Archive for July, 2008
National Conservation, Environment and Energy Independence Act introduced in US House: oil drilling, coal-to-liquid, Renewable Energy Reserve Fund planned
23 members of the US House of Representatives have introduced the National Conservation, Environment and Energy Independence Act that would lift many restrictions on offshore oil drilling, while providing a projected $2.6 trillion in lease and royalty payments that would generate $390 million for a Renewable Energy Reserve Act. The bi-partisan bill introduced by 11 [...]
Today in Biofuels Opinion: “We don’t want it to be a pro-ethanol hearing but a pro-fact hearing”
Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska, remarking on food vs fuel hearings scheduled for next month by the Senate Agricultural Committee: “We don’t want it to be a pro-ethanol hearing but a pro-fact hearing. American farmers are producing enough for our food and feed needs, and they’re producing enough to also help with our country’s massive [...]
Miscanthus ethanol yields are 2-1/2 times corn in 3-year trial; switchgrass disappoints
A study that will be published in Global Change Biology reveals that miscanthus will produce up to two and a half times the per-acre ethanol yields as corn. In the same 3-year field trial, in Illinois, switchgrass produced only half the yield of ethanol as corn. Yields of 30-61 tonnes per hectare were achieved “with [...]
German biodiesel taxes to rise 40 percent in January: producers cry “extinction!”
In Germany, the biodiesel industry is facing a new extinction threat if federal government carries forward with its plant to increase biodiesel taxes by 40 percent in January. The tax hike, from 15 cents to 21 cents per liter, is part of a based increase of green fuel taxes until they are the same as [...]
Sweet sorghum boom in Florida; pending trials will determine ethanol expansion potential
In Florida, Global Renewable Energy has planted a 10-acre test patch of sweet sorghum and said that it plans to expand to 10,000 acres and buld an ethanol plant if scientific tests reveal sufficient sugar yields per acre. The project is one of at least four proposed sweet sorghum projects in Florida.
The state government has [...]
Bunge to invest $639 million in three Brazilian ethanol plants: report
In Brazil, it has been reported in Valor Economico that Bunge will invest $639 million in three sugar ethanol plants in Tocantins state, in the north of Brazil. The new plants, the first of which will be operational in 2011, will be ultimately supported by 100,000 hectares of sugarcane.
Brazil background
Leaders at the sugarcane association, Unica, [...]
More layoffs at Imperium as 100 Mgy biodiesel plant struggles
In Washington state, Imperium Renewables has announced a new round of layoffs, affecting corporate staff, just as a storm of protest erupted in Hawaii over Imperium’s switch to supplying biodiesel to Hawaii Electric from its Grays Harbor, WA plant instead of constructing a new biodiesel plant in Hawaii. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer is reporting that “only [...]
Biofuels Digest Index gains 0.50 percent to 82.76 on ethanol uptick
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, gained 0.50 percent to 82.76 as agribusiness and ethanol stocks advanced slightly. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) inched up 0.35 percent to $28.98, while Aventine Renewable Energy (AVR) rose 3.34 percent to close at $6.81 and pace the ethanol stocks. Among small [...]
Biodiesel magazine debuts online, interactive US, Canada plant map
The publishers of Biodiesel magazine have introduced an online, interactive Biodiesel Plant Map for the US and Canada, with zoom in features, and pop-up data including capacity, feedstock, builder and star date.
Agrana launches 240,000 tonne sugar beet ethanol plant in Austria
In Austria, Agrana has launched a 240,000 tonne corn and sugar beet ethanol plant in Pischelsdorf. The $180 million project will employ a staff of 69. The company had delayed a planned opening in March due to high feedstock prices, saying that high wheat grain prices had forced a switch to corn as a feedstock. [...]
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