(Algae Industry Magazine) Following six months of testing and evaluation, Aurora Algae has confirmed the potential for commercial-scale algae cultivation in South Texas, and is expanding its test facility, beginning with four, one-acre cultivation ponds and a harvesting system. “We have
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Back TO HOMEU.S. Ethanol Exports Hit 25-Month High; Brazil is Top Customer
by Ann Lewis (Renewable Fuels Association) U.S. ethanol shipments in January rocketed to 86.2 million gallons (mg), marking the highest monthly export volume since December 2011, according to government data released last week. Exports were up a third from December
March 11, 2014 Read Full Article
Iberdrola-Backed AlgaEnergy May Build Mexico Biomass Plant
by Stefan Nicola (Bloomberg) AlgaEnergy SA, part-owned by Spain’s Iberdrola SA (IBE) and Repsol SA (REP), is in talks with potential partners to set up a plant in Mexico to supply the American markets with biomass made from algae. Chief Executive
February 28, 2014 Read Full Article
Obtained a Biofuel that Extends the Life of Vehicles
(Iberio-American Agency for the Diffusion of Science and Technology) Entrepreneurs get a biodiesel with higher qualities traditionally ... However, the Mexican firm entrepreneurs Der Tek, managed to get biofuel superior to traditional biodiesel qualities. According to Jonathan Hernández Díaz, director of the
January 02, 2014 Read Full Article
Biofuels Mandates Around the World: 2014
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Florida, the Digest today releases its annual review of biofuels mandates and targets around the world, looking at the state of biofuels mandates in 62 countries. The bulk of mandates continue to come from the
January 02, 2014 Read Full Article
Unilever and Solidaridad to Further Improve Conditions for Sugar Cane Workers in Central America
(Unilever) Unilever has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with international NGO, Solidaridad to further drive sustainable development in the sugarcane industry in Central America. This initiative supports the company’s commitment in the Unilever Sustainable Living Plan to source 100%
October 15, 2013 Read Full Article
Organic Waste Transformed into Industrial Prime Material
(Alpha Galileo Foundation) Researchers at the Iberoamerican University (IBERO) in Mexico City, look to consolidate a pilot biorefinery that will use the waste of various fruits, vegetables, flowers and plants produced in urban and rural areas, to transform them into
September 24, 2013 Read Full Article
UNAM Researchers Constructed Pilot Plant for Biodiesel Production
(La Prensa) UNAM researchers are in the process of design and construction of a pilot plant for the production of quality biodiesel, edible oil from waste collected from restaurants and hotels of the Federal District, the product obtained would be
August 29, 2013 Read Full Article
NOAA Report Highlights Climate Change Threats to Nation’s Estuaries
(National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) The nation’s 28 National Estuarine Research Reserves (NERR) are experiencing the negative effects of human and climate-related stressors according to a new NOAA research report from the National Ocean Service. The national study, Climate Sensitivity of the National Estuarine Research
August 19, 2013 Read Full Article
New Plant Protein Discoveries Could Ease Global Food and Fuel Demands
by Kim McDonald (University of California at San Diego) New discoveries of the way plants transport important substances across their biological membranes to resist toxic metals and pests, increase salt and drought tolerance, control water loss and store sugar can have
May 06, 2013 Read Full Article
International Regulation of Microorganisms for Biofuel or Chemical Production: North and South America and Africa
by David Glass (DGlassAssociates.com) ... The use of genetically modified microorganisms (GMOs) in manufacturing will likely face a fairly straightforward regulatory process in most countries, because such “contained” uses will generally pose far fewer hypothetical concerns about environmental or public
March 19, 2013 Read Full Article
Regional Innovations – San Diego: How to Bridge a Mega-Region’s Urban and Rural Divide
(California Economic Summit) ... But as the Cali-Baja Mega-Region Initiative, as it's now called, celebrates its fifth year in existence next month, it has become clear these three distinct regions can not only overcome their differences—they've found new ways to thrive
March 01, 2013 Read Full Article
That Darn Devil, Them Dang Details: What’s Really Driving Food Prices?
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In the new USDA long-term forecasts, rising global meat consumption stands out as a driver of rising food prices, exports. ...But you might ask yourself — in a world where you can find hyperbole linking hunger
February 15, 2013 Read Full Article
Colonialism and the Green Economy: Villagers Defy Pressure to Forfeit Farms for Carbon-Offset
by Daniel C Marotta and Jennifer Coute-Marotta (Truthout) All names are fictitious as sources requested anonymity out of fear of retaliation. Anonymity and people's requests that no pictures be taken were prerequisites for attaining interviews. No one wanted to go
January 14, 2013 Read Full Article
Scientists Analyze Optimum Load Rate for Vinasse-to-Biogas System
by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine) A team of Mexican scientists recently published the results of a study that aimed to determine the optimum organic loading rate for operating an upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor to generate biogas
January 02, 2013 Read Full Article
Global Clean Energy Holdings Earns Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels (RSB) Certification
(RSB Services Foundation/Global Clean Energy Holdings) The RSB Services Foundation, the implementing entity of the Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels (RSB) which has developed a global sustainability standard and certification system for biofuel production, is pleased to announce that Global Clean
November 26, 2012 Read Full Article
Scripps Grad Burns Algae on Baja Road Race
(Algae Industry Magazine) ristian Gustavson, a master’s degree graduate of Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, is taking his algae-based biofuel message on the road. Starting Nov. 15, Gustavson will ride a motorcycle fueled with a mixture of
November 09, 2012 Read Full Article
Transportation Uses Only 20% Biodiesel: Sabines
(La Prensa) Given the questions that has challenged the production of biodiesel in Chiapas, and the use of this fuel in transportation Tapachulteco (Tapachula) and Conejobús (Tuxtla Gutierrez), the governor of Chiapas, Juan Sabines Guerrero, said that the production of
November 08, 2012 Read Full Article
Researchers Win Grant to Assess Impact of Bioenergy Projects
by Luke Geiver (Ethanol Producer Magazine) A team of researchers will spend the next five years assessing the social, economic and ecological impacts of bioenergy projects happening in Michigan, Mexico, Brazil and Argentina. Led by Michigan Tech University Professor Kathy
September 13, 2012 Read Full Article
Announce Megainversión to Generate Biofuels
(El Universal) Biofuel producers announced the investment of over $ 100 million to plant oilseeds and grasses that will be employed in the industry biocumbustible whose consumption is increasing in the world. In the meeting with the governor Egidio Torre Cantu,
August 30, 2012 Read Full Article
Michigan Tech Leads International Study of Social, Environmental Impacts of Biofuel Production
by Jennifer Donovan (Michigan Tech News) Is it possible to develop and produce biofuels in a sustainable way, without harming people or the environment? What policies need to be put in place to help that happen? Nearly three dozen researchers from four
August 30, 2012 Read Full Article
Ohio State Partner in $5.7M Grant to Develop New Biofuel
by Mauricio Espinoza (Ohio State University/North Texas d-News) Ohio State University's Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC) will play a key role in the engineering of a novel plant-based fuel, funded by a $5.7 million grant from the U.S. Department of
July 04, 2012 Read Full Article
Air Canada Conducts First Flight with Sustainable Biofuel
(Netherlands Corporate News) Cooking Oil-Powered Flight Expected to Reduce Emissions 40 per cent or more Air Canada will operate its first flight with biofuel today to highlight the airline's commitment to the environment. Flight AC991 from Toronto to Mexico City is expected to
July 04, 2012 Read Full Article
Tobacco, Alcohol And … Seaweed? Three Innovative Methods For Producing Biofuels
by Max Frankel (ThinkProgress) ...But in the world of science, researchers around the world are working on some very innovative ways to produce gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel from more sustainable feedstocks. Here’s a look at three cool recent developments
June 14, 2012 Read Full Article
Aviation Biofuels: Which Airlines Are Doing What, with Whom?
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...(M)ore than 30 airlines now trialing, deploying biofuels – but who’s doing what, exactly? In Brazil, Azul Airlines announced that Amyris’s innovative renewable jet fuel sourced from Brazilian sugarcane has passed all required testing and will be used during
June 05, 2012 Read Full Article
U.S. Will Lead New Effort to Cut Global Warming from Methane, Soot
by Brian Vastag (The Washington Post) With global efforts to reduce carbon dioxide emissions stalled, the United States and five other countries are starting a new program to cut other pollutants — including methane, soot and hydrofluorocarbons — that contribute
February 20, 2012 Read Full Article
Algae Producer Aquaviridis and OriginOil Announce Joint Commercial Agreement
(OriginOil) Development of dry-land aquaculture could transform desert farm economies of the American Southwest and Mexico Mexicali Valley, Mexico and Los Angeles, CA February 3, 2012 – Algae producer Aquaviridis and OriginOil, Inc., the developer of a breakthrough technology to extract oil from algae and
February 03, 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
Inverbio Project Starts Production of Ethanol from Sugar Cane
(E-Consulta) The Veracruz Institute of Bioenergetics (Inverbio) began work for the start of production of 2 000 hectares of sugar cane for bioethanol in the area known as La Brena, Tlalixcoyan Township, with the participation of over 200 producers Cardenista
January 24, 2012 Read Full Article
DDGs Use to Exceed Supply
(AllAboutFeed) ...Despite initial concerns about the capacity of US or foreign livestock feeders to utilise DDGs, they are now the second largest category of processed feed used in the US, amounting to an estimated 29.1 million metric tonnes in 2010/11. The
January 09, 2012 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
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
Aviation Biofuels Collaborative Efforts in Full Force
by Bryan Sims (Biorefining Magazine) ... “This regular commercial route powered by Honeywell Green Jet Fuel is a huge step in establishing the market for aviation biofuels and widespread use of these fuels,” said Jim Rekoske, vice president and general manager
November 17, 2011 Read Full Article
Honeywell Green Jet Fuel(TM) Powers Regular Commercial Route for Aeromexico
(MarketWatch/Honeywell) Green Jet Fuel made from the Honeywell UOP process technology now in use on regular Aeromexico route from Mexico City to Costa Rica UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that Honeywell Green Jet Fuel(TM), produced using process technology from Honeywell's
November 10, 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
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
Aeromexico Plane to Use Biofuel on Costa Rica Flight
(Fox News Latino) Aeromexico, Mexico's largest airline, will begin offering service Tuesday from Mexico City to San Jose, Costa Rica, using planes that burn a 25 percent biofuel mixture, the ASA airport network said. The plane will use the biofuel mixture as part
September 29, 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
Aeromexico Makes First Trans-Oceanic Flight Using Biofuel
(Mexican Airlines) This evening, Mexico's flagship carrier, AeroMexico, will make the world’s first Trans-oceanic flight using aviation biofuel, once again placing Mexico in the limelight with regard to the use of biofuels in the global aviation sector. Flying from Mexico City (MEX) to Madrid
August 02, 2011 Read Full Article
Biofuel from Tequila By-Products
by John Farrell (Forbes) ...A prime example: biofuels from the by-products of tequila production. In particular, the tough, fibrous leaves of the blue agave plant. A recent paper Valenzuela published in the February issue of the journal Bioenergy, A New Agenda for Blue
August 01, 2011 Read Full Article
Mexican Interjet Flight 2605 Making First Commercial Round-Trip Flight with Honeywell Green Jet Fuel
(Green Car Congress) Following a series of successful demonstration flights and approval of the fuel for commercial transportation through ASTM International, Mexican airline Interjet today is operating the first round trip commercial passenger flight using Honeywell Green Jet Fuel derived
July 22, 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
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
New Recipe For Biodiesel Calls For Lime
by Naomi Lubick (Chemical and Engineering News) Renewable Fuel: Calcium hydroxide, better known as hydrated lime, transforms used soybean oil into biodiesel A new method uses hydrated lime to transform soybean oil, recycled from other uses, into biodiesel, researchers report (Energy
June 27, 2011 Read Full Article
Myriant’s $125M IPO: The Complete Digest Analysis
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...In Massachusetts, Myriant filed for a $125 million IPO, becoming the 8th company in industrial biotechnology to file in the past 18 months. ...From the S-1: “We are an industrial biotechnology company focused on becoming a
June 03, 2011 Read Full Article
Interjet and Airbus Conduct First Biofuel Flight in Mexico
(Travel Daily News) The Consejo de Promocion Turistica de Mexico praised Mexico’s domestic carrier, Interjet, and Airbus for joining the ranks of Air New Zealand and Continental Airlines in leading the way for the international aviation industry by using more
May 04, 2011 Read Full Article
Mexican Biofuels Seen Meeting 3% Blending Target In 2012
by Ivan Castano (Renewable Energy World) "I think it can be done," says Raul Felix, climate change and renewable energy practice coordinator at Baker & McKenzie in Mexico City. "However, Pemex is going to have to pay much more to make [supply]
May 03, 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
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
Interjet and Airbus Test First Biofuel Flight in Mexico
(Biofuels International) Interjet and Airbus tested their first Jatropha-based biofuel flight in Mexico on 1 April 2011, using an Airbus A320 aircraft. The biofuel comes from the local region’s Jatropha plant which is harvested in the southern state of Chiapas,
April 04, 2011 Read Full Article
New Report Tracks Aviation Biofuels Collaboration
(Air Transport Action Group) The Air Transport Action Group (ATAG) has released a new report, Powering the Future of Flight, which tracks progress in some key aviation biofuels projects worldwide and provides policymakers with a few examples of how they can
March 25, 2011 Read Full Article
Port Biodiesel Plant in Chiapas, Farmers Buy the Product
(La Prensa) The Committee on Biofuels Congress of State in charge of Deputy Carlos Avendaño Nagaya, promoted to mayors of municipalities in the Frontera Sur pinion culture as raw material for biodiesel, especially for land planted in disused or abandoned
March 01, 2011 Read Full Article
Algae Industry Magazine Interview: Algenol's CEO, Paul Woods
by David Schwartz (Algae Industry Magazine) "The conclusions from the Aquatic Species Program are not correct,” says Algenol CEO Paul Woods, taking issue with the 1980’s assessment that photobioreactors cannot be a cost effective means for biofuel creation. He
March 01, 2011 Read Full Article
Algae Keep on Rockin’ in the Free World
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...From the low points like the closure of the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s Aquatic Species Program to highs like 2009′s “Summer of Algae”, aquatic organisms from cyanobacteria to macroalgae have maintained a hold
February 21, 2011 Read Full Article
OriginOil to Help Mexico Industrialize its Algae Production
(OriginOil) Government-funded ‘Manhattan Project’ to pursue aggressive national jet fuels goal OriginOil, Inc., the developer of breakthrough technology to transform algae, the most promising source of renewable oil, into a true competitor to petroleum, has agreed to participate in a pilot scale
February 15, 2011 Read Full Article
Agave Seen as Excellent Biofuel Source
(UPI.com) Agave, cultivated for alcoholic beverages and for fiber, could be used as a sustainable biofuel feedstock, U.S. researchers say. Scientists at the University of Illinois have found the yields of two Agave species greatly exceeded the yields of other biofuel
February 02, 2011 Read Full Article
Se Utilizarán Vehículos con Biodiesel en Cumbre de Cancún: Calderón
(La Jornada en Internet) "El transporte de todos los participantes se va a hacer no sólo en camiones chiapanecos sino con biodiesel hecho en Chiapas", destacó el mandatario al inaugurar la primera planta del combustible en el país. READ MORE and MORE (Biofuels
November 30, 2010 Read Full Article
Repsol, Mexican Firm Form Biofuels Venture
(Oil and Gas Journal) Repsol and Group KUO of Mexico City have formed a 50-50 company based in Mexico to develop a biofuels business based on jatropha curcas, an oil seed with a high content of inedible oil. The new company,
November 04, 2010 Read Full Article
The A.I.M. Interview: Algae Genetic Engineer Dr. Stephen Mayfield
by David Schwartz (Algae Industry Magazine) If moving genes around on a chromosome is your idea of a good time, meet Dr. Stephen Mayfield, Director of the San Diego Center for Algae Biotechnology. ...Steve is now the John Dove Isaacs Professor
September 23, 2010 Read Full Article
Boeing, Honeywell’s UOP and Government of Mexico Launch Research and Advocacy Collaboration to Drive Commercial Use of Sustainable Aviation Fuels
Boeing [NYSE: BA], the Airports and Auxiliary Services agency (ASA), an arm of Mexico’s Ministry of Communications and Transport, and Honeywell’s UOP today announced a collaboration to identify, research and further the development of a commercially viable market for Mexico-sourced
October 23, 2009 Read Full Article
Algenol Biofuels: Harnessing the Sun to Fuel the World
(Algenol Biofuels) In this presentation, Algenol Biofuels provides a description of it's developing Direct To Ethanol TM technology, taking algae, sunlight, salt water and CO2 to make ethanol and other bio-based products. Illustrations and diagrams generally explain the process of
September 30, 2009 Read Full Article
Mexico Plans Ethanol Push to Reduce Pollution
(Latin American Herald Tribune) The Mexican government said it will invite tenders next month for a contract to produce 176 million liters (46 million gallons) of ethanol for use as a transport fuel, part of a plan to curb pollution