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Louis Dreyfus injects $463 million in new LDC-SEV bioenergy giant, after LDC Bioenergia, Santelisa Vale merger
In Brazil, LDC-SEV, the company resulting from the merger of LDC Bioenergia and Santelisa Vale, will receive a capital injection of $463 million from Louis Dreyfus, and is expected to have an IPO between 2012 and 2014, according to a report in Bloomberg. Louis Dreyfus, which will own 60 percent of the venture, has said [...]
ETH Bioenergia, Braskem sign three-year, 39 million gallons ethanol deal
In Brazil, ETH Bioenergia announced that it has signed a three year agreement with Braskem to supply 40 million gallons of ethanol to the petrochemical giant. ETH’s management said that the off-take deal would take effect in the second half of 2010.
ETH, which is a subsidiary of Odebrecht and reportedly is in merger talks with [...]
ETH Bioenergia, Brenco discuss merger
In Brazil, ETH Bioenergia and Brenco announced that they are exploring a merger that would create a company with 660 Mgy in ethanol capacity and an ability to process 37 million tonnes of sugar cane per year, by 2014. The companies said that they could eventually go public, after a merger, with ETH confirming that [...]
BP Biofuels: 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy candidate profile
BP Biofuels
Based in: UK
2008-09 ranking: Not Ranked
Business:
BP Biofuels is a leading global biofuels player, with a breadth of investment that is unique in terms of both its scale and its reach. Producing ethanol today, BP Biofuels has investments throughout the entire biofuels value chain: from sustainable feedstocks, including cellulosic energy grasses, through to advantaged [...]
Petrobras, ETH Bioenergia, pursuing Brazil’s Brenco in ethanol realignment
In Brazil, Petrobras confirmed yesterday that it has entered into talks of partnership and/or investment with Brenco, the Brazilian ethanol producer that counts AOL founder Steve Case, Vinod Khosla and Bill and Hillary Clinton among its direct and indirect investors. Brenco said that it may sell a controlling stake to Petrobras, or merge with ETH [...]
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 [...]
BP urges California Air Resources Board to support killing of Brazilian ethanol tariff
In California, BP has urged the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to support the elimination of the tariff on Brazilian sugarcane ethanol. Oil & Gas Journal is reporting that the letters says that BP believes that “sugarcane-based ethanol will be the lowest-carbon biofuel available in the first years of the Low-Carbon Fuel Standard.” BP holds [...]
Biofuels Digest special report: Indian biofuels pioneer Praj Industries
By Biofuels Digest special correspondent Joelle Brink
A biofuels research colleague of mine once described Praj Industries as “the future.” Company chairman Pramod Chaudhari agrees, but likes to point out: “We at Praj do not go by predictions. We like to bring the changes and help shape the future ourselves.” So begins a special profile of Indian [...]
Indian state oil companies pull back from $600 million in Brazilian sugarcane, ethanol investments
In India, state oil firms have cancelled or deferred more than $600 million in planned Brazilian sugarcane acreage as the low prices of crude oil have taken their toll and made ethanol blending largely uneconomical in India. The plans called for state oil companies such as Bharat Petroleum, IOC and Hindustani Petroleum to acquire stakes [...]
The Hottest 50 Companies in Bioenergy
The Hottest 50 Companies in Bioenergy, as ranked by Biofuels Digest for 2008-09 are:
(click on links for a collection of recent profiles and stories on each company)
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 [...]


