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Bioenergy PROFITS Principals: Obtaining Vital Information, and Verenium, Dyadic, Coskata

INFORMATION OVERLOAD – What’s the Solution to my Problem?
Obtaining Vital Information – Part III
How do you sift all the available information to find only what you need to help you make sound decisions?  It is worthwhile to know the best sources of information for your business.  Many industries have websites, research reports or other sources [...]

Abengoa to complete three new ethanol plants in Netherlands, US in Q1 2010, expands global capacity to 687 Mgy

In Spain, Abengoa Bioenergy said that its three new ethanol plants will become operational in Illinois, Indiana and the Netherlands in the first quarter of 2010. The Rotterdam-based plant will have a capacity of 126 Mgy, while the two US-based plants will have 100 Mgy in capacity.
Overall, Abengoa’s capacity will increase to 687 Mgy, and [...]

FDC Enterprise, Abengoa, Mendel, Show Me Energy and Alliant Energy among winners of DOE feedstock systems grant

In Ohio, the U.S DOE announced that FDC Enterprises of Columbus, became one of five winners to share in a $21 million grant to develop supply systems to handle and deliver feedstocks for cellulosic biofuels production. According to DOE’s press release, the selected grant winners represented, “the best projects to stimulate the design and demonstration [...]

DSM White Biotechnology: 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy candidate profile

Royal DSM White Biotechnology
Based in: The Netherlands
2008-09 ranking: Unranked
Business: White (industrial) biotechnology: Advanced micro-organisms, including microbial biocatalysts and an ethanologen capable of co-fermenting C5 and C6 sugars; Enzymatic hydrolysis, e.g. using cellulases and hemicellulases; Fermentation to biogas, biofuels and biobased chemicals, e.g. for the production of cellulosic ethanol, succinic acid, citric acid, vitamins, and [...]

Complete text of Kerry, Boxer letter from 20 bioenergy executives

September 9, 2009
Senator Barbara Boxer
United States Senate
112 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
Senator John F. Kerry
United States Senate
218 Russell Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
RE:  Indirect Land Use Change & Fair Carbon Accounting Under the Federal RFS
Dear Senator Boxer and Senator Kerry,
RE:  Indirect Land Use Change & Fair Carbon Accounting Under the Federal RFS
Dear Senator Boxer and Senator Kerry,
As leading Massachusetts and California-affiliated companies in the advanced biofuel sector, we are writing to clarify our position regarding the enforcement of indirect land use change (iLUC) penalties against biofuels under the amended Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). [...]

DOE grants $21 million to five projects for high tonnage biomass feedstock systems

In Washington, US Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced $21 million in awards to five projects that handle and deliver high tonnage biomass feedstocks for cellulosic biofuels production.  The awards are intended stimulate the design and demonstration of systems for harvesting, collection, preprocessing, transport, and storage of sufficient volumes of sustainably produced feedstocks, including switchgrass, [...]

Today in Biofuels Opinion: “I think biofuel prices have touched a floor.”

Armando Sanchez-Falcon, finance director of Abengoa: “The biofuels numbers in the first half are still bad. Sales improved because we added another plant. But we are seeing how margins on spot prices have improved in July and August. I think biofuel prices have touched a floor.”
From the New York Times: “A paper published on Tuesday [...]

Who’s Your Daddy’s Daddy?: a look at Bioenergy and Washington lobbying

In Washington, the Center for Public Integrity released a report on lobbying over the impending Climate Bill, and reported that 13 bioenergy companies plus several trade groups registered to lobby Congress for the first time on global warming.
Companies that popped up for the first time to lobby on climate change include: Algenol Biofuels, the American [...]

50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy for 2009/10 – rules and procedures

On December 1st, the Digest will publish its annual rankings for the “50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy”. There have been numerous requests since the 08/09 ranking were released about how to qualify. Here’s background for 2009/2010.
1. The rankings will be published on December 1st, and are based on weighted scores. 50 percent of the score [...]

Biofuels Digest Anniversary issue: The 10 Most Popular Stories of the Year for 2008-09

Today, Biofuels Digest celebrates its 2nd anniversary with a special look back at the “10 Most Popular Stories of the Year” for 2008-09
1. The Hottest 50 Companies in Bioenergy. Published right before Christmas last year, the Hottest 50 didn’t attract much attention at the time, but has become the Digest’s most popular annual feature. Not [...]