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AliphaJet Announces New Technology for Making Advanced Renewable Drop-in Jet Biofuel Breakthrough Commercially-Scalable Process Produces Jet Fuels at Costs Competitive to Fossil Fuel

(AliphaJet)  – AliphaJet, Inc. announced that the company has developed and successfully demonstrated a highly cost-effective catalytic method for making jet biofuel from renewable products such as plant and animal triglycerides and/or fatty acids. AliphaJet’s BoxCar™ catalytic de-oxygenation process significantly reduces capital and operating costs

September 14, 2011 Read Full Article

Hawaiian Electric Selects Hawai`i BioEnergy to Supply Sustainable Local Biofuel for Kahe Power Plan

(Hawai'i Bioenergy)  Hawaiian Electric Company and Hawai`i BioEnergy, LLC have agreed on a contract for a supply of 10 million gallons per year of locally grown and processed biofuel for power generation at Hawaiian Electric’s Kahe Generating Station. The contract now goes to

September 14, 2011 Read Full Article

Fly the (Hic!) Friendly Skies: Renewable Jet Fuel from Alcohol

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...But a handful of companies such as Cobalt, Gevo, Terrabon, LanzaTech and ZeaChem, are shaking up the emerging aviation biofuels markets by developing renewable aviation fuels from ethanol and/or biobutanol. ...“An alcohol molecule, looking at it

September 14, 2011 Read Full Article

USDA Scientists Use Commercial Enzyme to Improve Grain Ethanol Production

by Ann Perry (US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service)  A commercial enzyme could reduce overall costs linked with producing ethanol from grain, and also reduce associated emissions of greenhouse gases, according to a study by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

September 13, 2011 Read Full Article

The Green Strike Group: The Fuels, The Force, The Skinny

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)   ...Tactically, a Green Strike Group, powered by renewable diesel-electric engines, nuclear power and aviation biofuels, is able to operate independent of fossil fuel supply line threat or disruption. In the near term, this is

September 13, 2011 Read Full Article

Sugar Could Be Produced Again, Says Minister

SEÁN Mac Connell (Irish Times)  Ireland could be producing sugar and ethanol again when the European Commission ends its current quota system in 2016, the Agricultural Science Association annual conference in Maynooth heard yesterday. Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney said figures in

September 13, 2011 Read Full Article

Biofuels Firm Plans Bellevue Refinery

by Ross Boettcher (World-Herald/Omaha.com)  A La Vista-based biofuels company Thursday proposed a $100 million project to build a biorenewable fuel refinery in Bellevue that could create at least 50 local jobs. The company, BioSyn Resources, wants to build a three-tiered refinery

September 12, 2011 Read Full Article

Keystone BioFuels Paves Way for Evolving Fuel industry

Monica Von Dobeneck (The Patriot-News /PennLive.c0m)  Ben Wooten is doubling his workforce, quadrupling his space and increasing his production tenfold at his Keystone BioFuels in Lower Allen Twp.    Not bad in a stagnant economy, he said. Wooten said government

September 12, 2011 Read Full Article

Primus Green Energy Expands Drop-In Fuel Development Plant in N.J., Increases Total Production Capacity

(BusinessWire/Primus Green Energy)  Primus Green Energy (“Primus”), the leader in renewable, drop-in fuel, has expanded its U.S.-based development facility in New Jersey, enabling the company to build its complete, integrated thermal-chemical process. Primus’ game-changing process for converting biomass into gasoline

September 10, 2011 Read Full Article

Opening Plenary – "Industry Perspectives on Bioenergy": The Future Biobased Economy

by Matt Carr (Biotechnology Industry Organization). Matt Carr, Managing Director or BIO notes that in 2011, biofuels comprise about 10% of the US transportation fuel market; in 2025, biofuels will consist of around 25% of that market.  Renewable chemicals and

September 09, 2011 Read Full Article

Neuron Bio Acquires Pilot Plant

by Erin Voegele (Biorefining Magazine)  Spain-based Neuron Bio recently announced it has commissioned a pilot-scale fermentation plant. According to the company, the new plant will be used to scale up the production of yeast, bacteria and algae as part of

September 08, 2011 Read Full Article

Guarani Indians in Southern Brazil Have Called on Shell to Withdraw from their Ancestral Land, Where the Oil Giant Produces ethanol from Sugar Cane, According to a Native Rights Group.

(Radio Netherlands Worldwide)  "Shell must leave our land... The companies must stop using indigenous land," said Ambrosio Vilhalva, a Guarani from the Caarapo municipality in the southern state of Mato Grosso do Sul. "We want justice, we want our land to

September 08, 2011 Read Full Article

Panama: $2 Million for Cassava Ethanol Plant

(Central America Data)  The company Agro 2 has opened the first plant of its kind in Santiago, province of Veraguas. With an initial investment of $2 million the processing plant producing cassava-based ethanol will begin operations next week, as indicated by representatives

September 08, 2011 Read Full Article

State OKs POET Plan to Recycle Storm Water at South Dakota Plant

(POET)  POET Biorefining -- Mitchell to cut even more water use Mitchell is layering another level of water recycling on top of its current system with a new process to use storm water from nearby retention ponds. The plant received approval last

September 08, 2011 Read Full Article

Mission Signs Biodiesel Supply Deal with Global Oil Major

(Clean Technology Business Review)  Mission NewEnergy has signed a contract to supply sustainability-certified biodiesel to a global oil major. The six-month contract will begin in January 2012 and is expected to generate revenue in excess of $40m. Mission NewEnergy group CEO Nathan

September 08, 2011 Read Full Article

Washakie Renewable Energy Celebrates Utah Plant Opening

by Bryan Sims (Biodiesel Magazine)  Washakie Renewable Energy LLC hosted local and state dignitaries on Sept. 1 for an open house event and plant tour celebrating the start of its 10 MMgy biodiesel production facility near Plymouth, Utah. According to WRE

September 07, 2011 Read Full Article

From Paperboard to Green Jobs, Mill Gets Makeover

by (Chron.com)  An Illinois investment company that bought an old container manufacturer west of Missoula hopes to turn the 3,200-acre site along the Clark Fork River into a magnet for green jobs. ...The site has officially been renamed "M 2 Green," and

September 07, 2011 Read Full Article

Metso Signs Strategic Equipment Supplier Agreement for Biomass Refineries with Inbicon

(Metso)  Metso has signed an agreement with Inbicon A/S of Denmark for the supply of technology capable of converting biomass into second generation fuel ethanol. The value of the agreement will not be disclosed. The agreement covers cooperation in designing and

September 06, 2011 Read Full Article

Dynamotive Announces that GE Joined Consortium Established to Develop Australian Biofuel

(MarketWatch/Dynamotive)  GE today (September 1, 12011) announced that it has joined Virgin Australia and a consortium of other partners to research and develop commercial biofuel for the aviation industry. The consortium will focus on pyrolytic conversion of biomass from mallee eucalypt

September 06, 2011 Read Full Article

New Biofuels Plant Eyes Northern Panhandle

by Linda Harris   (The State Journal)  Officials with a proposed $400 million plant are looking at sites in Brooke, Hancock counties. While a deal is far from final, Northern Panhandle economic development leaders are exploring the feasibility of bringing a

September 06, 2011 Read Full Article

Vilsack Discusses Biorefining Industry on Platts

Erin Voegele (Biorefining Magazine)  ...Vilsack estimates that we will see commercial-scale biorefineries that were supported by the USDA begin to come online in the 2012-‘13 time frame. “When you see that, you’ll begin to create greater efficiencies,” he said. “You’ll

September 01, 2011 Read Full Article

Green Grease Solutions to Supply Feedstock to e-Biofuels

by Erin Voegele (Biodiesel Magazine)  ..."We are very excited to strengthen our relationship with our primary feedstock supplier–Green Grease Solutions LLC—and to secure a longer term feedstock supply agreement for our biodiesel operations,” said Jeffrey Wilson, president of Imperial Petroleum.

August 31, 2011 Read Full Article

Denmark's DONG Energy Exploring Large Biofuel Plant

by Teis Jensen (Reuters)   New consortium invests in feasibility study * Plans involve second-generation bioethanol plant * Plant could cost $390 million - $580 million Denmark's DONG Energy and local partners will explore the possibility of building a bioenergy complex, including a large-scale

August 31, 2011 Read Full Article

Vonore Biomass Plant Could Go Commercial as Switchgrass Gains Ground

by Ed Marcum (KnoxNews.com)  The University of Tennessee showed off its biofuel facilities here Tuesday to top state officials as the school works to increase efficiencies so that the experimental project can become a commercial operation. Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and U.S. Sen.

August 31, 2011 Read Full Article

China’s Vision for Renewable Energy: The Status of Bioenergy and Bioproduct Research and Commercialization

Elizabeth R. Nesbitt, Paul Thiers, Johnway Gao, Sharon Shoemaker, Manuel Garcia-Perez, Julie Carrier, Joy Doran-Peterson, John Morgan, Guangyi Wang, Pierre Christian Wensel, Shulin Chen  (Journal of International Commerce and Economics)  The Chinese government is vigorously promoting commercialization of renewable energy and bioproducts, given environmental issues plus food, energy, and national security concerns,

August 30, 2011 Read Full Article

USDA, Departments of Energy and Navy Seek Input from Industry to Advance Biofuels for Military and Commercial Transportation

(US Department of Agriculture)  Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, and Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus today announced the next step in the creation of a public-private partnership to develop drop-in advanced biofuels. The Secretaries

August 30, 2011 Read Full Article

China and Biofuels - Stir-Fry or Fly?

by Dr. John C.K. Daly  (IBTimes)  While biofuel production is one of the rising energy stars of the 21st century, it is unlikely to become a significant source for China in the near future, as the country's arable land is devoted

August 30, 2011 Read Full Article

Honeywell’s UOP Breaks Ground on Facility to Convert Biomass to Green Transportation Fuels

(Honeywell)  UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that it has begun construction in Hawaii of a biofuels demonstration unit that will convert forest residuals, algae and other cellulosic biomass into green transportation fuels. Backed by a $25 million U.S. Department of

August 30, 2011 Read Full Article

Wind Projects Provide a Model

by Susanne Retka Schill  (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Investors with an appetite for loss, common in wind projects, may be what's needed to see CHP take hold in the ethanol industry. ...using corn stover for biomass power and steam, selling the excess power

August 30, 2011 Read Full Article

Company Takes Biodiesel From Field to Fryer to Fuel

(Voice of America)  ...  At Cork Street Tavern in Winchester, Virginia, kitchen manager Chris Bennett cooks his freshly-fried potato chips in canola oil from Shenandoah Agricultural Products, a small company just a few kilometers away. ... After the restaurant has fried

August 29, 2011 Read Full Article

Assessing Opportunities and Constraints for Biofuel Development in Sub-Saharan Africa

by Graham von Maltitz, William Stafford    (Center for International Forestry Research)    Sustainable biofuel production should provide opportunities for sub-Saharan African countries and their inhabitants, especially in impoverished rural areas. Biofuel feedstock production has the potential to bring job opportunities

August 29, 2011 Read Full Article

Hartley, IA Ethanol Plant Eyes Expansion

by Mark Victoria (KTIV.com)  ...Now after seeing profits, an expansion is in the works. "Each of the plants has seven fermenters which help in the ethanol making process. We're going to build an 8th, which will help again increase some of

August 29, 2011 Read Full Article

US Biodiesel Industry Producing Record Volumes

(Farm Business)  US biodiesel production reached a new monthly high of 81 million gallons in June, according to the latest EPA statistics, marking a third consecutive month of record volumes and continuing a remarkable turnaround in which biodiesel production in

August 29, 2011 Read Full Article

Federal GHG Reporting Tool Opens for Business

by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  The U.S. EPA announced Aug. 22 that its electronic tool for reporting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, dubbed e-GRRT, is finally ready for use. The agency is requiring participants of the Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse

August 27, 2011 Read Full Article

Valero: ‘Ethanol Has Been Successful for Us’

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 opposite end of the facility

August 27, 2011 Read Full Article

Investor Interest in U.S. Biofuel Production Set to Soar

by John Daly (OilPrice.com)  ...While it remains to be seen how the joint investments between the U.S. government and private sector will work in practice, the announcement nevertheless represents an unprecedented commitment by several federal departments to stimulate the production

August 27, 2011 Read Full Article

Improvements in Ethanol Process Result in Lower GHG Emissions

by Geoff Cooper (Renewable Fuels Association)  America is home to the most innovative, productive and efficient ethanol and grain producers in the world. ...(T)he trend line for both industries is toward greater productivity utilizing fewer resources. When viewed as a

August 27, 2011 Read Full Article

First Load of Biodiesel Sold from Re-Started REG Albert Lea Biorefinery in Minnesota

(Renewable Energy Group)    Biodiesel is now available via truck and rail from Renewable Energy Group®’s (REG) newly acquired facility, REG Albert Lea, LLC. The first truckload of biodiesel exceeded ASTM D6751 and was picked up this morning for the

August 26, 2011 Read Full Article

Honeywell to Build Pilot-Scale Biomass Refinery in Kapolei

by Duane Shimogawa (Pacific Business News)  ...Groundbreaking for Honeywell’s UOP integrated biorefinery is scheduled for next week at Tesoro Corp. ’s refinery in Kapolei. The project, funded by a $25 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy, will integrate two

August 26, 2011 Read Full Article

Work Begins on Carbon-Capture at ADM Decatur Site

(St. Louis Today/AP)  The U.S. Department of Energy says construction has started on a $207.5 million project to capture carbon dioxide produced by an ethanol plant in Illinois and store it underground. The Energy Department said construction started Tuesday on the

August 26, 2011 Read Full Article

The Path to Validation

by Bryan Sims and Luke Geiver (Biorefining Magazine)  Biorefining technology does not grow on trees but there is no shortage of innovative ways to turn biomass into an advanced biofuel or a biobased chemical. Some of those technologies, like the

August 25, 2011 Read Full Article

On the Brink of Sweeping Change

by Eugene Gerden (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Russia plans to tap into bountiful resources to expand ethanol production The Russian government is considering the implementation of a state program to develop a biofuel and ethanol industry in Russia.  Amid dwindling hydrocarbon reserves

August 25, 2011 Read Full Article

Hitachi Zosen to Convert Waste into Biofuel

(TheBioenergySite.com)  Hitachi Zosen has teamed up with the city of Kyoto and Kumamoto University to begin converting municipal waste into ethanol on a trial basis. ...The biofuel produced will be used to fuel cars and as boiler fuel for factories.  READ

August 24, 2011 Read Full Article

Biofuel Firm's US Deal Paves Way for Major Plant

by Bill Moore (Stuff.co.nz)  Nelson-based biofuel company Aquaflow Bionomic Corporation has announced a deal with a Texas-based renewable fuel company that paves the way for the building of a multimillion-dollar biofuels plant. Its agreement is with CRI Catalyst Company, a provider

August 24, 2011 Read Full Article

Next-Generation Renewable Fuels to Play Crucial Role in Canada's Transition to a Bio-Based Economy: SDTC Canada Makes Annual Call for Applications to $500 million

Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) is  issuing its Annual Call for Applications under the NextGen Biofuels Fund™, which was created by the Government of Canada to support the establishment of first-of-kind large demonstration-scale facilities for the production of next-generation renewable

August 24, 2011 Read Full Article

Fuel Plant Cancels Lease: $350M Ethanol Project at Port Terminated by Mutual Agreement

by Larry Rulison  (Times Union)  Plans for a $350 million ethanol plant at the Port of Albany have been scrapped as Congress inches closer to eliminating lucrative tax subsidies for the corn-to-fuel industry. Port of Albany General Manager Rick Hendrick said Monday that the

August 23, 2011 Read Full Article

Louisiana Biofuels Plan Would Decentralize Production

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 address the aggressive federal mandates

August 23, 2011 Read Full Article

Catching the Sugar Wave

by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Not content to let Brazil hog all the glory, three development-stage companies eye sugar-based ethanol feedstocks ...If successful, California Ethanol & Power LLC will be the first ethanol production company bankrolled partially by Brazilian money,

August 23, 2011 Read Full Article

A Constant in Changing Times: One Plant’s Success Story in an Ever-evolving Industry

by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  ...Near Hastings, a community of about 25,000 people nestled amid the seemingly endless corn fields of south-central Nebraska, Chief Ethanol Fuels Inc. has been steadily churning out ethanol since late 1984. The oldest dry-mill

August 23, 2011 Read Full Article

Zimbabwe: Politicking Stalling Ethanol Project - Villagers

(AllAfrica.com/The Herald)  Traditional leaders have identified unnecessary politicking as a challenge to the successful completion of the Chisumbanje Ethanol Plant. The task-force chaired by Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development secretary Mr Ngoni Masoka visited the project yesterday. In his submission to the

August 23, 2011 Read Full Article

Farmers Sought for Biofuel Project

(The Record)  Farm officials, hoping to get California farmers to plant as much as 25,000 acres of camelina, an oilseed, for a biomass start-up project are offering incentives to growers in San Joaquin County and other areas of the Central

August 23, 2011 Read Full Article

The XTL Diet: New Paths to Feasible, Domestic Low-Carb Fuels

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  Can synthetic biology capture and utilize CO2 to such an extent that it not only can make money – but can mitigate the carbon intensity of no-no feedstocks like coal, gas and oil, opening up

August 23, 2011 Read Full Article

Water Intensity of Corn-Based Ethanol Needs to Include DDGS Credit

by Gouri Shankar Mishra and Sonia Yeh (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Study recalculates water consumption with expanded system boundaries and coproduct credit Recent studies have estimated the “consumptive water use,” “water embodied,” and “water footprint” of corn-based ethanol in the U.S, with

August 22, 2011 Read Full Article

POET Partners with Ecological Restoration Firm on Energy Grass

by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Poet LLC is venturing into the realm of energy grasses with a newly launched collaborative effort to establish native grasses on degraded lands in areas surrounding its 100 MMgy ethanol plant at Chancellor, S.D.

August 22, 2011 Read Full Article

Kenya Develops Unique Bio-Ethanol Gel Biofuel for Kitchen Use

by Joao Peixe  (OilPrice.com)  The bio-ethanol gel is an alternative biofuel developed by Consumer's Choice Limited to reduce Kenya’s reliance on imported petroleum. ...Consumer's Choice Limited developed a bio-ethanol gel made from molasses derived from sugarcane. Kadhi noted, "During the sugar

August 22, 2011 Read Full Article

From Farm to Biorefinery: Ethanol Production Efficiency Improves

by Geoff Cooper (Renewable Fuels Association)  ...In this week’s installment of the RFA’s series on efficiency, RFA Vice President Geoff Cooper takes on the critics who contend that both farming and ethanol production is simply too energy-intensive. Critics of farmers, and by

August 22, 2011 Read Full Article

Berkeley Lab Opens Advanced Biofuels Facility

(Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)  The ailing United States’ economy would receive a much needed boost with the commercial development of a domestic source of transportation fuel – especially if that fuel were to be clean, green and renewable, and could

August 22, 2011 Read Full Article

INEOS Bio JV Closes $75m in Private Financing Under USDA Loan Guarantee Program for Advanced BioEnergy Center in Florida

(INEOS Bio/PR NewsWire)  Florida project is first large-scale advanced biorefinery facility in U.S. to close financing in latest round of USDA backed financing INEOS Bio announced that its joint venture project closed private financing on a $75m loan backed by a Loan Guarantee

August 19, 2011 Read Full Article

Abengoa Announces DOE Offer of Conditional Commitment for $133.9 Million Loan Guarantee to Build Inaugural Biomass Plant in United States

(Abengoa/PR NewsWire)   Abengoa today announced that its subsidiary, Abengoa Bioenergy, has been selected by the US Department of Energy's Loan Programs Office to receive an offer of a conditional commitment for a $133.9 million federal loan guarantee for the construction of

August 19, 2011 Read Full Article

Nandan Bio in Biodiesel JV with BPCL, Shapoorji

by Bv Mahalakshmi  (The Financial Express)  Nandan Biomatrix Ltd, an integrated R&D company for neutraceuticals and medicinal plants, has signed agreements with Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) and Shapoorji and Pallonji Ltd to form a JV company for producing biodiesel

August 18, 2011 Read Full Article

HPCL Bio Fuel to Start Sugar Production in Bihar Soon

by Shishir Sinha (The Hindu Business Line)  What could be seen as a revival of the sugar industry in Bihar, HPCL Bio Fuels Ltd will start producing sugar and ethanol from the coming sugar season starting October. HPCL Bio Fuels Ltd is

August 18, 2011 Read Full Article

The Great Jatropha Race

by Joelle Brink (Biofuels Digest Asia)  With new research on environmental and biomedical benefits of Jatropha is appearing regularly, it’s no wonder that the race for patents is heating up, and fast. Last year Mission New Energy began a joint venture

August 18, 2011 Read Full Article

Peterson Questions Federal Biofuels Plan

by Don Davis (Duluth News Tribune)  Minnesota’s senior congressman said that the plan administration officials announced this week probably will not work and threatens Minnesota’s 21 ethanol plants. “I think that is a big a problem,” said U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson,

August 18, 2011 Read Full Article

BQ-9000: A Community-Scale Perspective

by Rachel Burton (Biodiesel Magazine/Piedmont Biofuels)  ...Piedmont Biofuels made a strategic decision to voluntarily implement a quality management system (QMS) at its central North Carolina production facility. With this NREL data published, Piedmont was inspired to demonstrate that smaller producers

August 17, 2011 Read Full Article

Streamlining a Community-Scale Solution

by Erin Voegele (Biodiesel Magazine)  ...According to Greg Springer, president of Green Fuels America Inc., interest in community-scale biodiesel production is increasing all around the world. He attributes this to both high fuel prices and the specific advantages community-scale production

August 17, 2011 Read Full Article

Do Community Co-Ops Matter?

by Luke Geiver (Biodiesel Magazine)  ...Biodiesel co-ops are doing their part in the continued growth of the industry one 5-gallon jug of waste vegetable oil (WVO)  biodiesel at a time. If the 5 MMgy producers are working to provide an

August 17, 2011 Read Full Article

Biodiesel Industry Producing Record Volumes, Fueling Job Creation

by National Biodiesel Board (Biodiesel Magazine)  ...The new numbers, coming after Congress reinstated the biodiesel tax incentive this year, demonstrate the power that strong domestic energy policy can have in helping create jobs and economic activity. Despite the weak economy, the

August 17, 2011 Read Full Article

It’s Out There

by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  ...Inbicon conducted an extensive crop study and biomass research project to show just how much biomass is available in the Midwest. “Our findings confirm that North America’s great abundance of corn stover and wheat

August 17, 2011 Read Full Article

Corn for Hydrocarbons

by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Add-on technology developed for corn ethanol plants Rather than retrofitting a corn-ethanol plant to produce i-butanol, n-butanol or use other novel fermentation technologies, three companies are collaborating to turn a traditional ethanol plant into a

August 17, 2011 Read Full Article

Advanced Biofuels USA Is Disappointed in White House Plan for National Security Drop-In Biofuels Investment

by Robert E. Kozak (Advanced Biofuels USA)  As a tie-in to President Obama’s current bus tour promoting his job creation plans, the White House has issued a press release promoting a three-year $510 million dollar plan to fund “drop-in” biofuel

August 16, 2011 Read Full Article

President Obama Announces Major Initiative to Spur Biofuels Industry and Enhance America's Energy Security

(The White House)  USDA, Department of Energy and Navy Partner to Advance Biofuels to Fuel Military and Commercial Transportation, Displace Need for Foreign Oil, and Strengthen Rural America President Obama today (August 16, 2011) announced that the U.S. Departments of Agriculture,

August 16, 2011 Read Full Article

Karnataka's Second Bio-Diesel Plant to Come up Near Devanahalli

by Aparajita Ray  (Daily News and Analysis)  A bio-diesel manufacturing unit with a 50-tonne daily capacity will be set up near Devanahalli in four months, Karnataka State Biofuel Development Board chairman YB Ramakrishna told DNA on the sidelines of a World

August 16, 2011 Read Full Article

Avjet Biotech Releases Podcast on Red Wolf Refining System

(AvJet Biotech/PR.com)  Unique Refining System Creates Aviation Biofuel from Renewable Native Feedstocks Avjet Biotech, Inc., a leading developer of small distributive refining systems in the 10 million gallon per year range and parent company of Red Wolf Refining, has announced the

August 16, 2011 Read Full Article

Drop In, Drop Out: NABC Tosses Two Projects off the R&D Island

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  Survivor, biofuels style? NABC trims its project roster to two (or maybe three), as it nixes two projects and puts two on the “maybe” watch. Here’s what happened, why, and what’s next. In Washington, the DOE 

August 16, 2011 Read Full Article

The A.I.M. Interview: Dr. Richard Sayre

by Jonathan Williams (Algae Industry Magazine)   Dr. Richard Sayre keeps his plate full as both the Director of the Enterprise Rent-A-Car Institute for Renewable Fuels at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, and as the CTO of the high

August 15, 2011 Read Full Article

BCAP Helps Abengoa Solve Chicken-and-Egg Feedstock Issue

by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  With help from the USDA Biomass Crop Assistance Program, Abengoa is on its way to establishing a significantly sized switchgrass plantation in parts of Kansas and Oklahoma surrounding the site of the company’s proposed

August 15, 2011 Read Full Article

Town Hopes for Trash-to-Ethanol Plant, but Frustrations Mount

by Marc Chase (NWI.com)  What had been all excitement regarding a possible economic boon for this south Lake County town is turning into some frustration and deflated spirits, according to one Schneider official. Town Council President Richard Wright said he still

August 15, 2011 Read Full Article

ZeaChem Forms Strategic Partnership with Chrysler Group

by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  ZeaChem Inc. announced it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Chrysler Group LLC to accelerate the commercialization of its cellulosic ethanol process and to assist in establishing a strong consumer market for the

August 15, 2011 Read Full Article

Biomass 2011: Replace the Whole Barrel, Supply the Whole Market Presentations Posted

(US Department of Energy)  ...More than 600 speakers, moderators, sponsors, exhibitors, and attendees were able to listen to discussions about the ongoing challenges and achievements in the bioenergy industry. Biomass 2011 addressed key issues in important areas, such as feedstock supply, conversion pathways,

August 15, 2011 Read Full Article

Biofuel Maker KiOR Faces Questions over Funding

By Ucilia Wang  (GigaOm)  Freshly minted as a public company, biofuel producer KiOR reported Thursday that it brought in no revenues and widened its losses for the second quarter. Given that no one expected the young company to make much money yet,

August 12, 2011 Read Full Article

Biofuel Firm Seeks to Convert Yellow Grease into Liquid Gold

by William D'Urso  (Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel)   ...Cream City Grecycling, a division of Fushion Renewables, was launched in July and it's seeking out restaurants for their used cooking grease. The plan: Turn the waste grease into biodiesel. The company hopes to

August 12, 2011 Read Full Article

Report Compares Pyrolysis Techniques

by Erin Voegele  (Biorefining Magazine)  The Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands recently published a thesis on  pyrolysis research written by ERC researcher Paul de Wild. According to de Wild, while many renewable resources, such as wind, solar, water and

August 11, 2011 Read Full Article

Garbage in, Energy out: Turning Trash into Biofuel

by David Biello (Scientific American)  Making biofuels from waste makes dollars--and sense ...Turning garbage into fuel is potentially an answer to two pressing problems—diminishing the world's dependence on fossil fuels and an alternative to burying trash in landfills. In fact, the 468 million

August 11, 2011 Read Full Article

More Ethanol, Fewer Inputs, Increasing Benefits: More Corn on Fewer Acres, Less Water

by Geoff Cooper (Renewable Fuels Association)  Over the past 30 years, and in particular in the past decade, ethanol production has quietly become increasingly efficient.  From improvements in corn production to greater efficiencies at ethanol biorefineries, America’s leading renewable fuel

August 10, 2011 Read Full Article

3 Things You Need to Know about Biofuels

by Maggie Koerth-Baker (BoingBoing)  ...In a nutshell, that’s why liquid fuel is so valuable. So far, it’s the clear winner when we need energy for transportation—especially air transportation and heavy, long-distance shipping—because it allows you to stuff a lot of

August 10, 2011 Read Full Article

Company Plans to Turn Old Beverages into Ethanol

(Waste and Recycling News)  Detroit-based DART said its new location will turn alcohol and sugar-based beverages such as old beer, wine, soda, juice and liquor into fuel grade ethanol. In addition, the company said, the facility will also convert the

August 10, 2011 Read Full Article

Cantwell Applauds Launch of Jet Biofuels Program that Will Support Green Jobs Statewide

(AirportBusiness.com) Today (August 9, 2011)  U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) toured the cutting-edge laboratories at Targeted Growth in Seattle and announced the launch of Washington state's first large-scale program for the growth of camelina sativa, a promising non-food feedstock for

August 10, 2011 Read Full Article

Phase Shift: 12 Hot Gas-Based Biofuels Technologies

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...But a new generation of technologies is coming along fast, primarily in advanced biofuels, which is gasifying biomass at the front end along its path towards making fuels, chemicals or other biomaterials – or in

August 09, 2011 Read Full Article

Aviation Calls For Government Backing To Boost Biofuels

by Graham Warwick (Aviation Week)  The U.S. aviation industry is pressing Congress to extend funding for goverment programs providing support to start up commercial-scale production of renewable biofuels. ...Work on the 2012 Farm Bill is getting under way, and witnesses at

August 09, 2011 Read Full Article

Company Buys, Plans to Reopen NextDiesel Plant

by John Mulcahy  (Daily Telegram/LenConnect) A New York-based company has bought the closed NextDiesel plant in Adrian and plans to reopen it to produce biodiesel fuel. ...EnerVation Advisors is preparing to clean the plant’s tanks and make other preparation for reopening,

August 09, 2011 Read Full Article

China to Finance Biofuel Projects in Malaysia; but see: Lestari: No Intention to Solicit Funds from the Public

by Liz Lee (The Star)  Lestari, Arter Group to build 616 plants Lestari Pasifik Bhd, in an unprecedented joint venture with Russian company Arter Group, is expecting to receive project financing from the Chinese government to build bio-refinery plants in Malaysia and

August 09, 2011 Read Full Article

Is New Zealand’s New Government Killing Biofuels?

by Joelle Brink (Biofuels Digest Asia)  Months are passing but New Zealand ’s new government still won’t say whether or not it will incentivise biofuels production and new plant construction. Latest in this shoot-your-own-economy-in-the foot saga is Ecodiesel’s multi-million dollar

August 09, 2011 Read Full Article

SynTerra Energy Eyes Ohio for New Biorefinery

by Luke Geiver (Biorefining Magazine)  After nearly five years of research and development, the work of Pacific Renewable Fuels and Chemicals, and Red Lion Bio-Energy, has turned into a new biorefining company: SynTerra Energy Inc. SynTerra Energy combines pyrolysis and

August 04, 2011 Read Full Article

Guest Viewpoint: Why We Need to Produce and Use Ethanol

by Keith R. Mussman (The Daily Journal/Kankakee County Farm Bureau)  ...Argonne National Laboratory has shown that corn ethanol delivers a positive energy balance of 8.8 megajoules per liter. Simply put, corn ethanol produces more energy than it takes to make

August 04, 2011 Read Full Article

Newport Issues RFQ for Algal Fuels Demo

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  In Rhode Island, the City of Newport is soliciting a Statement of Qualifications (QBS) for the creation of a Demonstration Project converting naturally occurring algae into a biodiesel for the City of Newport. Deadline for

August 04, 2011 Read Full Article

Who’s on the List? The U.S. EPA Pegs a Handful of Cellulosic Producers to Contribute to Next Year’s RFS Goal

by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  In June, the U.S EPA issued its proposal to reduce the coming year’s cellulosic biofuels volume target for the renewable fuel standard (RFS). The RFS goals set by Congress in 2007 call for increasing

August 04, 2011 Read Full Article

Ethanol Plant's Opening in Southern Indian River Delayed until Summer 2012

by Henry A. Stephens (TCPalm.com)  The opening of the nation's first waste-derived bio-ethanol plant is running a few months behind schedule, officials said Tuesday, but not by enough time to cause concern. "We hope to be up and running by this

August 04, 2011 Read Full Article

Gevo, Amyris, KiOR – as the Khosla Kids Mature, Scale, Differentiate, Who’s on Top?

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  On the road from Pilot to Player, three Khosla companies have gone far and fast – but now, the differentiating points become clearer. Who’s better now? They share Khosla Ventures in their DNA, and are next-gen

August 04, 2011 Read Full Article

Canada's SDTC Funds Four Biodiesel, Biorefining Projects

by Bryan Sims (Biodiesel Magazine)  The Sustainable Development Technology Canada’s SD Tech Fund invested $53 million in 17 new clean technology projects across Canada in the areas of agriculture, transportation, mining and energy. Of those 17, four directly went to

August 03, 2011 Read Full Article

Pacific Biodiesel to Power New Hawaiian Electric Emergency Plant

(Pacific Business News)  Pacific Biodiesel, Inc., will supply at least 250,000 gallons of locally-produced biodiesel to Hawaiian Electric Co’s new 8-megawatt emergency power facility at Honolulu International Airport that will open in October 2012. The three-year contract calls for Pacific Biodiesel to supply

August 03, 2011 Read Full Article

Algae Oil in China

by Riggs Eckelberry (OriginOil/Algae Industry Magazine)  ecently, Australia’s largest ethanol producer, Manildra, diversified its biofuel portfolio by entering into algae production. In cooperation with Atlanta-based Algae Tec, Manildra will build a demonstration facility near Manildra’s ethanol production plant in Nowra,

August 03, 2011 Read Full Article

Sud-Chemie Breaks Ground on German Wheat Straw-to-Ethanol Plant

by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  German-based international specialty chemicals company Süd-Chemie AG held a groundbreaking July 26 for a 1,000 ton-per-year, demonstration-scale cellulosic ethanol plant in Straubing, located in the Lower Bavaria region. The plant, which is expected begin

August 02, 2011 Read Full Article

Washington Plant Restarts Biodiesel Production, Canola Crushing

by Bryan Sims (Biodiesel Magazine)  After sitting idle for a year, Inland Empire Oilseeds LLC managed to restart production at its 8 MMgy canola-based biodiesel facility, including an adjacent canola crushing plant, in Odessa, Wash. ...Edmonds added that he expects the

August 02, 2011 Read Full Article

The Loaves and the Fishes: Drop-In Renewable Biofuels, from Unlikely Sources

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...A conversation with Terrabon COO Simon Upfill-Brown ...BD: Fuels or chemicals, for the first project? SU-B: We are still very much focused on fuel, we feel that fuel is the way to go for the first plant

August 02, 2011 Read Full Article

Nigerian, Chinese Firms to Float N27.4b Biofuel Projects across West Africa

by Sulaimon Salau (The Guardian Nigeria)   Renewable energy projects in West African sub-region are set for a new shift, as a Nigerian energy firm, Global Biofuels (in alliance with some Chinese and African firms) has unveiled plans to float

August 01, 2011 Read Full Article

Grown Energy to Invest in Making Ethanol in Mozambique, AIM Says

by Fred Katerere (Bloomberg)  Grown Energy Zambeze Ltda. will invest $320 million to make ethanol from sugar cane in the central Mozambican province of Sofala, state-controlled Agencia de Informacao de Mocambique reported. Production is scheduled to start in 2013,... READ MORE

August 01, 2011 Read Full Article

Good Read, Hot Topic: Advanced Biofuel Market Report 2011: Meeting the California LCFS

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  In California, Mary Solecki and Bob Epstein of E2 and David Richey of the Goldman School of Public Policy released a monumentally good read and one of the best primers available on advanced biofuels, with

August 01, 2011 Read Full Article

Pongamia Shines in New Asian Development Bank Study of Biofuel Production and Use

by Joelle Brink (Biofuels Digest Asia)  In the Philippines, a new study by that Asian Development Bank finds that “Pongamia provides better economic returns [than other Indian feedstocks]. Even under a 15% social discount rate Pongamia provides a positive NPV,

August 01, 2011 Read Full Article

Biofuel from Tequila By-Products

by John Farrell (Forbes)  ...A prime example: biofuels from the by-products of tequila production. In particular, the tough, fibrous leaves of the blue agave plant. A recent paper Valenzuela published in the February issue of the journal Bioenergy, A New Agenda for Blue

August 01, 2011 Read Full Article

Algae Companies Diversify Into Green Chemicals, Oils

by Erica Gies (Forbes)  At first blush, algae seemed an ideal biofuel replacement for gasoline. Unlike ethanol, for example, it wouldn’t take food from the poor, utilize key agriculture lands, or require lots of pesticides. But the economics have thus far

August 01, 2011 Read Full Article

Missouri University Professor Helps to Plant Seeds for an Advanced Biofuel Economy

by Megan Cassidy  (Columbia Missourian)  Shibu Jose and his team believe that today’s soggy river bottoms could be untapped grounds for the largest advanced biofuel economy in the nation. Jose, director for MU’s Center for Agroforestry, is proposing to cultivate and harvest

August 01, 2011 Read Full Article

Hankinson Ethanol Plant Installing Demo-Scale Anaerobic Digester

by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Hankinson Renewable Energy LLC, a 120 MMgy ethanol plant in Hankinson, N.D., is in the process of starting up an anaerobic digester to produce 54 MMBtu of biogas a year, according to David Rein,

August 01, 2011 Read Full Article

Trash-to-Fuel Company Enerkem Raises Another $30M

by Matthew Lynley (Green Beat)  Enerkem, a company that specializes in converting unusable waste into ethanol and other chemicals, announced today that it has raised $30 million in an extension of its most recent funding round. Enerkem converts household garbage and leftover

August 01, 2011 Read Full Article

Building on the Success of Corn Ethanol to Corn Hydrocarbons

by Holly Jessen (DomesticFuel.com)  Although the U.S. corn ethanol industry is frequently misunderstood and misrepresented, it’s the only domestic renewable fuel industry to reach significant scale and make a measurable impact on the U.S. fuel supply, said Luca Zullo, principal

August 01, 2011 Read Full Article

Gevo Partners with Petrochem Firm to Build Demo Biorefinery

by Luke Geiver  (Biorefining Magazine)  Gevo Inc. has partnered with a Texas-based petrochemical company to build a demonstration hydrocarbon processing plant in Silsbee, Texas. South Hampton Resources, a subsidiary of Arabian American Development Co., will build and operate the 10,000

July 30, 2011 Read Full Article

DDCE Begins Second Year of Stover Collection Program

(Ethanol Producer Magazine)  The second year of DuPont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol LLC’s corn stover collection program is under way in Iowa as the company prepares to construct Project Blackhawk - a 25 MMgy stover-to-ethanol plant which will be located adjacent

July 29, 2011 Read Full Article

Honeywell Arm to Launch Green Diesel Tech in India

by Subhash Narayan and Noor Mohammad (Financial Express)  Move over bio-diesel, the new green diesel is all set to revolutionalise the fuel market by offering cost-effective and environment-friendly solution for the transport sector in the country. US-based diversified technology and

July 29, 2011 Read Full Article

Sud-Chemie Starts Construction of German Cellulosic Ethanol Plant

(Platts)  Specialty chemicals company Sud-Chemie AG said Tuesday it had began construction of a demonstration plant that will be the largest in Germany dedicated to the production of cellulosic ethanol from non-edible crop waste. The plant is due to start operating

July 29, 2011 Read Full Article

Poet Has Green Plan for Water

by Anna Jauhola  (The Daily Republic)  In a continuing effort to operate as green as possible, Poet Biorefining is the first ethanol plant in the state to apply to use storm water in the facility rather than discharging it. Through an

July 29, 2011 Read Full Article

Terrabon, Inc. Awarded $9.6 Million by Logos Technologies to Produce 6000 Liters of Renewable Jet Fuel for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

(Terrabon, Inc.)  Terrabon, Inc., a Houston-based bioenergy company, announced today that it has been awarded a $9.6 million, 18-month contract by Logos Technologies to design a more economical and renewable jet fuel (BioJet TM ) production solution for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).

July 28, 2011 Read Full Article

Joule Awarded Patents for High-Volume Ethanol Production from Sunlight and CO2

(American Fuels)  Joule Unlimited Technologies today (July 27, 2011) announced the issuance of its first two U.S. patents covering its fundamental method for producing ethanol at volumes and efficiencies far surpassing biomass-dependent processes. The patents relate to methods for increasing the

July 28, 2011 Read Full Article

Farms of the Future: Bio-oil, Biochar from Biomass

by Lance Nixon (Renewable Energy World)  Those pyrolysis plants would pass that crude “bio-oil” on to refineries elsewhere to be made into drop-in fuels and industrial chemicals; they would capture and use for their own energy needs a byproduct called

July 26, 2011 Read Full Article

New Standards Are Here, But How Will Aviation Biofuel Market Evolve?

by Steve Leone (Renewable Energy World)  ...In August, Air China will embark on its first flight with biofuels grown in China through a partnership between Petro China and UOP. The hope for biofuel producers is that the Chinese government will

July 26, 2011 Read Full Article

Woodside Says Ethanol Industry Willing to Give Back Tax Break for Debt Reduction

by Lori Potter  (Kearney Hub)  The ethanol industry is willing to immediately give up $1.3 billion in tax breaks for federal debt reduction. However, that probably can’t happen unless authorizing legislation is attached to a successful debt ceiling-budget reduction bill, said

July 25, 2011 Read Full Article

SEC Wins Judgment against Rivera

by Kevin Cooper (Natchez Democrat)  A federal judge ruled Thursday that would-be biofuels wizard John Rivera’s claims were not worth the hill of beans he claimed could be magically turned into fuel. U.S. District Judge David Bramlette handed down a summary

July 25, 2011 Read Full Article

Vegetable Oil Fuels Biodiesel Production Company in Florida Keys

by Cammy Clark (The Miami Herald/Sun Sentinel)  Vegetable oil once used at Florida Keys restaurants and backyard fish fries is being processed into green fuel for trucks, tiki torches and a 53-foot sailboat that offers eco tours to the coral

July 25, 2011 Read Full Article

Boost for Biofuel Users in Cowichan Valley

(Times Colonist)  A group of Cowichan Valley residents who rely on recycled cooking oil to fuel their vehicles can now process the biofuel in bigger batches thanks to new equipment. The new processor is near the Bings Creek Solid Waste Management

July 25, 2011 Read Full Article

Grand Opening Ceremonies Planned for Biodiesel Facility

by Ron Kotrba (Biodiesel Magazine)  In Catawba County, N.C., a partnership between the county and Appalachian State University is planning to commemorate the completion of the Catawba County-Appalachian State University Biodiesel Research, Development and Production Facility on Aug. 15. The

July 25, 2011 Read Full Article

Is China for You? Part II: The Resources and Investor Perspective

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...The drivers for biofuels and cleantech as a whole? According to the 2010 China Statistical Yearbook, from 2005 to 2009 the gross domestic product of China grew at a compound annual growth rate of 16.5%

July 25, 2011 Read Full Article

Biodiesel Achieves 5-to-1 Return on Fossil Energy

(American Soybean Association/Southeast Farm Press)   Newly published research from the University of Idaho and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) shows that for every unit of fossil energy needed to produce biodiesel, the return is 5.54 units of renewable energy. A

July 22, 2011 Read Full Article

Neste Oil to Take Part in International Algae Research Projects in Australia and the Netherlands

(Neste Oil)  Neste Oil's research into the potential for using algae oil as a feedstock for producing renewable diesel is continuing to progress. The company will be taking part in two research projects starting this summer to test various methods

July 22, 2011 Read Full Article

GM Builds B100 Vehicles

by Virendra Pandit (ETCGreen.com)  The global giant recently joined a tripartite agreement with the US Department of Energy (DOE) and the Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSMCRI), Bhavnagar, in a $950,000 project in Gujarat for five years. CSMCRI on

July 22, 2011 Read Full Article

Nebraska Ethanol Workers Earn More

by Cindy Zimmerman (DomesticFuel.com)  The Nebraska Ethanol Board reports that wage growth in that state’s ethanol sector outpaced all industry wage growth in the past decade, increasing by more than 58%. According to the Nebraska Department of Labor, average pay in the

July 21, 2011 Read Full Article

Denmark's Garbage-Turned-Biofuel to Power Homes

(Irish Sun)  'Our goal is to change the management of wastewater and household rubbish from a costly problem into a valuable resource for local energy production,' said Thomas Banke, mayor of Fredericia city on Denmark's Jutland peninsula.  'Rubbish will be

July 21, 2011 Read Full Article

Spain's Cepsa to Expand into Second-Generation Biodiesel

by Ivan Castano (Renewable Energy World)  The firm will begin making the fuel with palm oil, animal fats and other residues at its recently expanded La Rabida plant in Huelva in July and will subsequently begin manufacturing it in its

July 21, 2011 Read Full Article

Sao Paulo to Fuel 160 City Buses with Amyris' Renewable Diesel

by Bryan Sims (Biorefining Magazine)  In response to Brazil’s growing need to include low-sulfur fuel in its diesel pool, Amyris Brasil S.A., a subsidiary of Amryis Inc., will supply an expected 160 city buses in the Brazilian city of Sao

July 21, 2011 Read Full Article

Lignol Phases Out Demo Project, Pursues Commercial Opportunities

by Bryan Sims (Biorefining Magazine)  Lignol Innovations Inc., a subsidiary of Vancouver-based Lignol Energy Corp., has reached an agreement with the U.S. DOE’s Biomass Program to discontinue work of a proposed 2.5 MMgy cellulosic ethanol demonstration-scale project in Grand Junction,

July 21, 2011 Read Full Article

Diversifying The Ethanol Industry With Biodiesel

by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel.com)  ...A new option for the ethanol industry to diversify is to add a biodiesel plant to the end of its corn oil extraction technology. This idea lends itself one step closer to a true biorefinery. ...(A) 100 million

July 20, 2011 Read Full Article

PTTAR Shelves Jet Biofuel Project

by Nalin Viboonchart  (The Nation)  PTT Aromatics and Refining (PTTAR) has put on hold its US$150-million (Bt4.5 billion) jet-biofuel project, given the exorbitant production cost and the likelihood that the price of the fuel would deter potential buyers. Prajya Phinyawat, chief operating

July 20, 2011 Read Full Article

PetroAlgae Partners with CRI Catalyst to Optimize Conversion of Biomass to Renewable Fuel

(PetroAlgae)  Signs Agreement with Leading Global Catalyst Technology Company for joint technology integration leading to direct conversion of biomass to transportation fuels at commercial scale PetroAlgae Inc., a leading provider of licensable commercial micro-crop technology globally, today announced that it has entered into

July 20, 2011 Read Full Article

PetroAlgae Feed Meal Confirmed as New Source of High Value Commercial-Scale Feed for Dairy Cattle

(PetroAlgae)  Important New Animal Feed Ingredient for Dairy Cattle Diets According to University of Minnesota Study PetroAlgae Inc., a leading renewable energy company that licenses its commercial micro-crop technology globally, announced today the completion of a major third party study showing that

July 20, 2011 Read Full Article

Biodiesel Shipment Could Be First Step in Fueling Base

by Suzanne Ulbrich (ENCToday)  A delivery aboard Camp Lejeune Monday morning marked the culmination of a test project to provide renewable fuels for North Carolina’s military. Officials aboard Camp Lejeune received 800 gallons of state grown and processed biodiesel fuel as part

July 20, 2011 Read Full Article

The Sugar Rush: Dow, Mitsui Revive Major Renewables Project in Brazil

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...In Brazil, Dow Chemical has teamed with Mitsui in a JV that will produce ethanol and bioplastics from sugarcane, which the companies are saying will be the world’s largest biopolymers investment. The project will produce DOWLEXT

July 20, 2011 Read Full Article

US Energy Department Celebrates Loan Guarantee Successes as Stimulus-Supported 1705 Program Comes to Close

by Jonathan Silver (Department of Energy/Biofuels Digest)  ...the U.S. Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office (LPO) has been extremely busy, committing or closing 19 additional financings of clean energy projects – including one of the country’s first commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol

July 20, 2011 Read Full Article

Greenhouse Packs A Power Punch

by Joan Melcher (BioCycle)  Closed loop system utilizes gasification, algae ponds and anaerobic digestion to convert wood waste to a variety of products, including biofuel, biogas and a soil amendment. Michael Smith is supervising the first commercial-scaleGreen Power House at the

July 19, 2011 Read Full Article

LS9 and HCL CleanTech Awarded a $9 Million Grant From the Department of Energy

(LS9)  LS9, Inc., a technology leader in the development of sustainable products, today announced that it has been awarded in conjunction with partner HCL CleanTech Ltd., a $9 million grant from the Department of Energy (DOE) to improve and demonstrate

July 19, 2011 Read Full Article

Biofuels Center Looks at Research Triangle Partnership Area

by David Ranii (News Observer) The Research Triangle Regional Partnership is one of seven regional groups across the state selected by the Biofuels Center of North Carolina to identify sites suitable for a biofuels production facility. The goal is to come up

July 19, 2011 Read Full Article

Analysis: Ethanol to Edge Pigs for Corn Use, but Not Quite Yet

by Charles Abbott and Karl Plume  (Reuters)  Ethanol appears almost certain to win the food-versus-fuel contest in the United States. But not just yet. The Agriculture Department forecast that a tad more corn will be used to make ethanol than to feed livestock

July 19, 2011 Read Full Article

Zimbabwe: Biofuels - a 'Happy Accident'

(AllAfrica.com/The Herald)  Zimbabwe is trying to resurrect its biofuels energy sector after needlessly crucifying the ethanol project in the Lowveld 20 years ago. More than anything else, this has been a direct response to the country's fuel crisis of 2003-2009 and

July 19, 2011 Read Full Article

REG Files for $100M IPO: The Complete Digest Analysis

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...A successful IPO would cap a remarkable comeback for biodiesel from the depths of “The Troubles” in 2008-09. It’s a second time through for REG: the company filed for a $150 million IPO in 2007,

July 19, 2011 Read Full Article
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