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Japanese Euglena to set up an algae-based jet fuel trial plant

Plantations International News Euglena, a Japanese microalgae developer and producer, has partnered with Japan's largest airline ANA Holdings to establish an algae-based jet gas. A 3 billion yen (appr. EUR23m) demo plant, using technology from Chevron, is scheduled ahead online in early 2018 with plans to 125,000 litres of eco-friendly jet gas. Euglena plans to have the ability to commercialise the energy, obtained from its namesake euglena algae, by 2020 and established a lot more establishments with result more than 400 times that of the presentation plant. The business likewise intend to establish large-scale cultivation centers beyond Japan. The algae fuel, [...]

Japanese government seeks to develop UCO biodiesel plant in the Philippines

Plantations International News The government of Japan has launched a project in the Philippines to produce biodiesel from used cooking oil. The project, located in Davao City, aims to collect used cooking oil (UCO) from households and businesses for use in biodiesel production. The Davao project marks the first time this particular technology is used outside of Japan, and the Japanese government hopes that is will serve as model for similar future undertakings in other cities. Tomoko Dodo, director of Japan’s Consular Office in Davao City, says the technology has worked in Japan and she is confident it will also work [...]

Hero BX acquires Veros Energy biodiesel plant

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. [...]

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 [...]

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