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Baltimore Grand Prix Launches Plan to be American’s Most Sustainable Race Event

(American Le Mans Series)  The Baltimore Grand Prix today announced  at the Washington Auto Show a strategy that would result in it becoming the most sustainable racing event in the U.S.   Scott Atherton, President and CEO of the American Le

January 31, 2011 Read Full Article

Endicott Biofuels LLC to Construct 30-Million Gallon-Per-Year Second-Generation Biorefinery at KMTEX Ltd. Facility in Port Arthur, Texas

(Endicott Biofuels)  Endicott Biofuels, LLC (EBF) has signed an agreement with KMTEX Ltd. (KMTEX) to construct a 30-million gallon-per-year biorefinery in Port Arthur, Texas, that will employ EBF’s proprietary technology for the production of high-purity G2 Clear™ biodiesel. KMTEX will

January 31, 2011 Read Full Article

Gingrich to Obama: Focus on Energy

by Kathie Obradovich (Des Moines Register)  Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who is mulling a 2012 run for president, called on President Obama to use his State of the Union speech tonight to make the American energy production a “major

January 31, 2011 Read Full Article

Iowa Economy Powered by Renewable Fuels

by Cindy Zimmerman (DomesticFuel.com) ...At the Iowa Renewable Fuels Summit in Des Moines on Tuesday, the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association (IRFA) released a new study detailing the positive benefits that provides for Iowa. According to the report, the renewable fuels industry, both

January 31, 2011 Read Full Article

Ford Mustang E85 Hybrid At Washington DC Auto Show Gets 110 MPG

by Amie Williams (Mustang Evolution/The Auto Channel)  ...Doug’s Ford Mustang utilizes 350 times less gasoline than the Toyota Prius. He has tried desperately in the last three years to get an OEM company to take an interest in his technology

January 31, 2011 Read Full Article

Cost of Electricity Will Not Rise: Dr. Joseph Romm at the Green Car Summit. Bartlett Proposes Open Fuels Act

[caption id="attachment_16299" align="alignleft" width="300"] Warren Brown, automotive columnist for the Washington Post, discusses Congressman Roscoe Bartlett's Open Fuel legislation with Astrid Dorner, US Correspondent for Handelsblatt, Lisa Lyons Wright, Energy and Stem Cell Legislative Assistant and Press Secretary for Congressman

January 31, 2011 Read Full Article

DOE Federal Lab Says Life Cycle Analysis Does Not Factor in Rare Earth Metals or Mountain Top Removal

[caption id="attachment_16291" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="From left, Warren Brown, automotive columnist for the Washington Post and Ron Cogan, publisher of Green Car Journal co-moderate Green Car Summit Panel: Tom Baloga, VP Engineering for BMW North America; Susan M. Cischke, Group VP,

January 31, 2011 Read Full Article

Small-Scale Enzyme Research Could Have Big Biomass Implications

by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  ...Researchers at the U.S. DOE’s Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, based at the University of Wisconsin and Michigan State University, are three years into a research project focused on identifying new enzymes for cellulosic ethanol

January 31, 2011 Read Full Article

Ethanol Trade Groups Bash Draft EPA Report

by Ben Geman (The Hill/E2Wire)  The ethanol industry is quickly attacking a draft EPA study that details a slew of ecological harms that could accompany increased biofuels production. “EPA’s failure to provide this report in any context with the environmental degradation done

January 31, 2011 Read Full Article

Biofuels and the Environment: the First Triennial Report to Congress (External Review Draft)

(US Environmental Protection Agency)  The "Biofuels and the Environment: The First Triennial Report to Congress (External Review Draft)" (EPA/600/R-10/183A) report, prepared by the National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA) within EPA’s Office of Research and Development, is the first report

January 31, 2011 Read Full Article

Project Eyes Algae for Biofuel

by Lori Shull (Watertown Daily Times)  Algae could, one day, save the Development Authority of the North Country money on its power bills. The agency is teaming up with a group of researchers from Clarkson University to find out whether wastewater

January 31, 2011 Read Full Article

“Stay Midwest, Young Biofuels Entrepreneur”: a Counterpoint

by Todd Taylor with Christina Connelly, Ralph Groschen, Mark Lindquist, Gregg Mast, Tim Welle and Doug Cameron (Biofuels Digest/Minnesota)  ...Venture capitalists in California support and encourage these and many other companies and deserve ample credit for the Cambrian-like explosion of new

January 31, 2011 Read Full Article

Shell Exits Algae as It Commences “Year of Choices”

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...Last week [after previously exiting their investment in Choren, a Fischer-Tropsch technology based in Germany]  Shell announced that it will will exit its shareholding in Cellana, a joint venture between Shell and HR Biopetroleum. Today,

January 31, 2011 Read Full Article

Norwegian Biodiesel Blend No Threat to Public Health

(Argus Media)  A study by Norwegian authorities has found that the amount of biodiesel used in blends for road fuel in the country poses no more harm to public health than pure fossil fuel diesel. But any increase to the

January 31, 2011 Read Full Article

Bio-dynamic Group Announces Fuel Ethanol Production Plan

(PR Log)  According to Industrial Biotechnologies China News,unlike most producers of cellulosic-based ethanol adopting straw as raw material, the joint venture will choose kenaf as raw material with several obvious strengths. On January 6, 2011, Bio-Dynamic Group Limited (or Bio-Dynamic Group)

January 31, 2011 Read Full Article

Thieves Busted Stealing Gallons of Used Cooking Grease

(KSN.com)  ...At 5:30 Tuesday morning at an east Wichita Burger King, an alert manager saw someone with a Ford truck sucking out the grease from storage containers in the back of the restaurant which contained used cooking grease. “They come to

January 31, 2011 Read Full Article

Educators Will Be Trained in Ways to Teach about Biofuels, Thanks to $5 Million Grant

by Stacey Shackford (Cornell Chronicle)  From the farm to the fuel pump, Cornell educators hope to get youngsters excited about science, technology, engineering and math through interactive lessons in bioenergy with the help of $5 million from the U.S. Department

January 30, 2011 Read Full Article

Advanced Biofuels USA Stuck in the Snow, Washington Post Interview

by Joanne Ivancic (Advanced Biofuels USA) It's called making the best of an awful situation. Advanced Biofuels USA board member, Bob Kozak, and executive director Joanne Ivancic carpooled to Washington DC from the organization's office in Frederick, Maryland, for the Green

January 28, 2011 Read Full Article

Is BCAP on the Chopping Block?

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  In Washington, sources indicate that “the interim final rule is at the printer for the federal register” with respect to Section 9003 (Farm Bill) loan guarantees from the USDA, indicating that the new round should

January 28, 2011 Read Full Article

Bugs Might Convert Biodiesel Waste Into New Fuel

(NewsWire/University of Alabama)  A strain of bacteria found in soil is being studied for its ability to convert waste from a promising alternative fuel into several useful materials, including another alternative fuel. A graduate student at The University of Alabama in

January 28, 2011 Read Full Article

Enervation Advisors Aquires Tri-City Energy Biodiesel

by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel.com)  ...The company will deploy multiple feedstock technology as rising costs of feedstocks are a common source of financial hardship for biofuel plants. It has recently been reported that rising corn prices are currently squeezing ethanol margins. This

January 28, 2011 Read Full Article

Go West, Young Biofuels Entrepreneur

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)   ...California remains the heartland of technological innovation and there is no place on earth where ideas go farther, faster, and find more support from academia, the science establishment, and venture capitalists. (Let us not mix

January 28, 2011 Read Full Article

India Unveils Coastal Saline Crop Initiative

by P Sivaramakrishnan (BBC News) A pilot project to see if cash crops can be grown in the salty ground of India's coastal areas has been launched.   The area in Tamil Nadu state will house dozens of

January 28, 2011 Read Full Article

BAAC, Bangchak to Grow Oil Palm Trees

(Bangkok Post)  The Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC) and Bangchak Petroleum Plc have teamed up to grow oil palm for a biodiesel project. The state bank will allow the oil company to lease 1,200 rai of degraded tangerine orchards

January 28, 2011 Read Full Article

Sustainable Palm Oil Output, Use Grow Last Year

(Commodity Online)  The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) ended the year 2010 with strong growth in both the production and use of RSPO-certified sustainable palm oil. Compared to 2009, numbers doubled, in many cases even tripled compared to the year

January 28, 2011 Read Full Article

Can We Innovate Our Way Out of the Challenges that Confront Us?

by Joelle Brink  (Biofuels Digest-Asia)  As New Year celebrations get under way throughout Asia, the year in biofuels is shaping up to be one of uncertainty.  Already, notable advances in sustainable palm oil supply, cellulosic ethanol production, and biofuels from

January 28, 2011 Read Full Article

USDA Accomplishments in Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency

by Tom Vilsack (USDA)  At President Obama’s direction, the U.S Department of Agriculture (USDA) is working hard to unleash the power of America’s innovators and entrepreneurs to build a green energy economy.   By producing renewable energy – especially biofuels – America’s farmers,

January 28, 2011 Read Full Article

Missed Today's Town Hall with Sec. Chu?

by Ginny Simmons (Energy.gov)  During the event, Secretary Chu highlighted several parts of the President Obama’s clean energy and innovation agenda: •    Ending taxpayer subsidies for fossil fuels so we can increase our investments in clean energy by a third; •    Creating

January 28, 2011 Read Full Article

New Biofuel Development Guidelines Unveiled in Dar

by Michael Haonga (IPP Media/The Guardian)  Tanzania has reaffirmed its commitment to sustain a multi-faceted strategy for harnessing power from various sources, including biofuel, to cover any shortfall. The assurance was made in Dar es Salaam on Wednesday by Minister for

January 28, 2011 Read Full Article

European Commission Approves State Support for Development of Second Generation Biofuel

(Chemrec)  The European Union has  approved the SEK 500 million (€55 million, $75 million) R&D  grant  awarded by the Swedish Energy Agency towards the industrial scale demonstration biofuels plant based on Chemrec’s gasification technology at the Domsjö Fabriker biorefinery in

January 28, 2011 Read Full Article

OriginOil Lands First Order for Industrial Scale Algae Oil Extraction System

(OriginOil)  Owner of three ‘CO2 to energy’ projects will pilot extraction unit at large coal-fired power plant OriginOil, Inc., the developer of breakthrough technology to transform algae, the most promising source of renewable oil, into a true competitor to petroleum, today announced

January 28, 2011 Read Full Article

Green Jobs Offer Limited Hope to Iowa

by Philip Brasher (Des Moines Register)  ...The potential for some green jobs, especially in biofuels, is dependent on technologies and processes that haven't proved economical. Ethanol giant Poet LLC wants to produce fuel from corncobs, a form of cellulose, as

January 28, 2011 Read Full Article

The Big Build-Out: Paying for Biofuels at Scale

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  The USDA tells us that more than 500 biorefineries will be need to be built between now and 2022 in the United States to meet the added requirements for advanced biofuels. With those refineries costing

January 28, 2011 Read Full Article

An Opportunity to Kick our Fossil-Fuel Addiction

(The Independent)  Pressure on Opec, which has a vested interest in a high oil price, offers no long-term solution Is the world on the brink of another ruinous oil shock? The International Energy Agency (IEA), which speaks for the big industrialised consumers

January 28, 2011 Read Full Article

Why Indiabulls Sec is Betting on Praj Inds?

(Sugar Industry)   Praj Industries, a small cap company provides turnkey plants and equipments for fermentation and distillation systems used in bio fuels processing, primarily which are ethanol related. Sabyasachi Ganguly, Analyst, Indiabulls Securities and author of a report on how

January 28, 2011 Read Full Article

The Bitter Taste of India’s Sugar Woes

by Joelle Brink (Biofuels Digest-Asia)  India’s recent flip-flops on sugar supply and exports have angered many in the sensitive global commodities markets and even been ascribed to a sort of national dementia. But as is often the case in business,

January 28, 2011 Read Full Article

Feeding Glycerin to Swine Can Be Done

(Prairie Farmer)  Researchers recommend feeding glycerin up to 15%. Glycerin did not have an effect on meat quality. An increased interest in biofuel production and a growing need to find cost-effective livestock feedstuff alternatives has led University of Illinois researchers to

January 26, 2011 Read Full Article

Jerusalem Artichokes Emerging as a Biofuels Crop

(WATTagnet.com)  Scientists in Canada are evaluating Jerusalem artichoke production as a feedstock for biofuels production. The versatile crop has many industrial applications and could displace some corn which is currently diverted to ethanol. It is anticipated that a grower cooperative will

January 26, 2011 Read Full Article

Lugar Introduces Dual Fuels Vehicles Bill

U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar introduced today the “Dual Fuel Vehicles Bill of 2011.”  The bill will provide future vehicle owners a choice in fueling options through the production of vehicles that can operate on multiple fuels. “In order to rapidly decrease

January 26, 2011 Read Full Article

Sen. Harkin Introduces “Biofuels Market Expansion Act”

by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel.com)  U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) introduced a new piece of legislation today, called the “Biofuels Market Expansion Act of 2011.”  The bill, if passed, would ensure an increasing number of automobiles in the U.S. be flexible

January 26, 2011 Read Full Article

Terrabon Exceeds Yield Targets for Biogasoline from Garbage

(Eco Friendly Magazine)  Using CRI/Criterion’s catalyst technologies, Terrabon, Inc. has exceeded its target yield threshold of 70 gallons of biogasoline per dry ton of garbage received from the cafeteria dumpsters and paper shredders at Texas A&M University. ...The catalysts enabled Terrabon to

January 26, 2011 Read Full Article

Loan Guarantees To Gain Steam in 2011: The DOE’s View

by Jonathan Silver (DOE/Biofuels Digest)  ...After a year of unprecedented growth, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office (LPO) has emerged as one of the largest and most productive project finance organizations in the world.  Through low-cost, long-tenor loans

January 26, 2011 Read Full Article

RAND Study Says Advanced Biofuels Offer No Direct Military Benefit

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...We hereby sentence the authors to a one-year subscription to Biofuels Digest. We continue to sound the alarm on “studies” that are, in essence, reviews of peer-reviewed literature reviews and interviews with secondary sources. It’s the

January 26, 2011 Read Full Article

Advanced Biofuels Association Responds to Faulty Study by RAND

(Advanced Biofuels Association)  ABFA President Michael McAdams responded to the RAND Corporation’s release today of results of its study, Alternative Fuels for Military Applications: “Shame on the RAND Corporation as it does a great disservice to itself and our nation by

January 25, 2011 Read Full Article

Algal Biomass Organization Questions Flawed RAND Report

(Algal Biomass Organization)  Today, the RAND Corporation published a study and accompanying press release calling into question the effectiveness of renewable fuels for military use. The report can be found here:http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/monographs/2011/RAND_MG969.pdf A copy of the press release can be found here:http://www.rand.org/news/press/2011/01/25.html It is

January 25, 2011 Read Full Article

No Direct Military Benefit from Use of Alternative Fuels by Armed Forces

(RAND Corporation)  If the U.S. military increases its use of alternative fuels, there will be no direct benefit to the nation's armed forces, according to a new RAND Corporation study. Any benefits from investment in alternative fuels by the U.S. Department of

January 25, 2011 Read Full Article

The Future of Ethanol

by Gary Truitt (Hoosier Ag Today)   ...What is lacking is the infrastructure to get that ethanol to the consumer. Juan Sesmero, Asst. Professor of Ag Economics at Purdue, says improving the infrastructure is key to ethanol‘s future, “Improving the

January 25, 2011 Read Full Article

New Technique to Extract Bio-Ethanol from Noodles

(The Mainichi Daily News)  A machinery maker here has launched a facility to extract bio-ethanol from udon noodles. Machinery manufacturer Chiyoda Seisakujo is set to run tests at its bio-ethanol extraction plant in Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, sometime soon. The residue remaining after

January 25, 2011 Read Full Article

Teesside Biofuels Firm Spends £6m to tackle Bad Smell

by Karl   (Make Biofuel)  A biofuels company on Teesside has pledged to spend £6m on ridding its plant of a bad smell which has sparked complaints from residents. Ensus opened its bioethanol plant at Wilton in 2009. But since March

January 25, 2011 Read Full Article

High Quality of U.S. Corn to Yield More Ethanol: Executive

by Charles Abbott  (Reuters)  The higher quality of the U.S. corn crop could yield more ethanol per bushel and divert less of the crop to biofuels, which could raise tight ending stocks by 20 percent, said a biofuels executive on

January 25, 2011 Read Full Article

Fate of the Union: 3-Point Plan for biofuels

by Bob Dinneen (Renewable Fuels Association/Biofuels Digest)  ...While some would choose to ignore reality, the nation can produce more ethanol sustainably using grains like corn, wheat and barley. ...The nation can also produce significant volumes of renewable fuel from non-grain

January 25, 2011 Read Full Article

Penn State Demonstrates Biofuel Crops for PA

by Kelsey McNeeley and Joanne Ivancic (Advanced Biofuels USA/Lancaster Farming)  In 2002, Penn State University began using 20 percent (B20) biodiesel fuel on campus in the division of farm operations.  Because of their expertise in biodiesel, Penn State’s farm operations (Farm Ops)

January 25, 2011 Read Full Article

Vinod Khosla on the Technology Pathway to Biofuels

by Vinod Khosla (Green Tech Media)  Part 1: Production technologies: where are we? The financial crisis of 2008 set back a number of projects and slowed actual construction of pilot and demo plants like it did in all industries, be

January 24, 2011 Read Full Article

Great Falls Misses Out on Federal Ethanol Funding

by Richard Ecke  (Great Falls Tribune)  ...A proposed Great Falls ethanol plant would be the country's first to use wheat and barley to create ethanol, according to developer Gary Hebener of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Project officials are awaiting word from the

January 24, 2011 Read Full Article

Corn Profitable for Farmers, Less So for Ethanol

by Dan Piller (Des Moines Register)  The surge in corn prices since mid-2010 has bolstered the profits of corn farmers but has eaten away at the profitability of ethanol producers. ...Ethanol producers meanwhile saw a dramatic drop in their margins from

January 24, 2011 Read Full Article

Diversifying Feedstock Options Reduces Risk

by Jennifer Shike (University of Illinois)  Researchers are studying novel and traditional woody plants as short rotation crops for biomass production to help diversify and expand bioenergy research efforts at the University of Illinois. "Diversification of your plant materials for biomass

January 24, 2011 Read Full Article

A.I.M. Interview: Sapphire Energy’s CEO Dr. Jason Pyle

by David Schwartz   (Algae Industry Magazine)   Dr. Jason Pyle, the high profile CEO at the even more high profile “green crude” developer, Sapphire Energy, holds a Ph.D. in Molecular and Cellular Physiology, as well as an M.D., from

January 24, 2011 Read Full Article

Biofuels Group Offering Grants to Kentucky High Schools

(WKYT/AP)  The Kentucky Biofuels for Schools Program is offering grants to high schools in the state that design projects to teach, produce and use biofuels in their schools and community. The Kentucky Biofuels for Schools Program is offering grants to high schools in

January 24, 2011 Read Full Article

Nebraska's 'Golden Triangle' Attracts Cattle

(Nebraska Farmer)  The Nebraska Department of Agriculture and the Nebraska Corn Board have jointlyreleased a video that shows the opportunities available for feeding cattle in Nebraska. ..."We have talked about Nebraska's Golden Triangle of corn, livestock and ethanol. As the third

January 24, 2011 Read Full Article

Tailoring Biomass to Fit the Biofuels Pipeline

by Dr. Maureen McCann (Professor, Purdue University) Dr. McCann begins by describing the different plant cell wall architectures belonging to various types of feedstock.  She shows how different processing methods can be utilized to more efficiently process biomass into biofuel. 

January 23, 2011 Read Full Article

User Facility Capabilities to Accelerate Impact in Biomass

by David Hoyt (Senior Research Scientist, Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) Hoyt first provides an overview of EMSL and their mission to integrate experimental and computational resources with innovative technologies to support the biofuel industry.  Focusing on

January 23, 2011 Read Full Article

The Integrated Biorefinery Research Facility: Advancing Biofuels Technology

by Jane Fisher (Senior Engineer, National Renewable Energy Laboratory) Fisher first provides a general overview of the biofuel production process, identifying key areas for potential cost reductions through R&D and commercial scale production.  Fisher focuses on the development of equipment

January 23, 2011 Read Full Article

Advancing Next-Generation Biofuels

by Blake Simmons (Vice-President, Deconstruction Division, Joint BioEnergy Institute)  Simmons provides an overview of Joint Bioenergy Institute (JBI) and their research associated with converting cellulosic biomass to biofuel.  He describes the challenges of the various steps involved in current technologies

January 23, 2011 Read Full Article

An Algal Biofuels Consortium

by Dr. Jose A Olivares (Executive Director, The National Alliance for Advanced Biofuels and Bio-Products Los Alamos National Laboratory) Dr. Olivares first provides an overview of the National Alliance for Advanced Biofuels and Bio-Products organization.  Olivares discusses the organization’s involvement

January 23, 2011 Read Full Article

Coordinating Basic/Foundational Science and Applied R&D II: Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center

by Dr. Timothy Donohue (Director, Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Professor of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison)  Dr. Donohue first provides an overview of the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center.  Donohue moves on to discuss the research project involved with

January 23, 2011 Read Full Article

Rediscovering Genes Related to Biomass Recalcitrance Using a Combination of High Throughput and High Resolution Plant Cell Wall Characterization Methods

by Dr. Mark Davis (BioEnergy Science Center, National Bioenergy Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory) Dr. Davis discusses a multidisciplinary approach to overcoming the current inability to access sugars in lignocellulosic biomass.  By quickly identifying key genes in biomass composition, high

January 23, 2011 Read Full Article

DOE Office of Biomass Program: Enzyme Improvements

by Liz Moore (Project Officer, Biomass Program, Golden Field Office, U.S. Department of Energy) Moore begins with a breakdown of the cost structure describing the manufacturing process of ethanol from feedstock.  She shows how each step in the manufacturing process

January 23, 2011 Read Full Article

CARB to Review Ethanol Carbon Intensity Amendments

by Kris Bevill  (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  The California Air Resources Board will hold a public hearing Feb. 24 to consider 25 amendments proposed by various ethanol producers, representing 1.6 billion gallons of annual domestic production, to reduce the carbon intensity

January 22, 2011 Read Full Article

Energizing Agriculture

Editorial (Tampa Bay Online)  ...Grassley's backing of the 45-cent-per-gallon tax credit for ethanol blended with gasoline is based, we suspect, less on contributions from corn farmers than on the fact that most Iowa voters like it. There's an important lesson here

January 22, 2011 Read Full Article

Biofuels: Earliest Investors Stand to Profit Most

by Andy Obermueller (Seeking Alpha/Street Authority)   ...As prices at the pump inch higher, the United States will again begin to look seriously at alternative fuels. For some, this will mean electric vehicles, but for most, the question will be:

January 22, 2011 Read Full Article

EPA Announces a Waiver to Allow the Use of Gasoline Containing Greater than 10% Ethanol in 2001 though 2006 Light-Duty Vehicles.

(US Environmental Protection Agency)  In response to a request by Growth Energy under section 211(f)(4) of the Clean Air Act, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has partially granted a waiver to allow fuel and fuel additive manufacturers to introduce into

January 22, 2011 Read Full Article

The Path Forward for Federal Biofuel Incentives

(25 x'25)   The belief that the ethanol industry is entering a new era is nearly universal. As Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) President Bob Dinneen put it this week, “new challenges to ethanol policies will be mounted from within the new

January 22, 2011 Read Full Article

Fill ’er Up, with Fuel Made in Oregon

by Merry MacKinnon (Pamplin Media Group)  ...Jana Gastellum, global warming program director for the Oregon Environmental Council, says the sustainable approach to making biodiesel for heavier vehicles and ethanol for passenger cars is to concentrate on “cellulosic biomass” found in

January 21, 2011 Read Full Article

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces Producer Payments to Promote Bioenergy Production in Rural America

(USDA) Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced new investments in 33 states to support the production and usage of advanced biofuels. Vilsack highlighted these projects as ways the Obama Administration is working to reduce the nation's dependence on foreign oil

January 21, 2011 Read Full Article

Southeastern Alabama Gets E85 Pumps

by Cindy Zimmerman (DomesticFuel.com)  Flex fuel vehicle (FFV) drivers in southeast Alabama now have two new locations to get 85 percent ethanol fuel with the opportunity to get mid grade ethanol blends in the future. Inland Stores (a subsidiary of Southwest

January 21, 2011 Read Full Article

USDA Announces Grants to Boost Sustainable Bioenergy Education

USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) announced January 18, 2011, two grants that will create educational opportunities in math and science for students interested in bioenergy and bio-based products. “Bioenergy and bio-based products hold vast potential as the foundation

January 21, 2011 Read Full Article

Many Shades of Green: Diversity and Distribution of California’s Green Jobs

(Next 10)  Many Shades of Green provides the most comprehensive green jobs accounting to date, systematically tracking the most recent available data on green companies, job type, location and growth across every sector and region of California. From January 2008 to

January 21, 2011 Read Full Article

New Issue Brief Highlights Positive Economic Impacts of Ethanol Production

(Clean Fuels Foundation)   The Ethanol Across America education campaign released the latest in its series of Issue Briefs today on the Economic Impacts of Ethanol Production that illustrates the significant benefits of ethanol production to the U.S. economy. The Brief

January 21, 2011 Read Full Article

Novozymes Sees U.S. Ethanol Market At 13.8 Billion Gallons In 2011

by Jens Hansegard (Dow Jones/Automated Trader)   Danish biotech company Novozymes (NZYM-B.KO), the world's largest producer of industrial enzymes with about 47% of the global market, estimates that the U.S. biofuel industry will grow about 5% during 2011, to produce roughly

January 21, 2011 Read Full Article

Masdar Institute Completes First Sustainability Assessment for Biofuels Production from an Integrated Seawater Agriculture System

(BusinessWire/Masdar Institute)  Masdar Institute of Science and Technology (MI), the Boeing Company, Etihad Airways, and Honeywell’s UOP announced January 19, 2011, the completion of a Sustainability Assessment of the Integrated Seawater Agriculture System (ISAS) for production of aviation biofuels and

January 21, 2011 Read Full Article

ADM Gives US$10 Million to Found Institute to Reduce Global Postharvest Loss of Grains, Oilseeds

(BusinessWire/ADM)  University of Illinois research center will work to preserve more of what’s grown worldwide Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE: ADM) today founded the ADM Institute for the Prevention of Postharvest Loss with a US$10 million grant to the University of

January 21, 2011 Read Full Article

Department of Energy Announces Bioenergy Knowledge Discovery Framework

(US Department of Energy)  ...As part of the Department of Energy's comprehensive strategy to support the production of advanced biofuels, Secretary Chu also announced the launch of a new online collaboration tool and data resource focused on bioenergy.  The "Bioenergy

January 21, 2011 Read Full Article

Department of Energy Offers First Conditional Commitment for a Loan Guarantee for Advanced Biofuels Plant

(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 Diamond Green Diesel, LLC, the

January 21, 2011 Read Full Article

Bioprospecting: Searching for a Diamond in the Muck

by Bill Scanlon (National Renewable Energy Laboratory/Renewable Energy World)  Most people scorn algae as pond scum, but Lee Elliott embraces the slime, captures it, filters it, and analyzes it for its potential to grow like weeds and fuel the airplanes

January 20, 2011 Read Full Article

Rentech Fuels First Cross-Country Drive on 100% Synthetic Diesel

(Rentech)  Over 5000 Mile Round-Trip Drive Includes Stop at the 2011 Washington Auto Show Rentech, Inc. (NYSE AMEX: RTK) today announced that its synthetic RenDiesel® fuel is powering an Audi A3 TDI in a cross-country drive from California to Washington D.C.

January 20, 2011 Read Full Article

Coskata Supported Biorefinery Selected To Receive $250 Million Loan Guarantee From USDA

(Coskata)  Guarantee will support a commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol facility in Alabama Coskata Inc., a developer of technology for the production of renewable fuels and chemicals, was notified by the USDA of their intent to provide a $250 million loan guarantee in

January 20, 2011 Read Full Article

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Outlines Progress on Effort to Advance Renewable Energy Production in America

(USDA)  Expansion of Biofuels Reaches All Regions of the Country Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced January 20, 2011, that biofuels and biomass energy projects across America have been selected for funding to continue the Administration's support for the development of renewable

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Sandia Researchers Tailoring Fungi-Based Biofuels to Meet the Needs of Current, Advanced Combustion Engines

(Sandia National Laboratories)  Engine experts and biofuels researchers at Sandia National Laboratories are working on a project that aims to modify an endophytic fungus so that it will produce fuel-type hydrocarbons for transportation purposes. The biofuels being investigated for the project

January 20, 2011 Read Full Article

Florida Biodiesel, Inc., Will Save the Biodiesel Industry up to 5% on Production Costs

(PR-USA.net) Florida Biodiesel, Inc. has released the Cyclonic Mixer, an inline high shear blender that is 100 times more effective in mixing feedstock and catalyst for the transesterification of Biodiesel.  This new technology can lower the Methanol requirements of Biodiesel plants

January 20, 2011 Read Full Article

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces BioPreferred Final Rule

(USDA)  BioPreferredSM Program Designates Eight New Biobased Product Categories; More than 600 additional biobased products now eligible for preferred Federal purchasing Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the designation of eight additional biobased product categories which are eligible for Federal procurement preference.  With

January 20, 2011 Read Full Article

Qantas to Sign LOI for Algae-Based Aviation Biofuel

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  At a series of public and private meetings this week on the Rodeo Drive of algae, North Torrey Pines Road in La Jolla, California, Qantas confirmed that it is in advanced talks with an unnamed

January 20, 2011 Read Full Article

BP: Renewables Grow Faster than Fossil, But Stay in Minority

by Michael Kanellos (GreenTechMedia)  Renewable energy and biofuels will be the fastest growing segment in energy, according to BP, but fossil will still rule the roost. The annual report from the energy giant (see full PDF here) predicts that overall demand

January 20, 2011 Read Full Article

What Matters in Biofuels?

by Vinod Khosla (GreenTechMedia)  Given the likely continued dominance of the internal combustion engine, cellulosic and sugar-derived fuels offer one of the lowest risk advances to quickly and affordably achieve low-carbon transportation. Furthermore, substituting higher value bio-chemicals for petro-chemicals, will

January 20, 2011 Read Full Article

Enerkem Awarded Loan Guarantee from U.S. Department of Agriculture for Its Mississippi Waste-to-Fuel Biorefinery

(Enerkem)  Enerkem Inc. today announced that Enerkem Corporation, its wholly-owned U.S. affiliate, has  obtained a conditional commitment  for an US$  80 million  loan guarantee by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), for  the construction of its  landmark waste-to-biofuels project in Pontotoc, Mississippi, which

January 20, 2011 Read Full Article

Muradel Founded in Australia to Produce Algae

(Algae Industry Magazine)  A new Australian company has been established to produce commercial quantities of clean, “green” fuels from algae. The company, Muradel Pty Ltd, is a joint venture of Murdoch University, Adelaide Research & Innovation Pty Ltd (the commercial development

January 20, 2011 Read Full Article

The Time to Plan for Ethanol’s Future is Now

by Porter J. Martin and Gregory J. Lynch    (Ethanol Producer Magazine)   ... Can ethanol survive without these supports? I believe the answer is yes, if we take steps to plan now. Why? Because we have seen ethanol producers start to

January 19, 2011 Read Full Article

Genera Identifies Switchgrass as Starting Point

by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Research being conducted in Tennessee to take biomass from the “farm gate to the biorefinery gate” has zeroed in on switchgrass. That’s not to say that switchgrass is the only answer for cellulosic ethanol

January 19, 2011 Read Full Article

Chinese Company to Grow Biofuel Plant in Congo Republic, Xinhua Reports

(Bloomberg)  A Chinese company plans to produce jatropha ... in the Democratic Republic of Congo,...Greater Kingdom Group, has asked for 10,000 hectares in each of the provinces... READ MORE

January 19, 2011 Read Full Article

Ethiopia: E10 Petroleum Coming in Weeks

by Hayal Alemayehu   (NewsDire)   The government is schedule to increase the proportion of ethanol being blended in benzene to 10 percent beginning March 7. For over a year now, the benzene that has been in use in Addis Ababa

January 19, 2011 Read Full Article

China Will Scale Faster Than US in Race for New Transport Fuels, Accenture Report Finds

(BusinessWire/Accenture)  China could lead the race to roll out electric vehicles and will deploy new transport technologies at scale more quickly than the United States, according to a report by Accenture that compares the two countries. But the US could

January 19, 2011 Read Full Article

Chromatin’s Yield Machine: Is Instant Gene-Stacking a Game-Changer for Energy Crops?

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  In Illinois, Chromatin announced the successful first demonstration that genes can be assembled, stacked, and expressed in sugarcane using the company’s mini-chromosome technology. Now, what exactly is a gene stack and why should I care? Most

January 19, 2011 Read Full Article

Biofuel Truck Quietly Proves Nothing Need Go to Waste

by Isaac Davison  (NZHerald.co.NZ)    ...The truck, launched in Rodney yesterday by Auckland Mayor Len Brown, is the result of the first successful New Zealand project to turn landfill gas into a transport fuel. Its creators say the truck's

January 19, 2011 Read Full Article

Advancing Colorado's Renewable Energy (ACRE) Doles out Colorado Renewable Energy Grants

by Bryan Sims (Biodiesel Magazine)   The Advancing Colorado’s Renewable Energy program awarded 15 grants totaling more than $600,000 in an effort to spur additional instate renewable energy development. Administered by the Colorado Agricultural Value Added Development Board, ACRE specifically

January 19, 2011 Read Full Article

As Gas Prices Rise, State Looks at Fuel Alternatives

by Robyn L. Minor (Bowling Green Daily News)  Officials studying logistical challenges facing biofuel progress With gas prices in December seeing the biggest jump in 18 months, consideration of alternative fuel development moves to the forefront. “Gas price certainly reinvigorates the conversation,”

January 18, 2011 Read Full Article

Spinning ILUC Policy the European Way

by Robert Vierhout  (ePURE/Ethanol Producer Magazine)  It took the European Commission several stakeholder meetings, two public consultations and many more economic modelling studies to conclude that the indirect land use change (ILUC) effects of biofuel demand are not that obvious.

January 18, 2011 Read Full Article

A Million Dollars a Month

by Antonio Acost  (Faribault County Register)  It pays to conserve energy. Especially, if you are producing ethanol. Corn Plus officials in Winnebago will soon receive a check in the mail for $12 million. “It’s going to keep us financially viable for some

January 18, 2011 Read Full Article

30 Years of Unparalleled Progress

by Bob Dinneen (Renewable Fuels Association/Ethanol Producer Magazine)   ...When the Renewable Fuels Association was formed in late 1980, America was producing just 175 million gallons of ethanol per year. Today, the industry produces more than 13 billion gallons annually,

January 18, 2011 Read Full Article

Maryland Grain Producers Utilization Board Joins Clean Fuels Foundation Flex Fuel Vehicle Awareness Campaign

(Maryland Grain Producers Utilization Board)   Grain producers from the state of Maryland announced they have awarded a grant to the Clean Fuels Foundation for a statewide program to increase the sale of high level ethanol blends and support local E85

January 18, 2011 Read Full Article

College Students Lack Scientific Literacy, Study Finds

(Michigan State University)  Most college students in the United States do not grasp the scientific basis of the carbon cycle – an essential skill in understanding the causes and consequences of climate change, according to research published in the January

January 18, 2011 Read Full Article

AGQM-Project Report: “Recommendations for a Mexican Biodiesel Standard and the Infra-Structure Required for Its Handling”

(IEA Bioenergy Task 39)  Since governments and societies becoming more and more aware of the geopolitical, economical and environmental risks of oil dependency biofuels are gaining a rising attention. In Mexico the use of biodiesel as an additive to improve

January 18, 2011 Read Full Article

The Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development of the European Commission Has Published “Prospects for Agricultural Markets and Income 2010-2020”.

(IEA Bioenergy Task 39)  The outlook consists of a set of market and sector income prospects elaborated on the basis of specific assumptions regarding macroeconomic conditions, the agricultural and trade policy environment, weather conditions and international market developments. The medium term

January 18, 2011 Read Full Article

Approaches for Optimising the Greenhouse Gas Balance of Biodiesel Produced from Rapeseed

(IEA Bioenergy Task 39)  On the request of the UFOP, the DBFZ examined several approaches to improving the Green-House-Gas (GHG) saving balance of biodiesel produced from rape seed. The work was based on the so called default values for biodiesel

January 18, 2011 Read Full Article

City’s Biofuel Experiment Ends

by Denis Langlois   (OwenSoundSunTimes.com)  Owen Sound is scrapping its environmentally conscious biodiesel program due to its cost and a "considerable" number of engine failures. ...The city first fuelled a bus on a blend of diesel and cooking oil in 2007

January 18, 2011 Read Full Article

Genetic Mutation Helps Plants Use Less Water without Biomass Loss

(NewKerala.com)  Purdue University researchers have made a discovery that could reduce the amount of water required for growing plants and help plants survive and thrive in adverse conditions. They have found a genetic mutation that allows a plant to better endure drought

January 18, 2011 Read Full Article

How Agricultural Biotechnology Boosts Food Supply and Accomodates Biofuels

by Steven Sexton, David Zilberman   (National Bureau of Economic Research)  Increased global demand for biofuels is placing increased pressure on agricultural systems at a time when traditional sources of yield improvements have been mostly exhausted, generating concerns about the future of

January 18, 2011 Read Full Article

Climate Capitalism and Biofuels Ready to Break Out in 2011

by Boyd Cohen  (Triple Pundit)   ...However, over the past several years, we have seen significant advances in the development of biofuels in favor of more sustainable practices. And given the growing demand for biodiesel, ethanol-blended gasoline and other biofuels,

January 18, 2011 Read Full Article

Canadian Biodiesel Plant to Make Fuel from Flax

by Susan Taylor  (Reuters)  A tiny Canadian startup company that is preparing to open a biodiesel plant in Toronto this spring says it will produce clean fuel, animal feed and human food all from the modest flax seed. Privately held Energy

January 18, 2011 Read Full Article

Biofuel Crops Proposed for South Florida Land Targeted for Water Storage, Environmental Restoration

by Andy Reid  (Sun Sentinel)    Instead of planting more sugar cane and citrus, biofuel farming could spread to South Florida land set aside for future water management and environmental restoration. The South Florida Water Management District has more than 200,000 acres

January 18, 2011 Read Full Article

Lotta Watta: Algal Innovators Pioneering New Extraction Techniques

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)   In Ohio, Algaeventure Systems advises that, today, they are releasing an RFP targeting the nation's leading algae producers to act as demonstration sites for its SLS Industrial algae dewatering technology under its 2009 DOE ARPA-E

January 18, 2011 Read Full Article

NX Global to Develop Canadian, US Algae Projects

by Erin Voegele (Biodiesel Magazine)  NX Global Inc. has received a $100 million funding commitment from a private U.S.-based organization. The financial support will be used to purchase property and fund construction on a waste-to-energy and algae facility in Canada.

January 17, 2011 Read Full Article

IndianOil and LanzaTech Sign MOU for Fuel Grade Ethanol Technology

(myCFO/LanzaTech)  IndianOil, India's flagship petroleum major, and LanzaTech, a leading clean energy technology company, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for collaboration in a technology demonstration that will enable IndianOil to produce fuel grade ethanol. The MOU was signed in

January 17, 2011 Read Full Article

Report: Range Fuels to Shut Down Plant

by Ucilia Wang  (Earth2Tech/Reuters)  The bad news about the layoffs at cellulosic biofuel maker Range Fuels just got worse. The financially-strapped company plans to shut down its plant in Georgia after making just one batch of ethanol, according to a

January 17, 2011 Read Full Article

Range Fuels Confirms Layoffs, New Funding Drive; Executes Planned Shutdown in GA after First Ethanol Run

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  In Colorado, Range Fuels confirmed to a variety of media outlets that it had made layoffs in Colorado and Georgia, and will shut down its Soperton, Georgia plant after an initial ethanol demonstration run in

January 17, 2011 Read Full Article

Scandinavia Goes Viking in Advanced Biofuels

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In the Old Norse, the term “viking” meant to “undertake an expedition” and it later came to characterize the raiders, settlers and traders that epitomized an era of Scandinavian expansion that impacted Europe, Asia

January 17, 2011 Read Full Article

A New Racing Simulator from Argonne National Laboratory

(American Le Mans Series)  Driving the Green Racing Movement One of the most important jobs of the technical community isn’t necessarily the technology developed. Rather it's education and promotion of such advancements. Without the support and understanding of the benefits of

January 14, 2011 Read Full Article

National Energy Security: U.S. Government Eyes Biofuels

(BIO tech NOW)  Defense Department details military needs for advanced biofuels The U.S. military has a real need for biofuels. The Navy sets its requirement at 336 million gallons by 2020. ...Paul Bryan, biomass program manager for the Energy Department, who also spoke

January 14, 2011 Read Full Article

Finding Common Ground: Stay Halts Destruction of Planted Sugar Beets

(BIO tech NOW)  BIO and government make case for allowing interim planting of genetically biotech beets until APHIS completes its environmental impact statement The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has issued a temporary stay of a Nov.

January 14, 2011 Read Full Article

Michigan Corn Farmers Showcase Ethanol as Performance Fuel

(Michigan Ag Connection)  ...Ethanol, 200 proof alcohol, is a renewable fuel made from corn. It has been used mainly in automobiles, but is now being looked at for use and increased performance of snowmobiles. The Corn Marketing Program of Michigan

January 14, 2011 Read Full Article

Blender Pumps in North Dakota

by KXMBTV Bismarck (KXNet.com)    Producing a new fuel mix...right at the station, ethanol blender pumps are helping push the demand for ethanol. At Wilton Cenex they're blending their own mix of gasoline and ethanol right at the pump.  Consumers now have the choice of

January 14, 2011 Read Full Article

Advanced Biofuels Company Algae.Tec Lists on ASX

Algae.Tec Limited (ASX: AEB) an advanced biofuels company with a pioneering highly-efficient algae growth and harvesting system (the McConchie-Stroud System) is listing on the ASX today at 10am WST January 14, 2011. The McConchie-Stroud System uses low-maintenance technologies and a

January 14, 2011 Read Full Article

Biofuel Bonanza for East TN Farmers

(Nashville Business Journal)  East Tennessee farmers have started to reap benefits from efforts to turn switchgrass into biofuel, with at least one farmer saying that if he had it to do over again, he would devote four times as much

January 14, 2011 Read Full Article

Power Fund Board Approves Terms for Iowa Cellulosic Ethanol Project by DuPont-Danisc

(Iowa Office of Energy Independence)  Project Would Produce Jobs and New Energy Technology for Iowa The Iowa Power Fund Board (Board) approved terms January 12, 2011, to start contract negotiations on a grant award for one of the first in the nation,

January 14, 2011 Read Full Article

GTI and CRI/Criterion Inc. Sign Licensing Agreement for IH2 Process Technology to Produce Cellulosic Gasoline and Diesel Hydrocarbon Blendstock

GTI announced it has signed an exclusive worldwide licensing agreement with CRI/Criterion Inc., for its Integrated Hydropyrolysis and Hydroconversion (IH2) technology, which converts biomass directly into cellulosic gasoline and diesel hydrocarbon blendstocks. This licensing agreement will expedite the realization of

January 14, 2011 Read Full Article

110 Advanced Biofuels Projects Now in Development: Advanced Biofuels Tracking Database for Q1 2011

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  Biofuels Digest is projecting that global advanced biofuels capacity will reach 4.003 billion gallons by 2015, based on company announcements to date. Today, the Digest released version 1.7 of its free Advanced Biofuels Tracking Database, projecting

January 14, 2011 Read Full Article

EPA Delays Climate Rules for Biomass Industry

by Juliet Eilperin (Washington Post)  In another sign that the Environmental Protection Agency is moderating its climate policy, it announced Wednesday it would exempt the biomass industry from limits on greenhouse gas emissions for three years. More than two dozen lawmakers had urged EPA

January 13, 2011 Read Full Article

The Economics of Biofuels

(Pacific Rim BioEnergy)  Note: This is an update from an earlier post. The earlier post outlined the concepts but did not have any specific details. This post utilizes current figures and displays the economic principals based on those current figures. The

January 13, 2011 Read Full Article

Low Cost Algae Oil Production System Advances

by Bob Brooks (Automotive Industries)  Photon8, a new venture algae oil development firm has emerged from research work at the University Of Texas, Brownsville, TX, by placing its priority on the economics of making algal based diesel fuel oil at

January 13, 2011 Read Full Article

Valero Invests in Mascoma, Signs Cellulosic Ethanol Offtake Agreement; Inks LOI for up to $50M in Equity

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  In New Hampshire, Mascoma announced that Valero Energy  has joined as an investor in the company. Further, Mascoma, Valero, and Mascoma’s operating subsidiary, Frontier Renewable Resources, (jointly owned with J.M. Longyear) have signed a non-binding letter

January 13, 2011 Read Full Article

Top 11 Algae Market Trends For 2011

by Will Thurmond (Biofuels Digest/ Emerging Markets Online)  1 Emerging Markets Growth US and EU-based algae producers and licensors of technology are increasingly looking to the Emerging Markets in Latin America, Asia, Africa and the Middle East ... 2 Renewable Oils

January 13, 2011 Read Full Article

The Elusive Green Economy

by Joshua Green (The Atlantic)  It feels like 1977 all over again: economy in the doldrums, crisis in the Middle East, and a charismatic new Democrat in the White House preaching the gospel of clean energy. Can Obama succeed where

January 13, 2011 Read Full Article

New Research Shows Bioenergy Crops are Complementary, Not Competitors

(The Farm Trader)  With public debate surrounding how Australia can meet its future energy needs gathering pace in recent weeks, three new RIRDC reports on potential bioenergy feedstocks will serve as a valuable addition to the exchange of ideas on

January 12, 2011 Read Full Article

Laila Padi 'Waste' Found to Have Great Potential as Biofuel

by Ubaidillah Masli   (Brunei Times)  LAILA, the rice variety heralded as the answer to Brunei's food self-sufficiency woes, might also fuel the Sultanate's cars in the future as an efficient and more environment-friendly biofuel. This is the finding of a

January 12, 2011 Read Full Article

U.S. Car Czar: Industry Faces Massive Change by 2023

by Nick Carey and Deepa Seetharaman   (Reuters)  The American auto industry will change more in the next dozen years than it has during the past 50, said the U.S. Treasury official charged with overseeing the government's investment in the auto

January 12, 2011 Read Full Article

Much-Touted Cellulosic Ethanol Is Late in Making Mandated Appearance

by Dina Fine Maron (ClimateWire/New York Times)  ...U.S. EPA figures indicate that in the second half of 2010, not a drop of cellulosic ethanol -- a much-touted fuel that taps the sugars from farm wastes and other non-food sources of

January 12, 2011 Read Full Article

Ethanol Industry Faces High Corn Prices

by Todd Neeley (The Progressive Farmer)   ...(P)ressure from rising corn prices at the start of 2011 is expected to test ethanol producers' ability to manage risk. ...Rabobank said ethanol would remain profitable with corn prices above $7 a bushel.

January 12, 2011 Read Full Article

New Service Station to Offer Alternative Fuels

by Vikki Broughton Hodges (The Dispatch)  The first local retail sales of ethanol and biodiesel fuels are scheduled to begin in April at Sparky’s Marketplace, a new service station, convenience store and car wash being developed by Hill Oil Co.

January 12, 2011 Read Full Article

On-Farm Energy Prices May Rise as Economy Improves

By Christine Souza  (California Farm Bureau Federation)   As the nation attempts to recover from the economic downturn, farmers and ranchers realize this kind of positive movement in the economy will lead to higher energy costs. A significant portion of

January 12, 2011 Read Full Article

Eastern Gain Biofuels Project to Be Headed by Military Veteran

(Biofuels Center of North Carolina)  Retired U.S. Coast Guard veteran Captain Terry Carter has joined the Biofuels Center staff as director of eastern and military partnerships. He will lead a significant large project, Eastern Gain: Biofuels Enrich Our Communities, Economy, and Security. A

January 12, 2011 Read Full Article

Kingdom Considers Producing Ethanol from Waste

by Querubin J. Minas  (The Saudi)   In line with the Saudi government’s initiative to diversify energy resources and promote clean environment at the same time, a US company is introducing an innovative, versatile biofuel solution to produce ethanol using

January 12, 2011 Read Full Article

Raptor Fabrication and Equipment Announces Completion of New Biodiesel Plant

(MarketWire/Raptor Technology Group, Inc.)  Greenwave Biodiesel Facility in Fort Lauderdale Operational Raptor Technology Group, Inc.  announced that the company it is in the process of acquiring, Raptor Fabrication and Equipment, Inc. ("Raptor"), has started up its newest biodiesel plant for its customer,

January 12, 2011 Read Full Article
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