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Brazil, South Africa, Mozambique explore Mozambican sugar cane ethanol opportunities
In Mozambique, the national government’s Investment Promotion Centre in Maputo organized a two-day meeting involving the local, Brazilian and South African business communities to explore biofuels opportunities, with a focus on sugarcane ethanol in Mozambique.
Brazilian Ambassador to Mozambique Antonio de Souza e Silva said that ethanol will provide a fuel alternative as well as an [...]
POET drops cost of cellulosic ethanol to $2.35 per gallon; will reach $2 by 25 Mgy plant opening
In South Dakota, POET announced today that cost reductions achieved over the past year of operating their cellulosic ethanol pilot plant have “exceeded expectation – and the company is now projecting a per-gallon cost of $2.35, down from $4.13 at this time last year.
The company said that it expects to reach its $2 per gallon [...]
ZeaChem commences construction of 250,000 gallon cellulosic ethanol facility: next step, full commercial scale
In Colorado, ZeaChem announced that it has commenced construction of its 250,000 gallons semi-cellulsoic ethanol and chemicals facility that will be located Boardman, Oregon. The company tapped Hazen Research of Golden, Colorado to construct the critical first step of the biorefinery fermentation process. Hazen Research, an industrial research and development firm, will construct and host [...]
Braskem announces sugarcane ethanol-based polyethylene deal with Argentina’s Petropack
In Argentina, Braskem announced that it has signed an agreement to supply sugarcane ethanol-based polyethylene to Argentine plastic packager Petropack. Braskem noted that, after signing agreements with Japanese and European partners, this was the first partnership it had signed in Argentina, or any Latin country outside of Brazil. Overall, Braskem has signed offtake contracts for [...]
Roxas to commence production at 7 Mgy sugarcane ethanol plant in Philippines in February
In the Philippines, Roxas & Co. announced that it will commence production during the month of February at its $34 million, 7 Mgy sugarcane ethanol plant in La Carlota. The company will be aided by a recent government decision to place a 20 percent tariff on imported ethanol in order to protect local producers.
The plant [...]
EPA to hold workshops 11/18 and 11/19 on new GHG regulations affecting larger ethanol plants
In Washington, the EPA announced the location and dates for two public hearings on the proposed greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions thresholds, defining when Clean Air Act permits would apply to new or existing industrial facilities. According to the EPA, this new program would cover nearly 70 percent of the nation’s total GHG emissions from stationary [...]
U of Illinois team finds that wet fractionation leads to highest ethanol, co-product yields
In Illinois, researchers from the University of Illinois are reporting that the wet ethanol production process yields more ethanol, and higher value co-products. The wet ethanol process consists of soaking rather than grinding corn. The team found that wet fractionation produces higher ethanol concentrations, as well as higher value DDGs, germ and fiber. The study [...]
Ricardo engine supports “any mixture of gasoline and ethanol with thermal efficiency equal to diesel engines.”
“Recent news that a 5-member team including Algenol and Dow Chemical plans commercialization of $1/gal (commodity cost) ethanol from algae,” writes Digest contributor in Bob Brooks, in an article which originally appeared in AI Online, “coincides with information that Ricardo engineers have developed a spark ignited engine able to sense and adjust automatically to any [...]
Canada to invest $77.5 million in 40 Mgy Terra Grain Fuels ethanol project in Saskatchewan
In Canada, the Federal Government announced that it would invest $77.75 over five years in the 40 Mgy Terra Grain Fuels ethanol project in Saskatchewan, part of an overall investment of $1.5 billion over nine years in biofuels through ecoENERGY for Biofuels program. The Terra Grain project primarily utilizes wheat as a feedstock.
India moves into Brazilian sugar, ethanol – Shree Renuka aquires VDI for $240 million
In India, Shree Renuka Sugars Ltd acquired Brazil’s Vale Do Ivaí SA Açúcar e Álcool for $240 million (Rs 1,112 crore). It is the first Brazilian acquisition by an Indian sugar company – the two countries are ranked first and second in global sugar production.
VDI owns five sugar mills and leases three, with a total [...]
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