Liquid Biofuel News
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Thermal Hydrolysis Boosts Biogas Production
The conversion of sustainable biomass such as food waste, crop and processing residues, manures and sewage sludges, into biogas and advanced liquid biofuels has significant potential to contribute to the world’s renewable energy and carbon reduction goals. However, many of the most sustainable feedstocks contain high levels of woody materials known as lignin and cellulose, which are ...
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Coconut Shell Charcoal Making Machines You Need To Purchase
Do you need to get a coconut shell charcoal production machine? You may not have heard of these before. When you harvest coconuts regularly, the outer shell can be used in the creation of charcoal. This system can be sold worldwide, or to local people, that might benefit from the heat it would produce. Charcoal is in demand in numerous locations. When you have a lot of coconut shells, and you ...
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EC Approves Sweden’s Prolongation of Tax Exemption for Biofuels
On October 8, 2020, the European Commission (EC), under the European Union (EU) State aid rules, approved the prolongation of tax exemptions for biofuels in Sweden. Having exemptions for liquid biofuels from energy and carbon emissions taxation since 2002, Sweden’s scheme aims to increase biofuels use while reducing the fossil fuels use in transport. With EC’s decision, the tax ...
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Tips For Managing A Waste Tyre To Oil Pyrolysis Plant
There are actually quite a few products in the world today that enable you to produce oil that you can use by both people and businesses. It might be used by the cosmetic industry, and is also excellent for machinery. This really is created by what is known as waste tyre to oil pyrolysis machine. The companies that sell this are usually from large areas such as China. This is when nearly all them ...
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What You Must Know When Searching For A Biochar Production Equipment For Sale
To create biochar, you have got to invest in a device that can convert various kinds of material into biochar. This is called a biomass pyrolysis pilot plant, and they are available in a variety of sizes. If you have a large amount of plastic, rubber, as well as organic material, it is easy to convert this into this excellent form of charcoal. It happens to be the solid byproduct with this ...
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Steeper Energy Announces EUR 50.6 M (DKK 377 M) Advanced Biofuel Project with Norwegian-Swedish joint venture Silva Green Fuel in Licensing Deal
Copenhagen, Denmark – December 15, 2017 – Steeper Energy, a Danish-Canadian clean-fuel company, is partnering with Silva Green Fuel, a Norwegian-Swedish joint venture, to construct a EUR 50.6 M (DKK 377M) industrial scale demonstration plant at a former pulp mill located in Tofte, Norway leading to a future commercial scale project. Steeper will license its proprietary ...
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Steeper Energy contributes chapter to Direct Thermochemical Liquefaction for Chemical Applications
Copenhagen Denmark – November 14, 2017 – Steeper Energy Aps, a Danish-Canadian clean-fuel company, has contributed a chapter titled “Hydrofaction™ of Forestry Residues to Drop-in Renewable Transportation Fuels” to the book Direct Thermochemical Liquefaction for Chemical Applications. The book was edited by Dr. Lasse Rosendahl of Aalborg University and published by ...
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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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Eliminating Energy-Related Carbon Emissions Possible, New IRENA Study Finds
Global energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions can be reduced by 70% by 2050 and completely phased-out by 2060 with a net positive economic outlook, according to new findings released this week (3/20) by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Perspectives for the Energy Transition: Investment Needs for a Low-Carbon Energy Transition, launched on the occasion of the Berlin Energy ...
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WBA welcomes new members
WBA is pleased to welcome 1 full member and 7 associated members to our association. As we are a member based organization, these new companies and associations give us a major boost in our mission to promote sustainable bioenergy globally and to support the business environment for bioenergy. Full Member - Bioenergy 2.0 Association Associated Members - WSP Sverige AB, Victor Energy ApS, World ...
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Opening session of IBSCE confirms large interest in bioenergy development and opportunities for international cooperation in Asia.
This morning in Shanghai 300 participants from over 30 countries attended the opening session of the first Asian Bionergy Conference and International Bioenergy (Shanghai) Exhibition. Co-chaired by prof. Zhenhong Yuan, Director of Biomass Energy Committee P.R. China and by Giovanni De Santi, Director Institute for Energy and Transport, Joint Research Centre European Commission, the opening ...
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Bioenergy in Asia: A driver for research and innovation The International Bioenergy (Shanghai) Exhibition and Asian Bioenergy Conference
In many countries renewables are outpacing fossil fuels in terms of new investments. In 2013 the global amount of investments (not including hydro) reached USD 270.2 billion, 17% up from previous year (source REN 21). In this context, dominated by investments in solar and wind power, several Asian countries are increasingly looking at ways to use their biomass resources and are adopting ambitious ...
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Bioenergy in Asia a driver for research and innovation
In many countries renewables are outpacing fossil fuels in terms of new investments. In 2013 the global amount of investments (not including hydro) reached USD 270.2 billion, 17% up from previous year (source REN 21). In this context, dominated by investments in solar and wind power, several Asian countries are increasingly looking at ways to use their biomass resources and are adopting ambitious ...
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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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Indonesia’s economic success hinges on energy-sector investment, realistic goals
Indonesia is enhancing the governance and transparency of its energy institutions and state-owned companies, reducing fuel subsidies and facilitating much-needed infrastructure investments, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said today in its second in-depth review of the country’s energy policies, but it must move to meet demand growth and ensure the environmental sustainability of ...
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Torrefaction Demonstration Unit Takes Shape outside Umeå, Sweden
January 2015 will see the startup of a high-efficiency, 65 million-Swedish-kroner demonstration unit for the torrefaction of woody biomass at Holmsund, Sweden. This technology for roasting biomass invented by Bio4Energy researchers has already been tested at pilot facilities at Umeå, a 20-minute drive from the demonstration unit in progress. While not fully operational until April 2015, the ...
By Bio4Energy
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World liquid fuels use projected to rise 38% by 2040, spurred by growth in Asia and Middle East
World petroleum and other liquid fuels consumption will increase 38% by 2040, spurred by increased demand in the developing Asia and Middle East, according to projections in International Energy Outlook 2014 (IEO2014), released today by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). "The growth outlook for liquid fuels use will be largely driven by demand in the developing world, especially ...
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Liquid Fuels and Natural Gas in the Americas
This report examines the major energy trends and developments of the past decade in the Americas, focusing on liquid fuels and natural gas—particularly, reserves and resources, production, consumption, trade, and investment. The Americas, which include North America, Central America, the Caribbean, and South America, account for a significant portion of global supply, demand, and trade of ...
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Road transport: Europe`s challenge to be clean, competitive and sustainable
Ladies and gentlemen Thank you for inviting me here today to address some of the challenges and constraints facing European road transport and how we can move to a cleaner, more sustainable model that will benefit both people and business. And thank you also to Scania for organising this useful conference. We know the main problem areas: climate change, rising congestion and transport’s ...
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CENER (Spain) to Acquire Equipment for Biomass Pretreatment Research
AdvanceBio Systems, LLC today announced that the National Renewable Energy Centre of Spain (CENER) selected, in a global competitive bidding process, AdvanceBio Systems' SuPR2G Bench Scale Pretreatment Reactor to conduct basic research and development work, related to the production of fermentable sugars from lignocellulose rich biomass feedstocks. "CENER and AdvanceBio Systems intend to ...
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