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Thesis Chemistry to Build Iowa Biorefinery Using Stover Lignin

by Bryan Sims (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Working closely with the Iowa Economic Development Authority and the Nevada Economic Development Council, Mentor, Iowa-based Thesis Chemistry has selected a 40-acre site within the West Industrial Park of Nevada, Iowa, for a proposed

November 29, 2011 Read Full Article

Qteros Lives, Says New CEO

by Kyle Alspach (Boston Business Journal)  Despite layoffs and the removal of its CEO, venture-backed ethanol firm Qteros says it's moving forward with part of its commercialization plan — though it appears work at its Chicopee facility has been halted. ...In the

November 28, 2011 Read Full Article

Chevron: Oil... Yes, but Geothermal, Solar and Biofuels Too

by Toby Price (Renewable Energy Magazine) ...Calculations by Bloomberg New Energy Finance using the most recent data show that more is being spent on new rolling out new renewable energy capacity than on new fossil fuels projects for the first

November 28, 2011 Read Full Article

Biofuel an Energy Resource Idea for Pakistan in Recent Energy Calamity

by Naseem Sheikh (Business Recorder)  ...A research Study conducted by the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, suggests that the country’s energy demand is expected to increase three fold by 2050, but supply position is not inspiring in anyway. In such alarming

November 28, 2011 Read Full Article

Dangote Stakes $7.7bn in Rivers Energy City

by Ignatius Chukwu (Business Day)  Aliko Dangote, president, Dangote Group, has directed his investment gaze in the direction of Rivers State with initial $7.7 billion (N1.2 trillion) stake in the state’s emerging energy city. Rivers Energy City is part of the

November 28, 2011 Read Full Article

Free Job Training: 55 Grants Available to Retrain Workers for Biofuels Industry

(University of California San Diego Extension/PR NewsWire)  If algae is to be the solution for America's pain at the gas pump, trained workers are needed to make that a reality. Applications are now available for continuing education grants at the University

November 28, 2011 Read Full Article

Testing Demonstrates Gevo's Isobutanol-Gasoline Blend is Superior to E15 Fuel for Boaters

(Gevo)  The National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA) just released a report evaluating isobutanol, provided by Gevo, Inc. (NASDAQ: GEVO), that shows great promise for it as a petroleum blendstock for the boating industry. Over the summer, NMMA conducted two tests, an emissions test and

November 28, 2011 Read Full Article

Monster Mash, or the Case of the Micro-Spider’s Web

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...Philippe Marlière, co-founder of Global Bioenergies and president of its Scientific Advisory Board, comments: “Carbon monoxide combines the attractive features of biochemical versatility and virtuous sourcing. Most importantly, carbon monoxide retains a large part of

November 28, 2011 Read Full Article

Bio-Ethanol from Norwegian Timber in Statoil Fuel

(Statoil)  For the first time ever bio-ethanol from Norwegian timber will be blended into transport fuel. The bio-ethanol is produced by the bio refinery Borregaard and will be available to Statoil customers who tank fuel95 at Statoil stations in the

November 28, 2011 Read Full Article

Clean Food, Via Clean Fuel

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  The secret that “food vs fuel” proponents don’t want you to think about? Not all food is created equal. Dirty food, made using dirty process, makes a dirty world. And then there’s clean food.  Here’s

November 28, 2011 Read Full Article

CORE BioFuel Completes Tests on Wood-to-Gasoline Process

(Energy Business Review)  Canada-based CORE BioFuel has tested the last step in its wood-to-gasoline process to produce high-octane, benzene-free, drop-in gasoline. Under contract with CORE, RECAT Technologies completed a set of test runs of the catalytic reaction producing gasoline from dimethyl

November 28, 2011 Read Full Article

Crop of the Week: Sugar Cane

by Kurt Nolte(Yuma Sun/Yuma County Cooperative Extension)  • Sugar cane is an exploratory crop in Yuma County and, like sweet sorghum, is being researched for the production of biofuels in Arizona. • Sugar cane is considered as one of the top

November 28, 2011 Read Full Article

A Day in the Life of Biofuels, 2011

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  Biofuels Digest announced the winners of its “Day in the Life of Biofuels” photo contest, and published the winning entries. ...Grand Prize and First Prize winners have been published at biofuelsdigest.com, with Second and Third Prize

November 28, 2011 Read Full Article

Carbon Dioxide Applications – A Key to Ethanol Project Developments

by Sam A. Rushing (Biofuels Digest)  ...All ethanol ventures should take a fresh look at CO2 as a great opportunity for future revenue developments, probably as a primary reason, would be for CO2 recovery and marketing. The second reason, of

November 28, 2011 Read Full Article

Second-Generation Ethanol Processing Cost Prohibitive: Study

(PhysOrg)  Costs for second-generation ethanol processing, which will ease the stress on corn and sugarcane, are unlikely to be competitive until 2020, according to a unique Queen's University study. ...The researchers found that building large scale facilities for second-generation ethanol production

November 28, 2011 Read Full Article

Neb. Enzyme Plant Readies to Supply Biofuel Plants

by Josh Funk (Yahoo!News/AP)  The leading maker of the enzymes used to produce biofuels says the declining political support for ethanol hasn't diminished the long-term prospects for the industry making fuel from plants. Novozymes plans to open a major new enzyme plant in eastern

November 22, 2011 Read Full Article

Cheap ethanol assets a thing of the past – Green Plains

(Argus)  The days of snapping up undervalued ethanol plants for expansion are over, Green Plains Renewable Energy's chief executive told investors on its most recent conference call. Plants with the right equipment and good locations could no longer be bought up

November 22, 2011 Read Full Article

Chopping the Cellulosic Ethanol Down Payment: Is

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  Finding it hard to spare that $350 million for your cellulosic ethanol project? Here’s a system, available for licensing in 2012, that can bring down the upfront cost by a factor of three. ...And now, along

November 22, 2011 Read Full Article

Study: Meeting Green Transport Targets May Need £895m Biofuels Spend

by Will Nichols (Business Green)  Government research body says next generation biofuels made from waste are a feasible low carbon option The UK could miss its renewable transport targets unless it spends £900m over the next 20 years on advanced biofuels,

November 21, 2011 Read Full Article

Lawmakers Nearing Deal on Farm Subsidies

by Philip Brasher (Des Moines Register)  A draft summary of the new farm bill that lawmakers have been finalizing says farmers will have a new subsidy system to supplement the coverage they now have through crop insurance. ...The Senate and House

November 21, 2011 Read Full Article

Naperville Yard Waste to Become Fuel Treasure

by Mick Swasko  (Chicago Tribune)  ... The city will unveil a new "green fuels depot" next week. The facility will be used to convert yard waste into electricity, ethanol and hydrogen. The city can put the electricity back into the power grid

November 21, 2011 Read Full Article

Is U.S. Farm Boom Sitting on an Ethanol Bubble?

By Christine Stebbins  (Reuters)  Grain farmers in the Midwest may want to pinch themselves. In recent years they have been buoyed by a dream scenario. Record high prices. Record high profits. Record high farmland values. Near record production. Farm debts paid

November 21, 2011 Read Full Article

City Sues Failed Osage Ethanol Plant

by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  The city of Hopewell, Va., has moved forward with a court case against Osage Bio Energy LLC and its wholly owned subsidiary, Appomattox Bio Energy LLC, after the company failed to meet a deadline

November 21, 2011 Read Full Article

Impact Of Ethanol Industry In Canada Assessed In New Conference Board Report

(Conference Board of Canada)  The Conference Board of Canada today released a study assessing the economic impact of the ethanol industry in Canada, its environmental and health effects, and the balance between the energy required to produce ethanol and the

November 21, 2011 Read Full Article

Ondo to Establish Ethanol Plants, Sugarcane Plantations

(The Nation)  Ondo State Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr. Ademola Olorunfemi,  has said  that the current administration in the state had perfected arrangements to establish three ethanol plants in the state. Olorunfemi, who stated this in an interview with journalists in his

November 21, 2011 Read Full Article

Waste Management Invests in Fulcrum, Provides $70M Debt for First Commercial Project

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  In Texas, Waste Management announced that it has closed an equity investment in Fulcrum BioEnergy.  In connection with this investment, WM agreed to a secured loan facility that provides for WM’s funding of up to $70

November 21, 2011 Read Full Article

Zimbabwe Embarks on Eco Friendly Fuel Project

by Paul Nyakazeya  (The Independent)  Zimbabwe through Green Fuel has joined a growing list of world economies taking up the call to reduce carbon emission while enjoying local benefits of a homegrown solution to fuel independence. Green Fuel ethanol is

November 18, 2011 Read Full Article

UGA Creates “Super Yeast” to Aid Ethanol Production

(Atlanta Business Chronicle)  The University of Georgia researchers created a “super strain” of yeast that ferments ethanol from pretreated pine as part of an effort to help biofuels take the place of gasoline for fuel. … UGA said their research shows

November 18, 2011 Read Full Article

Opinion: Columnist Ignores Realities of Our Overreliance on Oil

By Kevin Skunes (INFORUM)  As the thousands of North Dakotans whose livelihoods depend on the farming and energy industries know, this state is playing a critical role in decreasing our nation’s dependence on foreign oil. Unfortunately, in his Nov. 5 column,

November 18, 2011 Read Full Article

EPA, DOE Release 2012 Fuel Economy Guide

by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Want to know what the best vehicles are for fuel economy, including flex-fuel vehicles (FFVs)? Consult the 2012 Fuel Economy Guide, released by the U.S. EPA and U.S. DOE on Nov. 16. The annual guide

November 18, 2011 Read Full Article

SIGMA Joins Coaltion for E85

by Cindy Zimmerman (DomesticFuel.com)  The Society of Independent Gasoline Marketers of America (SIGMA) has officially joined the Coalition for E85 in the effort to have 85 percent ethanol designated as an alternative fuel under the tax code. … “E85 as an alternative fuel is defined everywhere

November 18, 2011 Read Full Article

Toward More Cost-Effective Production of Biofuels from Plant Lignocellulosic Biomass

(Science Daily)  ...However, technologies are being developed to generate bioethanol from non-food sources, such as the lignocellulosics present in switchgrass and trees. The sugars locked in the polymers of cell walls, i.e., cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin, can be extracted and

November 18, 2011 Read Full Article

South Africa: Govt Sign Accord to Inject Billions Into Green Economy

(All Africa)  On the eve of a major International Climate Change Conference to be hosted by South Africa, social partners and government signed a Green Economy Accord at parliament in Cape Town today (November 17, 2011), which commits signatories to

November 18, 2011 Read Full Article

POET Targets Additional 10% GHG Reduction, 500 Million Pounds of Biobased Products

(POET)  Goals part of Ingreenuity, the company's initiative to enhance the environmental performance of ethanol At the NASCAR Green Summit today (November 17, 2011), POET announced plans to decrease the greenhouse gas (GHG) intensity of ethanol production 10 percent this decade

November 18, 2011 Read Full Article

Energy Sorghum: Researchers Develop High-Biomass Sorghum that Bypasses Flowering

by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  What happens when sorghum doesn’t have to put energy into flowering and grain production? High-biomass sorghum that grows up to 20 feet tall, that’s what. Texas AgriLife Research, part of the Texas A&M University System,

November 17, 2011 Read Full Article

Divergent Feedstocks: One Pine Tree as good as Another? Guess Again

by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  In the process of researching various feedstocks for their startup company clients, Golden, Colo.-based Hazen Research Inc. noticed a trend. Feedstocks are not all created equal—even if that feedstock bears the same plant name. In

November 17, 2011 Read Full Article

First Dual-Biofuels Station Opens in Raleigh

(NBC17)  The first alternative fuels station in Raleigh opened Wednesday afternoon on New Bern Ave. selling E-85 Ethonal and B-20 Bio-diesel. The Crown Express Mart is one of a tiny number of alternative fuel stations in the state, but experts those

November 17, 2011 Read Full Article

Powers Officials Claim Money Is on Way for Trash-to-Ethanol Plant

by Marc Chase (Northwest Indiana)  Offering no firm timeline on when money for a proposed trash-to-ethanol plant would be in the bank, a man claiming to be the owner of a Nevada-based hedge fund said he is committed to funding the

November 17, 2011 Read Full Article

EIA Issues 2012 Cellulosic Biofuel Predictions

by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  The U.S. DOE’s Energy Information Administration predicts that only six cellulosic biofuel producers will make fuel available for sale in 2012, producing a total of just 6.9 million gallons of fuel over the course

November 17, 2011 Read Full Article

Large Differences in the Climate Impact of Biofuels

(PhysOrg.com)  When biomass is combusted the carbon that once was bound in the growing tree is released into the atmosphere. For this reason, bioenergy is often considered carbon dioxide neutral. Research at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, however, shows that

November 17, 2011 Read Full Article

Bioenergy Critical Success Factors

By B.A. (Ben) Thorp, Harry Seamans and Masood Akhtar  (Bioenergy Deployment Consortium/Biofuels Digest)   The Bioenergy Deployment Consortium identifies the four deciding factors in a company’s success or failure. Do you have the right stuff for bioenergy? It’s one of the most

November 17, 2011 Read Full Article

What's Not to Like about Developing and Using Biofuels? Nothing

(Highlands Today) Editorial:  ...We believe ethanol is a big part of the immediate solution to U.S. fuel shortages. Our country must become energy independent. Nothing can bring us to our knees quicker than having someone shut off oil to our

November 16, 2011 Read Full Article

DuPont’s Cellulosic Plans

by Melody Bomgardne (Central Science/Cleantech Chemistry)  DuPont has been digesting its acquisition of Danisco for a while now, and has sent out an update about what used to be called DuPont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol – now shortened, as you might

November 16, 2011 Read Full Article

AE Biofuels, Now Aemetis, To Add Renewable Rubber to Tthanol Line

by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  AE Biofuels Inc. has a new name and, with it, a plan to expand the product line at existing ethanol plants. The company announced Nov. 15 that its shareholders have approved the company’s name

November 16, 2011 Read Full Article

Outlook 2012: VEETC is Old News--Matt Horton, CEO, Propel Fuels

by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  From the standpoint of Matt Horton, CEO of Propel Fuels, efforts in 2011 to extend the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit imperiled the future of the industry. “For so long, the industry has been

November 16, 2011 Read Full Article

Validation: USDA Report Confirms Value of Distillers Grains

by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  A recent USDA report echoes what ethanol producers have said for years: distillers grains are a valuable addition to the nation’s feed supply and can be used to reduce any impact of increased corn

November 16, 2011 Read Full Article

State of Play

by Bob Dinneen (Renewable Fuels Association/Ethanol Producer Magazine)  The vast majority of progressive, forward-looking policies that have helped to build America’s ethanol industry into the largest alternative fuel industry in the world have emanated from Washington. Smart, productive policies such

November 16, 2011 Read Full Article

EU Aviation Standards: Algae Oil’s Threshold Market

by Riggs Eckelberry (OriginOil/Algae Industry Magazine)  ...Almost a decade after the start of Kyoto deliberations, Europe will become the first major power to enforce emissions standards for aviation. Emissions trading emerged as the EU’s strategy after five years’ review of

November 16, 2011 Read Full Article

Ethanol Subsidy Foes Sponsor $64,000 Per Truck Natural gas Subsidy

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...Recently, it became clear what fuel Rep. Boren did like in his truck,  natural gas, when the Oklahoma congressman co-sponsored legislation that would pay American truck owners up to $64,000, per vehicle, for converting their fueling

November 16, 2011 Read Full Article

Advanced Biofuels, Chemicals Capacity to Reach 5.11B Gallons by 2015: 207 Projects, New Database

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  Biofuels Digest is reporting that global advanced biofuels and renewable chemicals capacity will reach 5.11 billion gallons by 2015, up from 4.37 billion reported in May, and 3.95 billion gallons reported in January, based on

November 16, 2011 Read Full Article

E-commerce Streamlines Ethanol Transportation

by Matt Soberg (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Norfolk Southern Corp. reports that a new transload system decreased the time of operations from an average of 90 minutes to just 30 minutes in its first year of use at its Alexandria, Va.,

November 15, 2011 Read Full Article

Future Fuels Institute at Florida State University Recognized as a Waters Center of Innovation

(PR NewsWire/MarketWatch)  Analytical Technology Fueling Institute's Fundamental Energy Research Waters Corporation today (November 15, 2011) welcomed the Future Fuels Institute at Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida into its Centers of Innovation Program. The Future Fuels Institute under its director, Dr. Chang

November 15, 2011 Read Full Article

Ethanol Industry Faces Headwinds

by Abby Schultz   (CNBC) ...“We have a lot of customers who are ethanol investors and plants have been very diligent paying down debt in 2011,” says Jason Ward, director of grain and energy for Northstar Commodity. “Kudos to them, but

November 15, 2011 Read Full Article

Switchgrass Ethanol Research Looks to Yield Big Benefits

by Larry Dreiling  (High Plains MidWest Ag Journal)  Construction has begun in Hugoton, Kan., on the nation's first commercial scale biomass fuel refinery. Abengoa Bioenergy's new, 23 million-gallon annual throughput refinery will take biomass, mainly switchgrass, and turn it into ethanol. One

November 15, 2011 Read Full Article

Raleigh Gets E85 Ethanol Station

by John Murawski  (News Observer)  Raleigh now has a gasoline station that sells E85 ethanol fuel - the 18th such facility in the state built in recent years. The Crown Express Mart on New Bern Avenue began selling the 85 percent-ethanol

November 15, 2011 Read Full Article

IEA: Rising Demand and Declining Resources Confirms The End of Cheap Oil

(Global Renewable Fuels Alliance)  Today’s release of the IEA’s annual World Energy Outlook in London has again confirmed the end of cheap oil blaming growing energy demand and declining oil reserves. According the Report, oil demand will rise 14% between 2010

November 15, 2011 Read Full Article

Area Employment: CAC Offering Free Job Training for Renewable Energy Fields

by Susan Randall (Maricopa Monitor)  Central Arizona College’s renewable energy technology program hopes to put 400 people to work — 140 of them in one of the fastest growing industries in Arizona. The program, funded by a $2.2 million U.S. Department

November 15, 2011 Read Full Article

Kansas Group Works to Turn Crop Stubble into Energy

by Dan Voorhis (The Wichita Eagle)   ...The Kansas Alliance for BioRefining and BioEnergy was created in 2009 and was originally funded by the Kansas BioScience Authority to help commercialize research and technology that turns plants into energy and products. ...Its

November 15, 2011 Read Full Article

Green Plains' BlendStar to Build New 96-Car Unit Train Terminal

(Green Plains Renewable Energy)  Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc., announced today (November 10, 2011)  that its wholly-owned subsidiary, BlendStar LLC, will build, own and operate a new ethanol unit train terminal in Birmingham, Alabama on the BNSF Railway. The new

November 15, 2011 Read Full Article

Butanol Producers Target Biofuels Market

by Philip Brasher (Argus Leader)  ... A top official with the Environmental Protection Agency, which regulates motor fuels, told lawmakers recently butanol is one of the nation’s “most promising biofuels.” However, the product faces potential government barriers that provide an advantage

November 15, 2011 Read Full Article

Patent pending — Two West High Students Invent New Way of Making Fuel

by John Hollenhorst (Deseret News)  West High School students David Larkin and Andy Law have apparently invented a new way of making fuel, and they've applied for a patent. It's the kind of success story that would make many former students

November 15, 2011 Read Full Article

Shell Exec Says Biofuels are the Most Important Alternative to Fossil Hydrocarbons in Mobility for the Next 20 Years

(Green Car Congress)  In a keynote interview to open F.O. Licht’s World Ethanol & Biofuels in Barcelona on 8 November, Arthur Reijnhart, General Manager, Alternative Energies and Fuel Development Strategy for Shell, described a scenario of an increasingly diverse energy

November 15, 2011 Read Full Article

Tongaat Sees Big Potential for Jobs in Ethanol and Power Projects

by Brindaveni Naidoo (Engineering News)  Electricity generation and ethanol production from sugarcane could save and create thousands of local jobs, mainly in rural areas, agriculture and property group Tongaat Hulett CEO Peter Staude said on Monday. ... Turning to ethanol production, the

November 15, 2011 Read Full Article

Construction to Begin on New Mexico Biofuels Plant

(Ventura County Star/AP)  ... Joule Unlimited Inc. plans to convert sunlight and carbon dioxide waste into biofuel at the planned facility in Hobbs. The plant is expected to begin operations in 2012. ...State officials say Joule has the potential to expand

November 15, 2011 Read Full Article

Finger Lakes Economic Council Beats Deadline, Submits Project Wish List to State

(Democrat and Chronicle)  Beating the state’s deadline by hours, the Finger Lakes Regional Economic Development Council today submitted its five-year economic strategy, keeping it in contention for up to $1 billion in state support. The proposal includes 10 projects that, if funded,

November 15, 2011 Read Full Article

A New Generation of Renewable Fuels Is on the Horizon

by Wayne Seames  (American Oil Chemists Society/Inform Magazine)  A new generation of technologies to generate renewable fuels is nearing commercialization. Some of these are focused on producing ethanol and other alcohols from cellulosic biomass using fermentation technologies. These alcohol-based fuels

November 11, 2011 Read Full Article

Oak Ridge National Laboratory Fundamental Discovery Casts Enzymes in New Light

(Oak Ridge National Laboratory)  A tree outside Oak Ridge National Laboratory researcher Pratul Agarwal's office window provided the inspiration for a discovery that may ultimately lead to drugs with fewer side effects, less expensive biofuels and more. Just as a breeze

November 11, 2011 Read Full Article

Marcellus Shale Gas Exploration, Ethanol Production Net New-Business Growth for Norfolk Southern

by Julie Sneider (Progressive Railroading)  ...Both ethanol production and Marcellus gas exploration have been among NS’ fastest-growing traffic opportunities — ethanol over the past decade and the shale-related activity just since 2008 — as a result of U.S. efforts to

November 11, 2011 Read Full Article

Environmental Outlook: Declining Political Support for Ethanol

host: Laura Knoy (NPR/The Diane Rhem Show)  America’s ethanol industry is booming. The U.S. is projected to become the world’s biggest ethanol exporter by the end of the year. In the past, Congress has strongly supported the industry. Now it

November 11, 2011 Read Full Article

Nebraska Ethanol Board Part of New Flex Fuel Campaign

(Nebraska Farmer)  USDA grant intended to make drivers more aware of flex fuel vehicles and ethanol's benefits involves Nebraska and five other states. A grant awarded by USDA will be used to promote flex fuel vehicles, flex fuel pumps, and driver

November 11, 2011 Read Full Article

Support for Federal Backing of Renewables Slips, Driven by GOP Skepticism

By Juliet Eilperin and Jon Cohen  (The Washington Post) Support for putting federal funds into alternative energy sources such as wind, solar and hydrogen has slipped to its lowest point in polls since 2006, driven by growing Republican opposition to such initiatives,

November 11, 2011 Read Full Article

Advanced Biofuels Feedstocks – Who’s Got Game?

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  As POET lands a record biomass harvest in prep for a 2013 cellulosic ethanol launch, the Digest looks at stover, jatropha, miscanthus, switchgrass, MSW, wood and animal residue.  Are costs going down, and capacity going

November 11, 2011 Read Full Article

The BP Biofuels Story

by Luke Geiver (Biorefining Magazine)  ...“I came to the U.S. four years ago to really make what we wanted to be on a piece of paper a reality,” she (Sue Ellerbusch, president of BP Biofuels North America) tells Biorefining Magazine. That reality for

November 10, 2011 Read Full Article

Betting on Biorefining

by Erin Voegele (Biorefining Magazine)  Valero Energy Corp.’s investment in the advanced biofuels sector benefits startups and lends an increased aura of confidence to the industry ...One company that has traditionally been active in petroleum refining has been particularly supportive of

November 10, 2011 Read Full Article

Nebraska Corn Completes Ethanol Co-Product Research Initiative

by Cindy Zimmerman (DomesticFuel.com)  A three-year initiative by Nebraska corn growers to fund research into feeding the ethanol co-product distillers grains to cattle has resulted in some new breakthroughs. The initiative created a beef cattle advisory committee to work with University

November 10, 2011 Read Full Article

MATT HARTWIG: Ethanol's critics cite outdated, misleading data

by Matt Hartwig (Northwest Florida Daily News) Opinion: In a Nov. 2 editorial (“Florida’s ethanol escapade”), the Northwest Florida Daily News mischaracterized my remarks to a reporter and extrapolated conclusions that simply were not there. ...First, America produced more than 13

November 10, 2011 Read Full Article

USDA ERS Report Offers RIN Price Outlook for Coming Decade

by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  The USDA Economic Research Service has released a 24-page report offering an overview of renewable identification numbers (RINs) and outlining how the RIN market works in relation to the renewable fuel standard (RFS). The report’s

November 10, 2011 Read Full Article

City Might Phase Out Use of Corn-Based Ethanol Fuel

by Kevin Duggan (Coloradoan.com)  The city of Fort Collins may phase out use of corn-based ethanol in its fleet vehicles out of concern for the environment. The majority of City Council members said Tuesday they would support gradually doing away with

November 10, 2011 Read Full Article

New Micro-Video Shows Benefit of Alternative Fuels

by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  “Alternative fuel isn’t just the future of energy—it’s the future of energy independence.” That’s the message of a new minute-long video released Nov. 9 by Pearson Fuels. Made possible with the support from the Renewable

November 10, 2011 Read Full Article

The 10 Biofuels Priorities for 2012

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  In California, more than 350 delegates gathered at Advanced Biofuesl Markets to set industry priorities for the next six months,seal partnerships,  and exchange outlooks on 2012. It didn’t take long for the Top 10 priorities

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Distillers Grains Offer Viable Feed Option for Young Dairy Heifers

by Jennifer Stewart  (Purdue Newsroom)  Dairy producers looking for a high-quality heifer feed that often costs less than traditional corn and soybean feed grains should consider distillers grains, says a Purdue Extension dairy nutrition specialist. Distillers grains, a co-product of ethanol

November 09, 2011 Read Full Article

BlueFire Forms Subsidiary SucreSource, LLC to Provide Cellulosic Sugars to Advanced BioFuels Company

(GreenTechMedia/PR NewsWire)  Today, at the Advanced Biofuels Markets Conference in San Francisco, Arnold Klann, Chief Executive Officer and President of BlueFire Renewables (OTC BB: BFRE.OB), a company focused on shifting the paradigm for energy sources by converting non-food cellulosic wastes into renewable

November 09, 2011 Read Full Article

Brazil Lacks Cane to Boost Fuel Exports, Senator Says

by Stephan Nielsen  (Bloomberg)  Brazilian sugar cane companies, which are preparing to boost ethanol exports to the U.S., don’t produce enough of the renewable fuel to do so, a lawmaker said. Brazil won’t make enough ethanol to meet increasing foreign demand

November 09, 2011 Read Full Article

Generating Ethanol from Lignocellulose Possible, but Large Cost Reductions Still Needed

(Wiley-Blackwell/ScienceNewsLine)   The production of ethanol from lignocellulose-rich materials such as wood residues, waste paper, used cardboard and straw cannot yet be achieved at the same efficiency and cost as from corn starch. A cost comparison has concluded that using

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Solazyme Ranked #1 in “50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy” for 2011-12

by Jim Lane  (Biofuels Digest) Solazyme edges Amyris, Gevo in Hot 50 for 2011-12, as hot IPOs dominate, gasification advances. Biofuels Digest announced that Renewable oils developer Solazyme took the #1 spot in the 2011-12 “50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy” rankings. Amyris (#2),

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Lincoln Energy Nearly Triples Ethanol Transport Fleet

by Matt Soberg (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Lincoln Energy Solutions will nearly triple its ethanol and biodiesel transportation services, increasing its current fleet to 16 tankers with seven additional units scheduled to arrive by year end. With over 30 years of

November 08, 2011 Read Full Article

Canadian Ethanol Industry Grows, Adds $1.2 Billion to Economy

by Matt Soberg (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Reaching almost 528 MMgy (2 billion liters per year) currently, Canadian ethanol production will continue grow due to a federal renewable fuel standard and expanding transportation fuel markets according to a study released by

November 08, 2011 Read Full Article

Pardon Me, Do You Speak Algae?

by Mary Rosenthal (Algal Biomass Organization)   ...For example, how best to account for one facility using open ponds fed by a mix of wastewater and CO2 pumped from a gas line versus another facility using water sourced from a

November 07, 2011 Read Full Article

US Gives $3M to Energy Company to Use Less Corn

by Kevin Welch (Amarillo Globe-News)  The U.S. Department of Agriculture is giving White Energy, with ethanol plants in Hereford and Plainview, a $3-million grant to promote using materials other than corn to make biofuels. Those materials can range from crop residue

November 07, 2011 Read Full Article

APLA: Brazil Grows Bio-Based Materials Effort

by Anna Jagger (ICIS Chemical Business) The sugar and ethanol industry is sustainable and competitive against fossil fuels. It is attracting interest from chemical producers looking for renewable feedstocks Brazil's sugarcane ethanol industry is attracting the attention of chemicals producers in

November 07, 2011 Read Full Article

University of Arizona Researchers Fine-Tune Crops for Biofuels

By Paul M. Ingram (Wick Communications Science/Green Valley News and Sun)   ...Under ideal conditions, half the weight of the plants will be converted into liquid, turning 2 tons of vegetation into 1,000 gallons of “juice.” On this day, however,

November 07, 2011 Read Full Article

Better Technology Could Open Biomass Market

by Tara Bozick  (GoDanRiver.com)   ...Chemtex International and its parent Gruppo Mossi and Ghisolfi, or the M&G Group, have been developing a lingo-cellulosic bio-ethanol technology called Proesa in a move away from petroleum and toward renewable materials. In today’s world, people

November 07, 2011 Read Full Article

Q&A: Ethanol Plant Leader Has No Regrets in Picking Medina

by Tom Rivers  (The Daily News)  Michael Sawyer, 38, of Geneseo took a gamble in 2005. After eight years in corporate finance in Rochester, he left that career to join his father John Sawyer in establishing an ethanol plant in

November 07, 2011 Read Full Article

Ethanol and Water, Hold the Ice

by Kristy Moore (Renewable Fuels Association)  Recent claims from some marine engine manufacturers that E15 ethanol blends will ruin marine engines are meant solely to incite fear and not meaningful discussion.  A meaningful discussion would note that E15 is illegal

November 07, 2011 Read Full Article

Shell Looking at Biofuel Plant for Local Area

by Angela Brown (Central Plains Herald-Leader)  Shell Canada is looking into the possibility of establishing a biofuel plant in the Portage la Prairie area. The facility would be a cellulosic ethanol plant, which is proposed for the area southwest of Portage

November 07, 2011 Read Full Article

Ricardo Study Suggests Global Oil Demand May Peak Before 2020

(Ricardo/PR NewsWire)  Ricardo today announced the results of a landmark multi-client research study conducted by Ricardo Strategic Consulting in association with Kevin J. Lindemer LLC, and involved participation of some of the world's leading energy and technology companies and organizations.

November 07, 2011 Read Full Article

Edwardsville Ethanol Center Gets a Boost

by Terry Hillig (STLToday.com)  The National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Center has added $3.5 million in advanced corn fractionation technology, provided by Cereal Process Technologies LLC of Overland Park, Kan., with support from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. Located on

November 07, 2011 Read Full Article

Independent Petroleum Marketers Group Joins E85 Coalition

by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producers Magazine)  Just more than a week after announcing the formation of the Coalition for E85 the group said Oct. 21 that it had a new member. The Petroleum Marketers Association of America, which represents 8,000 independent

November 04, 2011 Read Full Article

House Hearing Witnesses Bash RFS, Call for Repeal of E15

by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  It was déjà vu all over again on Nov. 2 as representatives of the ethanol industry were forced to watch a House of Representatives Energy and Environment Subcommittee hearing on motor fuel standards from

November 04, 2011 Read Full Article

The SuperFriends and Their Planet-Saving Microbial Biofuel Powers

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  In the world at large, they are generally called pests. We call them ‘magic bugs’. They are like the SuperFriends of Saturday morning cartoons – Nature has certainly endowed them with magic powers. ...Too often, public

November 04, 2011 Read Full Article

Ethanol Industry Left Out of Hearing Again

by Cindy Zimmerman (DomesticFuel.com)  The House Committee on Science, Space and Technology’s Subcommittee on Energy and Environment is holding a hearing today (November 2, 2011) on “Conflicts and Unintended Consequences of Motor Fuel Standards” with a witness list that the ethanol

November 03, 2011 Read Full Article

Study: E15 Ethanol Damages Boat Engines

by Philip Brasher (Des Moines Register)  Ethanol supporters contend that research isn't fair A blend of 15 percent ethanol and gasoline caused so much damage to boat engines during a government-funded study that the testing of two of three motor types

November 03, 2011 Read Full Article

No-Kill Farming: The Rise of Low-Cost, Low-Carbon Biofuels through Continuous Harvest

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  Does continuous harvest, and direct production from CO2 and water, offer a transformative, no-kill way to improve the carbon and dollar economics of biofuels? Can the dairy model work? ...In beef and grain, the whole organism

November 03, 2011 Read Full Article

Is There Too Much Land in Europe?

by Robert Vierhout (Ethanol Producer Magazine/ePURE)  ...Even if that extra demand would not exist, why would European politicians want to increase idled land, knowing that year-on-year, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, arable land in

November 02, 2011 Read Full Article

E15: Cracking the RVP Nut

by Jeremy P. Greenhouse  (Ethanol Producer Magazine/Greenhouse & Gram) New blend won’t qualify for One Pound Waiver, presenting huge hurdle When the U.S. EPA granted Clean Air Act fuel waivers allowing gasoline containing 10 to 15 percent by volume of ethanol

November 02, 2011 Read Full Article

Gauging 2012 Volumes: Will RINs Prove that the RFS Needs Modifying?

by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  ...By Nov. 30, the U.S. EPA will issue its renewable fuel standard (RFS) volumes for the upcoming year and, once again, it will dramatically ratchet down the cellulosic biofuels category. ...No matter what end of

November 02, 2011 Read Full Article

Cropping Between the Lines

by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine) The bull’s-eye on corn ethanol could fade if the industry steps up and makes corn production and stover harvesting more environmentally friendly ...Today, no-till or strip-till farming is gaining ground, and researchers are examining systems

November 02, 2011 Read Full Article

The Round and Square of It: Proving the Sustainability of Crop Residue Removal

by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Three years ago, ag giants John Deere & Co., Archer Daniels Midland Co. and Monsanto Co. pooled their respective areas of expertise and embarked on an experiment. Each company had its own specific reasons

November 02, 2011 Read Full Article

Amyris Receives Approval for R$ 22 Million Funding from Brazil’s Development Bank

(Amyris)  Amyris, Inc. , a leading renewable chemicals and fuels company, announced that it has received final approval from the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) for a R$ 22 million project financing facility for Amyris Brasil Ltda.’s first industrial-scale production facility

November 02, 2011 Read Full Article

ICM Designs Cassava Ethanol Plant in Mozambique

by Cindy Zimmerman (DomesticFuel.com) Ethanol plant design company, ICM, Inc., of Colwich, Kansas, has designed and constructed equipment for a “one gallon per minute ethanol plant” currently under construction in Mozambique that will use locally grown cassava as a feedstock. The

November 02, 2011 Read Full Article

Green Initiatives Cleared for Takeoff at O'Hare, Midway Airports

by Jon Hilkevitch  (Chicago Tribune)  Solar energy collectors will be installed on up to 60 acres at O'Hare International Airport, and a service station selling alternative fuels for private and commercial vehicles will open near the airport, Chicago's aviation chief announced

November 01, 2011 Read Full Article

Ammo for Defending the RFS

by  Susanne Retka Schill  (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Interesting article turned up this week from Australia, showing just what could happen with no RFS or mandate. The Courier-Mail reported  “Queensland motorists dudded as fuel retailers pull ethanol blend petrol from service stations.” Coles

November 01, 2011 Read Full Article

Raising 'Sugar-Cane': Investigative Report into Ethanol Industry Battles

by Les Coleman, Deb Courson Smith (Public News Service - SD)   ...Flo-Sun, through subsidiaries such as Florida Crystals and Domino Foods, has milling and refining operations around the world. The rulers of Flo-Sun are Palm Beach-based brothers Pepe and

November 01, 2011 Read Full Article

VTG’s New Ethanol Wagon Pooling System Takes Transports from the Road to the Railway

(VTG)  The Hamburg-based wagon hire and rail logistics company VTG Aktiengesellschaft  has established a new pool of wagons to provide flexible, ad hoc transports of ethanol from Rotterdam. This provides customers with small or excess quantities as well as those

November 01, 2011 Read Full Article

NREL Opens New Doors to Renewable Energy Data

(US Department of Energy)  Developer.nrel.gov empowers Web developers to use renewable energy data for Web and mobile applications The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory is home to a cornucopia of data on renewable energy, energy efficiency and alternative transportation.

November 01, 2011 Read Full Article

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces Funding to Expand the Production and Availability of Advanced Biofuels

(US Department of Agriculture)  USDA Farm Bill Program Supports Job Creation Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced payments for 156 advanced biofuel producers across the country to support the production and expansion of advanced biofuels. "This funding will help local producers increase

November 01, 2011 Read Full Article

“Are You Any Less Worried about Energy Security Today than You Were 4 Years Ago?” Asks BP

by Bill Lundberg (Biofuels Digest)  Should the Renewable Fuel Standard be scrapped, or revised? BP North America chief Susan Ellerbusch makes the case for “No”. In Chicago, BP Biofuels North America president Susan Ellerbusch, in addressing congressional attempts to re-write the

November 01, 2011 Read Full Article

Mazda Showcases Grand Ideas in Small Cars at 2011 SEMA Show With "Green" Roadster and Tiny Turbo

(PR NewsWire/Mazda)  North American Operations (MNAO) is known for its Zoom-Zoom dynamism, which is evident in the brand's lineup of distinct design and divine drivability, and brings to this year's Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show a fleet of vehicles

November 01, 2011 Read Full Article

Easier Than Ever: Testing Services Are Abundant, and There’s a Reason Why

by Luke Geiver (Biodiesel Magazine)  ...Although changes brought on by the onset of new testing procedures like cold soak filtration and the weeding-out effect created by the inconsistent tax incentive have made the industry stronger, they have also made it

October 31, 2011 Read Full Article

Clearing the Way for Byproduct Quality

by Bryan Sims (Biodiesel Magazine) Why quality for glycerin is just as important for biodiesel ...With all the stringent quality measures imposed on producers, there is, however, no governing body that imposes or oversees similar quality standards for crude glycerin, the

October 31, 2011 Read Full Article

BlueFire Renewables Signs Financing MOU for Its Fulton, Mississippi Biorefinery and Other Projects in the U.S. and China

(PR NewsWire)  BlueFire Renewables, Inc., a company focused on changing the world's transportation fuel paradigm through the production of renewable fuels from non-food cellulosic wastes, has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") with China Huadian Engineering Co. LTD to

October 31, 2011 Read Full Article

Three Decades of Ethanol: Has It Been Worth the Investment?

by Rich Heidorn, Jr. (Bloomberg)   Ethanol's boosters have cited three policy objectives in defense of ethanol's subsidies and import protections: Increasing the nation's energy security by reducing reliance on imported oil, reducing the environmental impact of petroleum use, and

October 31, 2011 Read Full Article

Ethanol Firm’s Next Bet: Algae

by David Shaffer (Star Tribune)  An emerging green industry aims to develop a new source of fuel to replace oil, but the quick money could be elsewhere. Green slime is growing in ponds next to an ethanol plant here, and Todd

October 31, 2011 Read Full Article

Landscape Waste Recycling Process to Power City Fleet

by Susan Frick Carlman (Naperville Sun)  The first phase of the local partnership working toward collecting yard waste and converting it into fuels is poised to go live in the coming weeks. In the works for nearly three years, the Green

October 31, 2011 Read Full Article

America Needs More “Fiascos” Like Ethanol

by Matt Hartwig (Renewable Fuels Association)  ...All of ethanol’s critics share a common flaw when it comes to their claims – they cherry-pick the topics on which they opine and ignore very relevant facts.  The most recent example is this rant

October 31, 2011 Read Full Article

Bowyer Puts American Ethanol in the NASCAR Spotlight

by Holly Jessen  (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  For two weekends in a row, race car driver Clint Bowyer will have put his best foot forward for American Ethanol. On Oct. 23 the spokesperson for American Ethanol won his first race of

October 31, 2011 Read Full Article

Ethanol Companies Put FFV in Autoweek American Adventure Race

by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  ICM Inc. and Ignite Racing Fuel are sponsoring a vehicle in a six-day treasure hunt and race-track based rally that begins Oct. 27. The two-man team is made up of race car driver Eric O'Sullivan

October 31, 2011 Read Full Article

Research and Markets: Biofuel Consumption in Germany - Industry and Country Analysis

(BusinessWire/Research and Markets)   Biofuel Consumption in Germany - Industry and Country Analysis provides five forces Industry analysis, along with PESTLE country analysis of Germany. This report concludes with profiles of the leading companies in the German biofuel consumption market. Project Description: Includes market

October 31, 2011 Read Full Article

Gevo Supplied Isobutanol-Gasoline Blend Runs Well in Small Engines

(BusinessWire/Gevo)  Briggs & Stratton Tests Show None of the Engine Compatibility Issues of Ethanol In side by side performance, durability and emissions testing of small engines, gasoline blended with isobutanol performed better than blends using ethanol. Gevo, Inc., a renewable chemicals

October 31, 2011 Read Full Article

South Florida Community College Seeks Grants to Start Bioenergy Program

by Marc Valero (Highlands Today)  With ethanol production poised to bring jobs and a major economic impact to Highlands County, South Florida Community College is partnering with biofuels companies to create a bioenergy education program. SFCC hopes to secure grant funding to

October 31, 2011 Read Full Article

OriginOil Shows How Algae Can Reduce Biofuel Dependence on Food Crops

(OriginOil)  CEO’s presentation at Amsterdam’s Biofuels 2011 describes how blending algae with other feedstocks can ease shortages and help develop advanced biofuels OriginOil, Inc., the developer of a breakthrough technology to extract oil from algae and an emerging leader in the global

October 31, 2011 Read Full Article

Biofuel Industry Lobbying for Aid in Farm Bill

by Philip Brasher (Des Moines Register)  The biofuel industry is lobbying lawmakers to continue some subsidies and financial assistance that they got in the last farm bill. The programs are set to expire next year if Congress doesn’t do anything, so

October 28, 2011 Read Full Article

Algae Industry Is Bubbling Up

by David Shaffer (Star Tribune)  The latest clean-tech energy contender pushes toward commercial production, even as federal money is drying up. The ingredient list for products ranging from jet fuel to dietary supplements may soon get an unusual addition: algae. Entrepreneurs who

October 28, 2011 Read Full Article

AgriLife Economist: Don't Blame Current Higher Gasoline Prices on Corn and Ethanol

by Robert Burns (AgriLifeToday)  Feeling pain again at the gasoline pump? Don’t blame it on corn and the cost of ethanol. Well, at least don’t blame it entirely on corn, said Dr. Mark Welch, Texas AgriLife Extension Service grains marketing economist in

October 28, 2011 Read Full Article

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Ethanol Cuts Dependence, Pollution

by John R. Block  (The Washington Times)  As Secretary of Agriculture during the Reagan administration, I helped the American ethanol industry take off. Imagine my surprise to read an editorial in The Washington Times (“Corn-fueled politics,” Oct. 17) contending that American

October 28, 2011 Read Full Article

Nipawin Biomass Ethanol Advances Research through SRC Contract

by Matt Soberg  (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Saskatchewan-based Nipawin Biomass Ethanol New Generation Co-operative Ltd. has contracted with the Saskatchewan Research Council to further develop its catalytic process for cellulosic ethanol production. The technology is also being integrated into Fulcrum BioEnergy

October 28, 2011 Read Full Article

South African Project Reaching for Ethanol, Biodiesel Co-Location

by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  One World Clean Energy Inc. has secured its first memorandum of understanding to construct and commission a $115 million Integrated Biorefinery in South Africa, where it would produce10 megawatts of electricity, 10 MMgy of

October 28, 2011 Read Full Article

RFA Applauds Big 3’s Commitment to FFVs, Releases Comprehensive List

(Renewable Fuels Association)  The Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) today commended General Motors, Ford Motor Company, and Chrysler for meeting their pledge to produce 50 percent of their new vehicles as flexible fuel vehicles (FFVs) by 2012.  Flexible fuel vehicles are cars,

October 28, 2011 Read Full Article

Algae Bioreactors Receive Approval for Australian Facility

(Biofuels International)  Algae.Tec, an algae production company, has received approval for its demonstration facility in Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia. The facility was approved under the Shoalhaven City Council Environment Planning and Assessment Act and the plant will be used to

October 28, 2011 Read Full Article

New Venture BENRI to Rate Brazil Sugar-Ethanol Mills

by Reese Ewing (Reuters)  Brazilian joint venture BENRI plans to rate sugar and ethanol mills on efficiency, a new service for the sector that is expected to improve performance of mills and the terms of credit they receive from banks. BENRI, short

October 28, 2011 Read Full Article

U.S. Certifies 107 Brazilian Sugar-Cane Mills to Export Ethanol

by Stephan Nielsen  (Bloomberg Businessweek)  Sugar-cane processors in Brazil, including Bunge Ltd. and Louis Dreyfus SAS, are preparing to increase their ethanol exports to the U.S., where oil companies must expand their use of biofuels. Ethanol producers had registered 107 mills

October 28, 2011 Read Full Article

UPDATE 2-Booming Ethanol Biz Alters Corn Use Patterns-USDA

by Julie Ingwersen (Reuters)  USDA says ethanol boom creating new patterns in corn use * Gov't unsure why feed use falls late in marketing years * Reports blamed for wild swings in CBOT grain prices * Industry barbs come as USDA faces budget constraints

October 28, 2011 Read Full Article

Study Estimates Biorefinery's Economic Impact

by Larisa Brass  (KnoxvilleBiz.com)  Dupont Danisco Cellulosic Energy may not have announced definitive plans for siting a commercial biofuels plant in the state, but University of Tennessee researcher Edward Yu has some suggestions. As part of a study on the local

October 28, 2011 Read Full Article

Abengoa's $500 Million Vision Could Take Shape in York County

by Art Hovey  (Lincoln Journal Star)  Movers and shakers in York County, one of the most prolific places for corn production in Nebraska and the United States, have spun off plenty of other profitable corn undertakings in recent years, including

October 28, 2011 Read Full Article

Second Generation Biofuel on Cusp of Breakthough: DSM

by Aaron Gray-Block  (Reuters)  Dutch life sciences group DSM said the development of second-generation biofuels is nearing a major breakthrough with commercial production just a couple of years away that could open up a market worth $5 billion a year. Second-generation

October 27, 2011 Read Full Article

USDA Finds Distillers Grains Offer Greater Feed Value than Corn

by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  A newly released report from the USDA appears to confirm what the ethanol industry has been claiming for years—distillers grains is a valuable feed source and can significantly reduce any impact of increased corn

October 27, 2011 Read Full Article

UBE Signs B2.4bn Ethanol Deal with China

(Bangkok Post)  Ubon Bio Ethanol Co (UBE), an affiliate of Bangchak Petroleum Plc (BCP), has won a deal to ship 100 million litres of ethanol per year worth 2.4 billion baht to China. The shipments averaging 300,000 litres per day will

October 27, 2011 Read Full Article

BP Commits $Billions to Biofuel Development and Production

by Bob Brooks (Automotive Industries)  A BP executive was quoted recently that biofuels are obtained from “renewable wells” which is an oil man’s way of saying we are drilling for energy as usual but for different raw material. Key to

October 26, 2011 Read Full Article

USDA Grant Focuses on Southeast Biomass Supply

by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  The USDA believes the Southeast region of the U.S. offers huge potential for a variety of dedicated energy crops and in September, the agency agreed to provide $15 million to form the Southeast Partnership for

October 26, 2011 Read Full Article

Farmers May Expect Improved Livelihood with Biofuel Dev’t

by Riza T. Olchondra  (Philippine Daily Inquirer)  Filipino farmers and investors may profit from biofuel ventures in idle, upland, and other so-called marginalized areas without disrupting food supply. According to the study “Assessment on the Use of Marginal Areas for Cultivation

October 26, 2011 Read Full Article
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