by Nina Chestney (Reuters) Biofuels for use in transport are becoming more competitive compared with oil but the pace of growth has slowed due to a lack of regulation and sustainability standards in Europe, the chief executive of BP's biofuels
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Back TO HOMEBP Commits $Billions to Biofuel Development and Production
by Bob Brooks (Automotive Industries) A BP executive was quoted recently that biofuels are obtained from “renewable wells” which is an oil man’s way of saying we are drilling for energy as usual but for different raw material. Key to
October 26, 2011 Read Full Article
Farmers May Expect Improved Livelihood with Biofuel Dev’t
by Riza T. Olchondra (Philippine Daily Inquirer) Filipino farmers and investors may profit from biofuel ventures in idle, upland, and other so-called marginalized areas without disrupting food supply. According to the study “Assessment on the Use of Marginal Areas for Cultivation
October 26, 2011 Read Full Article
BP, Unlilever among Investors Pouring $49M into ZeaChem, Chromatin, Agradis
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...There’s a rumor going around the biofuels and biomaterials business that today represents one of the most difficult periods to raise capital. Apparently, the rumors did not reach ZeaChem, Chromatin or Synthetic Genomics, which this
October 26, 2011 Read Full Article
Algenol Breaks Ground on Pilot Biorefinery in Florida
(Ethanol Producer Magazine/Algenol) Algenol Biofuels Inc. broke ground on the construction of its pilot-scale integrated biorefinery on Oct. 24. This production facility will be the first large-scale deployment of Algenol's patented and trademarked Direct To Ethanol technology, which produces ethanol
October 26, 2011 Read Full Article
Cellulosic Ethanol ‘Floodgates’ May Open in 2013, Poet LLC Says
by Alex Morales (Bloomberg) Cellulosic ethanol output may surge starting in 2013, when the first commercial-scale plants “open the floodgates” for the fuel, according to the largest U.S. corn-based biofuel producer. Poet LLC plans to start production in 2013 at a
October 25, 2011 Read Full Article
Schneider Property Proposed for Trash-to-Ethanol Plant Now up for Sale
by Marc Chase (Northwest Indiana Times) The land deal for a proposed trash-to-ethanol plant in Schneider is off, according to county solid waste district officials, and the town's top official questions whether it ever will be built. Schneider Town Council President
October 25, 2011 Read Full Article
Cobalt and Rhodia to Jointly Develop Bagasse Based Bio n-Butanol Market in Latin America
(Cobalt) Cobalt Technologies, a leading developer of next generation bio-based chemicals and Rhodia, a specialty chemical company, today announced the execution of a Memorandum of Understanding setting the basis for a strategic alliance to develop bio n-butanol refineries throughout Latin
October 25, 2011 Read Full Article
Company Plans to Build First Biodiesel Plant in Schuylkill
by Stephen J. Pytak (RepublicanHerald.com) A company is planning to start up the first biodiesel plant in Schuylkill County, which will convert food waste oil into biodiesel fuel. Borough officials have been in talks with NAGSCO Corp., which is working with
October 24, 2011 Read Full Article
Baton Rouge Port May Get Biodiesel Refinery
by Ted Griggs (The Advocate) The Port of Greater Baton Rouge could become the home of a $30 million biodiesel refinery capable of producing 30 million gallons of fuel per year. Alabama Renewable Energy has asked the port for a six-month
October 24, 2011 Read Full Article
Amyris & ETH Bioenergia Sign Agreement to Produce Biofene® in Brazil
(Amyris) Two Million Ton Sugarcane Crush Capacity to be added in Brazil for High-Performance Renewable Chemicals and Fuels Amyris, Inc. and ETH Bioenergia, a leading producer of ethanol, electric energy and sugar controlled by Odebrecht S.A., have signed a memorandum of
October 21, 2011 Read Full Article
B30 Biodiesel Blend Fuels Carbon Reduction Bid
(Argent Energy) Switching to Argent Energy's 30 per cent biodiesel blend is helping a leading leaflet marketing specialist in its ambition to become carbon neutral by 2015. EAE Ltd, who distribute display stands, tourist information leaflets and other promotional material to some 5,000
October 21, 2011 Read Full Article
Avec le Projet Futurol, la France Mise sur les Biocarburants de Seconde Génération
(Le Monde) Dans de vastes hangars sont stockés des bottes de paille, des tiges de miscanthus (sorte de roseau parfois appelé "herbe à éléphant"), des rondins de saule et de peuplier. D'autres bâtiments sont réservés aux copeaux et résidus de
October 20, 2011 Read Full Article
Spain’s Abengoa to Build Ethanol Plant in Uruguay
(Argus Media) Spain's Abengoa is building a 70mn l/yr (1,200 b/d) ethanol plant in Uruguay under a $120mn contract with ALUR, which is 90pc owned by the country's state-controlled energy company Ancap. The plant, to be located in Paysandu department in
October 19, 2011 Read Full Article
Algae from Ethanol Plant Shows Promise as Poultry Feed
by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine) An algae strain grown by BioProcess Algae LLC at Green Plains Renewable Energy Inc.’s 65 MMgy ethanol plant in Shenandoah, Iowa, is one step closer to entering the poultry feed market. First-round feed trials recently
October 19, 2011 Read Full Article
The Dawn of the New Algae: Cleaning up and Enriching Biofuels, with Biofuels
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Iowa algae and corn ethanol project points the way towards optimizing delivery of feed, fuel, carbon reduction. The most complete realizations of that vision at scale, to date, are the POET Liberty Project in Emmetsburg, Iowa;
October 19, 2011 Read Full Article
Henan Tianguan Expands the Capacity of Cellulosic Ethanol
(SB Wire) Henan Tianguan Fuel Ethanol Co., Ltd. (Henan Tianguan) plans to launch cellulosic ethanol plants to expand its capacity gradually in next three years, which is expected to reach 120,000t/a in 2014, according to CCM’s October Issue of Industrial
October 17, 2011 Read Full Article
Biorefinery Feedstock and Fuel for Bioenergy
by Dr. Carl Kukkonen (Viaspace) At the September 2011 Biorefining Conference,Dr. Kukkonen spoke about the properties of Giant King Grass. -- Giant King Grass is the lowest cost cellulosic feedstock for a biorefinery -- Co-location of biorefinery with Giant King Grass plantation greatly simplifies
October 17, 2011 Read Full Article
Monsanto Sorghum Seeds to Yield Brazil Ethanol During Cane Break
by Stephan Nielsen (Bloomberg) Monsanto Co., the world’s largest seed company, will sell enough sweet sorghum for 20,000 hectares (49,400 acres) of plantations in Brazil this year as sugar cane mills struggle to meet demand for ethanol and are seeking
October 17, 2011 Read Full Article
Coskata, Inc.’s Semi-Commercial Facility Demonstrates Two Years of Successful Operation
(Coskata) With More than 15,000 Run Hours, Company Focus Turns to Commercial Scale Facilities Coskata, Inc., a developer of technology for the production of advanced biofuels and biochemicals from biomass and waste materials, achieved two years of successful operations at
October 17, 2011 Read Full Article
Uganda: Planned Sweet Sorghum Project to Create 250 Jobs
by Dennis Picco (Esse Community) Up to 250 jobs are expected to be created in Kayunga District, Uganda, after the launch of the Sweet Sorghum Energy Plant. The plant will use sweet sorghum stems as the primary raw material. The $30m (Shs78b)
October 14, 2011 Read Full Article
Are IPOs Signaling Biorefining Market Growth Potential?
by Bryan Sims (Biorefining Magazine) In an industry that’s working feverishly to commercialize drop-in hydrocarbon biofuels and chemicals to diversify America’s technology portfolio and fuel mix for various on- and off-road applications, access to capital is certainly a critical component
October 14, 2011 Read Full Article
Biofuel Cost Cut by Hydrotreating Process Replacement
by Bob Brooks (Automotive Industries) A major factor limiting innovative bio fuel firms from commercializing their technologies is the need for large investment in, or cost of using outside refining facilities. There are many types of bio raw materials that
October 14, 2011 Read Full Article
Primus Green Energy Produces Drop-In Fuel with 25% Longer Runtime; Proprietary Thermal Chemical Process Successfully Tested In Pilot Production
(Enhanced Online News) Primus Green Energy (“Primus”), the leader in renewable, drop-in fuel, successfully proved its pilot scale production is capable of producing “drop-in” standard gasoline that achieves 25 percent longer runtime than regular unleaded fuel. The bio-gasoline product was
October 13, 2011 Read Full Article
Brazil Expresses Interest in Enhancing Fuel Ethanol Productivity
(Pakistan Today) Great potential for cooperation between two countries in ethanol production, renewable energy, hybrid seed, off-season vegetables and bio fuel World’s leader in ethanol fuel, Brazil has shown interest to collaborate with Pakistan in the transfer of knowledge and technology
October 12, 2011 Read Full Article
Argent Secures £7m in Funding from RBS
(Biofuels International) Biodiesel producer Argent Energy Group has been awarded £7 million (€8.1 million) from the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) to help fund its development. ...Lombard is funding the purchase of innovative equipment that will enable Argent to convert used
October 12, 2011 Read Full Article
New Mexico Producer Awarded Rural Development Grant
by Erin Voegele (Biodiesel Magazine) New Mexico-based Rio Valley Biofuels has been awarded a total of $40,962 in grant funding from USDA Rural Development to support upgrades at the facility and help support the hire of new employees. According to Dean
October 12, 2011 Read Full Article
Empire Oil Refineries Corp. Signs LOI to Acquire Promethean Bio-Fuels Inc as a Wholly owned Subsidiary
(BusinessWire) Arshad Shah, President and CEO of Empire Oil Refineries Corp., announces today on behalf of the Board of Directors of the Company, that the company has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to acquire Promethean Bio-Fuels Inc., as a
October 12, 2011 Read Full Article
Conversion Pathways for Bioenergy – Thinking Beyond Gasoline and Gasoline Additives: Catchlight Energy’s Biomass Liquefaction Process
by Paul Spindler (Catchlight Energy, LLC). The company CLE (Catchlight Energy) is a 50/50 partnership between the sustainable, forest-based feedstock company, Weyerhaeuser, and the commercial fuel company, Chevron. The purpose of this partnership is to link the benefits of a parent
October 10, 2011 Read Full Article
Green-Tech Firms Win Key Backing for Work
Neal St. Anthony (Star Tribune) ...Two years ago, McNeff's family-owned Anoka company inaugurated a $9 million plant in Isanti, Minn., that produces 3 million gallons annually of biodiesel made from used cooking oil. The approach is based on a discovery
October 10, 2011 Read Full Article
BP Biofuels Goes for Full Vertical Integration, in US Cellulosic Ethanol Expansion
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...Susan Ellerbusch: Now, at BP there are dozens of BP people who are experts in growing crops design, farm logistics. We are building an agriculture team after having acquired the biotech parts. ...Yes, every move
October 10, 2011 Read Full Article
Industry Perspectives on Bioenergy: Future of Bioenergy: POET’s Perspective
by Jim Sturdevant (POET) POET indicates that bioenergy provides a boost to rural economies and creates/saves jobs today. It mitigates costs of imported oil; consequently, the majority of jobs would not be outsourced. Bioenergy reduces environmental impacts of continued use
October 07, 2011 Read Full Article
County Told Ethanol Plant Will Be $100 Million Boost
by Ed Baldridge (News Sun) ...Bradley Krohn, manager of Highlands EnviroFuels LLC., presented an project status report to the County Commissioners on building a sugar cane-based ethanol plant. The new plant site has been secured at the southwest corner of U.S. 27
October 06, 2011 Read Full Article
SarTec Corporation Awarded $500,000 Department of Energy Grant
(PR NewsWire/SarTec) SarTec Corporation announced today it has received a $500,000 Department of Energy grant (Award # DE-EE0003127) as part of a larger project to develop and enhance the use of inedible energy crops for the production of advanced biofuels using the patented Mcgyan®
October 05, 2011 Read Full Article
New 100 mgy Renewable Diesel, Jet Project: Imperium Renewables CEO John Plaza
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...(Imperium CEO John) Plaza said that the company would remain committed to its biodiesel business, which has been profitable since Q4 2009 and is running at near-capacity, but was unlikely to expand because of the
October 04, 2011 Read Full Article
Making Global Project Development Work: Rentech CEO Hunt Ramsbottom
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...Ramsbottom said that companies looking at international expansion generally ask themselves four questions before proceeding: is there a need?; is the local environment welcoming?; does the company have the time and resources”; can the company afford
October 04, 2011 Read Full Article
Nuke It, Baby: Plasma2Energy’s Microwaves Aim for Super Low-Cost Biofuels
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) A lesser-known pilot project in Mexico says it can produce biofuels at parity with $33 oil. Can this ultra-low cost project replicate its results at scale. Where is it deploying, and when? ...With gasification technologies, the
October 03, 2011 Read Full Article
DOE Finalizes $132 Million Loan Guarantee to Support the Abengoa Bioenergy Project
(US Department of Energy) Groundbreaking Cellulosic Ethanol Project Expected to Fund Over 300 Jobs and Build Nation’s Capacity for Cellulosic Ethanol Production U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced that the Department finalized a $132.4 million loan guarantee to Abengoa Bioenergy
September 30, 2011 Read Full Article
Gevo Awarded Contract to Supply Jet Fuel to U.S. Air Force
(BusinessWire/Yahoo!Finance) Air Force Purchase is for Jet Engine Testing and Feasibility Flight Demonstration Gevo, Inc., a leading renewable chemicals and advanced biofuels company, received a $5 million grant from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for the development of biojet
September 30, 2011 Read Full Article
Gevo, the Panicked Investor, and the Aviation Fuels Opportunity
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) 30 billion gallons of aviation fuels demand, and Gevo’s got a technology to produce it, using retrofitted ethanol plants, and a path to fueling planes at parity with conventional jet fuel prices. Game-changer? ...Why are investors
September 30, 2011 Read Full Article
Molasses Can Help Philippines' Ethanol Producers Cut Costs, Fight Imports
(Platts) The use of molasses instead of sugar cane as feedstock for ethanol production could offer hope to ethanol producers in the Philippines as they struggle to cut production costs in a bid to compete with lower-priced imports, producers
September 29, 2011 Read Full Article
Greenergy Digs Deeper into Waste to Make Biodiesel
by Nigel Hunt and Ikuko Kurahone (Reuters) Major British independent oil firm Greenergy sees its future as an exploration company, but one that hunts for fuel in piles of stale pork pies and cakes rather than under the ground or from
September 29, 2011 Read Full Article
Wood Climbs from Supporting Role to Center Stage
by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine) ....But as it turns out, trees guard their precious C5 and C6 sugars, those necessary to produce cellulosic ethanol and biochemicals, with a nearly impenetrable system of natural defenses that has yet to
September 28, 2011 Read Full Article
Alberta-Pacific Pulp and Paper Mill Transitions to Biorefining
by Luke Geiver (Biodiesel Magazine) ...Beginning as far back as 1998, mills like Alberta-Pacific began experiencing tighter profit margins, some down to three percent, while mills in places like India or Brazil averaged nine and eight percent respectively. The move
September 28, 2011 Read Full Article
Blue Horizon Expanding into Renewable Diesel, Biodiesel Markets
by Bryan Sims (Biodiesel Magazine) Red Deer, Alberta, Canada-based Blue Horizon Bio-Diesel Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Blue Horizon Industries Inc., has entered into an exclusive license agreement with two undisclosed third parties to utilize a patent-pending technology to convert
September 28, 2011 Read Full Article
Imperium Renewables Helping Bring Biojet fuel to the Northwest
by Bryan Sims (Biodiesel Magazine) Seattle, Wash.-based biodiesel producer Imperium Renewables and the U.S. DOE’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have reported positive results in a joint development for the production of biomass-based drop-in jet fuel in the Pacific Northwest. So
September 28, 2011 Read Full Article
ZeaChem and Partners Awarded $40 million USDA Grant
(ZeaChem) ZeaChem Will Produce “Drop-In” Advanced Biofuels at Boardman, Oregon Biorefinery ZeaChem Inc., a developer of biorefineries for the conversion of renewable feedstocks into sustainable fuels and chemicals, today (September 28, 2011) announced it has been awarded part of a $40
September 28, 2011 Read Full Article
Milligan to Quintuple Production with Expansion
by Bruce Johnstone (Leader-Post/Star Phoenix) Milligan Bio-Tech Inc. is proceeding with an $8-million expansion of its biodiesel plant in Foam Lake, which will increase production five-fold — making Milligan the largest biodiesel producer in western Canada by the end
September 28, 2011 Read Full Article
Renewable Energy Technologies LLC Predicted to Produce Ethanol - 8,000 Gallons Daily - by End of Year
by Annette Manwell (Holland Sentinel) Renewable Energy Technologies LLC had hoped to produce ethanol in Holland by now, but building issues sent the company back to the market to find a new home. Now ethanol could be in production by the
September 28, 2011 Read Full Article
Renmatix Reveals Supercritical Hydrolysis as Lowest-Cost Pathway to Cellulosic Sugar
(PR Newswire/Renmatix) Kleiner Perkins' John Doerr, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett, and Amyris CEO John Melo laud company's novel use of super critical water Renmatix, the leading producer of cellulosic sugars, today unveiled the Plantrose™ process, the company's commercial approach to producing
September 27, 2011 Read Full Article
PHL May Produce Sweet Sorghum Bioethanol by 2013
(GMA News) By 2013, the country may start producing the first sweet sorghum-based bioethanol, the Bureau of Agricultural Research (BAR) said Monday. According to the bureau, the Philippine National Oil Co.-Alternative Fuels Corp. (PNOC-AFC) is now in exploratory talks with the
September 27, 2011 Read Full Article
The Third Way: Advanced Biofuels as a Systems of Systems
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...But underneath all the excitement, one feels just a little bit of desperation – oh, perhaps not just from these companies but their competitors. Everyone knows at some macro level that, while there are hundreds
September 27, 2011 Read Full Article
Project Costs Are Most Vulnerable During Early Stages
by Luke Geiver (Biorefining Magazine) The project life cycle for second- and third-generation biofuels and biobased chemical facilities has changed from the traditional model. That life cycle, which commonly begins at the pilot phase led by researchers, chemists or biologists
September 26, 2011 Read Full Article
Biodiesel Reaction and Separation Technology
by Christina Borgese and Marc Privitera (Biodiesel Magazine) Biodiesel reaction and separation methods range from the time-honored large batch tanks with long residence time reactions and water washes for product separation to intensification, enzymatic, and supercritical reactions coupled with distillation
September 26, 2011 Read Full Article
UK Biodiesel Producer Looking to Expand Capacity
by Luke Geiver (Biodiesel Magazine) When the founders of Organic Drive, a U.K.-based biodiesel producer, decided to leave their industrial and operational consulting positions, the team wanted to find an industry that was growing. They chose the biodiesel industry, according
September 26, 2011 Read Full Article
COFCO Accelerating Construction of Cellulosic Ethanol Producion Line
(SBWire) COFCO's first phase of the cellulosic ethanol production line will lay a foundation in Zhaodong, in December 2011. The first phase of the cellulosic ethanol production line with capacity of 50,000t/a in COFCO Corporation (COFCO) will lay a foundation
September 26, 2011 Read Full Article
Government Gives Hope for Ensus Plant
by Rob Merrick (The Northern Echo) Production at one of Europe's largest biofuel plants will soon be "up and running again" after the Government pledged to come to its rescue, an MP vowed yesterday. In May Ensus said it was temporarily
September 26, 2011 Read Full Article
Fulcrum Bioenergy’s $115M IPO: The 10-Minute Version
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) The first zero-cost feedstock biofuels company comes to the public markets with its IPO. ...Fulcrum becomes the 12th company to file for an IPO in the industrial biotech boom, which began with a successful listing on
September 26, 2011 Read Full Article
Nigeria: Varsity Develops Equipment for Producing Biodiesel
(AllAfrica.com) The University of Benin through its National Centre for Energy and Environment (NCEE) has developed an equipment for the production of biodiesel. The Director of NCEE, Prof. Lawrence Ezemonye, made the disclosure in an interview on Monday in Benin. Ezemonye said the
September 22, 2011 Read Full Article
Neste Oil Starts Up Europe's Largest Renewable Diesel Plant in Rotterdam
(Neste Oil) Neste Oil has successfully started up Europe's largest renewable diesel plant in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Production of NExBTL renewable diesel at the new plant will be ramped up on a phased basis. The start-up is a significant
September 22, 2011 Read Full Article
Elevance's $100M IPO: The 10-Minute Version
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Like to quickly understand the surge in renewable chemicals and one of the hottest companies in the hottest sector of the bioconomy? Here’s our 10-minute version of the IPO from Elevance Renewable Sciences. Complete with the
September 22, 2011 Read Full Article
INKUD, Lestari Pasifik to Build 616 Bio-Ethanol Plants
(Jakarta Post) PT INKUD Exchange signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Monday with Malaysian biotechnology firm Lestari Pasifik Berhad to establish a joint venture aiming to set up 616 bio-refinery factories to process oil palm waste into bio-ethanol
September 22, 2011 Read Full Article
Biodiesel Plants Back from the Brink
by David Shaffer (Los Angeles Times) Across the nation, biodiesel plants have been restarting or ramping up production, spurred by a revived federal tax credit and renewable energy mandates. ...At least 52 of the nation's 170 biodiesel plants were idled last
September 20, 2011 Read Full Article
Uttarakhand to Replicate Kiwi Biofuel Experiment
by Shishir Prashant (Business Standard) Ruchi Soya, an oilseed company, with a Rs 13,000-crore turnover, wants to replicate the experiment done by New Zealand — of using biodiesel as an alternative green fuel from Jatropha plants, to successfully fly airplanes. For this
September 20, 2011 Read Full Article
Biofuel Producer Increasing Production
(ABC News) Pilbara biofuel producer ASHOIL says it is looking to double its production by next year. The subsidiary of the Ashburton Aboriginal Corporation turns waste cooking oil from Rio Tinto's mining camps into biodiesel for drill and blast operations at
September 20, 2011 Read Full Article
Mascoma’s IPO: The 10-Minute Version
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Intrigued by cellulosic ethanol and a new product called MGT, in Mascoma’s IPO? ...Mascoma Corporation announced that it has filed an S-1 registration statement relating to a proposed $100 million initial public offering. The number of
September 20, 2011 Read Full Article
N.J. Company Eyes Plainfield Township as Potential Site for Biofuel Plant
by Tom Shortell (LehighValleyLive.com) A New Jersey company is considering building a biorefinery in Plainfield Township that would convert tall grass and wood pellets into fuel, but no official plans have been submitted to the township. Primus Green Energy, based out of
September 19, 2011 Read Full Article
Turning Waste into Inexpensive, Green Fuel
(University of California-Riverside) Two grants will allow further development of steam hydro-gasification process that turns waste from food, yards and other sources into transportation fuels or natural gas Researchers at the University of California, Riverside’s Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CERT) at
September 16, 2011 Read Full Article
Memo to Microalgae, Frankencritters and Biovarmints: Aloha Means I Love You
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Hawaii goes all in on microalgae to provide fuel, food, fiber and power to grow its energy-starved Mid-Pacific economy and fit its environmental values ...Hawaii has no fossil fuel resources of its own. Not to mention
September 16, 2011 Read Full Article
Neste Oil Launches Joint Algae Research Program
by Bryan Sims (Biodiesel Magazine) Finnish renewable diesel producer Neste Oil has launched a joint algae research program with the Marine Research Centre at the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) in an effort to further expand its feedstock portfolio by potentially
September 14, 2011 Read Full Article
Hawaiian Electric Selects Hawai`i BioEnergy to Supply Sustainable Local Biofuel for Kahe Power Plan
(Hawai'i Bioenergy) Hawaiian Electric Company and Hawai`i BioEnergy, LLC have agreed on a contract for a supply of 10 million gallons per year of locally grown and processed biofuel for power generation at Hawaiian Electric’s Kahe Generating Station. The contract now goes to
September 14, 2011 Read Full Article
Fly the (Hic!) Friendly Skies: Renewable Jet Fuel from Alcohol
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...But a handful of companies such as Cobalt, Gevo, Terrabon, LanzaTech and ZeaChem, are shaking up the emerging aviation biofuels markets by developing renewable aviation fuels from ethanol and/or biobutanol. ...“An alcohol molecule, looking at it
September 14, 2011 Read Full Article
USDA Scientists Use Commercial Enzyme to Improve Grain Ethanol Production
by Ann Perry (US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service) A commercial enzyme could reduce overall costs linked with producing ethanol from grain, and also reduce associated emissions of greenhouse gases, according to a study by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
September 13, 2011 Read Full Article
The Green Strike Group: The Fuels, The Force, The Skinny
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...Tactically, a Green Strike Group, powered by renewable diesel-electric engines, nuclear power and aviation biofuels, is able to operate independent of fossil fuel supply line threat or disruption. In the near term, this is
September 13, 2011 Read Full Article
Biofuels Firm Plans Bellevue Refinery
by Ross Boettcher (World-Herald/Omaha.com) A La Vista-based biofuels company Thursday proposed a $100 million project to build a biorenewable fuel refinery in Bellevue that could create at least 50 local jobs. The company, BioSyn Resources, wants to build a three-tiered refinery
September 12, 2011 Read Full Article
Keystone BioFuels Paves Way for Evolving Fuel industry
Monica Von Dobeneck (The Patriot-News /PennLive.c0m) Ben Wooten is doubling his workforce, quadrupling his space and increasing his production tenfold at his Keystone BioFuels in Lower Allen Twp. Not bad in a stagnant economy, he said. Wooten said government
September 12, 2011 Read Full Article
Primus Green Energy Expands Drop-In Fuel Development Plant in N.J., Increases Total Production Capacity
(BusinessWire/Primus Green Energy) Primus Green Energy (“Primus”), the leader in renewable, drop-in fuel, has expanded its U.S.-based development facility in New Jersey, enabling the company to build its complete, integrated thermal-chemical process. Primus’ game-changing process for converting biomass into gasoline
September 10, 2011 Read Full Article
Neuron Bio Acquires Pilot Plant
by Erin Voegele (Biorefining Magazine) Spain-based Neuron Bio recently announced it has commissioned a pilot-scale fermentation plant. According to the company, the new plant will be used to scale up the production of yeast, bacteria and algae as part of
September 08, 2011 Read Full Article
Panama: $2 Million for Cassava Ethanol Plant
(Central America Data) The company Agro 2 has opened the first plant of its kind in Santiago, province of Veraguas. With an initial investment of $2 million the processing plant producing cassava-based ethanol will begin operations next week, as indicated by representatives
September 08, 2011 Read Full Article
State OKs POET Plan to Recycle Storm Water at South Dakota Plant
(POET) POET Biorefining -- Mitchell to cut even more water use Mitchell is layering another level of water recycling on top of its current system with a new process to use storm water from nearby retention ponds. The plant received approval last
September 08, 2011 Read Full Article
Washakie Renewable Energy Celebrates Utah Plant Opening
by Bryan Sims (Biodiesel Magazine) Washakie Renewable Energy LLC hosted local and state dignitaries on Sept. 1 for an open house event and plant tour celebrating the start of its 10 MMgy biodiesel production facility near Plymouth, Utah. According to WRE
September 07, 2011 Read Full Article
Dynamotive Announces that GE Joined Consortium Established to Develop Australian Biofuel
(MarketWatch/Dynamotive) GE today (September 1, 12011) announced that it has joined Virgin Australia and a consortium of other partners to research and develop commercial biofuel for the aviation industry. The consortium will focus on pyrolytic conversion of biomass from mallee eucalypt
September 06, 2011 Read Full Article
GBL and Songyuan Laihe Chemical Company (Laihe) Enter into a Technology Collaboration Agreement
(Green Biologics) GBL and Laihe Chemical Co. a company focused on producing bio-fuels and bio-chemicals from non-food bio-mass resources have entered into a collaborative development and licensing agreement in China. Under the terms of the agreement GBL and Laihe
September 02, 2011 Read Full Article
Denmark's DONG Energy Exploring Large Biofuel Plant
by Teis Jensen (Reuters) New consortium invests in feasibility study * Plans involve second-generation bioethanol plant * Plant could cost $390 million - $580 million Denmark's DONG Energy and local partners will explore the possibility of building a bioenergy complex, including a large-scale
August 31, 2011 Read Full Article
China’s Vision for Renewable Energy: The Status of Bioenergy and Bioproduct Research and Commercialization
Elizabeth R. Nesbitt, Paul Thiers, Johnway Gao, Sharon Shoemaker, Manuel Garcia-Perez, Julie Carrier, Joy Doran-Peterson, John Morgan, Guangyi Wang, Pierre Christian Wensel, Shulin Chen (Journal of International Commerce and Economics) The Chinese government is vigorously promoting commercialization of renewable energy and bioproducts, given environmental issues plus food, energy, and national security concerns,
August 30, 2011 Read Full Article
Wind Projects Provide a Model
by Susanne Retka Schill (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Investors with an appetite for loss, common in wind projects, may be what's needed to see CHP take hold in the ethanol industry. ...using corn stover for biomass power and steam, selling the excess power
August 30, 2011 Read Full Article
Hartley, IA Ethanol Plant Eyes Expansion
by Mark Victoria (KTIV.com) ...Now after seeing profits, an expansion is in the works. "Each of the plants has seven fermenters which help in the ethanol making process. We're going to build an 8th, which will help again increase some of
August 29, 2011 Read Full Article
Federal GHG Reporting Tool Opens for Business
by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine) The U.S. EPA announced Aug. 22 that its electronic tool for reporting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, dubbed e-GRRT, is finally ready for use. The agency is requiring participants of the Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse
August 27, 2011 Read Full Article
Valero: ‘Ethanol Has Been Successful for Us’
by Bill Shea (The Messenger) Company leaders visit Webster County plant Trucks loaded with corn line up every day at the front gate of the Valero Renewables ethanol plant west of Fort Dodge, while at the opposite end of the facility
August 27, 2011 Read Full Article
Improvements in Ethanol Process Result in Lower GHG Emissions
by Geoff Cooper (Renewable Fuels Association) America is home to the most innovative, productive and efficient ethanol and grain producers in the world. ...(T)he trend line for both industries is toward greater productivity utilizing fewer resources. When viewed as a
August 27, 2011 Read Full Article
Honeywell to Build Pilot-Scale Biomass Refinery in Kapolei
by Duane Shimogawa (Pacific Business News) ...Groundbreaking for Honeywell’s UOP integrated biorefinery is scheduled for next week at Tesoro Corp. ’s refinery in Kapolei. The project, funded by a $25 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy, will integrate two
August 26, 2011 Read Full Article
Work Begins on Carbon-Capture at ADM Decatur Site
(St. Louis Today/AP) The U.S. Department of Energy says construction has started on a $207.5 million project to capture carbon dioxide produced by an ethanol plant in Illinois and store it underground. The Energy Department said construction started Tuesday on the
August 26, 2011 Read Full Article
Hitachi Zosen to Convert Waste into Biofuel
(TheBioenergySite.com) Hitachi Zosen has teamed up with the city of Kyoto and Kumamoto University to begin converting municipal waste into ethanol on a trial basis. ...The biofuel produced will be used to fuel cars and as boiler fuel for factories. READ
August 24, 2011 Read Full Article
Biofuel Firm's US Deal Paves Way for Major Plant
by Bill Moore (Stuff.co.nz) Nelson-based biofuel company Aquaflow Bionomic Corporation has announced a deal with a Texas-based renewable fuel company that paves the way for the building of a multimillion-dollar biofuels plant. Its agreement is with CRI Catalyst Company, a provider
August 24, 2011 Read Full Article
Fuel Plant Cancels Lease: $350M Ethanol Project at Port Terminated by Mutual Agreement
by Larry Rulison (Times Union) Plans for a $350 million ethanol plant at the Port of Albany have been scrapped as Congress inches closer to eliminating lucrative tax subsidies for the corn-to-fuel industry. Port of Albany General Manager Rick Hendrick said Monday that the
August 23, 2011 Read Full Article
A Constant in Changing Times: One Plant’s Success Story in an Ever-evolving Industry
by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine) ...Near Hastings, a community of about 25,000 people nestled amid the seemingly endless corn fields of south-central Nebraska, Chief Ethanol Fuels Inc. has been steadily churning out ethanol since late 1984. The oldest dry-mill
August 23, 2011 Read Full Article
HPCL Bio Fuel to Start Sugar Production in Bihar Soon
by Shishir Sinha (The Hindu Business Line) What could be seen as a revival of the sugar industry in Bihar, HPCL Bio Fuels Ltd will start producing sugar and ethanol from the coming sugar season starting October. HPCL Bio Fuels Ltd is
August 18, 2011 Read Full Article
BQ-9000: A Community-Scale Perspective
by Rachel Burton (Biodiesel Magazine/Piedmont Biofuels) ...Piedmont Biofuels made a strategic decision to voluntarily implement a quality management system (QMS) at its central North Carolina production facility. With this NREL data published, Piedmont was inspired to demonstrate that smaller producers
August 17, 2011 Read Full Article
Streamlining a Community-Scale Solution
by Erin Voegele (Biodiesel Magazine) ...According to Greg Springer, president of Green Fuels America Inc., interest in community-scale biodiesel production is increasing all around the world. He attributes this to both high fuel prices and the specific advantages community-scale production
August 17, 2011 Read Full Article
Do Community Co-Ops Matter?
by Luke Geiver (Biodiesel Magazine) ...Biodiesel co-ops are doing their part in the continued growth of the industry one 5-gallon jug of waste vegetable oil (WVO) biodiesel at a time. If the 5 MMgy producers are working to provide an
August 17, 2011 Read Full Article
Biodiesel Industry Producing Record Volumes, Fueling Job Creation
by National Biodiesel Board (Biodiesel Magazine) ...The new numbers, coming after Congress reinstated the biodiesel tax incentive this year, demonstrate the power that strong domestic energy policy can have in helping create jobs and economic activity. Despite the weak economy, the
August 17, 2011 Read Full Article
It’s Out There
by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine) ...Inbicon conducted an extensive crop study and biomass research project to show just how much biomass is available in the Midwest. “Our findings confirm that North America’s great abundance of corn stover and wheat
August 17, 2011 Read Full Article
Corn for Hydrocarbons
by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Add-on technology developed for corn ethanol plants Rather than retrofitting a corn-ethanol plant to produce i-butanol, n-butanol or use other novel fermentation technologies, three companies are collaborating to turn a traditional ethanol plant into a
August 17, 2011 Read Full Article
Karnataka's Second Bio-Diesel Plant to Come up Near Devanahalli
by Aparajita Ray (Daily News and Analysis) A bio-diesel manufacturing unit with a 50-tonne daily capacity will be set up near Devanahalli in four months, Karnataka State Biofuel Development Board chairman YB Ramakrishna told DNA on the sidelines of a World
August 16, 2011 Read Full Article
BCAP Helps Abengoa Solve Chicken-and-Egg Feedstock Issue
by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine) With help from the USDA Biomass Crop Assistance Program, Abengoa is on its way to establishing a significantly sized switchgrass plantation in parts of Kansas and Oklahoma surrounding the site of the company’s proposed
August 15, 2011 Read Full Article
Town Hopes for Trash-to-Ethanol Plant, but Frustrations Mount
by Marc Chase (NWI.com) What had been all excitement regarding a possible economic boon for this south Lake County town is turning into some frustration and deflated spirits, according to one Schneider official. Town Council President Richard Wright said he still
August 15, 2011 Read Full Article
Biofuel Maker KiOR Faces Questions over Funding
By Ucilia Wang (GigaOm) Freshly minted as a public company, biofuel producer KiOR reported Thursday that it brought in no revenues and widened its losses for the second quarter. Given that no one expected the young company to make much money yet,
August 12, 2011 Read Full Article
Garbage in, Energy out: Turning Trash into Biofuel
by David Biello (Scientific American) Making biofuels from waste makes dollars--and sense ...Turning garbage into fuel is potentially an answer to two pressing problems—diminishing the world's dependence on fossil fuels and an alternative to burying trash in landfills. In fact, the 468 million
August 11, 2011 Read Full Article
Company Plans to Turn Old Beverages into Ethanol
(Waste and Recycling News) Detroit-based DART said its new location will turn alcohol and sugar-based beverages such as old beer, wine, soda, juice and liquor into fuel grade ethanol. In addition, the company said, the facility will also convert the
August 10, 2011 Read Full Article
Aviation Calls For Government Backing To Boost Biofuels
by Graham Warwick (Aviation Week) The U.S. aviation industry is pressing Congress to extend funding for goverment programs providing support to start up commercial-scale production of renewable biofuels. ...Work on the 2012 Farm Bill is getting under way, and witnesses at
August 09, 2011 Read Full Article
Company Buys, Plans to Reopen NextDiesel Plant
by John Mulcahy (Daily Telegram/LenConnect) A New York-based company has bought the closed NextDiesel plant in Adrian and plans to reopen it to produce biodiesel fuel. ...EnerVation Advisors is preparing to clean the plant’s tanks and make other preparation for reopening,
August 09, 2011 Read Full Article
China to Finance Biofuel Projects in Malaysia; but see: Lestari: No Intention to Solicit Funds from the Public
by Liz Lee (The Star) Lestari, Arter Group to build 616 plants Lestari Pasifik Bhd, in an unprecedented joint venture with Russian company Arter Group, is expecting to receive project financing from the Chinese government to build bio-refinery plants in Malaysia and
August 09, 2011 Read Full Article
Is New Zealand’s New Government Killing Biofuels?
by Joelle Brink (Biofuels Digest Asia) Months are passing but New Zealand ’s new government still won’t say whether or not it will incentivise biofuels production and new plant construction. Latest in this shoot-your-own-economy-in-the foot saga is Ecodiesel’s multi-million dollar
August 09, 2011 Read Full Article
SynTerra Energy Eyes Ohio for New Biorefinery
by Luke Geiver (Biorefining Magazine) After nearly five years of research and development, the work of Pacific Renewable Fuels and Chemicals, and Red Lion Bio-Energy, has turned into a new biorefining company: SynTerra Energy Inc. SynTerra Energy combines pyrolysis and
August 04, 2011 Read Full Article
Who’s on the List? The U.S. EPA Pegs a Handful of Cellulosic Producers to Contribute to Next Year’s RFS Goal
by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine) In June, the U.S EPA issued its proposal to reduce the coming year’s cellulosic biofuels volume target for the renewable fuel standard (RFS). The RFS goals set by Congress in 2007 call for increasing
August 04, 2011 Read Full Article
Ethanol Plant's Opening in Southern Indian River Delayed until Summer 2012
by Henry A. Stephens (TCPalm.com) The opening of the nation's first waste-derived bio-ethanol plant is running a few months behind schedule, officials said Tuesday, but not by enough time to cause concern. "We hope to be up and running by this
August 04, 2011 Read Full Article
Pacific Biodiesel to Power New Hawaiian Electric Emergency Plant
(Pacific Business News) Pacific Biodiesel, Inc., will supply at least 250,000 gallons of locally-produced biodiesel to Hawaiian Electric Co’s new 8-megawatt emergency power facility at Honolulu International Airport that will open in October 2012. The three-year contract calls for Pacific Biodiesel to supply
August 03, 2011 Read Full Article
Sud-Chemie Breaks Ground on German Wheat Straw-to-Ethanol Plant
by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine) German-based international specialty chemicals company Süd-Chemie AG held a groundbreaking July 26 for a 1,000 ton-per-year, demonstration-scale cellulosic ethanol plant in Straubing, located in the Lower Bavaria region. The plant, which is expected begin
August 02, 2011 Read Full Article
The Loaves and the Fishes: Drop-In Renewable Biofuels, from Unlikely Sources
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...A conversation with Terrabon COO Simon Upfill-Brown ...BD: Fuels or chemicals, for the first project? SU-B: We are still very much focused on fuel, we feel that fuel is the way to go for the first plant
August 02, 2011 Read Full Article
Grown Energy to Invest in Making Ethanol in Mozambique, AIM Says
by Fred Katerere (Bloomberg) Grown Energy Zambeze Ltda. will invest $320 million to make ethanol from sugar cane in the central Mozambican province of Sofala, state-controlled Agencia de Informacao de Mocambique reported. Production is scheduled to start in 2013,... READ MORE
August 01, 2011 Read Full Article
Missouri University Professor Helps to Plant Seeds for an Advanced Biofuel Economy
by Megan Cassidy (Columbia Missourian) Shibu Jose and his team believe that today’s soggy river bottoms could be untapped grounds for the largest advanced biofuel economy in the nation. Jose, director for MU’s Center for Agroforestry, is proposing to cultivate and harvest
August 01, 2011 Read Full Article
Trash-to-Fuel Company Enerkem Raises Another $30M
by Matthew Lynley (Green Beat) Enerkem, a company that specializes in converting unusable waste into ethanol and other chemicals, announced today that it has raised $30 million in an extension of its most recent funding round. Enerkem converts household garbage and leftover
August 01, 2011 Read Full Article
Building on the Success of Corn Ethanol to Corn Hydrocarbons
by Holly Jessen (DomesticFuel.com) Although the U.S. corn ethanol industry is frequently misunderstood and misrepresented, it’s the only domestic renewable fuel industry to reach significant scale and make a measurable impact on the U.S. fuel supply, said Luca Zullo, principal
August 01, 2011 Read Full Article
Gevo Partners with Petrochem Firm to Build Demo Biorefinery
by Luke Geiver (Biorefining Magazine) Gevo Inc. has partnered with a Texas-based petrochemical company to build a demonstration hydrocarbon processing plant in Silsbee, Texas. South Hampton Resources, a subsidiary of Arabian American Development Co., will build and operate the 10,000
July 30, 2011 Read Full Article
DDCE Begins Second Year of Stover Collection Program
(Ethanol Producer Magazine) The second year of DuPont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol LLC’s corn stover collection program is under way in Iowa as the company prepares to construct Project Blackhawk - a 25 MMgy stover-to-ethanol plant which will be located adjacent
July 29, 2011 Read Full Article
Sud-Chemie Starts Construction of German Cellulosic Ethanol Plant
(Platts) Specialty chemicals company Sud-Chemie AG said Tuesday it had began construction of a demonstration plant that will be the largest in Germany dedicated to the production of cellulosic ethanol from non-edible crop waste. The plant is due to start operating
July 29, 2011 Read Full Article
Poet Has Green Plan for Water
by Anna Jauhola (The Daily Republic) In a continuing effort to operate as green as possible, Poet Biorefining is the first ethanol plant in the state to apply to use storm water in the facility rather than discharging it. Through an
July 29, 2011 Read Full Article
GM Builds B100 Vehicles
by Virendra Pandit (ETCGreen.com) The global giant recently joined a tripartite agreement with the US Department of Energy (DOE) and the Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSMCRI), Bhavnagar, in a $950,000 project in Gujarat for five years. CSMCRI on
July 22, 2011 Read Full Article
Lignol Phases Out Demo Project, Pursues Commercial Opportunities
by Bryan Sims (Biorefining Magazine) Lignol Innovations Inc., a subsidiary of Vancouver-based Lignol Energy Corp., has reached an agreement with the U.S. DOE’s Biomass Program to discontinue work of a proposed 2.5 MMgy cellulosic ethanol demonstration-scale project in Grand Junction,
July 21, 2011 Read Full Article
Diversifying The Ethanol Industry With Biodiesel
by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel.com) ...A new option for the ethanol industry to diversify is to add a biodiesel plant to the end of its corn oil extraction technology. This idea lends itself one step closer to a true biorefinery. ...(A) 100 million
July 20, 2011 Read Full Article
PTTAR Shelves Jet Biofuel Project
by Nalin Viboonchart (The Nation) PTT Aromatics and Refining (PTTAR) has put on hold its US$150-million (Bt4.5 billion) jet-biofuel project, given the exorbitant production cost and the likelihood that the price of the fuel would deter potential buyers. Prajya Phinyawat, chief operating
July 20, 2011 Read Full Article
The Sugar Rush: Dow, Mitsui Revive Major Renewables Project in Brazil
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...In Brazil, Dow Chemical has teamed with Mitsui in a JV that will produce ethanol and bioplastics from sugarcane, which the companies are saying will be the world’s largest biopolymers investment. The project will produce DOWLEXT
July 20, 2011 Read Full Article
US Energy Department Celebrates Loan Guarantee Successes as Stimulus-Supported 1705 Program Comes to Close
by Jonathan Silver (Department of Energy/Biofuels Digest) ...the U.S. Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office (LPO) has been extremely busy, committing or closing 19 additional financings of clean energy projects – including one of the country’s first commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol
July 20, 2011 Read Full Article
Biofuels Center Looks at Research Triangle Partnership Area
by David Ranii (News Observer) The Research Triangle Regional Partnership is one of seven regional groups across the state selected by the Biofuels Center of North Carolina to identify sites suitable for a biofuels production facility. The goal is to come up
July 19, 2011 Read Full Article
Zimbabwe: Biofuels - a 'Happy Accident'
(AllAfrica.com/The Herald) Zimbabwe is trying to resurrect its biofuels energy sector after needlessly crucifying the ethanol project in the Lowveld 20 years ago. More than anything else, this has been a direct response to the country's fuel crisis of 2003-2009 and
July 19, 2011 Read Full Article
BioVerde Expands From Biodiesel to Chemicals Derived From Plants
by Stephan Nielsen (Bloomberg) BioVerde Industria e Comercio de Biocombustiveis SA, a biodiesel company that’s building Brazil’s biggest refinery, is seeking to become the country’s top providers of specialty chemicals produced from renewable sources. The company plans to retrofit a facility
July 18, 2011 Read Full Article
EdeniQ Signs Deal to Continue Cellunator Improvements
by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine) EdeniQ Inc., which is developing technology to add cellulosic ethanol production capabilities to existing corn-to-ethanol facilities announced it has reached a deal with IKA Works Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Germany-based manufacturing firm IKA
July 18, 2011 Read Full Article
Lignol Energy Says U.S. Gov't Will Phase out Funding for Ethanol Pilot Project
(Canadian Business) Lignol Energy Corp. says its demonstration project to show the commercial potential of producing ethanol from plant cellulose no longer qualifies for up to US$30 million of funding from a U.S. government biofuels program. The Vancouver-based company said Friday
July 15, 2011 Read Full Article
$70M Approved for Ethanol Plant
by Bob Moser (The Advertiser) Lacassine Syrup Mill will be joined by nation's first sugar-to-ethanol facility Bonds worth $70 million to help build the nation's first sugar-to-ethanol plant in Lacassine passed a first step of approval Monday by the Louisiana Public
July 14, 2011 Read Full Article
German Biofuel Firm Choren Declares Insolvency
(Reuters) German second generation biofuels company Choren Industries GmbH has declared insolvency, a company spokesperson said on Friday. Choren is building Germany's first biofuels plant producing using second generations of biomass raw materials. ...The plant is being built in Freiberg in south
July 13, 2011 Read Full Article
County Offers Incentives to Lure Chemtex
by Chris Berendt (The Sampson Independent) A $160 million ethanol biofuels plant would bring 65 new jobs and an opportunity for Sampson County to position itself on the forefront of alternative energy technology as the site of the first plant of
July 12, 2011 Read Full Article
Say "NO" to an Ethanol Plant at the Harbour
(Oshawa.com) ...Oshawa says “NO” to an ethanol plant at our harbour for the following reasons: The proposed ethanol plant would be located on a historic and prominent height of land overlooking Lake Ontario. The proposed ethanol plant would be located beside the
July 12, 2011 Read Full Article
POET Receives Offer for a Conditional Commitment for $105 Million Cellulosic Ethanol Loan Guarantee
(POET) POET has received an offer for a conditional commitment for a $105 million U.S. Department of Energy loan guarantee to construct a cellulosic ethanol plant in Emmetsburg, Iowa that will produce 25 million-gallon-per-year from corn cobs, leaves, husks and
July 07, 2011 Read Full Article
Waste Timber from Diamond Mine to Be Used for Ethanol
by Matthew Liebenberg (Nipawin Journal) Timber that will be cleared from the proposed Shore Gold diamond mine site in the Fort à la Corne forest will be processed and converted into cellulose ethanol at a future green fuel facility in
July 07, 2011 Read Full Article
Instalan Planta de Biodiesel Extraído del Piñón en Morelos
(La Jornada) Especialistas del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN) instalaron en Morelos una planta piloto que produce biodiesel a partir de la extracción de aceite de la semilla de la planta silvestre Jatropha Curcas, conocida como piñón mexicano. El proyecto realizado con
July 07, 2011 Read Full Article
Biodiesel from Corn Oil: a Growing Force
by Ron Kotrba (Biodiesel Magazine) Resurgence in the biodiesel industry and its demand for inedible corn oil extracted from ethanol plants was a topic of great discussion at the Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo last week in Indianapolis. Several experts
July 06, 2011 Read Full Article
FEW: 'Feed is Food' Cautions Panel
by Ron Kotrba (Ethanol Producer Magazine) The Food Safety Modernization Act is changing how ethanol producers do business, and it’s shifting focus on just being fuel producers that incidentally make a feed coproduct, to being fuel—and food—producers. “Feed is food,”
July 05, 2011 Read Full Article
FEW: Large Crowd Attends Cellulosic Integration Discussion
by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine) ...(I)ndustry experts discussed their views toward integrating cellulosic production at existing corn ethanol facilities. ...The panelists seemed in agreement that integrating cellulosic ethanol production with existing first-generation plants presents an ideal expansion opportunity. However their
June 30, 2011 Read Full Article
California Plant Surprised by Opposition to Anaerobic Digestion
by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Maybe it’s because they didn’t get the word out adequately. Perhaps it’s because they didn’t talk to their neighbors soon enough in the process. Whatever the reason, some just aren’t convinced, as Calgren Renewable
June 29, 2011 Read Full Article
Noble Group to Build Biodiesel Plant in Argentina
(Reuters) Commodity trader Noble Group will invest $50 million in a biodiesel plant in Argentina, President Cristina Fernandez said on Wednesday. Argentina is one of the world's biggest exporters of biodiesel, producing the fuel from ample supplies of soybean oil, and
June 29, 2011 Read Full Article
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