Biofuels Digest

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 cmmercial-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 […]

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 […]

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 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 […]

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.

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.

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 […]

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.

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) […]

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.