Archive for June, 2009
Dow Chemical to partner with Algenol in 24-acre algae facility; ethanol is target as base for bioplastics
In Florida, Dow Chemical announced that it will partner with Algenol Fuels to build and operate a 24-acre Texas-based algae biorefinery demonstration farm that will produce ethanol at a target cost of $1 per gallon.
The facility will be constructed at the Dow facility in Freeport, and will make ethanol that can be used as a [...]
Dayton P&L to purchase up to 100,000 tonnes per year of 2nd gen biomass for power generation
In Ohio, Dayton Power and Light said that it has issued an RFP to purchase up to maximum of 15,000 tonnes of biomass-based fuels by the end of 2009, and up to 100,000 tonnes in the following five years. The company said that the RFP included the potential for biofuel for power gen burning made [...]
Bio Solutions Manufacturing advances on 2.2 Mgy brown grease treatment process
In Nevada, Bio Solutions Manufacturing announced that it had retained Hammerhead Engineering , who successfully completed its second test of their brown grease pre-treatment process. Hammerhead Engineering will deliver a pre-treatment process and engineering design for a production facility capable of producing 6,000 gallons a day of B100, a biodiesel fuel, which meets ASTM standards. [...]
Today in Biofuels Opinion: “The President…wants the biofuel industry to take hold in this country.”
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack: “I suspect that there will probably be an effort to make sure when there is [speculative] ]trading that takes place on the market, that it’s trading that actually assists the market, doesn’t hurt the market, creates a robust trading scheme so that we get a good pricing signal. The President [...]
Scania sells 85 ethanol buses to Sweden’s Busslink
In Sweden, Scania will deliver a fleet of 85 ethanol buses Busslink, a regional transport company. The order is the company’s largest to date, offering thermal efficiencies comparable to diesel. Prior to the announcement, nearly 40 percent of all Busslink buses operate on the 95 percent ethanol, 5 percent additive blend. The company said it [...]
Petrojam Ethanol now seen as block to Jamaican sugarcane deal
In Jamaica, Agriculture Minister Dr Christopher Tufton announced the sale of the St Thomas and Trelawny sugar companies, but did not elaborate on the fate of the Petrojam Ethanol unit that was added to the package last year when Brazil’s Infinity was negotiating to make the acquisition. The Jamaica Gleaner is reporting that the buyers [...]
Brazilian government, industry agree on sugar cane worker reforms
In Brazil, the national government announced that it had reached a non-bindin g accord with the sugarcane industry to improve worker conditions. According to the government, more than 300 of the total of 400 sugar cane growers in Brazil signed the agreement.
The accord sets hygiene and safety standards, after a series of reports on unsavory [...]
Two Missouri five-year projects to study algae energy
In Missouri, researchers at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center and Washington University in St. Louis will launch five-year research programs on algae. The DOE fund for Energy Frontier Research Centers granted the Danforth Center $15 million and Washington University $20 million. Danforth director Richard Sayre will a team studying ways to increase oil production.
Prof. [...]
Group of US western Republican senators offer energy legislation as alt to climate bill
In Washington, a group of Western Republican Senators including Orrin Hatch and Bob Bennett of Utah, John Barrasso of Wyoming, Mike Crapo of Idaho, David Vitter of Louisiana, Jim Risch of Idaho and Mike Enzi of Wyoming launched the “Clean, Affordable, and Reliable Energy (CARE) Act” as an alternative to climate legislation now heading to [...]
Danisco, Inbicon, Novozymes and Statoil to supply biofuels to Copenhagen climate change treaty conference
In Denmark, the national government indicated that the Partnership for Biofuels, a consortium including Danisco, Inbicon, Novozymes and Statoil, will supply straw-based ethanol at the Climate Change Conference, where the successor to the Kyoto Treaty will be finalized. Volvo is supplying the cars. The national government also added that they have reserved some of the [...]
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