Archive for June, 2008
Mascoma finalizing Michigan deal to build its first commercial scale ethanol plant
In Michigan, Mascoma is finalizing negotiations with the state government to locate its first commercial-scale plant in Chippewa county. The state has pledged $15 million towards the project, which will cost more than $250 million. The company also announced that J.M. Longyear will become a joint venture partner in the project. Longyear is a major [...]
Kansas State team receives NSF grant for ocean-based algae cultivation research
Kansas State University researchers have received a $98,560 Small Grant for Exploratory Research from the National Science Foundation to carry out a study on the potential for algae grown on solid carriers in the open ocean. Solid carriers float on the ocean surface and provide a nexus for algae to grow. The study will simulate [...]
Louisiana Advanced Biofuel Industry Development Initiative becomes law; will support fuels produced from La. crops with higher than 600 gpa yields
In Louisiana, state governor Bobby Jindal signed the Advanced Biofuel Industry Development Initiative, that will provide support for the development of ethanol from Louisiana crops that yield a minimum of 600 gallons of fuel per acre. The legislation includes a pilot programs for hydrous ethanol pilot program: the United States has traditionally manufactured anhydrous ethanol, [...]
Omnia Group invests $3 million in Zambian jatropha research
In Zambia, the Omnia group will invest $3 million in jatropha research, saying that the imperative to develop alternative fuels is stronger in landlocked Zambia than neighboring South Africa, and said that the company hopes to understand as much as possible about rh nutrients required by jatropha so that it can develop and sell better [...]
Uproar in East Timor over plant to give 16 percent of arable land to sugar and ethanol project
In East Timor, opposition parties are protesting over a decision by the government to give a 50-year lease on 247,000 acres to Indonesian company GTLeste Biotech for a sugar plantation and ethanol mill. The opposition dismisses government claims that the land involved was unproductive, noting that it can support sugarcane cultivation, and says that the [...]
South Carolina passes law to allow local distributors to blend ethanol, capture tax credit, pass savings to consumers
In South Carolina, state lawmakers passed legislation over a gubernatorial veto requiring oil companies to provide pure gasoline to state-based distributors, saying that local companies would capture the ethanol tax credit and pass the savings on to consumers. “What the oil companies attempted to do is a travesty to the consumers of South Carolina,” Sen. [...]
Alternative Energy Sources to shut down operations
In Missouri, Alternative Energy Sources will shut down this week after failing to find financing for its proposed 110 Mgy corn ethanol plant in Boone County, Iowa. The company had attempted to expand its operations into consultancy to avoid the shut down.
In April, Alternative Energy Sources filed a $1.65 million suit against Florida attorney Louis [...]
Biofuels Digest Index falls 2.36 percent to all-time low of 90.16 as oil passes $140
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, fell 2.36 percent to close at an all-time low of 90.16 as ethanol and agribusiness stocks tumbled amidst a sharp general market downturn on fears over the economy. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) fell 2.36 percent to $32.51, while VeraSun Energy fell [...]
Biofuels Digest Columnists
Jim Lane. Get behind the headlines with the editor of Biofuels Digest.
Sean O’Hanlon. Straight talk and perspective from the founder and Executive Director of the American Biofuels Council.
Will Thurmond. Market trends and insights on algae, jatropha, bio-crude and more from the author of Biodiesel 2020.
Energy Information Administration releases 2030 international outlook; European biodiesel association revises ‘08 forecast
Two key projections were released yesterday. The new International Energy Outlook to 2030 was released by the US Energy Information Administration that showed biofuel production doubling by 2030 while CO2 emissions rise 42 percent. Also, a near-term forecast from the European Biodiesel Board said that European production will increase 17 percent in 2008 and capacity [...]
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Jatropha news roundup
Waste-to-energy news roundup
The 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy - Sponsored by Core Informatics
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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 Energy
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 -
