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EU industry leader attacks tax treatment of ethanol |
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Friday, 16 June 2006 |
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Brussels, June 15 - Valerie Corre, the Director of the EU's ethanol industry association, has criticised the union's tax treatment of ethanol. Quoted in the 'Biofuels Barometer 2006' published yesterday, Ms. Corre, Director General of the European Union of Ethanol Producers (UEPA) said: "Three years after the adoption of the biofuels directive, we are forced to note that the EU is far from achieving its 2005 target (ed: 2% biofuels). The promotion of fuel ethanol is dependent on de-taxation schemes aimed at offsetting the price difference with conventional gasoline".
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Southern Iowa BioEnergy seeks funds for 30 million gal biodiesel plant |
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Friday, 16 June 2006 |
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Lamoni, June 16 - Southern Iowa BioEnergy LLC has announced regulatory approval to raise funds to construct a 30-million gallon continuous-flow biodiesel plant east of Lamoni. The public announcement and launch of the equity drive will be June 21 in Lamoni.
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Pew report says US states lead on renewables, central government lags |
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Government and Regulatory
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Friday, 16 June 2006 |
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The Pew Centre for Global Climate Change has released its report "Race to the Top: The Expanding Role of US State Renewable Standards". In the report, The Michigan-based think-tank examines the role of individual states in developing 'renewable portfolio standards' (RPS), which set goals for the proportion of energy from renewable sources. The report gives as an example New York, with a 25% renewable target by 2013.
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Xethanol Acquires Advanced Biomass Gasification Technologies, Inc. from UTEK |
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Thursday, 15 June 2006 |
Xethanol Corporation, a biotechnology driven ethanol company, and UTEK Corporation, a specialty finance company focused on technology transfer, announced today that Xethanol has acquired Advanced Biomass Gasification Technologies, Inc. (ABGT), a wholly owned subsidiary of UTEK, in a stock transaction.
ABGT holds the exclusive worldwide license for MicroGasification technology developed at the Energy and Environmental Research Center (EERC) at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks. The MicroGasifier produces syngas from carbon matter. Syngas drives a portable, power generation system that provides energy solutions for companies and municipalities with simultaneous waste disposal and power needs. Xethanol and EERC are mutually funding a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) to further apply the MicroGasifier in the production of ethanol. EERC will perform system integration of the MicroGasifier for customers.
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BioKing introduces 7 million gal/yr portable biodiesel plant |
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Thursday, 15 June 2006 |
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Bioking Incorporated of the Netherlands have introduced their new containerised biodiesel plant. The company claims it produces 26,000 tons of biodiesel per year on a continuous-flow basis. The core of the new plant is their 'BK18ST Continuous Flow Reactor', which pumps feedstock and methoxide through a series of narrow tubes with internal 'fins'. This accomplishes the transesterification process which in traditional batch-processing systems takes place in a reactor vessel.
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40 million gal/yr ethanol plant opens in Colorado |
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Thursday, 15 June 2006 |
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Front Range Energy and Pacific Ethanol today announced the completion of Front Range Energy’s ethanol plant in Windsor, Colorado. The ICM-designed facility has a capacity of 40 million gallons per year of fuel ethanol. The plant produced its first ethanol on June 9 and expects to ship its first loads of ethanol and wet distillers grains (“WDG”) later this week.
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French trains move to biodiesel |
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Technology
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Thursday, 15 June 2006 |
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The French national rail operator SNCF (Societe National de Chemin de Fer) announced on Tuesday that it will be using B30 in some trains and B100 (pure vegetable oil) in others.
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Nypa palm: ethanol super-crop? |
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Technology
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Thursday, 15 June 2006 |
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The tropics seem to be blessed with energy-producing plants. Oil palm, sugar cane, jatropha, coconut....now they have found another one which has the potential to put these plants in the shade. Early studies indicate that the the Nypa palm (Nypa Fruticans), is an energy powerhouse capable of producing 20 tonnes of sugar per hectare (8 metric tonnes per acre), or 14300 litres of ethanol per hectare (1530 gallons per acre). This is twice the yield of sugar cane.
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Ethanol makes up 0.4% of transport fuel in 05 |
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Thursday, 15 June 2006 |
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According to BP's annual 'Statistical Review of World Energy 2006' released yesterday, ethanol production increased 10% in 2005 to 16 million tons and made up 0.4% of world transport fuel consumption.
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