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Monday, July 12, 2010 |
CleanTech Biofuels patents Municipal Waste-to-Ethanol technology (New Prod. & Tech. - G&C) St. Louis, Missouri-based CleanTech Biofuels, Inc. has signed an agreement with Fiberight LLC. to combine technologies at Fiberight's cellulosic ethanol pilot plant in Lawrenceville, Virginia. CleanTech will add its Biomass Recovery Process to Fiberight's Targeted Fuel Extraction process, creating a fully-integrated municipal solid waste to cellulosic ethanol demonstration plant by the end of August, 2010.
CleanTech Biofuels, Inc. has been issued US patent number 7,745,208 for its process and apparatus for converting municipal solid waste into cellulosic biomass feedstock, known collectively as the Biomass Recovery Process. (Source: Market Watch, July 8, 2010)
Biodiesel mandate delayed in Massachusetts (Leg. & Reg.) In Massachusetts, a requirement to include biofuel in diesel and home heating oil has been suspended. According to the Commissioner of Energy Resources, Philip Giudice, suspending the rule "was the best way to go unfortunately due to unreasonable costs of the initiative." Instead, the Department of Energy Resources will proceed with a voluntary program to encourage the use of biofuels that meet the standards of the Clean Energy Biofuels Act.
However, Massachusetts Oil Heat Council president Michael Ferrante expects the mandate will be implemented by July 2011. (Source: Boston Globe, July 2, 2010/Telegram, July 7, 2010)
$800,000 CDN funding for QFI Biodiesel production (G&C) In Canada QFI Biodiesel is receiving $800,000 CDN ($773,000 US) from the federal Community Adjustment Fund to kick start biodiesel production at its plant at St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, southeast of Montreal, Quebec. QFI plans to produce fuel made from animal and vegetable based recycled oils and to sell the resulting biodiesel on the Quebec, Canadian and international markets. (Source: Country Guide, July 7, 2010)
Brazilian Ethanol pipeline clears hurdle (Int'l - Ind. Report) Following up on a project last profiled in our June 8, 2009 edition, in Brazil, Petroleo Brasileiro SA, Mitsui & Co. and Camargo Correa SA have received a preliminary environmental license to build a $1.1 billion, 337 mile ethanol pipeline that would link refineries in Minas Gerais and Sao Paulo to the Atlantic coast. The pipeline is expected to commence moving ethanol by the end of 2011. (Source: Bloomberg, July 7, 2010)
$3 million for Biomass projects in Oregon (G&C) In Oregon, three biomass energy projects are receiving a total of $3 million as follows:
Lakeview Cogeneration - $1.7 million to produce heat for the Collins Company Fremont sawmill, and electricity for the grid from wood waste and forest thinnings. Contact : Lakeview Cogeneration, Cameron Waner, Marketing, Collins Company, (503) 471-2212, CWaner@collinsco.com, www.collinsco.com.
The Farm Power Tillamook project- $1 million to use waste from Tillamook county dairy farms for the production of electricity. Integrated Biomass Energy - $275,000 to use forest thinnings to produce heat and electricity for wood products companies located at the Wallowa County Wood Products Campus. Contact : Editor's Note: We are unable to determine contact details for Integrated Biomass Energy at this time.
The funds are being administered by the Oregon Department of Energy through the U.S. DOE's State Energy Program. Projects must be completed by February 12, 2012. (Source: Portland Business Journal, July 8, 2010) 2010 Florida Farm to Fuel Summit - August 11-13, 2010, Orlando, Florida (Conf. & Events) The fifth annual Florida Farm to Fuel Summit will be held August 11-13, 2010 at the Rosen Shingle Creek Resort in Orlando, Florida. Over the past four editions, the Summits helped Florida take the next step in promoting the production, distribution, and use of renewable fuels, particularly ethanol.
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