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Sweetwater Power obtains $26m to money biochemical plant

Plantations International News             Cookies are required to use this site. Please turn them on! This website requires javascript to be enabled. November 10, 2015 Sweetwater Energy, a renewable biochemical company headquartered in Rochester, New York, has received commitment for $ 26 million (€24 million) in long-term loans from the US state of Minnesota to build a biochemical production plant near Mountain Iron in Minnesota's northeast. The $ 53 million facility will use local timber to produce high-value industrial alcohol and activated carbon. The facility will use Sweetwater's patented biomass processing technology, which splits Minnesota's local [...]

Maas Companies to auction surplus equipment for Biodiesel One’s biofuel plant

Plantations International News             Cookies are required to use this site. Please turn them on! This website requires javascript to be enabled. November 6, 2015 Maas Companies will auction surplus biodiesel process equipment for Biodiesel One via a timed online auction ending on 3 December for piecemeal offers and 4 December for entirety offers. The Biodiesel One plant opened in 2007 and was the second biodiesel plant to be built in Connecticut, US. The plant handled used cooking oil from local restaurants in a batch water wash process to produce ASTM D6751 B100 fuel grade biodiesel. [...]

Argentina’s biodiesel production anticipated to drop 30 % in 2015

Plantations International News Argentina's biodiesel manufacturing is expected to reduce by 30 % in 2015 as growth of residential demand could not make up for declining international exports. The Argentine Biofuels and Hydrogen Association (ABHA) estimates this year's complete biodiesel result to cap at 1.8 million tonnes, a considerable decline from 2.58 million tonnes in 2014. Exports are expected to decline by 55 % and also the domestic Argentinian consumption, due to rise 11 %, will certainly not have the ability to compose the difference. The reduction suggests that the country's biodiesel sector is working just at roughly 40 % of [...]

Green Plains to purchase Texas ethanol plant from Murphy USA

Plantations International News Green Plains and petrol retailer Murphy USA have signed a definitive agreement regarding the purchase by Green Plains of Murphy USA's ethanol production facility located in Hereford, Texas. Under the terms of the agreement, Green Plains will acquire Hereford Renewable Energy for approximately $ 93.8 million (€85 million), subject to customary closing adjustments. The transaction value includes $ 78.5 million for the ethanol production facility with the balance for working capital. The transaction is expected to close this month subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals. The facility is a Lurgi-designed, ICM-modified ethanol plant with approximately 100 [...]

Globe” s largest cellulosic ethanol plant formally opened up in Iowa

Plantations International News DuPont has commemorated the position of its cellulosic biofuel home in Nevada, Iowa, US with a ceremony attended by the state's governor Terry Brandstad as well as various other dignitaries. With the ability to create 30 mgy of tidy fuel that supplies a 90 % decrease in greenhouse gas discharges compared to gasoline, this biorefinery is the globe's largest cellulosic ethanol plant. The raw material made use of to make the ethanol is corn stover-- the stalks, leaves and cobs left in an area after produce. The establishment will certainly show at industrial range that non-food feedstocks from [...]

Avril opens 100,000 tpy biodiesel plant in Mediterranean France

Plantations International Information French biofuels manufacturer Avril has opened up a 100,000 tpy biodiesel plant to satisfy the greater mixing degrees released by the French government. The new plant, located at Sete on France's Mediterranean shore, will certainly raise the business's biodiesel production capability to 1.7 million tonnes. Previously in 2013 Avril closed down its 2 northern France centers in the aftermath of the federal government's refusal to raise biodiesel mixing level beyond 7 %. Nevertheless, late in 2013 the federal government consented to increase the blend level by one percent, bringing it to 8 %. The EUR13 million Avril plant [...]

Environment-friendly Plains acquires Hopewell ethanol plant

Plantations International News In the United States, Green Plains has actually obtained an ethanol production facility located in Hopewell, Virginia, from FutureFuels. Operating at complete storage capacity, Green Plains states the dry mill ethanol plant will certainly boost its annual production capability by around 60 million gallons to almost 1.1 billion gallons per year. 'We are positive in our capability to considerably enhance the plant's manufacturing economics by applying our operational and also business competence,' claims Todd Becker, president and also Chief Executive Officer. 'We intend to create a number of capital expense prior to rebooting the plant to boost its [...]

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