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Bioenergy News - RenewableEnergyWorld.com
Renewable Energy News Headlines provided by RenewableEnergyWorld.com - the leading online publisher of renewable energy news and information world-wide.
Friday May 16th, 2008
Blackhawk Biofuels, LLC announced it has completed the acquisition of assets of a 45-million-gallon-per-year biodiesel production facility under construction in Danville, Illinois from Biofuels Company of America, LLC. As part of the signed agreement, Renewable Energy Group, Inc. (REG) is providing financing in the form of a convertible loan to Blackhawk.
Friday May 16th, 2008
In 2006, China imported 145 million tons of crude oil, accounting for 44% of its consumption of oil. With the rapid growth in vehicle sales in China, consumption of fuel oil for vehicles accounted for 35% of oil consumption in 2006. And demand for fuel oil in China continues to grow at the rate of 15-16% per year. To satisfy domestic demand for vehicle fuel, control its dependence on foreign sources of oil and attempt to moderate fuel costs, China has embarked on a robust effort to ramp up fuel ethanol development.
Thursday May 15th, 2008
Thursday May 15th, 2008
DuPont and Genencor announced an agreement to form DuPont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol LLC, a global joint venture to develop and commercialize technology solutions for the production of cellulosic ethanol. The joint venture plans to help enable production of commercial volumes of cellulosic ethanol by 2012.
Thursday May 15th, 2008
Since the election of Canada's Conservative government in 2006, criticism of its approach to environmental protection has been fairly sustained. Its former and present environment ministers were lambasted for stalling the process at climate change conferences in Nigeria and Bali. Conservatives also cut funding for renewables put in place by the previous government, and then re-instated it with new limitations, rankling clean energy supporters.
Wednesday May 14th, 2008
A joint venture between Bedminster International and Organic Waste Management has secured planning permission from Cheshire County Council to establish a Bedminster BioEnergy facility in Northwich, Cheshire.
Wednesday May 14th, 2008
Foster Wheeler Ltd's Finnish subsidiary has been awarded a contract by NSE Biofuels Oy Ltd. for a circulating fluidized-bed (CFB) biomass gasifier to be located in Varkaus, Finland. The plant will utilize Foster Wheeler's fuel-flexible circulating fluidized-bed gasification technology to convert a wide spectrum of biomass into a clean syngas to be used in a gas to liquids (Fischer-Tropsch) process to produce feedstock for renewable diesel from biomass/wood residue-based gas.
Tuesday May 13th, 2008
First Reserve Corporation announced that it has made an equity investment of US $300 million in Osage Bio Energy to fund the construction of four ethanol and protein feed production facilities, primarily in the Southeast U.S.
Tuesday May 13th, 2008
Monday May 12th, 2008
While biodiesel technology is gaining popularity with oil conglomerates and national restaurant chains, many smaller companies still find mid-scale biodiesel production out of their reach. For those who are serious about entering the industry, but don't have the serious capital investment usually required, now there is another option.
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