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What Does a Brazilian Ethanol Producer Weigh?

by Nick Cressey (Green Power Conferences/World Biofuels Markets News)  I am a Brazilian ethanol refinery. I am not very big but I am happy and I make a comfortable profit. I have one nice big field of cane and one

August 30, 2012 Read Full Article

Neste Oil Completes First Phase of Its Microbial Oil Pilot Plant

(Neste Oil Corp./Biodiesel Magazine)  Neste Oil has completed the first phase of its project to build a pilot plant for producing microbial oil. Construction of the plant is on-schedule and on-budget. The first phase will enable the growth of oil-producing

August 30, 2012 Read Full Article

South Dakota’s Biofuels and Economic Boom

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  South Dakota has become one of the fastest-growing states in the US, at the same time as it has achieved energy independence through development of its biofuels fleet.  Coincidence, or correlation? We look at the

August 29, 2012 Read Full Article

New West Memphis Center Leads Push to Renewable Energy

by Wayne Risher  (The Commercial Appeal/Equities.com)  Mid-South Community College officials are betting East Arkansas has what it takes to be a leader in alternative fuels: Fertile fields, a world-class transportation hub, and, as of this week, a research, development and

August 28, 2012 Read Full Article

Kudos to Chemtex

by Susanne Retka Schill   (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  In one of those interesting ironies of renewable fuels, Chemtex's North Carolina proposed cellulosic ethanol project puts a sector of the hog industry rooting for the success of advanced biofuels. ...What caught my eye on

August 28, 2012 Read Full Article

Can Ethanol Cut Foreign Oil Imports?

by Ken Silverstein (Forbes)  ...By most standards, the hope that is such first-generation fuel additives are supplanted by next-generation ones, or those produced from cellulose. Worth it? Such fibers are abundant and could supply 130 million gallons a year of ethanol

August 27, 2012 Read Full Article

Sapphire Energy's Commercial Demonstration Algae-to-Energy Facility Now Operational

(PR NewsWire/Sapphire Energy)   Initial Phase of World's First Green Crude Farm Completed On Time and On Budget Sapphire Energy, Inc., one of the world leaders in algae-based green crude oil production, today announced the first phase of its Green Crude Farm,

August 27, 2012 Read Full Article

Breakthrough Process for Making Renewable Jet Fuel, Diesel and Gasoline at Costs Competitive to Fossil Fuels Is Ready to Begin Commercial Scale-up Phase

(Business Wire/AlphaJet)  ...Having successfully demonstrated its cost-effective catalytic process for making jet fuel, diesel and high-octane gasoline from renewable plant oils or animal fats, AliphaJet is beginning its commercial scale-up program. ...The company has launched a program to build a demonstration

August 26, 2012 Read Full Article

Minn. Biodiesel Plant First to Pass RIN Integrity Network Audit

by Ron Kotrba (Biodiesel Magazine) Minnesota Soybean Processors is the first biodiesel plant to pass Genscape’s RIN Integrity Network audit. ... The passing of its audit gives MnSP the first green icon on Genscape’s dashboard map of biodiesel producers, making it easy

August 26, 2012 Read Full Article

Meanwhile, the Next Generation Advanced Biofuels Industry Is Scaling Up

(Environmental and Energy Study Institute)  Cleaner, more sustainable, more climate-friendly, more affordable advanced biofuels are closer to reality than many outside the industry seem to think. At least three new, advanced biofuel biorefineries are being commissioned this year, and at

August 25, 2012 Read Full Article

Aemetis Announces Renewable Jet and Diesel Fuel Technology License Agreement With Chevron Lummus Global

(Business Wire/Aemetis)  Biofuels ISOCONVERSION Process licensed by Aemetis to produce 100% drop-in renewable jet and diesel fuels from plant oils Aemetis, Inc., an advanced fuels and renewable chemical company, announced today that the company signed a license agreement with Chevron Lummus

August 24, 2012 Read Full Article

Iowa Aims for Next-Gen Biofuels Leadership: 18 Hot Projects

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...In our investigations in Iowa this week, we noted 6 trends worth carefully watching, which take us from opportunities with existing feedstocks to exotic newcomers like algae. Our thesis now is essentially unchanged from 2010, when

August 24, 2012 Read Full Article

Entrepreneurs Cook Up Biodiesel Formula for a Greener Windsor

by Phoebe Ho (MetroNews)  With barely any background in chemistry, a University of Windsor nursing grad and her business partner spent the last two months experimenting with animal fat and vegetable oil in hopes of creating a greener city. Lois Li, a

August 23, 2012 Read Full Article

Chemtex Lands $99M USDA Loan Guarantee for North Carolina Cellulosic Biofuels Project

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  In North Carolina, Chemtex announced that it has received a $99 million conditional loan guarantee from USDA, under the USDA’s 9003 Biorefinery Assistance Program for the engineering and construction of “Project Alpha.” Chemtex is in discussions

August 23, 2012 Read Full Article

Iowa City Trash Could Become Ethanol

By Gregg Hennigan (KCRG.com)  Iowa City is considering participating in a trash-to-ethanol project that could result in an 80-percent reduction in the amount of solid waste going to its landfill. City staffers have been talking with officials from Maryland-based Fiberight about

August 22, 2012 Read Full Article

Ethanol Biorefining Innovations

by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel.com)  ...Steve McNinch with Western Plains Energy said his company is looking at how to move into the advanced biofuels category of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS2). The biorenfinery, which produces ethanol from sorghum (milo), is currently

August 22, 2012 Read Full Article

POET And Agrivida Sign Technology Collaboration Joint Development Agreement

(PR NewsWire)  POET Research Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of POET LLC, one of the world's largest ethanol producers, and Agrivida, Inc., a developer of biotechnology platforms for feedstock and feedstock processing, today announce the signing of a technology collaboration joint

August 22, 2012 Read Full Article

Drought Sparks Intense Fight over RFS Waiver

by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  ...Talk of a possible renewable fuel standard (RFS) waiver request became a reality in mid-August, when the U.S. EPA was officially petitioned. The clock starts on a 90-day deadline and a public comment period

August 20, 2012 Read Full Article

Syntroleum Announces Dynamic Fuels Receipt of Renewable Gasoline Registration From EPA

(Syntroleum)  Syntroleum Corporation,  a renewable and synthetic fuels technology company, today announced that Dynamic Fuels, LLC has been granted Part 79 registration for its Renewable Gasoline Blendstock 10 by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This designation enables Dynamic Fuels

August 17, 2012 Read Full Article

EPA to Approve Sorghum for Cleaner Ethanol; Experts Say Grain Has Less Impact on Food Prices

(The Washington Post/Associated Press)  The federal government is on the verge of approving a grain mainly used as livestock feed to make a cleaner version of ethanol, a decision officials say could give farmers a new moneymaking opportunity, boost the

August 16, 2012 Read Full Article

Alltech Installs Ethanol Distillation Tower

by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel.com)  Alltech has installed a 60-foot ethanol distillation tower at its production facility in Springfield, Ky. The plant produces natural animal health and nutrition products. The company invested $4 million dollars in new yeast-production technology, a core

August 15, 2012 Read Full Article

Yokayo Awarded $1.86M to Expand, Retrofit Process to Enzymatic

by Ron Kotrba (Biodiesel Magazine)  The California Energy Commission approved $1.86 million in grant funding for the expansion and upgrade of Yokayo Biofuels Inc.’s Ukiah, Calif.-based biodiesel facility, increasing biodiesel production capacity from 1,400 gallons a day to 2,000 gallons

August 15, 2012 Read Full Article

Genuine Bio-Fuel to Open Biodiesel Refinery in Lincoln Park, NJ

(Genuine Bio-Fuel/Biodiesel Magazine)  Genuine Bio-Fuel Inc., headquartered in Indiantown, Fla., expands its operations to Lincoln Park, N.J., with the build-out of a state-of-the-art biodiesel refinery at the Lincoln Park Airport, while creating15 to 30 new jobs in the process. Genuine Bio-Fuel

August 15, 2012 Read Full Article

International Cooperation to Develop Global Bioenergy Capacity: How Global Partnerships Are Clearing the Way to Achieve America's RFS2 Goals

by Thomas Corle (Leifmark LLC, Inbicon Technology Marketing Partner) Opening his presentation with imposing nature images of pristine beauty, Corle's presentation lays Denmark's aspirations on the table - to move from 2006's 15/85 (CO2 emission) to 85/15 (CO2 neutral) in

August 15, 2012 Read Full Article

Trash-to-Ethanol Plant Contractors Strike Deal with Developer

(Northwest Indiana Times)  A group of contractors planning to build a proposed trash-to-ethanol plant in Schneider announced Monday it has reached an agreement to purchase assets from developer Powers Energy of America. The group, SMC LLC, signed an agreement with Powers

August 15, 2012 Read Full Article

Appeal Filed on Biodiesel Approval; Arcata Staff Seeks Clarification

(Times-Standard) The Arcata Planning Commission will meet to discuss clarifications about a previous approval of a Footprint biodiesel plant on Giuntoli Lane. According to staff reports, an appeal was filed by the owners of the neighboring Town and Country Mobile Home Park,

August 15, 2012 Read Full Article

Biodiesel on the March; REG Reports Record Revenues for Q2

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...As is sometimes overlooked, the advanced biofuels pool in the US Renewable Fuel Standard is not only a qualifying pool for cellulosic biofuels – which have struggled to come to market in the projected volumes.

August 15, 2012 Read Full Article

Czarnikow Sees Improved EU Ethanol Outlook After U.S. Drought

by Whitney McFerron (Bloomberg)  Surging corn prices and policy changes in the U.S. and European Union mean the outlook for the EU’s ethanol industry has “improved dramatically” this year, Czarnikow Group Ltd. said. U.S. ethanol prices have rallied as drought damaged corn

August 10, 2012 Read Full Article

California Awards 1.8M to Yokayo Biofuels for Biodiesel Expansion

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)   In California, the state Energy Commission today unanimously approved funding of $1,974,330 for the expansion and upgrade of a biodiesel production facility and buy-downs of alternative-fuel vehicles. The awards improve the environment, reduce use of

August 10, 2012 Read Full Article

Bacterial Inhibition Without Antibiotics

by Sami Faour  (Ethanol Producer Magazine/BetaTec Hop Products)  A method for controlling infection and maximizing ethanol yields ...Growth of contaminating lactic acid bacteria is a major problem in industrial alcohol fermentations. These bacteria can grow under the conditions of yeast fermentation

August 09, 2012 Read Full Article

Eco Ventures Awarded Local Permits for Biofuel Production; Company Anticipates Commencing Commercial Biofuel Production in Q1-13

(PRNewswire) Eco Ventures Group, Inc., an emerging producer of diversified, sustainable alternative energy, today announced that both Lake County and the City of Groveland, Florida have awarded the Company biofuel fabrication, manufacturing and sales permits. Along with the County's permits, the City of Groveland passage of ordinance

August 09, 2012 Read Full Article

INEOS Bio Facility Receives Registrations from U.S. EPA for Production and Sale of Next Generation Cellulosic Ethanol.

(INEOS Bio)  Florida project is first large-scale facility to receive registrations for the production of advanced cellulosic biofuels from non-food vegetative waste materials INEOS Bio announced that its joint venture project in Florida has been granted Parts 79 and 80 registrations from

August 09, 2012 Read Full Article

Raleigh Lands Grant for Biodiesel Production at Wastewater Plant

(City of Raleigh, NC/Biodiesel Magazine)  The city of Raleigh has received a $100,000 grant from the Biofuels Center of North Carolina to purchase processing equipment and begin biofuel production at the Neuse River Wastewater Treatment Plant. In 2010, the City of

August 08, 2012 Read Full Article

Grease Traps To Fuel Tanks: Biodiesel Venture Brings Tech To Wastewater Treatment Plant

by Brian Dowling (Hartford Current) ...Richard Parnas, a professor of chemical engineering at the University of Connecticut's Institute of Materials Science, a few years ago started converting the school's used cooking oil, known as yellow grease, to biodiesel. The results

August 08, 2012 Read Full Article

Harvesting Hawaiian Plants to Make Jet Fuel and Clean diesel? $6 Million Grant to Oregon State University Researchers Should Help

by Ian C. Campbell (The Oregonian) ...A new $6 million federal grant to develop jet fuel and clean diesel from grass and sugarcane could help. The U.S. Dept. of Agriculture money to researchers at Oregon State University, the University of Hawaii and Washington

August 08, 2012 Read Full Article

Sinopec Unit Ready to Produce Biofuel

by Liang Fei (Global Times)  A unit of China Petrochemical Corp (Sinopec Group), China's largest oil producer by sales revenue, is seeking to produce aviation fuel from used cooking oil, The Economic Observer reported Saturday, citing a company official inside

August 08, 2012 Read Full Article

Biodiesel Plant Set to Launch Near Sombra

by Tyler Kula (The Observer)  A biodiesel company that creates fuel from vegetable oil and animal fat is set to begin production near Sombra next month, its president says. Mississauga-based Methes Energies Canada Inc. will host a grand opening Aug. 10

August 08, 2012 Read Full Article

Algae.Tec Announces Commissioning of Advanced Algae to Biofuels Facility

(PR NewsWire/Yahoo!Finance)  The Algae.Tec advanced engineered algae to biofuels facility Shoalhaven Onewas officially opened today by the New South Wales Minister for Resources and Energy the Honourable Chris Hartcher, MP. A VIP crowd including executives from the University of Wollongong, the Manildra

August 08, 2012 Read Full Article

Cobalt, Rhodia Ink Joint Development Deal for Biobutanol Demonstration Plant in Brazil

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  In California, Cobalt Technologies and Rhodia announced they will begin joint development and operation of a biobutanol demonstration facility in Brazil. The Cobalt/Rhodia plant will utilize sugarcane bagasse to make n-butanol; bagasse is used at

August 08, 2012 Read Full Article

See for Yourself: New BIO Book Showcases Visible Progress in Industrial Biotech

(Biotechnology Industry Organization)  BIO recently introduced a picture book of biorefineries across the United States,“Visible Progress in Commercialization of Advanced Biofuels, Biobased Products and Renewable Chemicals”, which showcases commercial, demonstration and even new pilot facilities. Some of these facilities have been in

July 31, 2012 Read Full Article

Sunliquid Cellulose Ethanol Process Reaches Demo Scale in Germany

by Susanne Retka Schill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  The Swiss specialty chemicals company Clariant is now operating its demonstration-scale cellulosic ethanol plant in Straubing, Germany. With an annual capacity of up to 1,000 tons (330,000 MMgy), the demonstration facility is scaling up the

July 31, 2012 Read Full Article

Ethanol 'One of the Most Hated Industries': CEO

by Jane Wells (CNBC)  ...Proponents say refiners can use past spending splurges on ethanol as credits against this year's purchasing requirements, and exports will also probably be cut. This should leave more corn for everyone else. However, that may not happen.

July 31, 2012 Read Full Article

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces Support for Producers to Grow Renewable Feedstocks for Advanced Biofuels

(US Department of Agriculture)  Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced payments for 125 advanced Biofuel producers across the country to support the production and expansion of advanced biofuels from a wide variety of non-food sources, including waste products. "Advanced biofuels are

July 31, 2012 Read Full Article

Ethanol Plant Owner Settles with Contractor; Hopewell Lawsuit Still Pending

by Markus Schmidt  (Progress-Index)  While Hopewell's lawsuit against the owner of the Appomattox Bio Energy Plant over a $5 million letter of credit is still pending and the city has not yet collected taxes from the plant, the company has

July 30, 2012 Read Full Article

Which Biofuels Players Are Getting Traction Now? The Diamond Dozen

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...But the 80/20 rule generally applies. 85 percent of the projects we expect to see by 2017 will be developed by 20 percent of the companies tracked in the Advanced Biofuels Project Database. (W)e can still

July 30, 2012 Read Full Article

Advanced Biofuels, Chemicals Capacity to Reach 5.89 Billion Gallons by 2017

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  In Florida, Biofuels Digest is reporting that global advanced biofuels and renewable chemicals capacity will reach 5.89 billion gallons by 2017, up from 5.11 billion gallons by 2016 reported in the November 2011 release, 4.37

July 27, 2012 Read Full Article

Multiple Coproducts Needed to Establish Cellulosic Ethanol Industry

by Arthur Kollaras, Paul Koutouridis, Mary Biddy and James D. McMillan (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Feed yeast, green coal contribute to bottom line ...History shows that once an industry is established, significant technological improvements quickly evolve. But in the meantime, how does

July 25, 2012 Read Full Article

Dropping Water Use: Ethanol Producers Balance Cost and Conservation When Reducing Consumption

by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  The results of a Google search of the words ethanol and water use are varied and interesting. Some of the information is up-to-date and lays out the industry’s dramatic reduction in water use in

July 25, 2012 Read Full Article

KiOR Renewable Gasoline Will Fuel Cars This Year

by Luke Geiver (Biomass Magazine)  The U.S. EPA has granted KiOR Inc. the necessary permit to sell renewable cellulosic gasoline in the U.S. According to Fred Cannon, the EPA’s acceptance of KiOR’s advanced biofuel blendstock “is a landmark” for the

July 25, 2012 Read Full Article

Ineos Completes Construction of US Biorefinery JV Project

(Platts)  Construction of Ineos' $130 million biorefinery joint venture project in the US has been completed, with production expected to begin in the second half of 2012, said Peter Williams, CEO of Ineos Bio, the Switzerland-based company's bioenergy business. The project,

July 24, 2012 Read Full Article

Arcata Approves Biodiesel Facility Giuntoli Plant Approved Despite Neighborhood Concerns

by Grant Scott-Goforth (Times-Standard)  The Arcata Planning Commission recently have final approval to a plan for a biodiesel facility on Giuntoli Lane after hearing concerns from neighbors about increased traffic and odors. The facility will create biodiesel from waste vegetable oil, and

July 24, 2012 Read Full Article

Clariant Inaugurates Germany Cellulose Ethanol Pilot Plant

by Franco Capaldo (ICIS.com)  Clariant has inaugurated a new cellulose ethanol pilot plant in the Bavarian town of Straubing, Germany, the Swiss specialty chemicals company said on Friday. The plant – the biggest of its kind in Germany – will produce around 1,000 tonnes/year of cellulose ethanol, a

July 23, 2012 Read Full Article

Innovative Pilot and Demonstration Scale Production of Advanced Biofuels

(US Department of Energy)  The intent of this FOA is to identify, evaluate, and select innovative pilot- or demonstration-scale integrated biorefineries that can produce hydrocarbon fuels that meet military specifications for JP-5 (jet fuel primarily for the Navy), JP-8 (jet

July 20, 2012 Read Full Article

Brazil Builds Algae-Based Biofuel Plant

(Herald Sun)  The world's first industrial plant producing biofuels from seaweed will be built in the northeastern Brazilian state of Pernambuco in late 2013, the official in charge of the project says. The factory to be set up by Austrian firm

July 20, 2012 Read Full Article

Growing Biodiesel from Local Fields

(Citizen-Times)  Farmers, area restaurants and energy-conscious drivers could benefit from a pilot program to develop homegrown biofuels in the mountains. Blue Ridge Biofuels, AdvantageWest, Biltmore Estate and other partners have been awarded a $130,000 grant from the Biofuels Center of North

July 19, 2012 Read Full Article

Dynamic Recycling LLC Could Locate in Bristol Tennessee

by Rober Brown (Bristol Herald Courier/Tricities.com)  Bristol, Va., officials might have turned down the relocation of an ethanol plant in their city, but the facility is very much wanted in Bristol, Tenn., City Manager Jeff Broughton said. The former Armour Foods

July 19, 2012 Read Full Article

Current Biofuels Policy Helps Drive Economy

by Jan Koninckx(DuPont), Adam Monroe (Novozymes), Javier Salgado (Abengoa) and Jeff Lautt (POET) (Politico)  The last two presidential administrations differed on many issues, but gave us a bipartisan roadmap for achieving greater energy security and lowering our dependence on fossil

July 18, 2012 Read Full Article

Boom Times for Argentina and Biofuels, But Can It Last?

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  As Argentina’s monetary policies run into big trouble, inflation mounts and the peso sinks, can the biofuels boom keep going? ...To keep the biodiesel industry growing and reduce diesel import costs, the Argentine government has also

July 18, 2012 Read Full Article

Incbio Awarded Biodiesel Plant Contract for a Norwegian Client

(OpenPR)  Incbio (www.incbio.com), a leading company in design, build and start-up of biodiesel plants with state of the art ultrasonic reactor technology has been awarded a contract to supply a turnkey transesterification unit for N3Pharma AS, a leading Norwegian pharmaceutical

July 18, 2012 Read Full Article

Gevo and Beta Plot Joint Future Bioisobutanol Projects

(Bioenergy News)  Chemical and biofuels company Gevo has signed a joint development agreement with Beta Renewables to develop an integrated process for the production of bio-based isobutanol from cellulosic biomass. The agreement anticipates production plants will be located where cellulosic feedstocks

July 18, 2012 Read Full Article

Energy Beets for the Future of Kentucky Farms and Fuel

(Business Lexington)  Add “energy beets” to the cash crop list for Kentucky farmers. The high-sugar energy beet, a variety bred to serve the fuel/energy market, is now growing on test plots in Whitley and other Kentucky counties. Kentucky-based Patriot Bio-Energy

July 17, 2012 Read Full Article

Wood Telephone Poles Turned to Ethanol

by Bill Esler (Woodworking Network)    Enerkem Inc.  a waste-to-biofuels and chemicals company, says it has begun production of cellulosic ethanol from used wood telephone poles at its demonstration facility in Westbury, Québec. Enerkem CEO Vincent Chornet called it "a significant

July 17, 2012 Read Full Article

Lake Station Approves Trash-to-Ethanol Agreement

by Deborah Laverty  (Northwest Indiana Times) After a lengthy discussion, City Council members agreed Thursday to sign an interlocal cooperation agreement with the Lake County Solid Waste Management District. The agreement allows the city to take part in the proposed $450

July 06, 2012 Read Full Article

Blue Sugars Claims First Cellulosic RIN, Extends Petrobras Deal

By Susanne Retka Schill (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Blue Sugars Corp., formerly KL Energy Corp., can lay claim to a first in the world of cellulosic ethanol technology developers. “It was surprising to us when EPA confirmed [we got] the first RIN [renewable

July 05, 2012 Read Full Article

British Airways First-of-Its-Kind Waste to Jet Fuel Project Finds Technology Provider

(National Non-Food Crops Center)  Europe's first waste to jet fuel production plant came a step closer to construction this week as UK-based Oxford Catalysts were selected as the sole technology suppliers to the joint British Airways and Solena GreenSky project. British Airways and

July 05, 2012 Read Full Article

Waste Official: Clock Ticking on Trash-to-Ethanol Deal

by Marc Chase (Northwest Indiana Times)  If a would-be trash-to-ethanol developer doesn't have the money in hand to complete its project by July 19, it doesn't have a deal with the county, a top solid waste district official says. "If you

July 05, 2012 Read Full Article

Big Island Biodiesel Opens

by Peter Sur (Hawaii Tribune-Herald)  ...Big Island Biodiesel, located near Keaau, opened its doors for investors to tour the $12 million plant that in a few months will begin turning fuel crops and used cooking oil from across the state

July 05, 2012 Read Full Article

Optimistic Realism in Commercializing Biofuels

by Robert J. Johnsen (AOL Energy)  The theme of this year's recent Advanced Biofuels Leadership Conference was "Go Big, Stay Strong," an allusion to the move of biofuels out of the lab and into commercialization. But the theme emerging from the remarks of

July 05, 2012 Read Full Article

OMV and BDI Make Diesel from Wood

(OMV)  On July 2, 2012 Doris Bures, Minister for Transport, Innovation and Technology, and Gerhard Roiss, OMV CEO, opened the BioCRACK pilot plant at the OMV Refinery in Schwechat. The plant is the first of its kind in the world

July 04, 2012 Read Full Article

Company Promotes Sorghum for Ethanol Production

by Dan Modlin  (WKYUFM)  A firm based in Mt. Sterling, Kentucky is hoping more farmers raise sorghum to use in ethanol fuels production in the future. Southeast Biofuels has completed the first phase of a project that resulted in a

July 04, 2012 Read Full Article

Air Force Tests Jet Using Gevo Biofuel

by Mark Harden (BizJournals.com/Denver Business Journal)  The U.S. Air Force has flown the first successful test flight using a type of biofuel provided by Colorado’s Gevo Inc. The single-seat, twin-engine Air Force A-10 Thunder Bolt jet flew June 28 at Eglin

July 04, 2012 Read Full Article

Crews Test Pond near Biodiesel Plant

(ABC2News)   ...Princess Anne and Somerset County officials told The Daily Times of Salisbury (http://bit.ly/MEf0Ls ) that they are waiting for state environmental regulators to identify the substance found near a biodiesel plant in the industrial park. State environmental officials began

July 04, 2012 Read Full Article

The Obama Plan for Cost-Competitive, Military Biofuels: The 10-Minute Guide

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...The Obama Administration has laid out an integrated strategy for commercializing advanced biofuels, with a focus in this phase on military advanced biofuels at cost-competitive prices with conventional fuels. The vehicle is a joint program between

July 03, 2012 Read Full Article

Powers Energy Meets Goal for Trash-to-Ethanol Plant

by Carrie Napoleon (Post-Tribune/SunTimes)  Powers Energy has met the requirements of the 60-day milestone set out by the Lake County Solid Waste Management District board regarding land acquisition for the proposed $360 million trash-to-ethanol plant. Thursday the LCSWMD board accepted 21-1 the

June 26, 2012 Read Full Article

Tamil Nadu to Have World’s First Biorefinery Using Tannery Waste

by Kumar Chellappan (Daily News and Analysis India)    Tamil Nadu will be home to the world’s first biorefinery which will use solid waste generated from tanneries in Vellore district. The Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI) at Chennai, a unit of the

June 26, 2012 Read Full Article

In Groundbreaking Milestone, Primus Green Energy Alternative Gasoline Powers Car in Test Drive

(Primus Green Energy)  The test drive of an automobile fueled with 93-octane gasoline made from natural gas and biomass was the highlight of a dedication ceremony for Primus Green Energy's new $7 million demonstration plant at the company's Hillsborough, N.J.,

June 26, 2012 Read Full Article

Gevo vs Butamax: Biofuels’ Montagues and Capulets Race for Scale with New Agreements

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...In Colorado, Gevo announced completion of their preliminary evaluation of technical feasibility under a collaboration with BioFuel Energy, designed to explore high-volume production of isobutanol. The companies plan to continue working to develop large-scale production of isobutanol

June 26, 2012 Read Full Article

Hobart Supports Garbage-to-Ethanol Plant

by Karen Caffarini (Post Tribune)  The City Council has unanimously approved an interlocal agreement to send Hobart-generated garbage to the Powers Energy ethanol plant in Schneider, if and when it is constructed, becoming the seventh community to commit to the project. The

June 26, 2012 Read Full Article

Novozymes Partners for Waste-to-Ethanol Project in China

by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Novozymes and China’s Shengquan Group have signed a final agreement to work together on producing cellulosic ethanol from a waste product of Shengquan’s current production process. Novozymes is supplying the necessary enzymes and Shenquan

June 25, 2012 Read Full Article

Sorghum Should Be in the Biofuel Crop Mix, Experts Say

(Science Daily/Purdue University)   Sweet and biomass sorghum would meet the need for next-generation biofuels to be environmentally sustainable, easily adopted by producers and take advantage of existing agricultural infrastructure, a group of researchers led by Purdue University scientists believes. The scientists

June 25, 2012 Read Full Article

New Kids on the Block: 12 hot bio-based technologies worth watching (Parts 1 and 2)

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...Yet, even in an era where venture capital has been harder to come by (Why? See these 42 article links under the rubric, “The VC Model is Broken” ) — some great technologies have been getting out

June 25, 2012 Read Full Article

Who Shall Dare: Biobutanol and the Intrepid Ethanol Producer

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  Declining ethanol margins and plant idlings; ethanol price gloom; controversy over RFS2 targets.   Despair? Bah! It all spells “opportunity” for the intrepid ethanolista. This week in biofuels, two storylines that have been gaining a lot

June 22, 2012 Read Full Article

Struggling Ethanol Makers Diversify to Corn Oil

(Reuters)  Pacific Ethanol Inc on Thursday said it was launching a corn oil business, the latest U.S. ethanol maker to move to diversify its revenue stream in an industry where margins have been depressed as costly corn supplies dwindle. California-based Pacific

June 22, 2012 Read Full Article

More Fuel Plants Are Eyeing Isobutanol

by David Shaffer (Star Tribune)  Four more ethanol plants are considering retrofits to produce the new biofuel, bringing planned conversions to seven. A third Minnesota ethanol plant is considering a shift in production to a new biofuel called isobutanol. Butamax Advanced Biofuels,

June 22, 2012 Read Full Article

Identifying, Avoiding Scams in Large Biodiesel Project Funding

by Peter Brown (Biodiesel Magazine/Euro Marketing Tools Inc.)  Financing large projects that include biodiesel processors, crushers and support equipment has become very complex, attracting a new type of predator with clever tricks to fraudulently divert investment revenue streams to him. ...An

June 15, 2012 Read Full Article

Tobacco, Alcohol And … Seaweed? Three Innovative Methods For Producing Biofuels

by Max Frankel (ThinkProgress)   ...But in the world of science, researchers around the world are working on some very innovative ways to produce gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel from more sustainable feedstocks. Here’s a look at three cool recent developments

June 14, 2012 Read Full Article

Dial 9011 for Crop Assistance

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  Section 9011 of the Farm Bill – the Biomass Crop Assistance Program – USDA deploys $9.6M in new investments in bioenergy crops as questions revolve around the program’s future and effectiveness.   Is BCAP important? Will

June 14, 2012 Read Full Article

Cameroon: Investors Seek to Boost Biofuel Production

by Elias Ntungwe Ngalame (AllAfrica)  Biofuel production initiatives are gaining ground in Cameroon as the government seeks to reduce the Central African country's energy deficit while fighting climate change. Although biofuel production has not yet reached a large scale, the government is

June 14, 2012 Read Full Article

The Future for Corn Stover in Biofuels

by Cindy Zimmerman (DomesticFuel.com)  The future of using corn stover for advanced biofuels was one of the discussion topics at last week’s Corn Utilization Technology Conference in Indianapolis. ...(Nathan) Mosier (with the Department of Agricultural & Biological Engineering at Purdue University) says he’s been working

June 13, 2012 Read Full Article

LS9 Opens Its Innovative Advanced Biofuels Demonstration Plant in Florida

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  One of biofuels’ hottest companies transitions from research phase to operating phase with opening of demo plant in Okeechobee – what’s next, and where? ...The opening of that fermenter column is what the VIPs are coming

June 13, 2012 Read Full Article

North Carolina on Mission to Build Biofuel Industry, Company Sees Ethanol Coming from Grassy Fields

by Emery P. Dalesio  (The Republic/AP)  An Italian company's Wilmington-based subsidiary is geared up to build a factory that can convert grassy plants into fuel for cars and trucks amid Sampson County's hog and turkey growers. With financial and verbal encouragement

June 11, 2012 Read Full Article

The Hot Zone: Thermocatalytic Biofuels Projects Are Going South – Here’s Who and Why

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...With the coming of advanced bioprocessing, the picture of opportunity has radically changed and the Southeast, Northwest, and Southwest, in particular, have been assessing their opportunities and attracting projects. ...But in the Southeast, there’s been a

June 11, 2012 Read Full Article

Enerkem Begins Ethanol Production from Waste at Its Demonstration Facility in Westbury, Quebec

(PRNewsWire/Enerkem)  Enerkem Inc., a waste-to-biofuels and chemicals company, announced today the initial production of cellulosic ethanol from waste materials at its demonstration facility in Westbury, Québec. "The start of ethanol production at our Westbury facility is a significant milestone", said Vincent

June 07, 2012 Read Full Article

How to Make Renewable Energy Competitive

by Felix Mormann and Dan Reicher   (New York Times)  If renewable energy is going to become fully competitive and a significant source of energy in the United States, then further technological innovation must be accompanied by financial innovation so that

June 07, 2012 Read Full Article

UOP Now Producing Economic Bio Oil at 7 Locations

by Bob Brooks (Automotive Industries)  $45/bbl RTP bio oil from biomass, developed by Montreal based Ensyn Corporation, is now in production at 7 UOP locations(one in Canada). As affiliates of Ensyn, UOP and Chevron will refine the base oil into

June 06, 2012 Read Full Article

UK-Based Agri Opens State-of-the-Art Biodiesel Plant in Liverpool

(Agri Energy/Biodiesel Magazine)  The U.K.’s largest used cooking oil biodiesel plant launched in Liverpool today. The opening comes on the back of a multimillion pound investment into biodiesel production by Agri. The advanced processing plant in Bootle will be solely dedicated

June 06, 2012 Read Full Article

Canadian Biodiesel Producer Planning Production Facility in Bayonne

by Andrew Steadman (The Jersey Journal)   Canadian biodiesel company BIOX Corporation has signed an agreement with the International-Matex Tank Terminals company to build a new, 100 million liter production facility in Bayonne. The planned facility, slated for a December 2013 opening, will

June 06, 2012 Read Full Article

Mill, Baby, Mill

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  In-field bioprocessing? Dramatically higher plant oil production? R&D breakthroughs offer new paths to victory for Millers vs Drillers. If you haven’t been getting most of your information on the Renewable Fuel Standard from the Grocers Manufacturing

June 06, 2012 Read Full Article

FBI Raids Park Ridge Renewable Energy Company

by Hugh R. Morley and Linh Tat   (NorthJersey.com)   FBI and local law enforcement officers raided a Montvale home and a Park Ridge building that houses several renewable energy companies Thursday in connection with a probe into fraud in the bio-diesel industry, a company executive

June 05, 2012 Read Full Article

Oxford Biodiesel Plant Commissioned

(Biofuels Center of North Carolina)  The Oxford Biodiesel Plant is capable of converting virgin or recycled fats and oils from multiple sources into 35,000 gallons of high quality biodiesel per year. The plant was constructed on North Carolina's Biofuels Campus

June 05, 2012 Read Full Article

As State Funds Expire, Genera Seeks New Mission

by Kay Brookshire (KnoxvilleBiz.com)  As the state's five-year, $70.5 million investment in the Tennessee Biofuels Initiative comes to an end in June, Genera Energy will take on a more focused role as a biomass supply company for biofuels producers. At the

June 05, 2012 Read Full Article

Flint Hills Using Edeniq Gear to Boost Ethanol Yields

by Andrew Herndon (Bloomberg BusinessWeek)  Flint Hills Resources LLC, the unit of Koch Industries Inc. that invested in Edeniq Inc. last month, is using the company’s equipment at one of its four corn-based ethanol plants to boost production. Flint Hills will

June 05, 2012 Read Full Article

Clean Technology: US Policy Aids Second Generation Biofuel Push

by Guy Chazan (Financial Times)  In the world of biofuels, all eyes are on the tiny northern Italian town of Crescentino, site of the world’s first commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plant, which will start production this year. The venture might be small,

June 05, 2012 Read Full Article

California Energy Commission Awards $35M for Alternative Fuels Development

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  In California, the state Energy Commission today unanimously approved funding of $35,031,310 to projectsthat will accelerate the development of green fuels and technology in California. The awards are provided through the Energy Commission’s Alternative and Renewable

June 04, 2012 Read Full Article

A Tale of Two Energy Cities

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  A major plant opening by Novozymes in Nebraska and a project announcement from ExxonMobil in Texas, highlight the opportunities and challenges for industrial biotechnology ...In Blair, Cargill’s corn-based, wet mill ethanol plant provides a base load

June 04, 2012 Read Full Article

'Hydrogen Is Tomorrow's Biofuel' Say Scientists

(University of Birmingham)  Researchers from the University of Birmingham are creating clean hydrogen from food waste paving the way for a bioenergy alternative for the future. Currently, Brazil is the world’s most intensive user of bioethanol as an alternative to gasoline for

May 30, 2012 Read Full Article

Molecular Sponge Absorbs Toxins, Produces Biofuel


by William DeKay (The Western Producer)  Lee Wilson thinks he has found a cost effective way to help produce biofuel using wheat straw. In a lab at the University of Saskatchewan, the chemist and his team of graduate students have developed

May 30, 2012 Read Full Article

Human Waste-to-Biodiesel Plant to Create Sanitation Revolution in Ghana

(JoyOnline)  Human waste could soon be a precious commodity in Kumasi and other parts of the country with an ongoing solution to transform fecal sludge treatment into a profit-making venture. Waste Enterprisers Limited, a sanitation and waste energy company, is replacing

May 30, 2012 Read Full Article

Munster Council Sets Hearings on Trash-to-Ethanol Agreement

by Lu Ann Franklin (Northwest Indiana Times) The Town Council will hear public comments about signing the interlocal agreement with Lake County Solid Waste District for the proposed trash-to-ethanol facility in Schneider on June 4 and June 18. ...As proposed, the trash-to-ethanol

May 30, 2012 Read Full Article

Illovo Pulls out of Mali Sugar Project on Security Concerns

by Mike Cohen (Bloomberg BusinessWeek)  Illovo Sugar Ltd. (ILV), Africa’s largest sugar producer, said it has ended its involvement in the Markala sugar project in Mali because of incomplete funding and a deteriorating security situation in the West African nation. The

May 29, 2012 Read Full Article

Party in Minnesota: Gevo Starts up Commercial Scale, Advanced Biofuels Plant, Ahead of Schedule

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  In Colorado, Gevo announced it has begun startup of the world’s first commercial biobased isobutanol production plant located in Luverne, Minn. “At 1 p.m. MDT yesterday we made history by initiating production of biobased isobutanol at commercial scale,”

May 29, 2012 Read Full Article

GraalBio Investimentos Plans to Invest $724.5 Million in Five Cellulosic Ethanol Projects in Brazil

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  In Brazil, GraalBio Investimentos plans to invest $724.5 million in five cellulosic ethanol plants during the next few years. The first 21.6 million gallon facility in Alagoas that will use sugarcane bagasse as feedstock is expected to

May 29, 2012 Read Full Article

The Wilmington Express: The 10-Minute Guide to Dupont and Advanced Biofuels

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... (T)he company’s metrics in cellulosic biofuels are starting to look compelling. Not only is commercialization a lot less than five years away – a massive breakout in capacity building looks feasible within that time

May 29, 2012 Read Full Article

Biofuel Production Facilities Spotlight Next Generation

by Matt Daily (Reuters/Huffington Post)  After a decade of promise, advanced biofuels makers are entering a crucial make-or-break period with the first of a new generation of production facilities about to come on line. The new facilities are designed to take

May 25, 2012 Read Full Article

CleanStar Launches First Cooking Fuel Facility in Mozambique; Alternative to Charcoal Cooking, Health Risks, at Hand in Africa

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  In Mozambique, the first sustainable cooking fuel facility was inaugurated by Federal Minister of Agriculture José Pacheco. The CleanStar project will produce ethanol-based cooking fuel for sale with the company’s cookstoves, an affordable new form of

May 25, 2012 Read Full Article

Biofuels Company to Repay County

by Noah Haglund  (The Weekly Herald)  The company has agreed to compensate the county for $143,000 in goods and services it didn't deliver for a canola project. Snohomish County's experiment helping farmers turn crops into biodiesel hasn't been a failure, but

May 24, 2012 Read Full Article

Ethanol Fuel Prices Explained

(Zimbabwe Independent) Green Fuel has dismissed claims by government that it has not furnished it with the cost structure into its wholesale price of E10. Senior officials of the company outlined its cost structure at a meeting between it, the Zimbabwe

May 24, 2012 Read Full Article

Iran to Start Making Bio-Ethanol from Cellulose Material

(Payvand Iran News) Iran will start producing industrial bio-ethanol from cellulosic material soon. Bio-ethanol can be used as petrol supplementary and it will increase the octane number of petrol as it is added to the fuel. It will lead to the decrease of greenhouse fuel production. Bio-ethanol

May 21, 2012 Read Full Article

Colombia's Biofuels Ready for International Market: Study

by Rosemary Westwood (Columbia Reports)  Colombia's biofuels exceed international standards for reducing greenhouse gas emissions – advancing the country’s goal to become a leading ethanol producer, according to a new government report. The study commissioned by the Ministry of Mines and Energy

May 21, 2012 Read Full Article

Agri Praised for Liverpool Biodiesel Investment

by Amy North (LetsRecycle.com)  The UK’s ‘largest’ biodiesel plant was opened in Bootle, Liverpool today (May 9) by transport minister Norman Baker. The plant, developed by renewable energy firm Agri, will process used cooking oil to create biodiesel which can then

May 21, 2012 Read Full Article

Teacher to Launch Biodiesel Fuel Plant

by Lisa Perkins (Traverse City Record-Eagle)  Bill Koucky will soon produce biodiesel fuel, after years of planning, experimenting and jumping through regulatory hoops. ...Traverse City will be home to a biodiesel fuel plant when Koucky's Northwest Michigan Biodiesel LLC swings into

May 21, 2012 Read Full Article

Renewable Diesel Surges: Emerald Biofuels Announces Major Project in Louisiana

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...Emerald Biofuels announced that it will build an 85 million gallonrenewable-diesel refineries at a Dow Chemical site in Plaquemine, Louisiana. The company will use Honeywell’s UOP/Eni EcoFining process technology for the production of Honeywell Green Diesel

May 21, 2012 Read Full Article

Enel Signs Agreement with Enea and Roma Capitale to Build Biomass Bi-Generation Plant

(Biofuels International)   A memorandum of understanding has been signed by Italian power company Enel to build a 1-5MW concentrated solar power and biomass bi-generation plant, which will produce electricity for the city of Rome. ...The biomass components will be separated to

May 21, 2012 Read Full Article

The Final Treatment: Washing or Polishing Followed by Distillation Offers the Purest Biodiesel Around

by Raj Mosali  (Jatrodiesel Inc./Biodiesel Magazine)  Biodiesel is traditionally produced via esterification of fatty acids and transesterification of triglycerides with an alcohol such as methanol and sodium methylate. The transesterification of triglycerides is comprised of three sequential, reversible reactions wherein

May 07, 2012 Read Full Article

UniVerve Chooses Microalgae For Award-Winning Biofuel Business

by Shifra Mincer (Green Prophet)  ...UniVerve has gained international recognition for its microalgae technology, including at an apperance this March at the World Biofuels Markets, which can succesfully produce bio-oil from third generation biomass. If any waste biomass is left from the refining

May 07, 2012 Read Full Article

TMO Renewables Expands Production of 2G Ethanol with Cassava Stalk

(Business Wire)  TMO Renewables (“TMO Group”), a leading technology provider for cellulosic biofuels production, today announced the company has advanced to demonstration scale on cassava stalk feedstock with major Chinese fuel and food producers. TMO is now processing an initial

May 04, 2012 Read Full Article

CORE BioFuel Inc. Selects Technip to Engineer the World's First Wood to Gasoline Biorefinery

(CORE BioFuel, Inc.)  CORE BioFuel Inc. announced today (May 2, 2012)  that it has selected Technip, a world leader in engineering, construction and project management in the energy industry, to complete the construction engineering of their first wood to gasoline

May 04, 2012 Read Full Article

Rwanda: Private Sector Should Embrace Bio-Fuel, Says IRST Boss

by Eric Didier Karinganire (AllAfrica.com)   For some years now, there has been talk of locally producing biofuel to make the country less dependent on petrol imports. But until now, production levels are still insignificant. Yet about four years ago, the

May 03, 2012 Read Full Article

Case No. 3: EPA Issues Green Diesel Violation for 60M Bad RINs

by Ron Kotrba (Biodiesel Magazine)  The U.S. EPA issued a Notice of Violation to Houston-based Green Diesel LLC April 30 for generating more than 60 million invalid biomass-based diesel (D-Code 4) renewable identification numbers (RINs) under the federal renewable fuel

May 02, 2012 Read Full Article

Sugar Rush: The Race Is on to Commercialize Low-Cost, High-Quality Sugars from Nonfood Sources

by Bryan Sims (Biorefining Magazine)  The biorefining industry is hungry for a low-cost, high-quality and readily available supply of sugar feedstock from nonfood biomass sources. A number of pure-play sugar technology developers and manufacturers like Renmatix, Virdia (formerly HCL CleanTech),

May 02, 2012 Read Full Article

Shell, Iogen, and Cancellation in Manitoba: Answers to Your Questions

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  Shell and Iogen cancel their long-contemplated Canadian cellulosic ethanol project, and announce 150 layoffs. ...In Canada, Shell and Iogen announced that they will not pursue the jointly owned 23 million gallon Iogen Energy cellulosic ethanol project

May 01, 2012 Read Full Article

Commission to Decide if Farms Allowed to Produce Ethanol

by Diane Wagner   (Rome News Tribune)  The Floyd County Commission is expected to decide at its May 8 meeting if it will allow local farmers to make a limited amount of ethanol onsite, for use as fuel for their equipment. No opposition

April 27, 2012 Read Full Article

Community Trap Grease Biodiesel Project Seeks Additional Funding

by Erin Voegele (Biodiesel Magazine)  A research team investigating the possibility converting trap grease collected from Cincinnati sewer systems into biodiesel will be presenting the initial results of its project at the U.S. EPA’s 2012 National Sustainable Design Expo April

April 17, 2012 Read Full Article

Energy Beets: Who Will Leap First?

by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  North American sugar-to-ethanol strategy differs from Brazil’s, Europe’s ...North Dakota-based Green Vision Group is resolutely moving forward with a plan to build multiple 20 MMgy dedicated energy beet plants in the state. ...More than 3,000 miles

April 16, 2012 Read Full Article

Steel in the Ground: The Largest Cellulosic Ethanol Plants in the World Are Ready to Prove Their Mettle

by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Guido Ghisolfi is a confident man. A chemical engineer by trade, at 55, he’s already spent three decades leading research and development (R&D) activities at Italy-based Mossi & Ghisolfi Group, a $3 billion per

April 16, 2012 Read Full Article

University Converting Cooking Oil into Biodiesel

By Caroline Baity (Daily Gamecock)  Program aims to offset fuel cost, turn profit    Thanks to two grants worth a combined $89,090, USC's Sustainable Carolina program now has the ability to turn all that greasy oil from Chicken Finger Wednesday into

April 12, 2012 Read Full Article

On the Road to Gobig: Refinery Intermediates Offer Scale for Advanced Biofuels

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...Honeywell’s UOP announced two projects this week, and generally more attention was paid by ABLC delegates to its ATJ (alcohol to jet) technology release, suggesting that, in the near term, the costs for producing aviation

April 12, 2012 Read Full Article

India Official Sheds Light on Local Biodiesel Industry

by Erin Voegele (Biodiesel Magazine) ...Although India’s biodiesel industry is small, it does show potential for growth. This week World Health Energy Holdings announced plans to establish algae biodiesel production in two areas of the country are moving forward.  READ MORE

March 29, 2012 Read Full Article

The Victory Plant

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  Last July, the Digest launched a project called “Victory Plants” and set about recruiting a Biofuels Council of Advisors on Science, Technology and Economics to define a threshold standard for advanced manufacturing in biofuels, by April 2012

March 29, 2012 Read Full Article

Navy Plan Benefits Biomass

by Dan Piller (Des Moines Register)  Fuel for carriers, jets adds demand for biofuel source other than corn A Missouri cooperative called (what else?) ShowMe Energy is building an $80 million, 3 million gallon facility that will open in 2014 and

March 28, 2012 Read Full Article

Government Drags Feet on Biofuel Project

(Business Day) State wants industry to source feedstock from small-scale farmers, writes Hopewell Radebe The government has not moved an inch on the proposal by the farming community to include maize as an alternative crop for biofuel production since the Department

March 28, 2012 Read Full Article

Central Valley Beet Growers Closer to Massive Bioenergy Plant

by Harry Cline (Western Farm Press)  Former sugar beet growers on the West Side of the San Joaquin Valley are expected to learn next month whether they’ll be able to take the next step in an ambitious plan to return

March 28, 2012 Read Full Article

The Distributed/Centralized BioProduction Approach: Sustainable Biofuels and Bioproducts Are Possible Through the Significant Reduction of Biomass Transportation Costs

by Robert Kozak (Advanced Biofuels USA)  Problem Definition:  The production of biofuels in the US is at a substantial roadblock. Due to the high cost of transporting large quantities of low density, low value biomass to biorefineries, the economies of

March 27, 2012 Read Full Article

Iran Becomes Biofuel Producer

(Trend)  ...Iran produced a sample of biofuel six months ago and is preparing to start its production. Located in the Khuzestan Province's Haft-Tapeh, a new 10,000 liter capacity biofuel facility will begin operating in the near future. Iran's biofuel, or bioethanol,

March 27, 2012 Read Full Article

Former Brew Master, Recycler Pioneers Biofuel Technology

(Maryland Clean Energy Center/The Current)  Serial entrepreneur Craig Stuart-Paul has found a novel formula for growing a business. For the CEO of Fiberight, personal expertise in brewing beer plus innovations in recycling residential waste has added up to a new process

March 26, 2012 Read Full Article

Cenusa Bioenergy Receives $25 Million Grant from USDA

by Kelly Madsen (IowaStateDaily.com)  The Iowa State University-led Cenusa Bioenergy project works to develop a biofuel with both a Midwestern and environmental focus. Through a five-year, $25 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture,

March 26, 2012 Read Full Article

Biofuels Get a Bounce

by Reed Fujii (RecordNet.com)  Community Fuels' biodiesel plant at the Port of Stockton served as the centerpiece Tuesday for U.S. Department of Agricultural officials highlighting gains in rural and farm-related energy projects under the 2008 Farm Bill. "We wanted to bring some

March 23, 2012 Read Full Article

Neste Oil Virtually Quadrupled Its Use of Certified Raw Materials in Producing Renewable Fuel

(Neste Oil)  Already 49% of the raw materials that Neste Oil used in 2011 to produce its renewable fuel was certified. This was an increase of 28 percentage points on the figure for 2010, and nearly quadruple in terms of

March 23, 2012 Read Full Article

Grafton Ethanol Plant Owners to Meet with Sugar Beet Growers

(Grand Forks Herald)  Energae LP, the group planning to reopen the former Alchem Ltd. ethanol plant in Grafton, N.D., will conduct a meeting at noon Friday for sugar beet growers. The meeting will be at Marketplace on Eighth. About 75 people attended

March 23, 2012 Read Full Article

Push By Ethanol Producers Into Corn Oil Raises Concerns Over DDGs

(Dow Jones Newswire)  A push by U.S. ethanol companies into corn oil is starting to give the livestock industry indigestion. Corn oil, which is used both for cooking oil and to make biodiesel fuel, has emerged over the last year as

March 23, 2012 Read Full Article
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