by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Liability issues surrounding the use of E15 remain a major concern for many retailers when considering offering the fuel to customers driving 2001 and newer vehicles. The U.S. EPA recently approved required health effects
Up and Running: Retailers Respond Positively to SD Blender Pump Incentive
by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine) The application window for South Dakota’s inaugural blender pump grant program may have just opened on Jan. 9, but it already appears that the incentive will be a success. More than half the fiscal
February 23, 2012 Read Full Article
IN FOCUS: Pricing and Supply Key to Unlocking Large-Scale US Biofuel Use
by Lori Ranson (FlightGlobal) Successful commercial biofuel flights operated by US carriers in late 2011 were underpinned by an understanding that price and supply chain infrastructure remain the big hurdles to creating a viable full-scale alternative aviation fuels industry in
February 23, 2012 Read Full Article
Ceres Raises $65M in IPO: State of the Biofuels IPO Market
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In California, Ceres raised $65 million yesterday in its initial public offering of 5,000,000 shares of common stock, which priced at $13.00 per share after a day-to-day roller coaster in recent weeks, with the IPO rescheduled twice
February 23, 2012 Read Full Article
Gargash Enterprises to Use Biodiesel for Internal Fleet of 11 Commercial Vehicles
(AME Info) Gargash Enterprises has pledged support to HH Shaikh Mohammed's 'UAE Strategy for Green Development' campaign with the introduction of the first new commercial vehicle in the UAE running on biodiesel to reduce carbon emissions. It will serve as a
February 22, 2012 Read Full Article
Arcis Resources Corporation Collaborates With Cetna Energy Partners, LLC to Market and Distribute Thermochemical Biofuels
(MarketWatch) Arcis Resources Corporation ("Arcis") , announced today that it has entered into marketing and distribution partnership discussions with Cetna Energy Partners, LLC ("Cetna") for the purposes of distributing Cetna's biofuel product that will be produced at its' thermochemical biofuels
February 22, 2012 Read Full Article
Cellulosic Ethanol May Play Role in Local Biofuel Production
by Kelly Madsen (Iowa State Daily) For the past decade, corn ethanol has predominated Midwest biofuel production. But with increased technology and interest, an additional ethanol — cellulosic ethanol — may also shape local farming. ...Essentially, cellulosic ethanol utilizes the corn
February 22, 2012 Read Full Article
In Support of Cellulosic Ethanol
by Susanne Retka Schill (Ethanol Producer Magazine) The Union of Concerned Scientists is applying some energy to supporting ethanol. Well, not corn ethanol, I doubt they’ve made an about face there. But they are coming out in support of cellulosic ethanol. ..."A
February 22, 2012 Read Full Article
Ethanol Vital If Refineries Shut- Katter
(Big Pond News) Australia will need a vibrant bio-fuel industry more than ever if Caltex decides to close its refineries, independent MP Bob Katter says. Caltex Australia has flagged shutting its two domestic refineries in Sydney and Brisbane, putting 800 jobs
February 22, 2012 Read Full Article
Ethanol Mandates could Be Costly Misstep
(Futurity.org) While many people are willing to pay a premium for ethanol, the number is not enough to justify a government mandate for the corn-based fuel, according to economist Soren Anderson. Anderson, assistant professor of economics at Michigan State University, studied the demand
February 22, 2012 Read Full Article
Why Algal Biofuels May Never Hold the Key to the Future
by Professor Chris Rhodes (OilPrice.com) The depletion of world rock phosphate reserves will restrict the amount of food that can be grown, a situation that can only be compounded by the production of biofuels, including the potential large-scale generation
February 22, 2012 Read Full Article
Uruguay 5% Blend of Biodiesel in Diesel
(UPI) The Biofuels Act states that from 2012 onwards ANCAP mix 5% biodiesel in diesel, appropriated a report from the portal of the President. Juan Gomez, a member of the board of the company, explained that this will possible if it
February 22, 2012 Read Full Article
S.Africa Sees $258 mln Ethanol Plant by 2014
by Wendell Roelf (Reuters Africa) South Africa plans to invest 2 billion rand ($258.5 million) to build an ethanol plant and help a nascent biofuels sector that could reduce the country's reliance on imported fuel, an industry player said on
February 22, 2012 Read Full Article
Sugar Growers Look to Biofuels Production
(The Manila Times) Sugar industry stakeholders may have to take a hard look at the Biofuels Law as an option now that it is clear there is no way to stop or postpone trade liberalization come 2015. Luis Tongoy, Trustee of
February 22, 2012 Read Full Article
American Soybean Association Calls for Biodiesel Fuel Education Program Reauthorization
by Erin Voegele (Biodiesel Magazine) ...One of the many energy-related components of the Farm Bill that is up for reauthorization is the Biodiesel Fuel Education Program, which is a grant program that supports the education of government and private entities
February 22, 2012 Read Full Article
Biodiesel Education Program Develops 4-H, Elementary Curriculum
by Erin Voegele (Biodiesel Magazine) The University of Idaho’s Biodiesel Education Program has released curriculum designed to help students between the ages of eight and 12 understand the concepts of energy and renewable energy. While the free seven-lesson program was
February 22, 2012 Read Full Article
National University of Ireland Galway Partners in EnAlgae project
by Erin Voegele (Biodiesel Magazine) National University of Ireland Galway recently announced that researchers within its Ryan Institute are participating in a €14 million ($18.5 million) European algae initiative. The program, known as the Energetic Algae—or EnAlgae—project, was announced in
February 22, 2012 Read Full Article
Engineering Grad Student Debuts On-Campus Biodiesel Processor
by Bryan Sims (Biodiesel Magazine) Ever since she was little Michelle Rodio was fascinated with trying to make the world a better place. While growing up, partaking in recycling and other ecofriendly initiatives became a natural part of her life.
February 22, 2012 Read Full Article
Make It Here, Bank It Here: Biofuels’ Economic Impact Spurs Expansion
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) As President Obama orders a sweeping increase in the USDA’s BioPreferred Program, new research suggests a $80 billion US financial gain that results from domestic fuels and bio-based products over the next 10 years. In Washington,
February 22, 2012 Read Full Article
Shuttered Range Fuels Plant Prepares for New Life
by S. Heather Duncan (Macon Telegraph) Wearing green hard hats with the LanzaTech logo pasted over the words “Range Fuels,” officials of the company that now owns a Soperton ethanol plant visited the site this week and met with suppliers
February 21, 2012 Read Full Article
Grow it Here, Make it Here
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...In Michigan, US Senator Debbie Stabenow expanded her “Grow it Here, Make it Here” initiative into a $5 billion proposal designed to dramatically expand bio-based manufacturing and job creation, funded through what she described as reductions in
February 21, 2012 Read Full Article
Policies of Energy and Economic Growth for Rural America in a 2012 Farm Bill
by Josh Rathod (Advanced Biofuels USA) With a refreshing sense of focus, Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Chairwoman of the Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, opened the hearing on Energy and Economic Growth for Rural America by stating the importance of
February 21, 2012 Read Full Article
Alliance between Natural Gas Industry, Environmental Groups Fractures
by Juliet Eilperin and Steven Mufson (The Washington Post) Just four years ago, shale gas king Aubrey K. McClendon told shareholders of Chesapeake Energy that “finally, we made some new friends this year.” The chief executive sketched a vision of working hand in
February 20, 2012 Read Full Article
Soil Erosion Increasing Global Warming Threat: UNEP
by Nina Chestney (Reuters) Global warming will get worse as agricultural methods accelerate the rate of soil erosion, which depletes the amount of carbon the soil is able to store, a United Nations' Environment Programme report said on Monday. Soil contains
February 20, 2012 Read Full Article
U.S. Will Lead New Effort to Cut Global Warming from Methane, Soot
by Brian Vastag (The Washington Post) With global efforts to reduce carbon dioxide emissions stalled, the United States and five other countries are starting a new program to cut other pollutants — including methane, soot and hydrofluorocarbons — that contribute
February 20, 2012 Read Full Article
Lake County Dodging a Legal Bullet on Trash Disposal?
by Marc Chase (Northwest Indiana Times) The Lake County Solid Waste Management District could avoid potential litigation — but invite other legal problems — if the trash-to-ethanol contract dies between now and April 2. A canceled county contract with Powers Energy
February 20, 2012 Read Full Article
House Proposal Would Raise Gas Tax and Some Vehicle Fees
by O. Kay Henderson (RadioIowa) Iowa’s gas tax would be eight cents per gallon higher by April, 2014 under a proposal that has cleared a five-member House panel. The bill also calls for new yearly fees for hybrid vehicles and for
February 20, 2012 Read Full Article
U.S. ‘Losing Momentum’ in Biofuels Makes Novozymes Target Brazil
by Justin Doom (Bloomberg) Novozymes A/S (NZYMB), the world’s biggest maker of enzymes for biofuels, is focusing its expansion efforts in Europe, China and Brazil and isn’t pursuing new projects in the U.S. because of the lack of political support. “The policy signals sent to
February 20, 2012 Read Full Article
Advanced Ethanol Council Pushes Back on Oil Industry RFS Retroactive Waiver Request
(Renewable Fuels Association/Advanced Ethanol Council) America’s advanced and cellulosic ethanol producers today reiterated their strong belief that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) should not grant a retroactive waiver to the oil industry for the cellulosic requirements under the Renewable
February 20, 2012 Read Full Article
'Mini-Cellulose' Molecule Unlocks Biofuel Chemistry
(Science Daily) A team of chemical engineers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has discovered a small molecule that behaves the same as cellulose when it is converted to biofuel. Studying this 'mini-cellulose' molecule reveals for the first time the
February 20, 2012 Read Full Article
Beijing to Build Disposal System for Waste Edible Oil
(People's Daily) Beijing recently introduced a set of measures for accelerating building a renewable resources recycling system, and announced that a standard disposal system for thewaste edible oil and fat of all restaurants in the city will be completed by 2015. Experts believe that the disposal system will help root out gutter oil, or illegally recycled cooking oil. Beijing will deploy oil-water separators, collection containers, and other facilities in allrestaurants in the city, in order to improve the collection of waste edible oil and fat. Beijing will assign the task of collecting and transporting waste edible oil and fat tocertain qualified companies, and make these companies’ business scope, license period, and service standards known to the public. ...In addition, the municipal government will encourage cooperation between the wastecollection and transportation companies and biodiesel companies as well as chemicalscompanies, in order to ensure stable disposal of waste edible oil and fat. READ MORE
February 20, 2012 Read Full Article
Zimbabwe: Get Country to Switch to Ethanol-Petrol Blend Fuel
(AllAfrica.com) Most of the larger fuel companies have started selling the petrol-ethanol blend known as E10, a reference to the percentage of ethanol, amid hopes that Zimbabwe would soon be able to substitute 10 percent of its petrol imports with
February 20, 2012 Read Full Article
American By-Products Recyclers LLC Unveiled New Biodiesel Factory
(American By-Products Recyclers, LLC) American By-Products Recyclers LLC on Saturday unveiled its new state-of-the-art biodiesel factory located in Hillsborough, New Jersey. The 24,000 square foot facility, Planet Earth Biodiesel, processes the used cooking oil that American By-Products Recyclers collects from restaurants all over New
February 20, 2012 Read Full Article
EPA OKs E15 Ethanol for Health Effects, Opens Door for Fuel Registration
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Washington, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approved health effects testing on E15 fuel submitted by the Renewable Fuels Association and Growth Energy. Health effects testing is a required step in the approval of any
February 20, 2012 Read Full Article
Glasgow Biofuels Scientist Unfurls ‘Electric Leaf’
by Clive Cookson (Financial Times) Scottish scientists have found a more efficient way to make biofuels, using electricity rather than sunlight. Their “electric leaf” is based on photosynthetic bacteria whose biochemistry has been changed through radical genetic engineering to make a
February 20, 2012 Read Full Article
Access to Low-Cost Feedstocks Remains a Key Barrier to Wider Adoption of Biofuels
(Caelus Green Room) After healthy growth over the past decade, the global biofuels industry is entering a new era marked by feedstock flexibility, product neutrality, and sustainability. As a near-term solution, biofuels are a proven alternative to petroleum-based fuels. Long
February 20, 2012 Read Full Article
In Ukraine Sugar Beets Will Be Used in the Production of Biofuel
(Pellets-Wood.com) The Ministry of Agricultural Policy of Ukraine announced that it intends to allocate 40 million tons of sugar beet for the production of biofuel. It will reduce the volume of imports of fuel and, in addition, biofuel is environmentally safe
February 20, 2012 Read Full Article
Minnesota Loses Cellulosic Ethanol Venture
by David Shaffer (Star Tribune) A biofuels company opts for plants elsewhere after being helped by nearly $1 million in grant funding from Minnesota. A biofuels company that benefited from nearly $1 million in grants from Minnesota taxpayers says it's
February 20, 2012 Read Full Article
The Rocky Road to Biofuels Heaven: Codexis Chief Out, Ceres IPO Delayed
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...The changes at Codexis and delayed IPO at Ceres are indications that life in the public markets remains a rough one for early-stage industrial biotech companies. The changes at Codexis come after the company’s shares
February 20, 2012 Read Full Article
Changes to Ohio’s Definition of “Agriculture” Could Benefit Bio-Energy
by Chris Kick (Farm and Dairy) A bill that would broaden the definition of agriculture in Ohio to include algal production and anaerobic digesters is making its way through the House and Senate. ...The bill defines the production of bio-energy
February 17, 2012 Read Full Article
SFCC Leads Statewide Centers of Excellence in Biofuels and Green Building/Energy Efficiency
(Santa Fe Community College) Santa Fe Community College has been named to lead statewide Centers of Excellence in Biofuels and Green Building/Energy Efficiency under a New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions State Energy Sector Partnership grant. The U.S. Department of Labor established
February 17, 2012 Read Full Article
Finland-Based UPM Plans Crude Tall Oil Renewable Diesel Plant
by Erin Voegele (Biorefining Magazine) Finland-based UPM recently announced plans to develop a biorefinery in Lappeenranta, Finland, to convert crude tall oil into renewable drop-in diesel biofuel. Construction on the 100,000 metric ton (30 million gallon) per year plant is
February 16, 2012 Read Full Article
SucreSource Signs GS Caltex
(SucreSource/PRNewsWire) First Cellulose-to-Sugar Plant Sale and Partnership SucreSource, a wholly owned subsidiary of BlueFire Renewables, Inc., has signed agreements with GS Caltex, a Korean petroleum company, to build a cellulose to sugar plant in Korea. "This agreement validates SucreSource's business model of
February 16, 2012 Read Full Article
Senate Ag Committee Hearing Focuses on Farm Bill Energy Programs
by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and a handful of bioenergy stakeholders were given the opportunity to present the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry with their opinions on the importance of the Farm Bill’s
February 16, 2012 Read Full Article
DOE Increases Funding Request for Biomass, Biorefinery Activities
by Erin Voegele (Biorefining Magazine) ...Of the nearly $2.34 billion requested for energy efficiency and renewable energy, a total of $270 million has been specifically requested to support biomass and biorefinery systems development. That is an increase over the FY
February 16, 2012 Read Full Article
Controversial Ethanol Production Business Won't Be Moving into City-Owned Site
by David McGee (TriCities.com) ...With about 100 city residents – nearly all opposed to the plan -- looking on Tuesday, the City Council took no action on a proposal to give the 13.8-acre former Crowley Foods site to MXI of
February 16, 2012 Read Full Article
Ethanol Fuelling Growth
by Peter Hemphill (Weekly Times Now) ...While ethanol production has become the largest use of the corn crop, it has also developed a high protein byproduct - dried distillers grains with solubles - now highly prized around the world as
February 16, 2012 Read Full Article
Brazilian Demand Gives U.S. Ethanol Producers a Big Boost
by Steve Tarter (The State-Journal Register) More U.S. ethanol was shipped overseas in 2011 than any year in history. The Washington, D.C.-based Renewable Fuels Association reported that 1.1 billion gallons of ethanol — worth about $2.5 billion — were exported to
February 16, 2012 Read Full Article
US Loses $10.4 Million After Failures in Clean-Energy Research
by Brian Wingfield (Bloomberg) The United States lost $10.4 million on six clean-energy projects, including biofuel research at Iowa State University, that were suspended for missing performance milestones, according to the Energy Department. ...Iowa State spent about 56 percent of $4.4 million
February 16, 2012 Read Full Article
Power of Algae Unleashed by Protein Technologies
(Manchester Evening News) A biotech business has developed and patented a process which it believes has the potential to fight the world’s energy and food crises. Protein Technologies, based at Manchester Science Parks, specialises in research in the life sciences sector.
February 16, 2012 Read Full Article
Extreme Biofuels and Those Heat-Seeking X Bugs
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...Some of the first American visitors to Yellowstone, who began to record their journeys into the wilds of northwestern Wyoming during the early 1870s, noted the horrible taste of the water from the hot
February 16, 2012 Read Full Article
Northwest Producers Unite, Tell Congress to Reinstate Tax Credit
by Ron Kotrba (Biodiesel Magazine) Last week as the National Biodiesel Conference took place in Orlando, a group of biodiesel producers and stakeholders in the Northwest U.S. came together in a joint statement to support the reinstatement of the $1
February 16, 2012 Read Full Article
Research Shows Promise in Converting Camelina Oil into Jet Fuel
(Montana State University) Researchers at Montana State University-Northern have developed a process to convert camelina oil to jet fuel and other high-value chemicals. MSU has applied for a U.S. patent and research is ongoing. Using a continuous-flow process at low temperature
February 15, 2012 Read Full Article
Bridgeport Biodiesel Holds Grand Opening for New Plant in Connecticut
by Bryan Sims (Biodiesel Magazine) Bridgeport BioDiesel LLC hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony for the grand opening of its 1 MMgy biodiesel multifeedstock production facility located in Bridgeport, Conn. Originally conceived in 2008, Bridgeport BioDiesel co-owner Debbie Russo told Biodiesel Magazine the new
February 15, 2012 Read Full Article
PetroAlgae Changes Name to Parabel to Better Reflect New Strategy
by Erin Voegele (Biodiesel Magazine) Melbourne, Fla.-based PetroAlgae Inc. has changed its name to Parabel Inc. According to information released by the company, the new name better reflects its strategic changes and commercial milestones. “In the past year, the company has
February 15, 2012 Read Full Article
Advanced Ethanol Leaders Urge Tax Extensions in Farm Bill
(Renewable Fuels Association/Advanced Ethanol Council) The Advanced Ethanol Council (AEC) today urged Senate Ag Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and Ranking Member Pat Roberts (R-KS) to include two key tax extensions for advanced and cellulosic ethanol producers. In a letter to the committee
February 15, 2012 Read Full Article
Maersk Leads Shipping Industry Developing Fuels From Waste
by Louise Downing (Bloomberg BusinessWeek) A.P. Moeller Maersk A/S, the world’s biggest container ship owner, is leading its industry in developing biofuels made from organic waste that could cut its carbon emissions and reduce a $6 billion-a-year fuel bill. Maersk is
February 15, 2012 Read Full Article
Startup Takes Wood Pellets in, Turns out 'Biogasoline'
by Martin LaMonica (CNET) For a new crop of biofuel companies, ethanol is out and "biogasoline" is in. One of them is Primus Green Energy, which plans to open a demonstration plant by the end of the year that will convert wood
February 15, 2012 Read Full Article
BIO Congress to Feature Advanced Biofuels Sessions
by Cindy Zimmerman (DomesticFuel.com) Biofuel and renewable chemical company executives, scientists and government officials from around the globe will speak in breakout sessions at BIO’s 9th annual World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioprocessing, April 29 – May 2 at the Gaylord
February 15, 2012 Read Full Article
Road Use by E.V. Drivers: To Tax or Not to Tax?
by Jim Motavalli (New York Times) Drivers of purely electric vehicles avoid paying the gas taxes included in the cost of a petro-product fill-up. Consequently, if E.V.’s were to become widely adopted, less money could flow into accounts that pay to build
February 15, 2012 Read Full Article
Airlines Set to Win Carbon Credits from Biofuel Flights
(EurActiv) The European Commission has asked airlines to report on "the amount of biomass" they use so that biofuels can be accounted as "zero emission" in the greenhouse gas emissions reports they are requested to produce each year under the
February 15, 2012 Read Full Article
Neeri, Purti to Test Industrial Production of Biofuel from Algae
by Snehlata Shrivastav (Times of India) Moving one step ahead in the development of a technology to produce biodiesel from algae, the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (Neeri) is now planning to scale up the technology to industrial scale in
February 15, 2012 Read Full Article
Evolving Permaculture Solutions—Keep It Simple.
by Dr. Chad Hellwinckel (University of Tennessee/SustainableLearning.org) ...Permaculture may soon be looked upon as a potential big solution. So as we stand today on the threshold of increasing interest in permaculture, let us take a moment to discuss the potential pitfalls
February 15, 2012 Read Full Article
Solve for X: Mike Cheiky on Negative Carbon Liquid Fuels
(Solve for X/CoolPlanet Energy Systems) Solve for X is a forum to encourage and amplify technology-based moonshot thinking and teamwork. The fact is that plants have a carbon-negative phase - a time during which they remove carbon from the atmosphere. But
February 15, 2012 Read Full Article
BP Biofuels Says the Technology Works, Rejects "Pixie Dust" Headlines
(sys-con.com/Advanced Biofuels Association) In the third episode of Biofuel STAT, released today, BP Biofuels North America PresidentSue Ellerbusch rejects recent headlines describing the industry as "pixie dust" by declaring "the technology works." "There are lots of stories because it makes good media
February 15, 2012 Read Full Article
URC Seeks Entry into Fuel Ethanol Business
(The Manila Times) Universal Robina Corp. (URC) on Monday said that it would venture into production of fuel ethanol. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the Gokongwei-led food and beverage firm said that it would amend the secondary purpose
February 15, 2012 Read Full Article
Obama Budget Would Cut $40 Billion in Fossil-Fuel Credits
by Jim Snyder and Brian Wingfield (Bloomberg) President Barack Obama, who pledged an “all of the above” energy strategy that included fossil fuels, renewed his proposal to cut more than $40 billion in tax breaks for oil, gas and coal producers
February 14, 2012 Read Full Article
Renewable Energy Growing by Leaps and Bound
(25 x '25) While much of the recent Congressional discussion of renewable energy has focused on failed high risk clean energy startups, what’s gone largely unnoticed by federal policy makers is the incredible overall progress that our nation has made
February 14, 2012 Read Full Article
Coalition for E85 Issues Call to Action
by Cindy Zimmerman (DomesticFuel.com) The Coalition for E85 is calling on members and other supporters to urge Congress to give E85 credit for being an alternative fuel. The coalition is asking members of Congress to support the inclusion of E85 in the Alternative
February 14, 2012 Read Full Article
Ethanol Report on RFS Challenge
by Cindy Zimmerman (DomesticFuel.com) ...(Renewable Fuels Association president and CEO Bob) Dinneen says the environmental groups’ challenge to the RFS was much broader based than the poultry groups’ challenge, including that EPA had not taken into account the “global rebound effect”
February 14, 2012 Read Full Article
Biofuels Are Killing Climate Efforts
(Americans for Informed Democracy) Biofuels were supposed to be the solution to global climate change. We could slowly reduce our dependence on crude oil by using fuels from corn or sugar cane instead. This fuel would be renewable, because we
February 14, 2012 Read Full Article
The Future of Aerospace Engines
(Aviation Goes Green) Everyone agrees that aircraft engines need to get greener. Does the answer lie in revolutionary propulsion systems, or will our future travels be powered by the same old jet engine running on renewable fuels? Metalworking World looks into the aero
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Commission Adopts its Strategy for a Sustainable Bioeconomy to Ensure Smart Green Growth in Europe
(European Commission) The European Commission has today presented its strategy and action plan for a sustainable bioeconomy in Europe, called “Innovating for Sustainable Growth: a Bioeconomy for Europe”. The goal is a more innovative and low-emissions economy, reconciling demands for sustainable agriculture
February 14, 2012 Read Full Article
Now and Never: What’s Working, Will Work, and Won’t Work for Aviation Biofuels
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) New reports from Bloomberg and the USDA focus on 2018 as a critical year for commercial-scale, affordable aviation fuels In New York, Bloomberg New Energy Finance said that jatropha-based fuels were the near-term candidate as sustainable aviation fuels
February 14, 2012 Read Full Article
Norfolk Southern Pens Deal with Dynamic Fuels and Mansfield Oil
(Syntroleum) Norfolk Southern becomes first fleet user in the U.S. to deploy clean renewable diesel Dynamic Fuels, LLC and Mansfield Oil Company have signed an agreement to supply renewable diesel to Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE / NSC), one of the nation's
February 14, 2012 Read Full Article
Farmers to Plant Most Acres Since 1984, Prompted by Higher Crop Prices
by Jeff Wilson and Whitney McFerron (The Washington Post) ...Global food costs are down 11 percent from a peak a year ago as grain output rises from China to Canada, U.N. data show. ...The Agriculture Department affirmed its forecast for moderating food costs last month.
February 14, 2012 Read Full Article
Genetic Advancement
by Erin Voegele (Biorefining Magazine) RNA devices could lead to cheaper advance biofuels Computer aided design (CAD) tools have long been used by architects, engineers and others to design buildings, circuits and a wide range of additional products. Now researchers at
February 13, 2012 Read Full Article
Patently Making Progress: How One University Is Poised to Introduce Revolutionary Biorefining Technology
by Bryan Sims (Biorefining Magazine) A unique noncatalytic thermal-cracking technology developed under the Sustainable Energy Research Initiative and Supporting Education supercluster program at the University of North Dakota is poised for commercialization. UND has received patent approval for the invention
February 13, 2012 Read Full Article
Keeping Our Eye on the Ball
by Michael McAdams (Advanced Biofuels Association/Biorefining Magazine) ...It has been four years since Congress passed the revised RFS2 legislation creating a 36 billion gallon mandate for conventional and advanced biofuels. For all you partisans out there, don’t forget this was
February 13, 2012 Read Full Article
Navigating the Nuances of Integration
by Bryan Sims (Biorefining Magazine) Experts discuss important considerations in co-location and retrofit projects Whether it’s co-locating a stand-alone biorefinery at an existing industrial asset to bolster supply chain dynamics, or retrofitting an existing industrial facility with new process technology to
February 13, 2012 Read Full Article
Sensenbrenner's Position Isn't Best for Wisconsin
by Bob Sather (Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel/Wisconsin Bio-Industry Alliance) This week, U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.) once again failed to support Wisconsin, instead choosing to target an industry that generates more than a billion dollars annually for the state's economy. Sensenbrenner's
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Checking Obama's Promises on Flexible-Fuel Cars
by Louis Jacobson (Tampa Bay Times) During the 2008 presidential campaign, Barack Obama promised to boost flex-fuel vehicles in two ways -- through federal purchasing and by mandates on carmakers. Despite some progress more broadly on bolstering alternative vehicles, such
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Independents Seen Dominating US Refining Industry -Deloitte
(Fox Business News) Independent refiners are destined to be in the driver's seat of the U.S. refining industry as integrated oil companies increasingly shed refining assets, according to analysts at Deloitte LLP. In a report released Wednesday, the consultancy said by the end of
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China Slowing Ethanol Growth Will Spur Feed Imports, Group Says
by Jeff Wilson (Bloomberg) China’s five-year plan to slow domestic production of grain-based ethanol will mean tighter supplies of a byproduct used for animal feed, boosting demand for imports through 2016, the U.S. Grains Council said. READ MORE
February 13, 2012 Read Full Article
Energy Beet Project Gets Funds, Aims for Advanced Biofuel Status
by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine) A project aiming for energy beet-to-ethanol production in North Dakota hit some significant milestones recently. Putting the project a big step closer to reality is $1 million in funding and the fact that the
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Iowa State University Finds up to 10 Percent Corn Yield Increase with Cover Crops
by Iowa State University News Service (Ethanol Producer Magazine) The most recent annual results from a four-year Iowa State University study on using cover crops between rows of corn reveals that higher yields – by 5 to 10 percent
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International Air Transport Association Stresses Congestion In Emissions Spat
by Leithen Francis (Aviation Week) The International Air Transport Association’s target of carbon neutral growth from 2020 can still be achieved, but the airline industry “can’t do it on our own,” says IATA head Tony Tyler. ...Tyler also called on governments
February 13, 2012 Read Full Article
2013 Administration Proposed Budget: Biofuel/Biomass Impact Analysis -- Or -- We Read the Fine Print so You Don’t Have To
by Robert Kozak (Advanced Biofuels USA) As required by the Constitution, the President submitted to Congress today his proposed budget for the operation of the United States government for the coming year (FY 2013). The Republican Congressional leaders on the
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NCSI Certifies Shoalhaven Starches against Global Sustainable Biofuels Benchmark
(NCS International) NCS International (“NCSI”) has certified the world’s first organisation against the Principles and Criteria of the Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels (“RSB”). RSB is a new international standard that can be applied across the entire biofuel supply chain, from
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Discarding the Confrontational View - The Biofuel and Food Industries Share a Number of Major Potential Synergies
(Neste Oil) Neste Oil and Raisio have worked together for a number of years on how by-products and sidestreams generated by Finnish agriculture and food manufacturing can be used as inputs for producing biofuels. The two companies held a joint
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Consultant Suggests Changes to Energy Department’s Loan Reviews in the Wake of Solyndra
by Steven Mufson (The Washington Post) A White House consultant’s report said Friday that the Energy Department should bolster its ability to assess loan guarantee risks in the wake of the Solyndra bankruptcy, and urged the department to “aggressively strengthen its position”
February 13, 2012 Read Full Article
Pioneer Studies Residue Removal for Cellulosic Ethanol
by Cindy Zimmerman (DomesticFuel.com) DuPont businesses Pioneer Hi-Bred and DuPont Industrial Biosciences are collaborating with Iowa State University in performing studies on residue to establish best practices in harvesting, storage and transportation, with an eye toward its use in cellulosic ethanol production in the
February 13, 2012 Read Full Article
DNA Study Could Help Biofuel Production
(UPI) Studies of the genome of Miscanthus, a large perennial grass, could speed the development of biofuels derived from the plant, U.S. researchers say. Changsoo Kim, a researcher at the University of Georgia, identified a set of approximately 600 bits of
February 13, 2012 Read Full Article
Controversial Wood-to-Ethanol Plant May Finally Get under Way in Upper Peninsula
by Katherine Yung (Detroit Free Press) After a lengthy delay, construction of what could be the nation's first large-scale wood-to-ethanol plant in the country is to start this year in Michigan's eastern Upper Peninsula. If successful, the $232-million biorefinery in Kinross
February 13, 2012 Read Full Article
Obama Administration Slows Environmental Rules as It Weighs Political Cost
by Juliet Eilperin (The Washington Post) ...Rules aimed at curbing emissions from cars and light trucks are on hold because the White House has yet to give the Office of Management and Budget the go-ahead to review them. ...The fight over
February 13, 2012 Read Full Article
Amyris Gives Up Making Biofuels
by Kevin Bullis (MIT Technology Review) Humbled by production challenges, the company plans to scale back production goals, it told investors Thursday. Its originally planned to make an anti-malaria drug, as well as renewable diesel and jet fuel, by feeding sugar
February 13, 2012 Read Full Article
Ethanol Producers Deal with Low Demand
by Dan Piller (Des Moines Register) Producers had lots left over after a federal tax credit ended. Also, exports to Brazil have decreased. Ethanol has generated more than its share of detractors, but since Jan. 1 the biofuel’s real enemy has
February 13, 2012 Read Full Article
Request for Information (RFI) on Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) DE-FOA-0000671 for Chemo/electro-autotrophic Synthesis of Liquid Fuels at Scale
(US Department of Energy) The purpose of this Request for Information (RFI) is solely to solicit input for ARPA-E consideration to inform the possible development of future chemo/electro-autotrophic fuel production programs. Information obtained may be used by ARPA-E on a non-attribution
February 13, 2012 Read Full Article
Vilsack Says Rules on Biofuels Face Threat
by Dan Piller (Des Moines Register) He says diluting standards could hurt Midwest interests U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack warned an Iowa group Friday in Ankeny that “the Midwest could be damaged” if oil interests succeed in weakening the federal
February 13, 2012 Read Full Article
Chemoprojekt Forms JV for Biodiesel Production
(Biofuels International) Chemoprojekt, a Czech Republic-based company specialising in design, engineering and procurement, has formed a joint venture with Nationwide Asset Management. The 50/50 joint venture has been named FAME Usti nad Labem and will be used for biodiesel production. The new
February 13, 2012 Read Full Article
Bombshell Study: High Methane Emissions Measured Over Gas Field “May Offset Climate Benefits of Natural Gas”
by Joe Romm (ThinkProgress.org) Air sampling by NOAA over Colorado Finds 4% Methane Leakage, More Than Double Industry Claims How much methane leaks during the entire lifecycle of unconventional gas has emerged as a key question in the fracking debate. Natural gas is mostly
February 13, 2012 Read Full Article
What Do We Do with Rufus? RFS, That Is, the Elephant in the Room
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Around the halls of the Digest, we call him Rufus, the elephant in the room. Elsewhere, RFS, or the Renewable Fuel Standard, is the accepted descriptor. Under any name, there’s been an awful lot of talk
February 13, 2012 Read Full Article
First Certification Against RSB Global Sustainability Standard Achieved By the Manildra Group
(Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels) The Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels (RSB) today announced the first completed commercial certification of the Manildra Group of Australia. The certification was conducted by NCS International, an RSB-accredited certification agency. The Manildra Group, through its subsidiary Shoalhaven
February 11, 2012 Read Full Article
Hawkins Elected Chair of Board of Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels Services Foundation
(BioJet) BioJet International Ltd. announced today that its Chairman Mitch Hawkins has been elected Chair of the Board of the Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels Services Foundation. The RSB Services Foundation, the implementing entity of the Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels, yesterday announced that it
February 11, 2012 Read Full Article
The Intrepid Investor: Ceres Delays IPO; Others in IPO Queue Shift, Accelerate Strategies
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Part II of our series, we look today at Ceres, Myriant, PetroAlgae, BioAmber, Elevance, Genomatica, Enerkem, Mascoma, and Fulcrum Bioenergy. In Part I, yesterday, we looked at the performance of the six IPOs to date in
February 10, 2012 Read Full Article
EU-Produced Ethanol Keeps Petrol Prices Down
(Renewable Energy Magazine) Recent studies commissioned by NGOs Friends of the Earth and ActionAid claim that biofuels, including ethanol, will cost EU consumers €126 billion at the petrol pump between now and 2020. ePURE, the European Renewable Ethanol Association, considers the
February 09, 2012 Read Full Article
Reducing the Impacts of Biofuels on Biodiversity
(Netzwerk Biotreibstoffe) There is mounting concern that increasing biofuels production is having significant biodiversity impacts. A study by the International Food Policy Research Institute estimated that achieving the EU target would lead to a global increase in cropland of more
February 09, 2012 Read Full Article
Production of Castor Beans as a Biofuel Source Would Be Outlawed under Oklahoma Measure
by Michael McNutt (NewsOK) Oklahoma House panel passes measure that would prohibit growing the ornamental plant commercially as a biofuel crop. The flowering plant still may be grown by nurseries. Growing castor beans for commercial purposes would be illegal under a
February 09, 2012 Read Full Article
Debate Continues on Big Oil's Big Profits
(Los Angeles Times) The five so-called "super major" oil companies -- Exxon Mobil, Royal Dutch Shell, ConocoPhillips,Chevron and BP-- have just wrapped up their fourth quarter earnings reports, but not without inspiring disdain over how they made those billions in profits and over what they
February 09, 2012 Read Full Article
DOE to Fund High-Risk Wind, Other Clean Energy Technologies
by Richard Kessler (RechargeNews.com) The Energy Department (DOE) expects to award up to $150m in its latest funding round to support high-risk transformational concepts and technologies that can reduce US dependence on fossil fuels and improve energy efficiency. DOE’s Advanced Research
February 09, 2012 Read Full Article
As Time Passes, So Does Faith in Trash-to-Ethanol Plan, Some Waste Officials
by Marc Chase (NWITimes.com) As time began to run out on Lake County's trash-to-ethanol plan last week, so did the faith and confidence of solid waste district officials — both in the project and themselves. Jeff Langbehn, executive director of
February 09, 2012 Read Full Article
Scientists Discover Genes to Better Grass to Energy Production
(Bioenergy Insight) Scientists from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) Sustainable Bioenergy Centre (BSBEC) have uncovered a series of genes which could help grasses being breed with better characteristics for bioenergy production. The genes help to better develop the
February 09, 2012 Read Full Article
Marubeni to Invest $652 Million in Angolan Ethanol
by Joseph Magdalena (Jornal de Angola) Angola and Japan signed yesterday in Luanda, a protocol for the construction of factories for production and refining of sugar and ethanol in the city of Humbe in Cunene. The project is the Japanese company
February 09, 2012 Read Full Article
Effects of Biodiesel Feedstocks on Infrared Blend Measurements is Featured in New White Paper
(Open PR/Wilks Enterprise) A new White Paper published by Wilks Enterprise addresses the common concern among biodiesel blenders and distributors as to whether or not biodiesel made from different feedstocks such as soy, waste vegetable oil or palm oil will
February 09, 2012 Read Full Article
Keep Your Eye on the Ball
by Jim Stewart (Biofuels Digest/BioEnergy Producers Association) ...In America’s quest for alternative and renewable energy, the “ball” is national security and energy independence. All other issues pale by comparison. Let’s not lose sight of a critical fact: America’s enemies are bleeding
February 09, 2012 Read Full Article
Coskata, INEOS Bio Settle Lawsuit: Coskata Revises S-1
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest--scroll down) Moving over to Coskata, the company recently revised its IPO documentation to reflect a settlement of its lawsuit with INEOS Bio, which reflected a trade secret dispute. From the revised S-1: “On January 12, 2012, the parties
February 09, 2012 Read Full Article
The Intrepid Investor: How Are Biofuels IPOs Performing and Why?
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In this two-part series, we look at the IPO market for industrial biotech stocks. ... In Part I, today, we look at the performance of the six IPOs to date in the aftermarket, the Ceres IPO
February 09, 2012 Read Full Article
Biodiesel Bike Built by Orange County Choppers
by Chuck Zimmerman (DomesticFuel.com) The big news today at the National Biodiesel Conference was the unveiling of the biodiesel bike built by Paul Teutul, Sr., Orange County Choppers. The bike was built in partnership with CIMA Green. ...CIMA Green actually had two bikes built and
February 09, 2012 Read Full Article
Ethanol Gives the Economy a Boost
by Ken Field (Financial Post) Ethanol reduces the price of gasoline Ethanol’s chief benefit is environmental. ...Last summer, there were no smog alerts in the GTA and 5.5 million Canadians breathed easier. Ethanol was a major factor in cleaning the air
February 08, 2012 Read Full Article
Expert Expects Gas Prices in Chicago to Hit $4.60 by May
by Gary Strauss (Chicago Sun-Times) Get ready for another round of pain at the pump: gas at $4 (or higher) a gallon. After rising 19 cents a gallon in the past four weeks, regular unleaded gasoline now averages $3.48 a
February 08, 2012 Read Full Article
House Committee Members, Industry Slam Effort to Delay E15
by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine) The House Committee on Science, Space and Technology met Feb. 7 to markup H.R. 3199, a bill introduced last fall by committee Vice Chairman Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., that would require the National Academy of Sciences
February 08, 2012 Read Full Article
Florida-Based Grease Recycling Company Signs on New Clients
by Erin Voegele (Biodiesel Magazine) Florida-based grease recycling company Freedom Environmental Services Inc. recently announced it has signed service contracts with 14 Sonny’s Real Pit Bar-B-Q restaurants to provide ongoing grease trap maintenance and the collection and processing of yellow
February 08, 2012 Read Full Article
Petroleum Representatives Candidly Express Contempt for RFS2
by Ron Kotrba (Biodiesel Magazine) A panel of petroleum trade association representatives gathered together for the National Biodiesel Conference’s opening general session on Feb. 6. While the group consisted of five oil association representatives, several of whom are outspokenly partial
February 08, 2012 Read Full Article
EPA Annnounces Release of Draft Report: Biofuels and the Environment: The First Triennial Report to Congress
(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 published on
February 08, 2012 Read Full Article
US Navy Taps into Queensland University of Technology Biofuel Capabilities
(Queensland University of Technology) Biofuel technology being developed by Queensland University of Technology (QUT) researchers has caught the interest of the US Navy, which is currently in Australia on an alternative fuel fact-finding mission. The US Navy intends to have a
February 08, 2012 Read Full Article
Portugal’s Galp Energia to Head up Scientific Project in Mozambique
(Macau Hub) Portuguese group Galp Energia plans to head up a project for second generation biofuel produced using cultivated jatropha in Mozambique, the Portuguese press reported. The project, which is projected to cost 2 million euros, is 50 percent funded by
February 08, 2012 Read Full Article
Aviation and Military Biofuels: New Thinking on Finance, Fuels
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...While most of the United States was focused on the 2012 Super Bowl, the CSPAN television network snuck a revealing interview from Brian Lamb with Secretary of the Navy, former Mississippi governor (and ambassador to
February 08, 2012 Read Full Article
Midwest Is Full of Promising Second-Generation Biofuels
by Ilene Grossman (CSG Midwest) The benefits of using biomass residuals — the byproducts from activities such as agriculture and forestry — as an energy source are clear for the Midwest. Both plentiful and a potentially low-cost source of fuel, biomass
February 07, 2012 Read Full Article
Awareness Camps on Biodiesel in Villages
(The Hindu) The Biotechnology Engineering Department of Nitte Mahalinga Adyanthaya Memorial Institute of Technology (NMAMIT), Nitte, Karkala, has contacted 500 to 1,000 people in villages near Nitte regarding the production of biodiesel from locally-available seeds. Venkatesh Kamath, lecturer, Biotechnology Engineering Department,
February 07, 2012 Read Full Article
Vietnam's Ethanol Plant Produces First Batch of Bio-Fuel
(Asia News Network) Dung Quat Bio-Ethanol Plant, located in the Dung Quat Industrial Zone in the central province of Quang Ngai, turned out its first batch of bio-ethanol E100 last week after 33 months of construction and trial operations. The VND2
February 07, 2012 Read Full Article
Piedmont Biofuels Successfully Scales up Commercial Enzyme-Based Biodiesel Production
(Piedmont Biofuels) Breakthrough Expedites Transformation of Biodiesel Production Piedmont Biofuels announced today(February 7, 2012) that the company has commenced the first commercial scale zero-waste production of biodiesel in the United States using its proprietary approach of enzyme catalysis. Biodiesel is a
February 07, 2012 Read Full Article
Algal Biomass Organization Launches AllAboutAlgae.com to Educate and Inspire Consumers About the Potential of Algae
(MarketWatch) Comprehensive Website Offers Information, Videos and Photos About Algae's Potential as a Feedstock for Fuel, Food and Feed The Algal Biomass Organization today launched AllAboutAlgae.com, a new website designed to showcase the potential of algae-based products to provide sustainable and
February 07, 2012 Read Full Article
Oil Refiners and Biofuels: 2012 to Feature Fight over RFS, Cooperation on RIN Fraud
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...In Florida, the National Biodiesel Conference — biodiesel’s grandest show — opened with exuberance over 2011 results, and resolve to meet the industry’s two major issues in 2012, defense of the Renewable Fuel Standard, and
February 07, 2012 Read Full Article
Americans Gaining Energy Independence With U.S. as Top Producer
by Rich Miller, Asjylyn Loder and Jim Polson (Bloomberg) The U.S. is the closest it has been in almost 20 years to achieving energy self-sufficiency, a goal the nation has been pursuing since the 1973 Arab oil embargo triggered a recession
February 07, 2012 Read Full Article
Agronomist Fights for ‘Truths’ about Ethanol Industry
by Barry Amundson (Tri-State Neighbor) Gregg Carlson doesn't like to hear the negative comments about ethanol. The SDSU Extension farm precision agronomist has been telling farmers at crop expos this winter and others he talks with that producers wouldn't have the prices
February 07, 2012 Read Full Article
Renewable Fuels Standard Modification Attempts Unnecessary
(Farm Futures) Hartwig says legislation is attempt to eliminate RFS altogether. Congressman Pete Olson, R-Texas, recently introduced the Domestic Alternative Fuels Act of 2012. The measure seeks to modify the renewable fuel standard to include ethanol and other fuels produced from
February 07, 2012 Read Full Article
Hino Trucks Honored at National Biodiesel Conference
(PR NewsWire/Hino Trucks) During a ceremony today at the National Biodiesel Conference in Orlando, Hino Trucks was recognized by the National Biodiesel Board with the 2012 "Eye on Biodiesel Impact Award." The "I-Awards" represent the biodiesel industry's top honors, and are bestowed upon companies,
February 07, 2012 Read Full Article
Canadian Renewable Fuels Association Says Report Wrong on Connection between Ethanol, Livestock
by Canadian Renewable Fuels Association (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Ethanol and grain producers in Canada reacted to a report by the George Morris Centre charging it misinterprets the connection between clean-burning, renewable ethanol and the livestock and meat markets. A
February 06, 2012 Read Full Article
Construction of Five-Acre Algae Farm Begins at Ethanol Plant
by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine) BioProcess Algae LLC and Green Plains Renewable Energy Inc. announced Feb. 1 that they have begun constructing a five acre algae production facility in southwest Iowa at the site of Green Plains’ 65 MMgy
February 06, 2012 Read Full Article
A.I.M. Interview: Susan Kunz, BioVantage
by David Schwartz (Algae Industry Magazine) Susan M. Kunz, President and Chief Executive Officer of BioVantage, describes herself in part as a “startup addict,” this being her fourth company built from the ground up. ...As CEO of BioVantage Resources, Inc., Sue is responsible
February 06, 2012 Read Full Article
As EU Ramps Up Biofuels, Climate Debate Intensifies
By Alessandro Torello (Wall Street Journal) ...But this plant, with a capacity of 800,000 metric tons a year, and others built by different companies around Europe face a new challenge: a possible shift in EU policy that could undermine their
February 06, 2012 Read Full Article
Republicans to Investigate EPA Handling of Renewable-Fuel Rules
by Mark Drajem (Bloomberg) The House Energy and Commerce Committee said it will investigate the actions of the Environmental Protection Agency in combating fraud in the renewable-fuels program. The EPA discovered that fuel credits, which can be traded, are being fraudulently
February 06, 2012 Read Full Article
LanzaTech Seeks Success Where Another Failed
by S. Heather Duncan (Macon Telegraph) Although the company that purchased a defunct ethanol refinery in Soperton has some of the same financial backers as previous owners who lost the plant to foreclosure, leaders of LanzaTech Freedom Pines say their
February 06, 2012 Read Full Article
California to Appeal Ruling against Fuel Standard
(Equipment World) States considering a Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) will be watching the federal 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to see if it will overturn a lower court’s decision that California’s LCFS is unconstitutional. The appellate court has set an April 16
February 06, 2012 Read Full Article
EU Biofuels Targets to Cost $166 Billion, Study Says
by Alex Morales (Reuters) European Union policies to promote the use of biofuels for transportation will cost consumers as much as 126 billion euros ($166 billion) between now and 2020, two environmental groups said. The fuels, gasoline substitutes derived from plants,
February 06, 2012 Read Full Article
CelluForce Celebrates the Inauguration of the World’s First NanoCrystalline Cellulose Demonstration Plan
(CelluForce) CelluForce officially inaugurated today the world’s first NanoCrystalline Cellulose (NCC) demonstration plant at the Domtar pulp and paper mill site in Windsor, Quebec. Jean Moreau, President and CEO of CelluForce, was accompanied by the Canadian Minister of Natural Resources, the
February 06, 2012 Read Full Article
Logging Waste to Be Used More for Biofuel Production
(NewEurope Online) More Lithuanian logging waste could make way for usage in biofuels production. The ‘national forestry sector development programme’ submitted recently to the government of Lithuanian by the ministry of environment proposed for maximising the use of logging waste
February 06, 2012 Read Full Article
John Lindt: Biofuel Maker to Double Employees
by John Lindt (Visalia Times-Delta) Edeniq is expanding in the Visalia Industrial Park expecting to turn on its new pilot cellulosic ethanol plant in March, with plans to double employment this year, said Scott Janssen, the company's Chief Financial Officer. Some
February 06, 2012 Read Full Article
Inaugural Sustainable Maritime Fuels Forum Draws US, Australian Biofuels Leadership
by Jim Lane/Dr. Susan Pond (Biofuels Digest/Dow Sustainability Program at the University of Sydney’s United States Studies Centre) In Australia, the inaugural Sustainable Maritime Fuels Forum was held this week as part of the Pacific 2012 International Maritime Exposition in
February 06, 2012 Read Full Article
Enerkem’s $125M IPO: The 10-Minute Version
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...In Canada, Enerkem has filed an F-1 registration statement for a proposed $125 million initial public offering. The number of shares to be offered in the proposed offering and the price range for the offering
February 06, 2012 Read Full Article
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