Archive for March, 2008
New Zealand’s Aquaflow Bionomic achieves commercial-scale algae production; ready for commercial-scale bio-crude production in “a few months” as biocrude race heats up
New Zealand’s Aquaflow Bionomic has achieved commercial-scale algae harvest levels at its plant in Marlborough, and said that its new bioreactor installations are expected to bring the company to commercial-scale production of biocrude “within the next few months”.
Aquaflow is rumored to be the fuel supplier for the upcoming Air New Zealand biodiesel test flight.
nbr.co.nz reported [...]
Today in Biofuels: Oil cos accused of rigging US markets; 20 percent export duty on crude palm oil; McCain’s record
Top Story:The Consumer Federation of America accused the US oil industry of conspiring to create tight markets for oil, with resulting increases in prices. The report said that widespread gasoline availability, falling demand and increasing use of ethanol have not had a price impact because of oil company manipulation of refinery outputs. The Federation said [...]
Consumer Federation accuses Big Oil of rigging oil markets with refining caps
The Consumer Federation of America accused the US oil industry of conspiring to create tight markets for oil, with resulting increases in prices. The report said that widespread gasoline availability, falling demand and increasing use of ethanol have not had a price impact because of oil company manipulation of refinery outputs. The Federation said that [...]
John McCain’s environmental record and cap-and-trade advocacy policies profiled
John McCain’s environmental record and policies are profiled in an investors.com article. The article focuses on his conversion to environmentalism after the 2000 elections, and his sponsorship of cap-and-trade legislation in 2003, 2005 and 2007 with Senator Joe Lieberman. The current bill would limit emissions among commercial & industrial users to 2004 levels by 2012 [...]
Ten ethanol plants to go online in Brazil’s Paraná state by 2010
In Brazil, ten ethanol and sugar plants will become operational by 2010 in the state of Paraná, said the Association of Alcohol and Sugar Producers of the State of Paraná (Alcopar). One is expected to launch in 2008, and the remainder in 2010. Capacity was not disclosed. 23 plants are currently active in Paraná.
Philippine state allocates 30,000 hectares for jatropha
In the Philippines, the state government of Palawan has allocated 30,000 hectares of land for the growing of jatropha. Idle land will be used under the agreement signed by PNOC Alternative Fuels.
United Nations Economic and Social Survey touts potential of biofuls
The United Nations Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2008 (UNESCAP) said that “higher food prices will most hurt the urban poor and the rural poor who are net food consumers, for whom food is usually the biggest expenditure item. ” But the report said that biofuels can produce income benefits for [...]
EPA awards $215K for 61-bus emission reduction program in Puerto Rico
In Puerto Rico, the EPA has awarded $215,000 to the Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico to convert 61 school buses in the Bayamon school region to lower emissions.
Biofuels Digest Index drops 1.05 percent to 116.30 on diversified agribusiness selloff
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, fell 1.05 percent to close at 116.30 as diversified agribusiness continued to weaken.
For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) fell 1.04 percent to close at $41.94, while The Andersons (ANDE) lost 3.55 percent to finish at 42.67. Among ethanol stocks, Aventine Renewable Energy (AVR) [...]
Global Energy completes phase one of 7500 hectare jatropa project in Ethiopia
In Ethiopia, Global Energy completed phase one of its castor crop experiment in Sodo, with seeding commencing next month. Harvest is projected to be 12,000 tons of castor oil worth up to $13 million. Castor is being farmed by 25,000 small African landholders on 7500 hectares in Waletia and Gome.
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1. Coskata
2. Sapphire Energy
3. Virent Energy Systems
4. POET
5. Range Fuels
6. Solazyme
7. Amyris Biotechnologies
8. Mascoma
9. DuPont Danisco
10. UOP
11. ZeaChem
12. Aquaflow Bionomic
13. Bluefire Ethanol
14. Novozymes
15. Qteros
16. Petrobras
17. Cobalt Biofuels
18. Iogen
19. Synthetic Genomics
20. Abengoa Bioenergy
21. KL Energy
22. Ineos
23. GreenFuel
24. Vital Renewable Energy
25. LS9
26. Raven Biofuels
27. Gevo
28. St.1 Biofuels Oy
29. Primafuel
30. Taurus Energy
31. Ceres
32. Syngenta
33. Aurora Biofuels
34. Bionavitas
35. Algenol
36. Verenium
37. Simply Green
38. Carbon Green
39. SEKAB
40. Osage Bioenergy
41. Dynamotive
42. Sustainable Power
43. ETH Bioenergia
44. Choren
45. OriginOil
46. Propel Fuels
47. GEM Biofuels
48. Lake Erie Biofuels
49. Cavitation Technologies
50. Lotus/Jaguar – Omnivore -
