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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

EPA Confirms Tiny Cellulosic Biofuels Mandate for 2011; Is Brazil the Big Winner?

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...In July, the EPA indicating in a draft ruling that it would specify a range of 6-25 million gallons of cellulosic ethanol, and finalized its mandated volumes at 6.6 million gallons, way, way down from

November 30, 2010 Read Full Article

Cargill, Copersucar among 8 Brazil Mills Cleared to Export ethanol to US

(Platts)  Eight Brazilian ethanol producers have registered as advanced renewable fuel producers with the US Environmental Protection Agency, easing controls on their exports to the world's largest fuels market, Unica, Brazil's main sugarcane group said Friday. The companies registered are Cargill,

November 29, 2010 Read Full Article

TAM and Airbus Biofuel Trial

by Gary Parsons (Key.aero)  Airbus and Brazilian carrier TAM Airlines are trialling a new biofuel that could reduce the carbon footprint by up to 80%, the companies claim. An Airbus A320 has been converted to use a 50% blend of locally-sourced

November 26, 2010 Read Full Article

Butamax Hits Milestones on Path towards Commercial Biobutanol in 2012

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...Previewing the bolt-on biobutanol technology that Butamax is expecting to commercialize with corn as a feedstock by 2012, and sugarcane by 2013-14, Potter confirmed that the company is in discussions for “conversions…that’s with an s”

November 11, 2010 Read Full Article

Brazil Needs $50 Billion To Meet Ethanol Demand By 2015-16

by Tony Danby  (NASDAQ)  Brazil's ethanol sector needs around $50 billion of new investments by 2015-16 to meet the country's surging demand for the alternative fuel, according to the president of local ethanol giant ETH Bioenergia. Brazil's consumption of ethanol is expected

November 10, 2010 Read Full Article

ADM to Construct Biodiesel Facility in Joaçaba, Brazil

(BusinessWire)  Facility will significantly increase company’s biodiesel capacity in Brazil Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE: ADM) today announced that it will construct a second biodiesel plant in Brazil. The facility, to be built in Joaçaba, Santa Catarina, will be adjacent to existing

November 04, 2010 Read Full Article

Kia Unveils Soul for Brazil that Runs on 100% Ethanol

(USA Today)  Kia just introduced its first South Korean model that can run on 100% ethanol -- the Kia Soul Flex. It will never make it to the U.S., but cars capable of running entirely on ethanol are critical in Brazil, where

November 01, 2010 Read Full Article

The Future of Biofuels: The Post-Alcohol World

(The Economist)  Biofuels are back. This time they might even work. MAKE something people want to buy at a price they can afford. Hardly a revolutionary business strategy, but one that the American biofuels industry has, to date, eschewed. Now a new

October 29, 2010 Read Full Article

Cane Ethanol Leader Brazil Considers Using Corn

by Peter Murphy (Reuters)  Sugar cane ethanol pioneer Brazil, which touts the efficiency and environmental qualities of its biofuel, could soon begin making it from less-efficient corn to soak up excess grains in remote areas. The combined industry and governmental steering committee

October 28, 2010 Read Full Article

Biodiesel Catching on with Brazilian Underclass

(Just Means)  The MIT's IDEAS Competition challenges members of the MIT community to come up with good ideas that make a positive change in the world. One of this years' winning teams is doing just that. The Grease Project is

October 25, 2010 Read Full Article

Brazilian Scientists Turning Nation into an Agro-Power

By Juan Forero (The Washington Post)  ...Once seen as a wasteland, the Cerrado is now the motor of an agro-industry so potent that Brazil threatens to surpass the United States as breadbasket to the world. The answer to how that

October 19, 2010 Read Full Article

Journal of Peasant Studies Publishes Perspectives on New Agrarian Relations Related to Biofuels

(Journal of Peasant Studies)   In this collection we ask a number of questions emerging out of the new agrarian political economy created by the ‘biofuel complex’. Together the papers offer perspectives from political economy, political sociology and political ecology, and

September 28, 2010 Read Full Article

Petrobras Signs $250 Million Contract for 20 Ethanol Barge Trains

(Platts) Brazil's state-led oil company Petrobras said Friday that it chose a Brazilian shipyard to build a reais 432.3 million ($251 million) fleet of 20 river-barge trains to cut the cost of shipping ethanol to refiners and export terminals.      The 20 pusher-tugs and

September 14, 2010 Read Full Article

Piper Jaffray Monthly Bio-Industrials Update: Energy Crop &

(Piper Jaffray) ...Energy crops are designed to use marginal land, or in the case of Brazil, extend the growing season. Sugarcane-ethanol facilities in Brazil typically run for 6-8 months due to the relatively long growing season of cane. Energy crops

September 10, 2010 Read Full Article

Mascoma: Inside the SunOpta Acquisition

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  In New Hampshire, Mascoma reported yesterday that it had acquired SunOpta BioProcess, a division of SunOpta Inc. (STKL)  This combination brings together the fiber preparation and pretreatment technologies of SBI and the consolidated bioprocessing technology

September 02, 2010 Read Full Article

Bunge Invests in Solazyme: Ties between Brazilian Sugarcane, US Advanced Biofuels Deepen

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...“The simplicity is astounding. Here’s the big idea.  Take an existing, stranded ethanol factory or conglomerate. Buy it for a substantial discount. Start with cheap sugar. Drop in a new Amyris, LS9, Gevo, or Cobalt

August 26, 2010 Read Full Article

Brazilian Biofuels Run into EU Obstacles

by Yans Felippe Geckler (IPS News)  Brazil has begun a counterattack on the European Union's measures for certifying crop-based fuels, which could lead to import barriers for this energy source coming from the South American giant. ...The EU's certification requirements for

August 24, 2010 Read Full Article

Ceres Opens a Subsidiary in Brazil to Develop the Business of Sweet Sorghum

(Ceres)  Ceres , Inc., a leader in developing cultivars for bioenergy created a subsidiary in Brazil. The announcement marks an expansion of the subsidiary activities of sweet sorghum in Brazil and the company's goal to be the first supplier to the

August 03, 2010 Read Full Article

Costs and Benefits to Taxpayers, Consumers, and Producers from U.S. Ethanol Policies

by Bruce A. Babcock, Kanlaya J. Barr, Miguel Carriquiry (Center for Agriculture and Rural Development, Iowa State University)  The U.S. ethanol industry is lobbying hard for an extension of existing ethanol import tariffs and blenders tax credits before they expire

July 21, 2010 Read Full Article

$540 Million Boosts Brazil’s Ethanol Sector

(Biofuels International)  The Brazilian Innovation Agency, FINEP (Research and Projects Financing), and Brazil’s National Development Bank (BNDES) have entered into a new partnership to promote bioethanol development, establishing a programme which will provide up to $540 million (€438.9 million) in

June 04, 2010 Read Full Article

Brazil: The Bossa Nova of Biofuels

by Will Thurmond (Biofuels Digest)  Shell, BP, Bunge, LS9, Dow and Amyris are collectively investing more than $20 billion into advanced, sustainable biofuels in Brazil. This new relationship between Brazilian, US and EU public and private industries is kicking off a

June 01, 2010 Read Full Article

Benefits of Sugarcane Ethanol to Hit U.S. Airwaves in New TV Ads during ‘Indy 500’ Telecast on ABC

(SweeterAlternative.com)  Sugarcane ethanol is a clean, renewable fuel that reduces greenhouse gas emissions by over 60% compared to gasoline and can save money at the pump. These are just a couple of the points delivered by various race drivers that compete

May 27, 2010 Read Full Article

Visualizing Sustainability: Developing Geospatial Technology to Address Sustainable Biofuel Production: Modeling Land Use and Land Use Change in Brazil

By Leila Harfuch (Brazilian Institute for International Trade Negotiations). In her talk she underlined the modeling land use and land use change in Brazil, stressing out deforestation as a serious issue. Deforestation causes and affects cattle and pasture land expansion. The

April 13, 2010 Read Full Article

Brazilian Sugarcane Ethanol Launches Marketing Blitz in Face of U.S. Tariffs

by Nick Chambers  (Gas2.0)   Calling themselves the “underdogs,” the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA) has today launched an advertising campaign and a new website, sweeteralternative.com, to bring awareness of the successes of the Brazilian ethanol industry to a U.S. audience. The

April 13, 2010 Read Full Article

The Dirty Underside of Lula's Clean Energy Revolution

by Nikolas Kozloff  (Foreign Policy)  ...Buffeted by the oil price shock of 1973, the country's military dictators grew concerned about Brazil's reliance on foreign imports of fossil fuels. Their solution: Pour government subsidies into the sugar industry and mandate ethanol

April 12, 2010 Read Full Article

Tilapia Entrails Churn Out Biodiesel

(FIS) The Ceara Nucleus Foundation of Industrial Technology (NUTEC) is moving forward with a project that will transform it into a pioneer in the research of biodiesel production from tilapia entrails.  For Fernando Pedro Dias, a researcher at NUTEC, the

March 24, 2010 Read Full Article

Brazil’s Petrobras to Double Production at Its Biggest Biodiesel Unit

(MacauHub)  Brazilian state oil company Petrobras said Monday it would invest 66 million reals to double production at the country’s biggest biodiesel factory. The investment will make it possible to increase production at the Candeias unit from 108.6 million litres per

March 15, 2010 Read Full Article

Cosan Reviewed

by Brendan Coffey (Cabot Wealth Advisory)  Lately, we're seeing increasing strength in the shares of ethanol-related companies. Commodity broker Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) has built up its position as an ethanol refiner, building its own plants and buying up other

February 26, 2010 Read Full Article

Eco-Biofuels from the Tropics

Palm oil from South-East Asia, sugarcane from Brazil and sweet sorghum in China are the most sustainable energy crops at present. Maize from the US and wheat in Europe have a much more negative environmental impact. This conclusion was drawn

February 22, 2010 Read Full Article

Has Big Oil Finally Gotten Serious About Biofuels?

by Joshua Kagan (GreenTechMedia)  ...If we consider that the oil majors are not in the oil business, but rather, the infrastructure business --- and as long as they control the liquids that come out of the pumps, they won't care

February 15, 2010 Read Full Article

U.S. Renewable Fuel Standards Upend Ethanol Tariff Fight

by Brian Baskin (SugarcaneBlog.com, Dow Jones)   U.S. ethanol producers are facing their toughest fight yet to keep long-standing trade protections intact. Producers of ethanol, which in the U.S. is usually distilled from corn and then blended to make gasoline, have

February 15, 2010 Read Full Article

Shell Bets Billions on Brazilian Ethanol

by Sam Hopkins (Green Chip Stocks)  ...Cosan is entering into a joint venture with an oil giant that could be worth $12 billion, and its happy beginning to 2010 signals a renewal of interest in ethanol and entrance of some

February 15, 2010 Read Full Article

Indirect Land-Use Changes Can Overcome Carbon Savings from Biofuels in Brazil

David M. Lapola, Ruediger Schaldach, Joseph Alcamo, Alberte Bondeau, Jennifer Koch, Christina Koelking, and Joerg A. Priess (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)  Abstract:  The planned expansion of biofuel plantations in Brazil could potentially cause both direct and indirect

February 15, 2010 Read Full Article

US Ethanol Industry Looks To Possible Future As Exporter

by Ian Berry (Dow Jones Newswires)  ...Brazil, faced with tightening supplies of its sugarcane-based ethanol as growers there find better profits in sugar, said last month it is considering importing U.S., corn-based ethanol. While there are limits on how much

February 14, 2010 Read Full Article

Iran and Brazil to Join for Ethanol Production

(BlackSeaGrain)  According to the Iranian Fars Newsagency, Mr (Deputy Brazilian Science and Technology Minister Czar)  Gadella said that Brazil is ready to cooperate with Iran in fields of technology and production to help the country produce ethanol from sugar cane

February 02, 2010 Read Full Article

New Brazilian Laboratory Will Develop Research on Ethanol Cycle

The new research center, Brazilian Bioethanol Science and Technology National Laboratory, in Campinas, São Paulo State represents a strategic move by the Brazilian Government toward strengthening the country’s leadership in sustainable production of ethanol from sugar cane and fostering innovation

February 02, 2010 Read Full Article

Brazil's Petrobras To Study Biofuels Use At Low Temperatures

by Jeff Fick  (Dow Jones, Wall Street Journal)  Brazilian state-run energy giant Petroleo Brasileiro (PBR), or Petrobras, signed a deal with the country's Navy to test biofuels at extremely low temperatures.  Petrobras will invest 3 million Brazilian reals ($1.69 million)

January 22, 2010 Read Full Article

China's Low Tariff Opens Door for Ethanol Imports

(Reuters) China has agreed to lower the tariff on imports of ethanol to 5 percent from the previous 30 percent, which traders said could open the door for imports of fuel ethanol from countries like Brazil. …Brazil, the world's largest ethanol exporter,

January 02, 2010 Read Full Article

GE, Embraer, Others Studying Sugarcane-Based Jet Fuel

Embraer, General Electric, and Amyris announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding to evaluate thetechnical and sustainability aspects of Amyris’ No Compromise® renewable jet fuel. The initiative can culminate in a demo flight, by early 2012, of an Embraer E-Jet

December 29, 2009 Read Full Article

Petrobras CEO Highlights Performance in 2009

(Pre-Salt)  The president of Petrobras, José Sergio Gabrielli de Azevedo, ... presented an overview of activities in 2009 . ... "Petrobras has expanded production capacity allowed in biodiesel plants and intensified contacts to expand presence in the area of ethanol. We

December 10, 2009 Read Full Article

VIDEO: Brazilian Government Tackling Climate Change in Brazil

The Brazilian National Plan on Climate Change, launched in December 2008, comprises a set of over one hundred actions and programs to reduce carbon emissions across different sectors of the Brazilian economy.  The two main tactics emphasized in the plan

December 09, 2009 Read Full Article

Amyris Signs Letters of Intent Agreements with Bunge, Cosan and Guarani

Amyris Brasil, a wholly owned subsidiary of Amyris Biotechnologies, Inc. today announced that it has entered into letter of intent agreements with three sugar and ethanol producers in Brazil, Bunge Limited, Cosan and Açúcar Guarani, with the purpose of partnering

December 09, 2009 Read Full Article

The Movement to Mechanized Sugarcane Harvesting in Brazil

by Joanna Schroeder (AgWired)  ... (In Brazil) This year the industry harvested 471.5 million tons, an increase of 7.5 percent from last year, even accounting for excessive rains that left a significant amount of sugarcane in the fields. So how

December 04, 2009 Read Full Article

Jatropha Takes Root in Brazil

by Robert P. Walzer (New York Times)  A Brazilian start-up is testing the possibility of implementing a large-scale biofuels project using jatropha, a family of hardy, succulent plants. The company, BioVentures Brasil, is getting $1 million from the InterAmerican Development Bank for

December 04, 2009 Read Full Article

Embraer, GE Plan Biofuel Flight

by Mary Grady (AVWeb)  Embraer and General Electric will flight-test a renewable jet fuel by early 2012, the companies said. They plan to use a renewable biofuel made from sugar cane, developed by Amyris Biotechnologies, which is based in California

November 23, 2009 Read Full Article

Indian Sugar Firms Seek Higher Ethanol Prices

(Reuters)   Indian sugar firms are seeking a higher price for ethanol to ensure steady supplies to oil firms which blend the liquid with petrol, a senior industry official said.  Diminishing cane output and rising sugar prices had raised concerns that

November 22, 2009 Read Full Article

Brazil Raises Cane over U.S. Ethanol Tariff

by Chris Kraul (LA Times)  Who could resent the attention being showered on electric cars? Stylish and clean, they're the darling of the renewable-energy crowd, which is hailing the scheduled rollout of several e-powered models next year as a major blow

November 06, 2009 Read Full Article

Brazil's Cosan Sees 2010/11 Cane Crush at 58 mln T

by Inae Riveras  (Reuters)  ... Brazil's largest sugar and ethanol producing group, said it expects to crush 58 million tonnes of cane in 2010/11 (April-March), up from 54 million tonnes in 2009/10. "We expect to grow at the same rate as

October 27, 2009 Read Full Article

Brazil Drivers Ditch Biofuel Over High Sugar Costs

by Peter Murphy (Reuters)  Some Brazilian motorists who fuel their cars solely on cane-based ethanol are switching back to gasoline as high sugar prices now make the biofuel more costly in some states.  Brazil is a pioneer in biofuel with its

October 27, 2009 Read Full Article

Cane Ethanol Helps Cut Greenhouse Emissions: Brazilian Study

by Inae Riveras (Reuters)  Use of sugar cane-based ethanol as a substitute for gasoline is among the cheapest and easiest ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, according to a Brazilian study.  Cane ethanol provides about eight times the energy used

October 23, 2009 Read Full Article

Brazil Increases Environmental Preservation Measures With Sugarcane Zoning Proposal

In an unprecedented initiative, Brazil proposed a new bill of law that will restrict the  lands permissible for sugarcane farming and processing. If passed, the bill sent today to the National Congress by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will

September 18, 2009 Read Full Article

Leading Brazilian Organizations Unite in Alliance to Fight Climate Change

Fourteen major Brazilian organizations representing the agribusiness, planted forests and bioenergy sectors announced today the creation of the Brazilian Climate Alliance, to provide concrete, constructive proposals in global climate change negotiations. The group's main focus is Brazilian government's positioning in

September 03, 2009 Read Full Article

Amyris Opens Renewable Products Demonstration Facility in Brazil

Amyris Brasil Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento, Ltda., a wholly owned subsidiary of Amyris Biotechnologies, Inc., today announced the opening of the Amyris Renewable Products Demonstration Facility in Campinas. The facility, located in the midst of the sugar cane processing industry, secures

June 29, 2009 Read Full Article

Sudan Inaugurates Biofuel Plant

Sudan will begin producing ethanol from sugar cane with a target of 200 million litres in two years, President Omar al-Beshir said on Wednesday at the inauguration of a new plant.  State company Kenana, which already makes sugar and molasses,

June 17, 2009 Read Full Article

Study Planned of Brazilian Sugarcane Bagasse as Cellulosic Ethanol Feedstock

by Lisa Gibson, Biomass Magazine.   Brazil could produce 4.6 billion to 8.2 billion liters (1.2 billion to 2.2 billion gallons) of biofuel from sugarcane residue by 2020, in addition to that made from sugar itself, according to a recently released

June 17, 2009 Read Full Article

DTN and The Guardian/Greenpeace Report on Brazil Deforestation

By Kieran Gartlan (DTN):  The transformation began last year when a controversial study was published in Science Magazine by environmentalist Tim Searchinger. It introduced the innocuous four-letter acronym ILUC, or Indirect Land Use Change.  According to ILUC theory, corn used for

June 01, 2009 Read Full Article

Industrial Biotechnology in China Amidst Changing Market Conditions

by Elizabeth Nesbitt (Journal of International Commerce and Economics)  The increasing use of industrial biotechnology by the Chinese liquid biofuels and chemical industries is expected to help offset energy security and environmental concerns generated by China’s robust economic growth. The expanding use of bioprocesses

February 27, 2009 Read Full Article
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