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Petrobras acquires 50 percent stake in BSBIOS biodiesel plant in Brazil
In Brazil, the biofuels arm of Petrobras acquired a 50 percent stake in the BSBIOS biodiesel plant in Parana. The project is expected to open with a30 Mgy capacity in Q2 2010. With this acquisition, Petrobras has four biodiesel plants with 85 Mgy in capacity. The acquisition is Petrobras first biodiesel operation in the southern [...]
POET, BP, Coskata and Sapphire among early contenders in 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy underway
All this week, subscribers are casting their ballots for the 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy.
Balloting will be open to the registered subscribers of the Biofuels Digest, Geothermal Digest and Biomass Digest e-newsletters, through Monday November 23rd at 5pm EST. The link to the ballot will be distributed this week in every edition of the Digest [...]
Indian Oil becomes fifth oil major, first NOC, to join algal fuels race; signs with PetroAlgae
In India, Indian Oil Company became the fifth oil major and first national oil company (NOC) to decisively enter the algal fuel race, signing a MOU to enter into an agreement with PetroAlgae to license micro-crop technology for the large-scale production of renewable fuels.
The announcement is also the first between an oil major and an [...]
IEA Task 39 group publishes comprehensive update on Japan’s biofuels industry
In Japan, the Task 39 committee of the International Energy Agency provided a comprehensive update on bioenergy in Japan from Professor Shiro Saka at the Graduate School of Energy Science at Kyoto University.
“According to our research in recent years, approximately 370 million tons of biomass resources are annually produced in Japan,” wrote Dr. Saka. “Among [...]
Petrobras targets 15 percent ethanol, 25 percent biodiesel market share in Brazil
In Brazil, Petrobras Biocombustível CEO Miguel Rossetto said that the Brazilian state oil giant has targeted $2 billion in biodiesel and ethanol investment through 2013, and aims to achieve a 15 percent share of the Brazilian ethanol market and up to 25 percent market share in biodiesel.
Rossetto said that the company will commence ethanol production [...]
Petrobras, Banco de Brasil establish $49 million in farmer credit lines for biodiesel
In Brazil, Petrobras Biocombustivel and Banco do Brasil announced a $49.4 million financing package that will establish credit lines for biodiesel feedstock-producing farmers, supplying soy, sunflower or castor oil for Petrobras biodiesel plants in Bahia, Ceara and Minas Gerais states. The three plants control 5 percent of Brazilian biodiesel consumption or 44 Mgy.
Petrobras said that [...]
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 [...]
Petrobras CEO says will expand to Japan, aims to be “big player” in global ethanol
In Brazil, Latin Business Chronicle is running an in-depth interview with Petrobras CEO Jose Sergio Gabrielli de Azevedo on the company’s biofuels expansion plans. Gabrielli commented on the investment structure for the massive new oilfield discoveries, a $10 billion strategic investment by China in the company, and the company’s $174.4 billion five-year business plan based [...]
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 [...]
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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 Bioenergy
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 -
