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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

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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

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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

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“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

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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,

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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)

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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,

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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,

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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:

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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,”

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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.

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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

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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,

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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

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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

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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,

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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,

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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View from the Top: Federal Investments in Energy Infrastructure: What’s Worked before Can Work Again

by Mary Rosenthal (Algal Biomass Organization/Biofuels Digest)   ...The federal government must follow its long history of investing in national energy initiatives. ...Recently, any call for increased government funding or involvement in this nascent industry has been met with criticism or

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Farm Bureau Supports Change in Biofuels Policy

by Cindy Zimmerman (DomesticFuel.com)  The American Farm Bureau Federation is supporting a new direction in biofuels policy away from the blenders tax credit and toward increasing infrastructure. “The whole discussion has been evolving within the industry and within the Congress,” said AFBF President

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Broomfield's Range Fuels Cuts Staff

by Alicia Wallace   (DailyCamera.com)   CEO says he's optimistic about future of firm, technology Range Fuels, a company based here that specializes in producing fuel from slash and feedstock, has pared back its local work force amid an industry slowdown. Range

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Norway Backs Ethanol Plant

(Argus Media)  Norwegian chemicals and technology specialist Borregaard has secured a government grant of 58mn kroner ($9.8mn) to build a 400m³ pilot ethanol plant in Sarpsborg, southeast Norway. ...The Sarpsborg plant will use a diverse array of agricultural feedstock including straw,

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The Top Five Heating Oil Stories to Watch in 2011

by Josh Garrett (HeatingOil.com)  ...Fitful economic recovery in the US and around the world, looming fights over financial and environmental regulation, and the continuing advancement of alternative fuel technologies are certain to make 2011 an interesting and eventful year for

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The Hidden Cost of Oil at the Grocery Store Checkout Counter

by Stephanie Dreyer (Renewable Energy World/Growth Energy)  ...The cost of crude is a major inflator of grocery prices, because transportation, manufacturing and packaging cost more as oil prices go up. In 2009, when diesel was $2.67 a gallon, the cost

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National Energy Security: U.S. Government Eyes Biofuels

(BiotechNow)  ...Paul Bryan, biomass program manager for the Energy Department, who also spoke at the Pacific Rim Summit, points out that the government’s transition to biofuels must be careful and deliberate. “We get a lot of products from a barrel of

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Philadelphia Eagles Go Greener with Eco-Friendly Stadium

by Neela Banerjee  (Los Angeles Times)  ...(Jeffrey) Lurie and his wife, Christina Weiss Lurie, are retrofitting Lincoln Financial Field with wind turbines, solar panels and a biodiesel-reliant power plant with the goal of making it the first major U.S. sports facility

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Pratt & Whitney Military Engines Power Biofuel Tests for U.S. Air Force

(Pratt & Whitney)  A Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-220 engine recently powered its first biofuel test flight of a U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagle at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.  This flight test, powered by alternative jet fuel, comes on the

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Four Clear Lake-Area Inventors among Team Patenting New Process to Make Ethanol

by  Andrew Benedict-Nelson (Ultimate Clear Lake)   Four inventors in the Clear Lake area are among a team receiving a U.S. patent for a new way of producing ethanol on an industrial scale. According to the patent, the inventors unexpectedly discovered

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Ethanol 'All about National Security'

by Daniel Looker (Agriculture.com)   To farmers who pioneered the ethanol industry, the goal was creating another market for corn. To retired General Wesley Clark, it’s about patriotism and national security. Clark, who is co-chairman of the ethanol lobbying group, Growth Energy,

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Global Renewable Fuels Alliance: Biofuels Can Ease the Impact of Hazardous Oil Prices

(Global Renewable Fuels Alliance)  This week the International Energy Agency (IEA) issued a wakeup call to the world that high oil prices pose a threat to the stability of an already fragile recovering global economy. The IEA went on to

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The New Economics of Next-Gen Gasification: ClearFuels Technology

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...(S)team reformation, a process by which gasified biomass is converted into a useful balance of hydrogen and carbon monoxide ... itself has struggled with high costs associated with the high temperatures at which the system operates.

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Effort under Way to Restore BCAP Funding in 2011 Appropriations Bill

by Sue Sterling  (The Daily Star-Journal) Agricultural and environmental groups hope to convince legislators to restore funding for the Biomass Crop Assistance Program in the Senate Omnibus Appropriations Bill that will be considered in March. The BCAP program, enacted as part

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Tax Holidays, Cheap Loans: Why Mississippi is Attracting Greentech

by Michael Kanellos (GreenTechSolar)  In the past year, the state of Mississippi has convinced an impressive array of green tech and other companies to open factories in its borders. How exactly is it pulling this off, considering that the state doesn't even have

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Crops to Be Turned into Fuel on Big Island

by Mark Niesse  (AP/Washington Examiner)  Crops grown on Hawaii's Big Island will be converted into liquid fuel as part of a deal announced Thursday between Hawaiian Electric Co. and renewable energy company Aina Koa Pono. The agreement is the first in

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With a Little Help From My Friends

by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel.com)  ...Yet while we lament about high energy costs, we downright howl over the higher costs of alternative energy and try to push today’s development aside for future progress and cost competitiveness. Let’s talk about cost parity for a

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How Oil Could Kill the Recovery

by Derek Thompson (The Atlantic)  ...(E)xpensive oil is poisonous to an oil-driven economy. Every severe oil spike in the last 50 years has been followed by a deep recession. ...The United States imported $400 billion of oil in 2008, nearly 3

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Plug-in Vehicles and Their Dirty Little Secret

by John Petersen  (Renewable Energy World)  ...The dirty little secret of plug-in vehicles is that they'll all charge their batteries with inherently dirty night-time power and be responsible for more CO2 emissions than a fuel efficient Prius-class HEV that costs

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China’s Biofuels Market Grows, Remains on Subsidy Life-Support

(GCiS China/PR.com)   China’s pricing controls, subsidies and cultivation policies have played a critical role in shaping this USD 2.3 Bn market, but over-regulation has made it unattractive for profit making ventures and the much needed innovation they bring. GCiS China

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The Big Price Build-Up: Are You Ready?

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  The US economy is just now showing signs of revival, and already we are seeing signs of runaway oil and grain prices that may bring unwanted inflation and dangerous instability hardly before the recovery has

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EU Wants Answers over German Animal Feed Dioxin Scandal

by Gregg Benzow (Deutsche Welle)  ...The poisonous chemical dioxin was discovered in eggs and poultry last week and is believed to have stemmed from animal feed contaminated with industrial fats. ...The German feed manufacturer Harles & Jentzsch in Schleswig-Holstein said on Tuesday

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Confederation of Indian Industry Proposes Bio-Diesel Price Hike

(The Economic Times)   The government should raise the price of bio-diesel obtained from the jatropha plant to support the bio-diesel industry's sustainability efforts, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) says. ...The study estimates that if the industry becomes sustainable and

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Firm Asks Restaurants to Be Part of the Green Network

by Liza Agoot   (Baguio Midland Courier)  ...Nathan Angara of the Noble Trends Unbound (NTU) together with Biodiesel Philippines have launched the green network, a group of restaurants and other establishments using oil and lard in cooking, that are willing

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Ten Asian Trends to watch in 2011

by Joelle Brink (Biofuels Digest Asia)  ...#1 It’s a breakthrough year for Asian biofuels science and technology. Many scientific and technological developments that simmered away in Asian labs and pilot plants in 2010 are set to burst on the scene

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Biofuels: A Market of Political Opportunities

by Robert Vierhout (ePURE/Ethanol Producer Magazine)  In Europe, much more than in the United States, green (but not just) non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are engaged loudly and aggressively in the biofuel debate. For several years now, a number of NGOs have

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Another Biofuel Coalition Forms

by Bryan Sims  (Biodiesel Magazine)  A newly-formed coalition, American Biofuels Now, has been formed in Florida with the mission to educate policymakers, media and consumers about the economic and environmental benefits of biofuels. The group has the backing of various

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Firm Plans to Generate Electricity from Ethanol

by Xinhua  (Business Daily)    A Kenyan green energy firm has announced plans to generate ethanol-based electricity.    Gravitas Ltd managing director Lorna Omuondo said the company will introduce ethanol-powered cells into the market by mid year. This is expected to replace

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Michigan Pre-Seed Capital Fund Reports Investments Totaling $2.5 Million in 2010

(PR NewsWire)  Several Michigan companies recently received investments from the Michigan Pre-Seed Capital Fund, pushing the total investments made through the Fund to over $11.6 million.  To date, 52Michigan companies have received seed funding from the Michigan Pre-Seed Capital Fund, a collaborative effort of Michigan's

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Popping the Hood on California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard: A Digest Special Series

by Brooke Coleman (NewFuelsAlliance/Biofuels Digest)   ...(W)hat’s good and what needs to be fixed in the LCFS? Where should the biofuels industry be happy, be  hopeful, or be hopping mad? Brooke Coleman of the New Fuels Alliance – who knows this better

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The USDA Loan Guarantee Program and the Congressional Deficit-Reducing Drive

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...At risk in that budget process is the entire funding for the Section 9003 loan guarantee program – in the omnibus spending bill proposed in December by the outgoing Congress, zeroing out 9003 is exactly

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INEOS Bio JV Receives Commitment for $75 Million USDA Loan Guarantee

(INEOS Bio)  Funding will create jobs through the construction and completion of advanced commercial facility in Florida INEOS Bio and its joint venture partner, New Planet Energy, today announced they have received a conditional commitment for a $75 million loan guarantee

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U.S. Lacks Infrastructure to Consume More Ethanol

by Brian Wallheimer (Purdue University/Western Farm Press)   The United States doesn't have the infrastructure to meet the federal mandate for renewable fuel use with ethanol, but could meet the standard with significant increases in cellulosic and next-generation biofuels, according to a

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Fill Her up with Super Pine

by Rose Stirling (Dargaville News)   Pine plantations in the Kaipara can be converted into biofuels as part of a nationwide proposal which will save the economy billions of dollars each year. Scion, formerly the New Zealand Forest Research Institute, have suggested to

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Tennessee Switchgrass Initiative Looking for Investors

(Nashville Public Radio)  The state’s switchgrass initiative is looking for new investors. The program aims to turn crops of the tall perennial grass into ethanol to fuel cars. Now it’s using a new East Tennessee biorefinery to demonstrate the technology, in

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Quantum Leap for the Q Microbe: Qteros closes $22 Million in New Financing; Global Partnership with Praj

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ... Qteros and Praj will collaborate on a highly focused, multi-year development program with the objective of rapidly developing and commercializing Process Design Packages (PDPs) that enable cellulosic ethanol production using Qteros’ Q Microbe-enabled CBP platform

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Disarming the Food to Fuel Conflict Part 2: The Misinformation Campaign

by Christopher Klug (Tiny Green Bubble)  ...According to the Renewable Fuels Association data, the United States produced and used approximately 10.6 billion gallons of ethanol in 2009, making the US the largest producer of ethanol in the world. (Renewable Fuels

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Disarming the Food to Fuel Conflict Part 1: The Biofuel History

by Christopher Klug (Tiny Green Bubble)  In the United States, domestic ethanol production and motor fuel additives are becoming more and more common. However, a bevy of misinformation campaigns surround the use of resources for these clean energy initiatives. These

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Virent and HCL CleanTech Receive Grant to Demonstrate Cellulosic Sugars as Feedstocks for 'Drop-In' Biofuels and Bioproducts

(Virent)  BIRD Energy Grant Will Support Virent's Conversion of HCL CleanTech's Pine Tree Sugars Into Hydrocarbon Fuels and Products That can be Sustainable, Cost-effective, and Compatible With Existing Infrastructure Virent Energy Systems Inc. and HCL CleanTech announced today that they have been

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National Algae Association End of Year Report

by Barry Cohen (National Algae Association)  ... Some of the accomplishments include:   -               Construction of commercial-scale demo PBR at Lone Star College  -               Delivery by NAA Engineering Consortium of plans and design for the 100-acre challenge  -               Delivery by NAA finance team of first financial

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China Automaker JAC Sends First Batch of Ethanol-Powered Cars to Brazil

(Green Car Congress/FavStocks)  Chinese carmaker Jianghuai Automobile Co.,Ltd. (JAC) shipped 500 ethanol-powered cars to Brazil at the end of December, the first batch resulting from a deal signed in August with Brazilian dealer SHC to export 620,000 units to Brazil over

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Biofuels Developers Get a Taste for Waste

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...a lot of strong commentary from the readership on the potential for Fischer-Tropsch technologies. And brought out some very strong feelings about waste. On F-T, one reader wrote:   “Expansion of FT? Hardly. Its the narrowing of

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Biodiesel Industry Primed to Flourish

by Philip Brasher  (Des Moines Register)  Boom times are ahead for a biodiesel industry that struggled just to stay alive in 2010. The industry could produce as much as a billion gallons in 2011, nearly triple this year's production, said Gary

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Canada Pulls ahead with Biofuels

(WBCB TV/Driving Today)  Although the Obama administration slowed U.S. efforts on biofuels in favor of electric vehicles, a new report card on the renewable fuels industry shows that ethanol and biodiesel are delivering tangible economic and environmental results -- in

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Malaysia's Sime Darby, Japan's Mitsui Engineering Sign Biofuel Deal

(Japan Today)  Malaysia’s Sime Darby Plantation is collaborating with Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding Co to construct and operate a bioethanol demonstration plant in Malaysia’s Selangor State. The plant will convert oil empty palm fruit branches, available year-round and in abundant

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Sea Water as a Social Resource: Significance of Vedaranyam Salt March

by M.S. Swaminathan(The Hindu)  ...  On December 26, 2010, which marks the sixth anniversary of the tsunami which caused severe damage in Tamil Nadu and other States, a Salt Satyagraha Memorial Programme is being launched at Vedaranyam by the M.S.

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Top 10 Biofuels Predictions for 2011

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)   ...For our 2010 batch of predictions, we give ourselves 6 marks out of 10. We gave ourselves 1 full mark for predicting the spread of Low Carbon Fuel Standard activity, the boom in renewable chemicals, a

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Farmers Encouraged to Plant Switchgrass

(AP/The Ledger Independent)  A new program to explore the viability of biofuels is seeking to establish 700 acres of switchgrass fields and is offering financial assistance to Kentucky farmers. The project follows another that began in 2007 by the Kentucky Forage and

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The Impact Of A Renewable Electricity Standard & A Carbon Payment Program

By Don Hofstrand (Iowa State University Extension/JoplinStockyards.com)   U.S. energy policy has recently moved into the background due to concerns about the current economic downturn. However, the importance of the two major drivers of energy policy - the need to wean

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Ethanol from Sugar Beets: A Process and Economic Analysis

by Emily Bowen, Sean C. Kennedy, Kelsey Miranda  (Worcester Polytechnic Institute) The aim of this project was to design a process for producing bioethanol from sugar beets as a possible feedstock replacement for corn. Currently eighty-five percent of the energy used by the United

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John Block: Encouraging Ethanol:Good for Rural America

(State Journal-Register)  ...As a former secretary of agriculture, I know that continuing to encourage the ethanol industry is good for rural America and the entire nation. Ethanol generates jobs, preserves the environment, and protects our energy security. With some 17 percent

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Algae-Based Biofuels Closer to Reality?

by Willie Vogt  (Farm Futures)  ...Cellana, an algal biofuel research company based in Kailua Kona, Hawaii, is leading a consortium that includes Cornell, Duke University, San Francisco State University, the University of Hawaii and the University of Southern Mississippi. The

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Wilmar: US, EU Biofuels Laws Favor Domestic Producers

by Nicholas Zeman  (Associated Content/Yahoo!)  Asia's Largest Ag-Firm Discusses the Global Biodiesel Market ...New Diesel Magazine spoke with an official from Wilmar, on the condition of anonymity, about the implementation of the EU's Renewable Energy Directive and the efforts to ensure

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2011 Miscanthus Acres to Mushroom

by Susanne Retka Schill  (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Miscanthus will see a giant leap in acreage in 2011, thanks to Soperton, Ga.-based Repreve Renewables LLC. The company currently has 500 acres planted in five locations in the Southeast, which Craig Patterson,

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China to Exempt Consumption Tax on Biodiesel

(Reuters)  China's Finance Ministry has retroactively exempted consumption tax on pure biodiesel made from waste animal fats or vegetable oils, and will refund taxes already paid over the last two years. The policy is backdated to January 1, 2009...   It will make

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2010: Asia’s Biofuels Boom Charges Ahead

by Joelle Brink  (Biofuels Digest Asia)  2010 is sure to be remembered as the year Asia’s biofuels boom became self-sustaining. Double digit Asian economic growth, government and private investment, international business collaborations and research networks drove progress as national policy mandates

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2010 Year in Review of Biofuels

by Katie Fehrenbacher  (New York Times/GigaOM)  Biofuels took a step away from the limelight in 2010, replaced by the buzz surrounding electric vehicles. But there were still a variety of policy decisions, and economic milestones that made the sector interesting

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China Starts Anti-Dumping Investigation Into U.S. Distiller Grain Imports

(Bloomberg)  China, the world’s biggest grains user, has started an anti-dumping investigation into U.S. shipments of dried distillers’ grains, an animal feed ingredient, adding to tensions in ongoing trade disputes. The government will probe for unfair trade practices on products imported in

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The True Brew – Answers to Your “Biofuels Fact or Fiction” Questions

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  Today, we'll reach into the mailbag and voicemail box and shed some light on topics both important and bizarre, in our occasional "Biofuels Fact or Fiction" series. Q. Will the USDA really issue new loan guarantees

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Revenue Bonds to Help Finance South Sioux Biodiesel Plant

by Dave Dreeszen  (Sioux City Journal)   The South Sioux City Council on Monday agreed to issue $25 million in revenue bonds to help finance the proposed Nature’s BioReserves plant at the Roth Industrial Park...  The 60-million-gallon-per-year plant would make clean-burning biodiesel

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