Bioethanol News
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Vivergo Fuels Site in hull set to re-open, as department for transport mandate E10 Fuel from September
We are pleased to confirm the Vivergo Fuels site in Hull will be re-opening following an announcement by the Department for Transport that E10 petrol – a cleaner, greener fuel – will be introduced at pumps up and down the country from September. Established in 2012, the site was, at the time, the only dedicated bioethanol plant in the UK and represented the second largest ...
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Punjab Renewable Energy Systems Pvt. Ltd. (PRESPL) welcomes Shell as new equity partner
Indian biomass-based energy company Punjab Renewable Energy Systems Pvt. Ltd. (PRESPL), has raised private equity investment from Shell. Response Ability was the first to invest during the company’s ‘Series-A’ in Sep 2013, followed by a ‘Series-B’ investment from Neev Fund in April 2019. With this follow-on fund investment by Shell, the ‘Series-B’ round ...
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Vivergo Fuels Bioethanol Plant Proposes Ceasing Production
Today, we regret to announce that given the continued difficult trading environment and delays in the implementation of E10 in the UK over time, Vivergo Fuels Ltd proposes to cease production. Mark Chesworth, Managing Director, Vivergo Fuels Ltd, commented: “I am extremely disappointed at having to announce the proposed cessation of production as of the 30 September 2018 at the Vivergo ...
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Bioethanol Plant reopens but warns government action needed now on introduction of E10
The Vivergo Fuels plant re-opens following a four month shut-down period, but warns Government action is needed now to secure its future amidst uncertainty on the introduction of E10 fuel in the UK The passing of the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO) is a positive step forward The roll-out of E10 would provide an immediate benefit to the environment and public health; it’s the ...
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Greenbelt Resources and Biofuels & Energy Announce “SLV Biopro”
Greenbelt Resources Corporation (OTC: GRCO), an innovator of sustainable energy production systems, in collaboration with Biofuels & Energy, LLC (B&E), announced today the San Luis Valley Bioproducts Project, known as SLV Biopro. The project will feature Greenbelt’s waste-to-energy interconnected system (ECOsystem) designed to produce up to a half a million gallons of bioethanol ...
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Vivergo Fuels Shutdown in Response to Legislative Uncertainty
“We reluctantly welcomed the Government’s Renewable Transport Fuel obligation proposals in September, but have remained extremely concerned that there is no roll-out framework for E10 in the UK, the absence of which could have serious consequences for the long-term future of the UK bioethanol industry. Over the past six weeks we have seen bioethanol prices fall significantly ...
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Vivergo Response to Government`s Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation Proposals
Mark Chesworth, Managing Director at Vivergo Fuels, the UK’s largest producer of bioethanol reluctantly welcomed the Government’s Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation proposals: “Whilst we welcome the Government raising the renewable blending obligation and their increasing the recommended crop cap to an initial 4%, indicating that they have taken on board some of the concerns ...
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Vivergo Fuels Response to Royal Academy of Engineering Report
Vivergo Fuels has welcomed a number of findings in the Royal Academy of Engineering’s Sustainability of Liquid Biofuels report, including the statement that UK arable crops including wheat represent low-risk feedstock for first generation biofuels in terms of carbon emissions and should be promoted. Not only does UK wheat bioethanol exceed the 50% GHG savings target versus petrol, it ...
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Chematur Engineering at Iran Oil Show 5-9 May 2016
Chematur Engineering has been present in Iran doing business since 1930 and as the sanctions now gradually are about to be lifted, we of course wish to resume our contacts in Iran. At the exhibition many fruitful discussions took place and we are prepared to offer our proprietary technologies within Isocyanates, Hydrogen Peroxide, Bioethanol/Bio ethylene etc., again. The general picture of the ...
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EUBCE 2016: Do not miss Monday Conference Opening
Admission is free from 9 am to 12:30 pm Plenary Session "Applications of Science in Industry" Chaired by: André Faaij, Conference General Chairman, Academic Director Energy Academy Europe and Distinguished Professor Energy System Analysis, Groningen University David Baxter, Technical Programme Chairman, European Commission, DG JRC, Institute for Energy and Transport With: ...
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New Method for Conditioning Biomass from Conifers Makes for Cost-efficient Ethanol Production
Bio4Energy researchers together with industrial partners have invented a cost-efficient method designed to facilitate the production of fermentation products such as ethanol from cellulose from wood or woody residue from spruce and pine. The corresponding technology has been verified at Biorefinery Demonstration Plant at Örnsköldsvik, Sweden. The new results are part of a package of ...
By Bio4Energy
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Grape waste could make competitive biofuel
The solid waste left over from wine-making could make a competitive biofuel, University of Adelaide researchers have found. Published in the journal Bioresource Technology, the researchers showed that up to 400 litres of bioethanol could be produced by fermentation of a tonne of grape marc (the leftover skins, stalks and seeds from wine-making). Global wine production leaves an estimated 13 ...
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Abengoa World Bioenergy Forum 2015
During May 20-21, 2015 more than 100 representatives of the biofuel industry and bioenergy experts gathered in Sevilla at the ABENGOA - WORLD BIOENERGY LEADERSHIP FORUM to discuss the future of biofuels – in particular bioethanol. The industry succeeded in the last years in starting cellulosic ethanol production in commercial scale – in Brazil, Italy and USA. Cellulosic ethanol ...
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Abengoa will build the First Biorefinery Producing Biofuels from MSW in the USA
Abengoa (MCE: ABG.B / P SM / NASDAQ: ABGB), the international company that applies innovative technology solutions for sustainability in the energy and environment sectors, has been selected by Fulcrum BioEnergy, Inc., to build the first biorefinery using gasification technology to convert municipal solid waste (MSW) into syncrude that will be upgraded into jet fuel. The contract is worth ...
By Abengoa
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The Focus-Abengoa Foundation celebrates the 32nd edition of the Focus-Abengoa Prizes
The ceremony was chaired by Felipe Benjumea Llorente, Chairman of the Focus-Abengoa Foundation and Abengoa, and was attended by Juan Ignacio Zoido, Mayor of Sevilla, and Anabel Morillo León, Director General of the Foundation. The winners of the thirty-second edition of the Focus-Abengoa Prizes come from the different geographic areas where Abengoa operates and, all together, have ...
By Abengoa
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Biofuel from Algae, Six Decades of Photosynthesis Research at UREM 2015 Conference, Day 3
Bioethanol may be successfully produced from genetically engineered algae, carbon dioxide and sunlight, Kerstin Baier of Algenol Biofuel Germany told the Umeå Renewable Energy Meeting on its third and final day 27 March. In fact, 4,000 photo bioreactors taking up two acres of land were turning out the very thing at the company’s "integrated" biorefinery at Fort Myers in Florida, ...
By Bio4Energy
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NREL Receives Editors’ Choice Awards for Supercomputer Research
Two prestigious scientific magazines have awarded the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) with Editors' Choice awards for the Peregrine high-performance computer and the groundbreaking research it made possible. The Apollo 8000 system from HP has won one of R&D Magazine's Editors' Choice Awards. This supercomputer created by Hewlett-Packard (HP) and NREL uses warm ...
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New members to join WBA!
NEW Members: Herz Energietechnik GmbH Energie Steiermark AG NEW Silver Sponsor and WBA member: Agrana Group Click Here to see our full list of members. About Agrana Group. AGRANA is an internationally oriented Austrian company which adds value to agricultural commodities to produce a wide range of industrial products for the processing sector. With around 8,500 personnel based at 56 ...
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The UK’s largest bio-refinery is officially opened in Hull
The £350 million Vivergo bioethanol plant in Hull was officially opened today by the Rt. Hon Vince Cable MP, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills. The new plant is the UK’s biggest bioethanol producer and largest single-source supplier of animal feed providing valuable commodities that the UK would usually import. The Vivergo plant, a joint venture between AB Sugar, ...
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World Bio Markets Brazil 2013
Green Power Conferences announces the 2013 Sustainable Brazilian Bio Awards are to take place during the 3rd World Bio Markets Brazil Conference and Exhibition at the Grand Hyatt Sao Paulo on the 16-18 September 2013. The Awards celebrate excellence in the Brazilian biofuels and bio-based chemicals community and will take place during the Evening Cocktail Reception at the end of the conference ...
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