Articles tagged with: Louisiana
by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Witnesses projected strong growth for renewable fuels use in both the power generation and transportation sectors over the next 20 years during a Senate energy committee held Jan. 31, …
(Money.msn.com/Syntroleum) Dynamic Fuels, LLC, operator of the first commercial advanced biofuels plant in the United States, has entered into strategic marketing alliance, commercial off-take and supply chain management agreements with Mansfield Oil Company (“Mansfield”) to …
by Graham Warwick (Aviation Week) …But as 2012 progresses, industry is looking to governments to capitalize on the rapid technical progress made in approving bio-derived jet fuels by providing the funding support necessary to scale …
by Rich Christianson (Woodworking Network) Sundrop Fuels Inc. has selected Rapides Parish, LA, as the site of its first gasification plant to produce gasoline from forest waste.
The company is purchasing about 1,200 acres of land …
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) …First commercial projects from newly-minted public companies Solazyme, Gevo and KiOR. Two trash-to-biofuels projects from INEOS Bio and Enerkem, located in Florida and Alberta. Europe’s largest biosuccinic acid project, scheduled …
by Guy Gugliotta (New York Times) …Dr. (David A.) Mullin (a professor of molecular biology at Tulane University)was collecting manure from giraffes and other exotic ruminants at the zoo, a few blocks from his laboratory. …
by Manuel Arias (The Starfish) …One alternative, proposed by researchers at Tulane University, explores the ability of a new bacterial strain named TU-103, which can effectively convert cellulose from paper into butanol biofuel. When you …
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(Solazyme) Dynamic Fuels, LLC, a joint venture between Tyson Foods, Inc. and Syntroleum Corporation, has been awarded a contract to supply the U.S. Navy with 450,000 gallons of renewable fuels. Solazyme, Inc., a renewable oil …
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Colorado, Sundrop Fuels announced that they have agreed to purchase about 1,200 acres of land near Alexandria, Louisiana to build their first plant. Using forest waste and hydrogen from natural …
by Carrin Hall (Energy Digital) As the natural gas industry targets vehicles, what will happen to biofuels development?
Clean Energy Fuels, a leading natural gas provider in Seal Beach, has teamed up with Quarles Petroleum Inc. …
by Graham Warwick (Aviation Week) As airlines launch the first commercial biofuel flights in the U.S., the government is working with industry to scale up production of biomass-derived jet fuel to commercial quantities beginning in …
by Luke Geiver (Biorefining Magazine) …“I came to the U.S. four years ago to really make what we wanted to be on a piece of paper a reality,” she (Sue Ellerbusch, president of BP Biofuels …
(SkyNRG) SkyNRG, the Amsterdam based global market leader in sustainable jet fuel will supply Alaska Airlines with sustainable Jet Fuel in the month of November. The airline will operate 75 regularly scheduled flights out of …
(Sapphire Energy) Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that USDA has issued a loan guarantee that will allow a biofuels firm to construct a facility in New Mexico to produce “green crude” oil from algae …
by Ted Griggs (The Advocate) The Port of Greater Baton Rouge could become the home of a $30 million biodiesel refinery capable of producing 30 million gallons of fuel per year.
Alabama Renewable Energy has asked …
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) …Susan Ellerbusch: Now, at BP there are dozens of BP people who are experts in growing crops design, farm logistics. We are building an agriculture team after having acquired the …
by Cindy Zimmerman (DomesticFuel.com) Louisiana State University is getting $17 million from USDA to study how to turn sugar cane and sorghum into biofuels.
The project is one of the five announced yesterday by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, …
(US Department of Agriculture) Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced five major agricultural research projects today aimed at developing regional, renewable energy markets, generating rural jobs, and decreasing America’s dependence on foreign oil. Altogether, the five-year …
(Office of Senator Mary Lnadrieu (D-LA) United States Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., today secured more than $1.26 billion for Louisiana to restore flood protection infrastructure, $30 million to invest in algae biofuel research, and …
As the ethanol market continues its international growth, this conference will provide insight and information on all aspects of ethanol export logistics, including legal, financial, and region-specific issues.
The conference will also provide significant networking opportunities …
by Alan Blinder (American Press) U.S. Sen. David Vitter vowed again Tuesday to push Congress to consider objectively the merits of potential alternative energy sources instead of giving preferential treatment to some.
“Congress has been using …
by Bill Shea (The Messenger) Company leaders visit Webster County plant
Trucks loaded with corn line up every day at the front gate of the Valero Renewables ethanol plant west of Fort Dodge, while at the …
(R&D Magazine) Here’s one way that old-fashioned newsprint beats the Internet. Tulane University scientists have discovered a novel bacterial strain, dubbed “TU-103,” that can use paper to produce butanol, a biofuel that can serve as …
by Florentino Lopez (United Sorghum Checkoff Program/Ethanol Producer Magazine) …Just like our dedication in promoting grain sorghum for biofuels production, the Sorghum Checkoff is now looking to the future to find the most profitable possibilities …
by Michael K. Bullard (Ethanol Producer Magazine) How the 2008 Recession Halted the Progress of Louisiana’s Advanced Biofuel Industry Development Initiative
…The Advanced Biofuel Industry Development Initiative (Act 382) represents a complete strategy to not only …
by Erin Voegele (Biodiesel Magazine) Researchers at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette have shown alligator fat to be an effective feedstock for biodiesel production. The team, led by Rakesh Bajpai, has published its findings …
(ShreveportTimes.com) Bossier City has announced a ribbon-cutting to celebrate the city’s second alternative fuel station to be located at 4520 Barksdale Boulevard. The event will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday.
Louisiana Department of Natural Resources …
David Johnston is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Aquatic Energy.
ABO: Aquatic Energy is the only ABO members whose operations are based in Louisiana. Could you tell us about the company and your current …
by Bryan Sims (Biorefining Magazine) A novel waste conversion technology developed at Mississippi State University’s Sustainable Energy Research Center is moving out of the lab and into the marketplace thanks to a licensing agreement between …
by Bob Moser (The Advertiser) Lacassine Syrup Mill will be joined by nation’s first sugar-to-ethanol facility
Bonds worth $70 million to help build the nation’s first sugar-to-ethanol plant in Lacassine passed a first step of approval …
by Jacqueline Cochran (The Advocate) Concerns that “pure” gasoline production in Louisiana may come to an end resulted in a commitment by the Tangipahoa Parish Council to lead a statewide call for congressional assistance.
Councilman Carlo …
(BP America) …BP began investing in biofuels in Louisiana in 2008 through what was then a joint venture with Verenium Corporation. Last year, we bought Verenium out and now have a 100% BP-owned facility …
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) …In Massachusetts, Myriant filed for a $125 million IPO, becoming the 8th company in industrial biotechnology to file in the past 18 months.
…From the S-1: “We are an industrial biotechnology …
(Daily Markets/PRNewsWire) Darling International Inc. today (May 31, 2011) announced that Diamond Green Diesel LLC, its previously announced joint venture project with Valero Energy Corporation, has secured financing for the planned construction of its renewable …
(KOLD/Aquatic Energy, LLC/PR Newswire) Following a rigorous 3-Phase review process, Louisiana-AgCenter (LSU-AgCenter) and Aquatic Energy LLC (AE) have been recommended 1st for state research funds by the Industrial Ties Research Subprogram (ITRS) component of the …
(Shell/PRNewsWire) Quebec’s Universite Laval Defends Title Winning Shell Eco-marathon Americas for Third Consecutive Year
Going the farthest distance might sound like a foot race. But this past weekend, it meant stretching the boundaries of fuel efficiencyas …
(CityBizListAtlanta) Today, SAIL Capital Partners, LLC of Irvine, CA and SAILSustainable Partners of Louisiana, LLC (SSP), announced the creation of The Louisiana Sustainability Fund (LSF), a new private capital fund dedicated to building a sustainable economic future …
by David Beattie (Renewable Energy World Magazine) …Importantly, and what sets these latest fuels apart from their first-generation predecessors, is the fact that they are produced using feedstock that would normally be classed as …
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Syntroleum reported a $9.6 million loss for fiscal 2010 in its 10K SEC form, with revenues having declined $19 million compared to 2009. In a teleconference to discuss Syntroleum’s report, …
by Annie Snider (New York Times/Greenwire) The Navy Research Laboratory’s alternative energy projects — each costing less than $500,000 — are modest ventures that barely register in the Pentagon’s gargantuan budget. But if history’s …
(Louisiana State University) The LSU AgCenter has received a five-year extension from the Louisiana Board of Regents to continue with the establishment of the Louisiana Institute for Biofuels and Bioprocessing.
“We appreciate the vote of confidence,” …
(US Department of Energy) Project Expected to Create Over 700 Jobs and Nearly Triple Amount of Renewable Diesel Produced Domestically
U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu January 20, 2011, announced the offer of a conditional commitment to …
(Stockhouse) Dynamic Fuels Producing World’s Leading Fuels From Non-Food Fats, Greases
Operations are underway at the new Dynamic Fuels plant, which is successfully converting animal fats and greases into high quality renewable fuels, officials from Syntroleum …
by Bob Moen (AP) Wyoming is a long way from places where sugar cane is grown, but a test plant in the northeast part of the state will soon be turning sugar cane waste into …
(Albemarle Corporation) Albemarle Corporation, a leader in providing innovative and sustainable chemistry solutions to its customers and communities, partners with LSU students to become a key sponsor of LSU mechanical and biological engineering students’ 2010 senior …
by Joanne Ivancic (Advanced Biofuels USA) Before Hurricane Katrina hit, Grand Isle State Park’s beaches on the tip of a Louisiana marsh sticking into the Gulf of Mexico hosted over 100,000 visitors per year. After Hurricanes …
by Kathrine Schmidt (dailycomet.com) A businessman from New Iberia is starting a national website that aims to match renewable-energy investors with local landowners and farmers.
Kevin Caffery believes the state of the ethanol industry, which makes …
The Louisiana Department of Natural Resources was awarded $71,694,000 to fund energy projects through SEP. A portion of these funds has been used to create the Transportation Efficiency & Alternative Fuels Grant Program as described …
by Lisa Gibson (Biomass Magazine) The Louisiana State University Agricultural Center has permission from the Board of Regents to establish the Louisiana Institute for Biofuels and Bioprocessing, a research, education and outreach initiative within the AgCenter.
The …
