Biofuel
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INEOS Bio ships cellulosic ethanol
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INEOS Bio’s recent announcement of its cellulosic ethanol production at its Indian River BioEnergy Center in Vero Beach, Florida, has created a big buzz in the biofuels sector. INEOS Bio said their first ethanol shipments will be released this month….
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ZeaChem cellulosic ethanol RINs registered
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ZeaChem announced that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) confirmed the successful registration of ZeaChem’s demonstration biorefinery in Boardman, Ore., to generate cellulosic biofuel RINs. The EPA Fuels Programs Registered Company/Facility ID List has been updated accordingly with ZeaChem’s biorefinery…
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Gevo supplies US Coast Guard with bio-isobutanol
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Gevo has begun supplying the U.S. Coast Guard R&D Center with initial quantities of finished 16.1% renewable isobutanol-blended gasoline for engine testing. The U.S. Coast Guard R&D Center is using the Gevo-blended fuel as part of a 12-month, long-term operational study…
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Biofuel News Roundup
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I have not been posting most of the recent biofuel news out there as the green blog has been focusing more on renewable chemicals lately. This results in so many news that piled up that the blog will just list…
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Sapphire Energy, Linde expand partnership
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Algae oil developer Sapphire Energy, Inc. and industrial gas producer the Linde Group have expanded their partnership to commercialize a new industrial scale conversion technology needed to upgrade algae biomass into crude oil. The companies will refine the hydrothermal treatment…
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UK’s biggest bioethanol plant opens
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Vivergo Fuels Ltd officially opens UK’s largest bioethanol plant based on Praj technology and design. Vivergo Fuels is a JV between AB Sugar, BP, & DuPont. The plant is designed to use 1.1 million tonnes of feed-grade wheat to produce 420 million…
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Amyris, Total Successful Demo Flight
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Amyris and Total announced today a successful demonstration flight at the Paris Air Show using renewable fuel produced via engineered microorganisms that convert plant sugars into Amyris’ Biofene®. The companies expect the fuel to be commercially available as early as…