicali, north-west Mexico, owned by Aquaviridis.
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2 February 2012
The deployment of biofuels across Europe for the transport sector could cost users £2bn extra at the pump, according to new research.
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2 February 2012
Finnish bioenergy company UPM is set to construct a €150m biorefinery that utilises wood-derived tall oil in Lappeenranta, south-east Finland.
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30 January 2012
US alternative fuels company KiOR has secured a $75m, four-year term loan with a lending group comprised of an affiliate of Vinod Khosla and two Canadian businesses owned by pension fund clients of the Alberta Investment Management Corporation.
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26 January 2012
US alternative fuels company Allard Energy has chosen Synenergy to distribute its bio-refining technology throughout the Midwest.
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23 January 2012
US-based alternative fuels company LanzaTech has closed Series C fundraising worth $55.8m led by the Malaysian Life Sciences Capital Fund.
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18 January 2012
US renewable fuel company Joule has secured $70m through its third round of funding, bringing the total raised by the business to more than $110m.
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16 January 2012
US biofuel manufacturer Solazyme has appointed Mark Warner as senior vice president of engineering, with responsibility for the design and construction of the company's renewable oil and bioproduct facilities globally.
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13 January 2012
Spanish cleantech company Abengoa has been selected by the Brazilian Development Bank and investment agency FINEP to use its technology to produce ethanol from sugarcane biomass.
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12 January 2012
US alternative fuel company CoolPlanet Biofuels has received permission from the California Air Resources Board to begin fleet-testing its negative carbon gasoline product.
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11 January 2012
Australian algae-based biofuel developer Algae.Tec has expanded its manufacturing centre in Atlanta, Georgia, to accommodate commercial production programmes.
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10 January 2012
The world’s output of biofuel fell for the first time in a decade last year, according to new figures, as squeezed margins cut its growth.
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4 January 2012
US bioenergy feedstock supplier Chromatin has won a $5.7m contract as part of the US Department of Energy's Plants Engineered to Replace Oil (PETRO) initiative.
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4 January 2012
US utility Great River Energy has acquired full ownership of the Blue Flint Ethanol biorefinery in Underwood, North Dakota, from partner Headwaters for $18.5m.
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15 December 2011
Darby Private Equity, the buy-out arm of Franklin Templeton Investments, has announced that its Brazil Mezzanine Infrastructure Fund has invested R$58m ($30m) in Bioenergy Geradora de Energia and R$58m in Produman Engenharia.
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14 December 2011
A recent study led by the UK Committee on Climate Change (CCC) concluded that bioenergy has the potential to produce ten per cent of the UK's demand but an expert has suggested that current incentives are encouraging the wrong type of use for the renewable fuel.
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14 December 2011
US alternative fuels developer OnSite Energy has partnered with Michigan State University Extension to explore the possible use of oilseed crops for bioenergy production.
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14 December 2011
Hawaii-based biogas developer The Gas Company has appointed Richard DeGarmo as director of renewable energy and capital projects.
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