Sustainability criteria mooted for NZ biofuel bill

Sustainability criteria mooted for NZ biofuel bill

St1 opens bioethanol dehydration plant in Finland

Finnish energy company St1 has opened a dehydration plant at the port of Hamina to supplement its Ethanolix concept of dispersed production of ethanol.
 
The plant’s capacity is 44 million litres of 99.8% bioethanol a year, which will be blended with petrol. Preparations have already been made to double the capacity.
St1 produces bioethanol from waste with [...]

China Biodiesel on track for market expectations

China Biodiesel International Holding is on track to meet market estimates for 2008, as trial production is expected to begin at its new plant at Xiamen, which will double the company’s design capacity to 100,000 tonnes a year.
This figure is nearly four times last year’s output.
The biodiesel producer said though global inflation in vegetable and [...]

State-owned consortium to set up Indonesia biodiesel plant

indonesiaState-owned plantation firms have jointly set up a consortium for the construction of a biodiesel plant in Indonesia, aimed at supporting the government programme to develop alternative energy resources.
The state firms involved include PT Perkebunan Nusantara (PTPN) III, PTPN IV, PTPN V and PTPN VII. PTPN III will act as the head party in the [...]