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Brazil to Breathe Life into Faded Cuban Sugar Sector

by Esteban Israel and Peter Murphy (Reuters Africa)  Brazilian builder Odebrecht plans to produce sugar in Cuba, the company said on Monday, as looser restrictions on foreign investment in the communist island raise hopes of a recovery in the once-booming sector after decades of decline. ...Odebrecht

January 31, 2012 Read Full Article

And Now, a Word from Davos: “Moving towards a Next-Generation Ethanol Economy”.

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  Bloomberg New Energy Finance launched its report “Moving towards a next-generation ethanol economy”. Commissioned by Novozymes, the report estimates the socioeconomic prospects of deploying advanced biofuels in eight of the highest agricultural-producing regions in the world, i.e.

January 25, 2012 Read Full Article

Embrapa Will Charge Less Than Monsanto for Modified Sugar Cane

by Stephan Nielsen (Bloomberg)  Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuaria, Brazil’s state-owned agricultural research agency, plans to charge less than major seed companies including Monsanto Co. (MON), Bayer AG (BAYN) and Syngenta AG (SYNN) when it begins selling sugar cane that’s genetically engineered to resist drought. The agency

January 23, 2012 Read Full Article

2012 Merger Mania Gets Underway: Green Biologics, Butylfuel Merge

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)   In the UK, Green Biologics Limited  announced the merger between GBL and butylfuel Inc., a US-based renewable chemicals and biofuels company. The new company will operate under the Green Biologics name and continue to be

January 20, 2012 Read Full Article

U.S. Became World’s Top Ethanol Exporter in 2011

by Simone Sebastian (FuelFix)  The United States became the world’s leading exporter of ethanol in 2011, selling a record level of the biofuel into overseas markets, according to the Renewable Fuels Association. The nation has made a stunning about-face in its role

January 18, 2012 Read Full Article

A New "OPEC" Energy Source: Biofuel from Brazilian Orange Peels

by Loreto Urbino  (AMÉRICAECONOMÍA/Worldcrunch)  A London-based project dubbed OPEC (Orange Peel Exploitation Company) aims to make biofuel from the waste from the more than 10 million tons of oranges that Brazil squeezes into juice each year. It is the latest

January 17, 2012 Read Full Article

Moving from Jatropha 2.0 to Jatropha 2.$

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...In California, SG Biofuels has completed a $17 million Series B financing led by Thomas, McNerney & Partners with participation from Finistere Ventures and current investors Flint Hills Resources and Life Technologies Corporation. ...It (SG Biofuels)

January 17, 2012 Read Full Article

Abengoa Selected by the Brazilian Development Bank to Develop a Second Generation Ethanol Plant in Brazil Based on Sugar Cane

(Abengoa)  Abengoa, the international company that applies innovative technology solutions for sustainable development in the energy and environment sectors, has been selected by the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) and FINEP, the promotion and investment agency for studies and projects, to

January 13, 2012 Read Full Article

Construction: Begins Operating in Antarctica with Ethanol Supplied by Petrobras

(TBPetroleum.com/Petrobras)  Began operating today (10), with fuel supplied by Petrobras, the Construction: ethanol that will illuminate the Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station. With this initiative, Brazil will be the first country to use biofuel for energy production on the continent. The

January 12, 2012 Read Full Article

Biofuels Become a Victim of Own Success – but Not for Long

by Damian Carrington (Government Online)  For the first time in a decade, the vast biofuel industry has stalled. But with crude prices still high, charting a course towards biofuels that do more good than harm is more vital than ever. ... “The

January 12, 2012 Read Full Article

The 7 Paths of the New Agriculture

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...But the New Agriculture has arisen in recent years, with new solutions to the old dilemma: how do you produce, and afford, and haul, and utilize enough feedstock to make an integrated biorefinery work? How

January 06, 2012 Read Full Article

Evogene to Establish Evofuel Ltd. for Developing Advanced Feedstock for Biofuel

(MarketWire/Evogene)  Wholly Owned Subsidiary Expanding Castor Bean Activity in Brazil Evogene Ltd.  announced that it is establishing Evofuel, a wholly owned subsidiary, to focus on developing seed for advanced second-generation feedstock for biofuel. Included in the activities that are being transferred from

January 06, 2012 Read Full Article

New Biofuel Production Technologies: Overview of These Expanding Sectors and the Challenges Facing Them

(IFP Energies Nouvelles)  The numerous research programmes looking at new-generation biofuels that were initiated over the last ten years are now starting to bear fruit. Although no plants are producing and marketing biofuels yet, the large-scale, industrial feasibility of second-generation biofuel production at

December 30, 2011 Read Full Article

Growing Pains: Brazil’s Sugarcane Ethanol Industry Hits a Snag

by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  ...Brazil began developing its domestic ethanol industry in the 1970s in response to the worldwide oil crisis that hit countries with little to no oil production, including Brazil, extremely hard. Country leaders tasked the

December 29, 2011 Read Full Article

Increased Estimates of Air-Pollution Emissions from Brazilian Sugar-Cane Ethanol

C-C. Tsao, J. E. Campbell, M. Mena-Carrasco, S. N. Spak, G. R. Carmichael & Y. Chen  (Nature Climate Change)  Accelerating biofuel production has been promoted as an opportunity to enhance energy security, offset greenhouse-gas emissions and support rural economies. However, large uncertainties remain in the impacts

December 29, 2011 Read Full Article

The 11 Top Biofuels Trends of 2011

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  There were IPOs a go-go, a big comeback from biodiesel. The global ethanol fleet has acquired new popularity amongst advanced biofuels developers looking for capital light steel in the ground. Meanwhile, gasification got hot. Seemed

December 28, 2011 Read Full Article

French Group Tereos Internacional and Brazil’s Petrobras to Study Ethanol Production in Mozambique

(Macau Hub)  French group Tereos Internacional and Brazilian energy company Petrobras Wednesday in Maputo signed a protocol of intentions with Mozambican state oil and gas company Petróleos de Moçambique (Petromoc) to study the feasibility of production and sale of ethanol

December 28, 2011 Read Full Article

U.S. Ethanol Tax Break Ends, Brazil Sees an Opening

by Charles Abbott and Reese Ewing  (Drovers Cattle Network)  A U.S. ethanol tax credit costing roughly $6 billion a year will expire on Dec. 31, with the U.S. industry declaring itself ready to stand on its own and Brazil hoping for

December 23, 2011 Read Full Article

Doing the Ethanol Shuffle

by Geoff Cooper (Renewable Fuels Association)  There’s a hot new craze called the “Ethanol Shuffle” that’s sweeping seaports from Sao Paulo to Los Angeles. No, it’s not a new dance, this shuffle is all about the “confounded realignment of the

December 14, 2011 Read Full Article

Global Biofuels Output Slows on Less Brazilian Ethanol, IEA Says

by Ola Gala (Bloomberg)  World production of biofuels will increase at a slower pace than previously forecast in the next five years as Brazil’s ethanol output declines and the U.S. market becomes saturated, the International Energy Agency said.  READ MORE

December 14, 2011 Read Full Article

The 10 Top Unanswered Biofuels Questions for 2011

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...Your calls and emails are always the highlight of our days. Most questions can be answered johnny-on-the-spot. Some are still out there and well worth arguing over. Here are the Top 10 that are still

December 14, 2011 Read Full Article

Evogene Expands Biofuel Activity in Brazil With SLC Agricola

(MarketWatch)  Expanded Agreement Follows Successful Completion of Field Trials Evogene Ltd. and SLC Agricola, a leading agribusiness company in Brazil, today announced expansion of their agreement for the development of castor bean seeds as a cost competitive feedstock for biofuels. This

December 13, 2011 Read Full Article

Mario Garnero Addresses Council on Foreign Relations and Columbia on 'Powerhouse Nations'

(MarketWatch)  Mario Garnero, Chairman of Brasilinvest, Brazil's pioneer merchant bank, stated that BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China) can no longer be simply described as 'Emerging Markets'. Their economic, political and energy status make them 'Powerhouse Nations'. The Chairman of

December 12, 2011 Read Full Article

Codexis, Mascoma Show that Low-Cost Sugar is the Key, as Biofuels Moves from R&D into Industrial Era

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...“The government rushed into investments, with no diligence,” says Codexis chief Alan Shaw. “They are just not industrialists, in my opinion.” Two major announcements this week drive the point home in advanced biofuels. In California, Codexis introduced its

December 12, 2011 Read Full Article

Hitting a New Stride: The Biorefining Sector Is Poised for Commercial Scale-Up as Funding Strategies Mature and Production Capacity Grows

by Erin Voegele (Biorefining Magazine)  The biorefining sector reached an important new milestone this year with at least five companies undergoing successful initial public offerings (IPOs). As we move into the new year, members of industry will take another important

December 10, 2011 Read Full Article

US and Brazil Spar Over Ethanol Trade Policy

by Cindy Zimmerman (DomesticFuel.com)  Brazilian and U.S. ethanol interests are challenging each other over ethanol trade policy. The U.S./Brazil Council and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce wrote a joint letter to Congress last week asking that the U.S. secondary tariff on imported

December 09, 2011 Read Full Article

Brazil Looks to Sweet Sorghum

by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Monsanto providing seed for off-season ethanol feedstock Every year, Brazilian sugarcane mills clear and replant about 1.7 million hectares (4.2 million acres) of cane. This year, some mills are planting sweet sorghum developed by Monsanto

December 08, 2011 Read Full Article

By Train, By Truck, or By Boat: How Ethanol Moves and Where It’s Going

by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  ...In September, Ed Hubbard, legislative counsel for the Renewable Fuels Association, addressed the topic of ethanol exports during a presentation at an ethanol logistics conference held in New Orleans. He noted that the amount

December 08, 2011 Read Full Article

Our View: On VEETC, We Won

by Garry Niemeyer   (National Corn Growers Association)  Back in August, the Green Scissors Project identified ways the federal government could shave $380 billion from the federal budget over five years. But their $380 billion in proposed cuts included a major

December 07, 2011 Read Full Article

Rangel Introduces Bill to Extend Ethanol Duty, Benefitting U.S. Producers and Refiners in the Caribbean and Central America

(Congressman Charles Rangel (D- NY 15)  Congressman Charles Rangel on December 2, 2011, introduced legislation to extend "other duty or charge" (ODC), a key component of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA), that provides duty-free treatment to ethanol imports

December 07, 2011 Read Full Article

Sugarcane Ethanol Producers Respond to Unfair Legislation to Extend Tariff

(Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association/PR NewsWire)  In response to the introduction of H.R. 3552, legislation sponsored by four members of the U.S. House of Representatives to extend the import tax on foreign ethanol, the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA) issued the

December 07, 2011 Read Full Article

Implications of Biodiesel-Induced Land-Use Changes for CO2 Emissions: Case Studies in Tropical America, Africa, and Southeast Asia

by Achten, W. M. J., and L. V. Verchot (Ecology and Society)  Biofuels are receiving growing negative attention. Direct and/or indirect land-use changes that result from their cultivation can cause emissions due to carbon losses in soils and biomass and could

December 07, 2011 Read Full Article

Latin America Strives to Become the Greenest Continent

by James Burgess  (OilPrice.com)  Latin America is one of the world’s largest continents, with abundant, untapped energy resources. It also boasts several countries with rapidly growing economies such as Brazil and Mexico. In fact Brazil’s energy demand is predicted to

December 05, 2011 Read Full Article

Butamax Discusses Biobutanol Commercial Activities Including Early Adopter Initiative

(Butamax)  Butamax™ Advanced Biofuels, the leading global biobutanol technology development company, announces agreement on commercialization principles with Highwater Ethanol, the first entrant to the Butamax Early Adopters Group. Butamax’s business model is to offer current ethanol producers proprietary biobutanol technology to

December 05, 2011 Read Full Article

FuturaGene Gets US$1.2m for Bioenergy Research in Brazil

by Kari Williamson  (Renewable Energy Focus)  FuturaGene has received a US$2.1 million grant from the Brazilian Government to advance its bioenergy technology development programme in Brazil. The grant obtained by FuturaGene's parent company, Suzano Papel e Celulose, will be used to

December 02, 2011 Read Full Article

Ethanol Margins to Fall: Blender Credit Will Expire at Year's End

by Dan Piller (Des Moines Register)  Ethanol producers will lose about 25 to 30 cents per gallon on operating profits when the tax credit for blenders goes away after Dec. 31. ...(Walt) Wendland, who also is president of the Iowa Renewable Fuels

November 29, 2011 Read Full Article

Biofuel an Energy Resource Idea for Pakistan in Recent Energy Calamity

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

November 28, 2011 Read Full Article

Bagasse – the Big Prize

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)    ...Then, there’s bagasse. That leftover residue at the sugar mill after squeezing out all the cane juice. Exciting enough that Cobalt recently signed an agreement with the 10th largest global chemical company, Rhodia, to pursue

November 28, 2011 Read Full Article

BioAmber’s $150 Million IPO: The 10-Minute Version

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  In Minnesota, BioAmber has filed an S-1 registration statement for a proposed $150 million initial public offering. The number of shares to be offered in the proposed offering and the price range for the offering

November 15, 2011 Read Full Article

Brazil Lacks Cane to Boost Fuel Exports, Senator Says

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

November 09, 2011 Read Full Article

APLA: Brazil Grows Bio-Based Materials Effort

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

November 07, 2011 Read Full Article

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

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

November 02, 2011 Read Full Article

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

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

November 01, 2011 Read Full Article

New Venture BENRI to Rate Brazil Sugar-Ethanol Mills

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

October 28, 2011 Read Full Article

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

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

October 28, 2011 Read Full Article

Boeing, Embraer and Sao Paulo Research Foundation to Lead Aviation Biofuels Program in Brazil

(PR NewsWire) Boeing , Embraer and the Sao Paulo State Research Foundation (FAPESP) today announced plans to collaborate on long-term aviation biofuels-related research and development, a move that represents another major step toward the creation of a sustainable aviation biofuels industry

October 27, 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

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

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

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

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

Logum Logistica Wins $924 Million Loan for Ethanol Pipeline

(Bloomberg)  Logum Logistica SA, a joint venture backed by Petroleo Brasileiro SA (PETR4), won a 1.7 billion real ($924 million) loan from development bank Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Economico e Social for a project to transport Brazilian ethanol by pipeline. The bridge loan

September 30, 2011 Read Full Article

Brazil-US Ethanol Tariff Discussions Pick Up as Expiration Nears

by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  As the U.S ethanol industry confronts the reality that the 45-cent-per-gallon Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit and 54-cent ethanol import tariff will end on Dec. 31, some industry representatives are ramping up efforts to

September 28, 2011 Read Full Article

Forum das Americas: At Harvard University, Mario Garnero Highlights Brazil´s Competence in Biofuels

(Energy News Reports)  Mario Garnero, Chairman of Brasilinvest, Brazil's pioneer merchant bank, stated yesterday during a conference at Harvard University´s Faculty Club thatBrazil's leadership in biofuels is driving it to a prime position in international relations. Garnero's address was delivered at the Sustainability

September 23, 2011 Read Full Article

Italy Should Link Up With Latin America On Biofuels -Official

by Liam Moloney   (Dow Jones NewsWires/Fox Business News)  Italian companies should invest in Latin American biofuels as the continent is at the forefront of an expanding sector, a top Italian ministry official said Thursday. The Italian government "is working on setting up

September 20, 2011 Read Full Article

Brazil Sugar Industry Needs $490 Billion in Investments by 2030

by Tony C. Dreibus  (Bloomberg)  Brazil may need as much as $490 billion in investments to meet rising demand for sugar and ethanol, C. Czarnikow Sugar Futures Ltd. said in a report. Improved equipment and roads and increased growing area will be

September 16, 2011 Read Full Article

SG Biofuels Teams with JETBIO and Aviation Leaders to Deploy Jatropha for Bio Jet Fuel in Brazil

(SG Biofuels)  SG Biofuels (SGB) today (September 13, 2011) announced it has teamed with JETBIO, leader of a multi-stakeholder initiative including Airbus, the Inter-American Development Bank, Bioventures Brasil, Rio Pardo Bioenergia, Air BP and TAM Airlines, to accelerate the production of

September 14, 2011 Read Full Article

Embraer and GE Successfully Conclude Bio-Jet Fuel Tests

(Embraer)  Program benchmarks the performance of E-Jets and CF34-8E engines powered with sustainable HEFA biofuel Embraer and GE held a series of test flights this week (September 2, 2011), with an EMBRAER 170 jet flying from the Company’s Gavião Peixoto facilities.

September 10, 2011 Read Full Article

Guarani Indians in Southern Brazil Have Called on Shell to Withdraw from their Ancestral Land, Where the Oil Giant Produces ethanol from Sugar Cane, According to a Native Rights Group.

(Radio Netherlands Worldwide)  "Shell must leave our land... The companies must stop using indigenous land," said Ambrosio Vilhalva, a Guarani from the Caarapo municipality in the southern state of Mato Grosso do Sul. "We want justice, we want our land to

September 08, 2011 Read Full Article

It’s All about Sugar as Prices Surge and Supply Fears Grow

by Joelle Brink (Biofuels Digest Asia)  ...We imagine “food vs fuel” in terms of grain shortages, but where food and fuel actually collide is on the global sugar markets. “While sugar is widely available in the west and its price

September 08, 2011 Read Full Article

Joint Nature Conservation Committee Publishes "Indirect Land Use Change from Biofuel Production: Implications for Biodiversity"

by Monika Bertzky, Valerie Kapos & Jörn P.W. Scharlemann (Joint Nature Conservation Committee)  Inference from production statistics and modelling studies suggest that iLUC has occurred, is likely to increase with increasing demand for biofuels and needs to be considered when assessing the

August 30, 2011 Read Full Article

Catching the Sugar Wave

by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Not content to let Brazil hog all the glory, three development-stage companies eye sugar-based ethanol feedstocks ...If successful, California Ethanol & Power LLC will be the first ethanol production company bankrolled partially by Brazilian money,

August 23, 2011 Read Full Article

Funding Secured for Brazilian Research Study into the Sustainability of Renewable Jet Fuel Sourced from Sugarcane

(GreenAir Online)   The regional initiative launched in June by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to provide finance for renewable jet fuel projects in Latin America and the Caribbean has made its first grant. The IDB, along with aircraft manufacturers

August 22, 2011 Read Full Article

Biofuel Production: A Threat to Livelihoods

by Mario Osava (Aljazeera)  Biofuels are an alternative energy source that can drive local development by generating jobs, know-how and technology. But they can also cause social damage, as locals fear in the case of industrial-scale exploitation of babassu palm

August 22, 2011 Read Full Article

EU Approval of Certification Standards for Biofuels Brings Transparency and Supports Planning by Sugar-Energy Industry

(UNICA)  The European Commission’s approval of certification schemes for biofuels, announced on July 19th, is an important step to add transparency to the issue and help Member States meet reduction targets for greenhouse gas emissions. The measure will also benefit

August 10, 2011 Read Full Article

Seeking Common Ground

by Julia Olmstead (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Traveling together to Brazil, Americans representing a range of perspectives on ethanol and environmentalism attempt to forge a shared path toward ethanol sustainability ...The divisiveness of the indirect land use change (ILUC) debate—the theory that

August 09, 2011 Read Full Article

Biofuels' Potential to Transform the Global Economy

by John C.K. Daly (Oilprice.com)  After years of existing largely as an environmentalist's fantasy, commercial production of biofuels for the world civil aviation industry is slowly becoming a fact, with production starting up across three continents. The leading contenders for biofuel

August 09, 2011 Read Full Article

Ethanol, Sugar Mill-Power Rules Could Create Jobs, Tongaat-Hulett CEO Says

by Niki Moore (Bloomberg)  Southern African countries could create 1.8 million jobs if they adopted similar regulations to Brazil governing the production of ethanol and electricity from sugar, the Chief Executive Officer of Tongaat-Hulett Group Ltd. said. South African sugar companies such

August 02, 2011 Read Full Article

Boeing and Embraer to Fund Sugarcane Biofuel Study

by Kerry Reals  (FlightGlobal)  Boeing and Embraer are to jointly fund a sustainability analysis into producing renewable jet fuel sourced from Brazilian sugarcane. The study, which is also being funded by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), will evaluate the environmental effects of

July 28, 2011 Read Full Article

Link Between Crops and Deforestation in Amazon Not So Cut and Dry

(InfoZine)  A Kansas State University geographer is part of a research team out to prove what environmental scientists have suspected for years: Increasing the production of soybean and biofuel crops in Brazil increases deforestation in the Amazon. ...Although this cause-and-effect finding

July 21, 2011 Read Full Article

Sao Paulo to Fuel 160 City Buses with Amyris' Renewable Diesel

by Bryan Sims (Biorefining Magazine)  In response to Brazil’s growing need to include low-sulfur fuel in its diesel pool, Amyris Brasil S.A., a subsidiary of Amryis Inc., will supply an expected 160 city buses in the Brazilian city of Sao

July 21, 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

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

SCS Offers Sugarcane Certification Program

by Joanna Schroeder  (DomesticFuel.com)  ...Brazil’s sugarcane industry is also accused of not producing the crop, nor the fuel, in a sustainable manner. As a result, the EU Renewable Energy Directive was created to address concerns including labor and environmental issues.

July 15, 2011 Read Full Article

LS9 Planning Brazil’s Biggest Plant to Make Biofuels, Chemicals

by Stephan Nielsen  (Bloomberg)  LS9 Inc., a closely held U.S. biotechnology company, may build Brazil’s biggest biofuel and specialty chemicals factory as more companies seek to produce new products from sugar cane, the world’s cheapest fuel crop. The company is planning a

July 12, 2011 Read Full Article

LS9, Inc. Announces Collaboration with MAN Latin America to Test LS9's UltraClean(TM) Diesel in Brazilian Fleet

(LS9)  LS9, Inc., a technology leader in the development of sustainable products, announced that it has begun a collaboration with MAN Latin America, a leading Brazilian engineering and vehicles manufacturing company, to test LS9's renewable diesel in both stationary engines

July 08, 2011 Read Full Article

Remarks by President Obama in Twitter Town Hall

(CBS3Springfield.com/The White House)   ...Q Our next response from southwest Ohio, Mostlymoderate: "Cut subsidies to industries which are no longer in crisis or are unsuccessful, cotton, oil, corn subsidies from ethanol." THE PRESIDENT: Well, there's been a interesting debate taking place

July 06, 2011 Read Full Article

Nature Outlook Biofuels--Special Supplement

(Nature:  International Weekly Journal of Science)  Biofuels have big boots to fill. After more than 150 years of using petroleum and its products we have become dependent on it. First generation biofuels are showing us both the potential and the

July 02, 2011 Read Full Article

BioVerde Bets on Europe Biodiesel Demand, Brazil Market Brimming

By Stephan Nielsen (Bloomberg)  BioVerde Industria e Comercio de Biocombustiveis SA, which is building Brazil’s biggest biodiesel refinery, expects to sell 40 percent of its output in Europe by 2015 as an alternative to a saturated domestic market. BioVerde is in talks

June 29, 2011 Read Full Article

FAO's New Leader Lays out His Plans

by Mark Tran  (The Guardian)  After narrow win in leadership contest, José Graziano da Silva pledges to reform the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation, strive for consensus and tackle food price volatility ...He also stressed the need for a stable financial

June 29, 2011 Read Full Article

Senate Ethanol Vote to Little Impact Corn Demand: Morgan Stanley

(Platts)  ...But even if hypothetically the subsidies did end June 30, it would in all likelihood not affect corn and ethanol demand, owing to the current prices between the two, and conventional gasoline, Morgan Stanley said in a report. ...At current

June 29, 2011 Read Full Article

Brazil's Petrobras To Build New Ethanol Plants - Report

by Paul Kiernan   (Fox Business)  Brazil's government-run oil company, Petroleo Brasileiro SA (PBR, PETR4.BR), or Petrobras, will build new plants to produce ethanol as part of the government's efforts to avoid future shortages, a government official told the Globo news

June 27, 2011 Read Full Article

International Fuel Technology, Inc., Receives Purchase Order from Petrobras to Supply Perfolift BD-4

(International Fuel Technology, Inc.)  International Fuel Technology, Inc., announced that it had received a purchase order from Petrobras to supply PerfoLiFT BD-4 to Petrobras for use in its three wholly-owned bio-diesel manufacturing plants in Brazil, which collectively produce over 150

June 27, 2011 Read Full Article

In Search of A Biofuel El Dorado: The Quest for Brazil’s Energy Independence Future

by Robert Kozak (Advanced Biofuels USA)  In 1568, a Spanish Conquistador by the name of Pedro Maraver de Silva led his men on a mission to capture Incas who had escaped with their gold. Journeying north of Peru, they encountered

June 20, 2011 Read Full Article

Brazil Ethanol Boosters Cheer US Sentiment Turning against Subsidies

(Platts)  Brazilian ethanol interests Friday praised a largely symbolic vote in the US Senate Thursday that aimed to end that country's ethanol subsidies six months early, but noted the South American country needs to keep its supply to itself for

June 20, 2011 Read Full Article

Brazil Exports Ethanol, Struggles to Meet Its Ethanol Demand

by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel.com)  ...(T)he industry has once again begun exporting fuel to the U.S. over the past few months. According to brokers quoted in a recent Soyatech article, the ethanol industry has exported 1.9 million barrels to the U.S. as a

June 15, 2011 Read Full Article

California's Clean Fuel Push Opens Door To Brazilian Ethanol

by Ben Lefebvre (Dow Jones News Wires)  California's push to reduce fuel emissions in the next decade could lead to Brazilian ethanol makers making new inroads into the U.S. The Golden State is attempting to reduce the carbon intensity of its transportation

June 15, 2011 Read Full Article

The Integrated Biorefinery: The (Re) Rise of BioPower

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...The collapse of the global biodiesel market, and bankruptcies in the US ethanol industry, had as much to do with the facilities as rising feedstock and falling fuel prices.  Diversification is the accepted strategy for

June 15, 2011 Read Full Article

Petrobras Reaffirms Commitment to Biofuels at Biennial Event

by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  As Brazil recovers from a difficult start to the year in the ethanol sector, Petrobras, the country’s integrated energy firm, seized the opportunity to highlight its activities in the industry during an Ethanol Summit

June 14, 2011 Read Full Article

Cosan and Amyris Forming Novvi S.A. for Global Production and Commercialization of Renewable Base Oils

(BusinessWire)  Cosan S.A. Industria e Comércio and Amyris, Inc.  announced today (June 13, 2011) that they have executed a Joint Venture Implementation Agreement as the final step toward the commencement of operations in Novvi S.A., the Brazilian company established for

June 14, 2011 Read Full Article

Petrobras Investing US$400 Million in Biofuels Research 2010-2014

(Green Car Congress)  Petrobras has earmarked some US$400 million for biofuels development research projects in the 2010-2014 Business Plan, according to Petrobras Biocombustível’s head of Technology Management, João Norberto Noschang Neto. Neto was speaking as a member of the panel on

June 09, 2011 Read Full Article

Brazil to Invest $22B in Ethanol Expansion, as GM CEO Says Ethanol Has Not Much Future in US

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  Ethanol: Market growth management challenges in Brazil; market development challenges in US ...Brazilian state-owned development bank BNDES announced that it will make $18-22 billion in loans to the sugarcane and ethanol sector. The move was made

June 08, 2011 Read Full Article

Khosla Slams Big Oil, Virent Debuts Alternative to Plastic Bottles at the 2011 Ethanol Summit in Brazil

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  In Brazil, 2,000 industry executives gathered at UNICA’s biennial Ethanol Summit in Sao Paulo. Among the highlights, a charged keynote in which celebrated venture capitalist Vinod Khosla accused oil companies of having a double-standard on risk-taking

June 07, 2011 Read Full Article

Brazil Seeks to Boost Stagnant Ethanol Industry

by Inae Riveras and Brian Winter  (Reuters)  Brazil's government unveiled new financing and other incentives for sugar cane ethanol production on Monday, vowing to work closely with the private sector to boost production in an industry that has struggled recently

June 06, 2011 Read Full Article

Battles over Biofuels in Europe: NGOs and the Politics of Markets

by Sarah Pilgrim and Mark Harvey  (Sociological Research Online)  In this paper, we argue that a consortium of NGOs has played a significant role in shaping the market for, and restricting the use of, biofuels as an alternative to conventional

June 01, 2011 Read Full Article

Mina-Made Ethanol Heading to Brazil

by Jeff Natalie-Lees  (Aberdeen News)  Export options help facility weather weaker domestic demand Ethanol produced in Mina is helping Brazil avoid a fuel crisis after a weak sugar cane crop cut that country's ethanol production. When the sugar cane crop — the

May 31, 2011 Read Full Article

Could This Be the Farm of the Future?

by Tom Quaife (Dairy Herd Network)  “Pretty amazing,” commented one man standing next to a demonstration model at the Alltech International Animal Health and Nutrition Symposium this week in Lexington, Ky. The large-scale model, measuring approximately 4 feet by 4 feet,

May 25, 2011 Read Full Article

Brazilian Jet Biofuel Ventures Blossom as Jatropha 'Field to Wing' Platform Adds a New International R&D Partner

(GreenAirOnline)  Global industrial crops technology company Quinvita is the latest to join a new biofuel alliance that has come together to produce sustainable jet biofuel from Brazilian-grown jatropha. The Brazilian Bio-Jetfuel Platform is a collaboration led by Curcas Diesel Brasil

May 24, 2011 Read Full Article

Brazil´s Biofuel Drama Goes Global

by Eric Ehrmann (Huffington Post) Speculators hedging uncertainty in world energy markets are again making renewable fuels derived from corn, cane sugar and soybeans the drivers of food price inflation, just as they did on the eve of the 2008 economic

May 24, 2011 Read Full Article

Brazil: Attitude before Altitude, Part 3

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...In part 3, we look at 12 companies and compare and contrast the Brazilian and US paths to advanced biofuels. Does Brazil have a “must emulate” model? ...What we found is a stable, straightforward system of

May 19, 2011 Read Full Article

40% Ethanol, 60% Diesel Buses Offer 6% Fuel Savings, Says Iveco

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  In Brazil, Iveco is testing its new 40% ethanol, 60% diesel bus engines to see how well they can run in industrial applications. The engines, which have to separate tanks for each fuel that is electronically

May 18, 2011 Read Full Article

Brazil: Attitude before Altitude, Part 2

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  In our new three-part series, we look at attitudinal changes powering the huge growth in Brazilian renewable energy. In our last installment of the series “Attitude Before Altitude”, we looked at the rise of consensus on

May 13, 2011 Read Full Article

Argentinean Algae Company Confident Its Jet Fuel Will Be Ready Soon

by Kerry Reals (FlightGlobal)  An Argentinian company claims to be at the forefront of producing affordable jet fuel from microalgae, and is confident that its product will be widely available to the aviation industry "very soon". Biocombustibles del Chubut(BC) has developed

May 11, 2011 Read Full Article

Brazilian Renewable Energy: Attitude before Altitude, Part I

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...Over the past 12 months, it has become hard to count the number of advanced biofuels companies that are setting up partnerships, or exploring them, in Brazil – but it is in the dozens. Hard

May 11, 2011 Read Full Article

Dedini Developing Machinery to Convert Sweet Sorghum to Ethanol

by Stephan Nielsen (Bloomberg)  Dedini SA Industrias de Base, a Brazilian maker of ethanol-production machinery, is developing systems that will process sweet sorghum into renewable fuel, as an alternative to the widely used used sugar cane. ...“There’s growing interest among cane mills

May 06, 2011 Read Full Article

Next-Generation Biofuels Panel Discussion

(Milken Institute Global Conference)  With oil prices spiking and concern over climate change growing, biofuels hold tremendous appeal. But they must overcome considerable hurdles. Further process and technology refinements are needed to ensure that biofuels make a significant dent in

May 04, 2011 Read Full Article

QUINVITA and the Brazilian Bio-Jetfuel Platform Sign a Strategic Alliance Agreement on Jatropha curcas R&D

The Brazilian Bio-Jetfuel Platform and the Industrial Crops Technology Company, QUINVITA announces today they entered into a strategic alliance on Research and Development of Jatropha production and processing. Under the signed agreement, QUINVITA joins the Brazilian Bio-Jetfuel Platform and will

April 29, 2011 Read Full Article

Amyris's First Commercial Production Facility Complete and Operational

(Amyris)  Amyris, Inc., announced the completion of the first industrial-scale facility for the production of Biofene™, Amyris’s renewable farnesene. The production facility is located in Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil at a facility owned by Biomin do Brasil Nutricão Animal Ltda., a

April 29, 2011 Read Full Article

Brazil to Aid Pakistan in Ethanol Efforts

(Pakistan Today)  Brazil and Pakistan produce huge amount of sugarcane and Brazil will soon establish its industry to help Pakistan in ethanol extraction or production from sugarcane which would bring about stability in petroleum prices and also control price-hiking in

April 29, 2011 Read Full Article

Group Brings Different Views on Biofuels to Brazil

by Heather Thorstensen  (AgriNews.com)  Four Minnesota farmers were part of a group that traveled to Brazil in March to learn more about indirect land use change, a divisive issue surrounding biofuels. The Minneapolis-based Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy took a total

April 28, 2011 Read Full Article

Sugarcane Cools Climate

(ScienceNewsLine/Carnegie Institution)  ...Now scientists from the Carnegie Institution's Department of Global Ecology have found that sugarcane has a double benefit. Expansion of the crop in areas previously occupied by other Brazilian crops cools the local climate. It does so by

April 27, 2011 Read Full Article

Brazil Arms Show Offers Partnership Opportunities

(UPI.com)  ..."We look forward to meeting with potential customers from Brazil and all over Latin America to discuss how we can meet their near-term and future defense and security requirements," said Joe McAndrew, Boeing vice president of International Business Development

April 18, 2011 Read Full Article

Sugar Cane Fertilises Its Own Soil

by Mario Osava (Tierramérica/IPS)  The mechanisation of sugar cane harvesting, originally aimed at curbing the pollution caused by the burning of cane fields, has resulted in an added bonus: it has helped to improve soil quality, according to growers and

April 15, 2011 Read Full Article

Biotech Deinove Eyes U.S., Brazil Ethanol

(Reuters)  French green biotech firm Deinove, which hopes to use a 4 billion year old bacterium to develop the fuel of the future, is eyeing new projects in the United States and Brazil, its chief executive told Reuters. The company is in

April 12, 2011 Read Full Article

Aviation May Be Biofuels’ Killer App

by Mark Ingebretsen  (Investor Place)  ...While the military may see biofuels as a way of guaranteeing supply in times of crises, commercial aviation likely sees them as a way to control costs. As National Defense Business and Technology, noted recently, “Fuel is

April 12, 2011 Read Full Article

Gevo: The Owner’s Manual

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...The Gevo GIFT system – three innovations in one First, its magic bug that indeed, produces isobutanol at a far higher rate, yield and concentration than traditional yeasts. Second, an extraction system that gets the

April 11, 2011 Read Full Article

Boeing, Yale University Conduct Jatropha Sustainability Study

by Bryan Sims (Biodiesel Magazine)  Boeing issued research conducted by Yale University’s School of Environmental Studies that showed significant potential for jatropha-based aviation fuel. The study showed that, if cultivated properly, jatropha could deliver strong environmental and socioeconomic benefits in

April 08, 2011 Read Full Article

Come On Seven: Investors Weigh Options, as 7 Companies Near Key Biofuels Milestones

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  As seven projects aim for important milestones, investors face big decisions on whether advanced biofuels companies, even after the run-up in share prices, are still undervalued. ...(I)s it time to get in, hold, or lock in

April 08, 2011 Read Full Article

The World Market For Ethanol You Did Not Know About.

by Stu Ellis   (FarmGateBlog.com)   ...(E)thanol producers who have a pipeline into the export market may find added demand from a variety of nations that need to buy it.  At a time when ethanol imports are controversial along with the

April 05, 2011 Read Full Article

US 2011 Ethanol Exports Seen at 500 Mln gal

by Inae Riveras (Reuters)    U.S. ethanol exports in 2011 should surpass last year's record high as the fuel remains relatively cheaper than Brazilian cane-based ethanol in external markets, a director at the largest U.S. farm co-op, CHS,

March 31, 2011 Read Full Article

Brazil's Imports of 200 Mil Liters of Ethanol Not Enough: Traders

(Platts)  Brazil's imports of about 200 million liters of ethanol ahead of the official sugarcane harvest will fall short of demand for the fuel before mills around the country start the 2011-12 season by mid-April, sources said. According to traders, demand

March 29, 2011 Read Full Article

World Advances on Cellulose Ethanol, Brazil Lags

by Inae Riveras   (Reuters)  Research to develop second-generation ethanol is advancing globally, but Brazil, which vaunts its sugar cane as the ideal raw material for such fuels, lags in the race, industry experts said on Monday. Investments from foreign companies associated

March 29, 2011 Read Full Article

Brazil May Import U.S. Ethanol After Rule Change, Folha Says

by Iuri Dantas   (Bloomberg)  Brazil may import ethanol from the U.S. in the short term in a bid to contain rising prices, Folha de S.Paulo newspaper reported, citing a decision by the oil regulator. Brazil’s oil regulator allowed an increase

March 28, 2011 Read Full Article

Update from the International Sustainability & Carbon Certification Association

(Task 39)    Around 140 guests followed the invitation of ISCC to the first General Assembly and discussed the status quo and development of sustainability certification with speakers like Ron van Erck from the European Commission and Dr. Hans-Jürgen Froese

March 25, 2011 Read Full Article

Brazilalot: Heard on the Floor at World Biofuels Markets

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...The hottest companies in bioenergy all know it – the name of the game is low-cost sugars, or affordable syngas that competes with natural gas. For those who don’t make or use syngas and need

March 25, 2011 Read Full Article

Brazil’s BNDES Bank Offers $1 Billion to Ethanol R&D

(Forbes)  Brazil’s behemoth development bank, BNDES, offered $1 billion to the Brazilian Innovation Agency to fund research and development into second generation ethanol, the bank said late Tuesday. The money goes to support companies working on turning sugarcane biomass and sugarcane

March 24, 2011 Read Full Article

Amyris Lands More Production, Distribution Agreements

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...(T)he company (Amyris) entered into a manufacturing agreement with Paraíso Bioenergia S.A., a renewable energy company producing sugar, ethanol and electricity headquartered in São Paulo State, Brazil. Under the agreement, Amyris will construct fermentation and

March 23, 2011 Read Full Article

Brazil and US to Deepen Cooperation on Energy; Aviation Biofuels

(Green Car Congress/FavStocks)  ...Noted President Obama,...Now, even as we focus on oil in the near term, we shouldn’t lose sight of the fact that the only long-term solution to the world’s dependence on fossil fuels is clean energy technology. And

March 22, 2011 Read Full Article

Obama's Visit to Brazil Yields 'Encouraging' Renewable Fuels Cooperation, According to Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association

(PR Newswire/EIN News/UNICA)  Two important announcements involving renewable energy made on the opening day of U.S. President Barack Obama's official visit to Brazil, both directly relevant to Brazil's successful sugarcane ethanol industry, are encouraging signs that Brazil and the U.S. are on a

March 21, 2011 Read Full Article

Jatropha to Be Planted in Jordan

by Raed Omari   (The Jordan Times)  An oil producing plant which can generate bio-fuel will be cultivated in the Kingdom on an experimental basis as part of a Jordanian-Brazilian partnership, an agriculture official said on Tuesday. Ministry of Agriculture Spokesperson

March 21, 2011 Read Full Article

Why Make a $2 Fuel When You Can Make a $5 Chemical” – Cobalt CEO Rick Wilson

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)   ...“I’m not saying that any of the companies, including us, should not be pursuing fuels. The markets are huge and the molecules work. But the country has got all its priorities screwed up. Here

March 16, 2011 Read Full Article

‘High Crude Oil Unlikely to Spur Further Ethanol Production'

by Harish Damodaran  (The Hindu Business Line)  Will crude oil at above $ 100-a-barrel prompt more cane diversion to ethanol, causing further spike in world sugar prices? Unlikely, says Mr Narendra Murkumbi, Managing Director of Shree Renuka Sugars Ltd (SRSL), which

March 15, 2011 Read Full Article

Carnival: BP Doubles Down in Brazil as the Advanced Biofuels Frenzy Continues

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...Fast-rising sugar prices, which have made the Brazilian ethanol business a whole lot less appealing (why not simply distribute sugar at 32 cents a pound, instead of processing into ethanol and making less?), haven’t dimmed

March 11, 2011 Read Full Article

Amyris Technology Performs Successfully at Industrial Scale

(Amyris, Inc.)  Amyris, Inc., announced that it has completed multiple runs of its fermentation process using Amyris engineered yeast to produce Biofene™, Amyris renewable farnesene, in 100,000 and 200,000 liter capacity fermentors. These runs were completed through contract manufacturing operations

February 24, 2011 Read Full Article

Shell, Brazil's Cosan Form $12 Billion Ethanol Unit

(Google/AFP) Anglo-Dutch energy giant Shell and Brazilian sugar-production group Cosan said Monday they were forming one of the biggest joint ethanol fuel ventures in the world, with an estimated market value of $12 billion. The new entity, to be called Raizen, will

February 23, 2011 Read Full Article

Brazilian Ethanol Is the Best Hope for Replacing Oil, Says BP's Bob Dudley

by Robin Yapp   (The Telegraph)  Ethanol derived from Brazilian sugar-cane offers the best hope of replacing oil as the world's main source of fuel when it runs out, according to Bob Dudley, BP's chief executive. He said Brazilian ethanol is the "best

February 22, 2011 Read Full Article

Jamaica Looks at Castor Oil as a Biofuel

(Jamaica Information Service)  A $10.3 million research partnership agreement for a small scale biodiesel pilot project, using Jamaican oilseed bearing plants to produce fuel, was signed Friday February 11 between the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica’s Centre of Excellence for Renewable

February 22, 2011 Read Full Article

Gearing up for Bagasse

by Kris Bevill  (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  KL Energy Corp. is preparing to validate its modified process technology to turn sugarcane bagasse into ethanol. As the bitter winter turns to spring in the tiny town of Upton, Wyo., located on the northern

February 21, 2011 Read Full Article

ADM to Invest in Sustainable Palm Production in Brazil

(ADM)  Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE: ADM) today announced plans to invest in sustainable palm production in Brazil. Spanning five years, the ADM investment will encompass approximately 12,000 hectares of palm production in the state of Pará and include the

February 21, 2011 Read Full Article

Gevo Raises $107 Million in IPO; Solazyme Next? Butamax Boogieing to Brazil?

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...Highlights from the road show, according to our Digest spies. The company (Gevo) is touting that it will cost $40-45 million for each conversion of an existing ethanol facility to the production of biobutanol. The

February 10, 2011 Read Full Article

Brazilian Miner Vale Expands Its Activities to Produce Biodiesel

(UPI.com)  The mining company Vale, the world's largest producer and exporter of iron ore, is intensifying its efforts to produce bio-diesel. It already opened since last year project to produce 160,000 tonnes of this cleaner fuel, from 2014, for personal use

February 03, 2011 Read Full Article

Do You Know the Way to San Jose (dos Campos)? Total, and Its Biofuels Babies

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...And, today, the story of advanced biofuels in Brazil amped up considerably yesterday with the announcement that TAM Airlines in conjunction with Airbus, jatropha biofuel producer Brasil Ecodiesel, and AirBP (the specialized aviation division of

February 02, 2011 Read Full Article

Shell Exits Algae as It Commences “Year of Choices”

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...Last week [after previously exiting their investment in Choren, a Fischer-Tropsch technology based in Germany]  Shell announced that it will will exit its shareholding in Cellana, a joint venture between Shell and HR Biopetroleum. Today,

January 31, 2011 Read Full Article

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

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

January 04, 2011 Read Full Article

The Charge of the Capital Light Brigade

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...But a new generation of companies has come along with new ideas about how to develop scale in a world of empty wallets. You might have heard of them as Amyris, Solazyme, LS9, Gevo, Joule

December 20, 2010 Read Full Article

Airbus Supports TAM Airlines, Curcas and Brasil Ecodiesel to Establish Renewable Jet Fuel Processing Plant and Biofuel ‘Value-Chain’ in Brazil

(WebWire)  Airbus together with TAM Airlines and a group of specialist companies are working to establish a bio-kerosene jet-fuel processing plant in Brazil, aiming to gradually substitute fossil fuel in aviation with biofuel. On November 22nd a major milestone was accomplished

December 12, 2010 Read Full Article

Special Feature: A Conversation with LS9’s New CEO, Ed Dineen

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  Ed Dineen is taking over the reigns at LS9 from Bill Haywood, who led the company from 2008, and from a #25 ranking to #4 in this year’s 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy. Salutes to Bill,

December 09, 2010 Read Full Article

Brazil Eyes out South Africa for Biofuels Growth

by Nickolaus Bauer  (Business Day)   According to visiting deputy minister for foreign trade, Brazil also wants to strengthen overall trade relations with South Africa Brazil says its interested in buying agricultural land in Southern Africa to use as a source of

December 08, 2010 Read Full Article

BP Biofuels CEO Presents Sugar-Based Vision

by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Growing biofuels mandates will require 220 “world-scale” cellulosic biofuels plants to be operational in the U.S. by 2020, according to Phil New, CEO of BP Biofuels. The head of the oil giant’s biofuels division

December 06, 2010 Read Full Article

Brazil 2010 Amazon Deforestation Data Shows Lowest Rate Ever Recorded

(PR NewsWire)  Deforested area reaches lowest levels for second consecutive year Deforestation rates in the Brazilian Amazon declined 14 percent from August 2009 to July 2010, reaching the lowest rates ever recorded for the second consecutive year, President Luiz Inacio Lula

December 03, 2010 Read Full Article
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