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Pertamina to collaborate with Celanese to develop fuel ethanol projects using Celanese TCX process in Indonesia; use of lower-rank coal

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Celanese Corporation has entered into a Joint Statement of Cooperation to advance the development of fuel ethanol projects with Pertamina, the state-owned energy company of Indonesia. Celanese’s TCX Technology can help Indonesia meet its growing demand for affordable, locally-sourced, high quality and safe liquid transportation fuel.

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Lux: China, India lead Asian alternative fuels; targets likely will not be met

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billion gallons per year for 2020—but as total fuel demand explodes as well, ethanol will creep up to only 4% of gasoline in 2017, placing that target in doubt, according to Lux. of its gasoline in 2017, according to Lux. Ethanol is booming in China, due to the nation’s 10% blend mandate—equivalent to 3.3 CAGR through 2017.

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Mitsui Engineering and palm oil producer Sime Darby to partner on cellulosic ethanol from palm oil Empty Fruit Bunches; Inbicon technology

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Bioethanol is assumed to be utilized as bioethanol blended gasoline and as a green material for the chemical industry.). Malaysia and Indonesia produce approximately 90% of the world’s palm oil, and their palm oil mills produce 40 million metric tons of EFBs annually in the form of residue.

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Tech: John Deere: High Tech Down on the Farm

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Big green and yellow John Deere tractor For the heavier machines that will need more range and driving distance, John Deere is turning to hybrid engines and conventional engines that will use biofuel-based diesel or a gasoline/ethanol blend.

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Forecast: Global Biofuels Use to Double by 2015, Second-Gen Biofuels to Lag Expectations

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Indonesia and Malaysia will more than double production of palm oil biodiesel, while Germany will remain the largest producer of biofuels in Europe, according to the analysis. Brazil will grow domestic supplies by 30% and more than double export volume. Tammy Klein, Executive Director of the Global Biofuels Center and the study leader.

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Global biofuels production up 17% in 2010 to hit all-time high of 105 billion liters

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Asia produced 12% of the world’s biodiesel in 2010, a 20%t increase from 2009, mostly using palm oil feedstock in Indonesia and Thailand. Canada has national mandates for the production of E5 (5% ethanol and 95% gasoline) and B2 (2% ethanol and 98% gasoline), and four Canadian provinces have individual mandates up to E8.5.

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Celanese sees new TCX ethanol process as key component in future growth; a paradigm shift in ethanol production

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TCX is the company’s new proprietary technology for ethanol production that builds on its acetyl platform and integrates new technologies to produce ethanol using basic hydrocarbon feedstocks—natural gas, coal and pet coke now, with biomass and waste planned for the future. Earlier post.). Source: Celanese. Click to enlarge.

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