In Pennsylvania, service departments at Raystown Lake are seeing a significant increase in the number of boats being brought in with engine problems after using gasoline mixed with 10% ethanol. Although Federal regulations allow for the ethanol blend, smaller engines such as those found in boats, lawn mowers and other small machines are increasingly having […]
In Pennsylvania, Bionol Clearfield filed for bankruptcy and is now looking for a buyer for its ethanol plant in Clearfield. Bionol Clearfield filed for Chapter 7 liquidation bankruptcy to liquidate its assets, which are listed between $50-$100 million with liabilities of $100-$500 million. The plant began having difficulties just months after opening in December 2009. […]
In South Dakota, POET Biorefining has become the first ethanol plant in the state to apply for permits to use storm water in its plant instead of discharging it. Currently, the plant uses 440,000 gallons of water per day, and is charged $1.35 per 1,000 gallons of water by the city of Mitchell for water […]
In California, Amyris and Firmenich announced that they are expanding their collaboration agreement to include a third ingredient for the flavors and fragrances market. Under the current agreement, established in November 2010, Firmenich is funding work at Amyris to develop a first ingredient with rights to co-fund a second. The parties expect to begin work […]
In Mozambique, Sun Biofuels exported its first shipment of biofuel produced from jatropha to be used by the German airline Lufthansa. Thirty tons of jatropha oil produced in Mozambique’s central province of Manica were crushed by British company Sun Biofuels and sent to Germany. Luftansa is currently seeking 400 million liters of biofuels globally as […]
In Indonesia, Molindo Raya Industrial announced plans to construct a 55-million liter/year ethanol plant in 2012, following recent land acquisition for the project. When completed in 2013, the $40-50 million plant will double the Company’s ethanol production capacity using molasses feedstock sourced from a nearby sugar mill. The company currently owns another 55-million liter/year molasses-based […]
In Texas, an energy return on investment study from researchers at The University of Texas at Austin found that using waste inputs to reduce growing costs can improve energy returns significantly, but algae growth strategies have not yet achieved high enough productivities to generate oils that can compete in fuel markets. “Under the conditions modeled […]
In Texas, Celanese Corp. announced it would produce low-cost ethanol for US motorists using natural gas if US policy makers end subsidies for corn-based production and amend the law that allows only renewable sources of the fuel additive. Celanese currently produces ethanol from natural gas for approximately $60 a barrel, one-third less than the corn-based […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, edged up 0.08 percent to 89.92 on advanced biofuels gains. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) fell 0.90 percent to $31.83, while BlueFire Renewables (BFRE.OB) fell 9.52 percent to $0.19. Among other equities, Amyris (AMRS) gained 2.17 percent to $25.43. Overall, declines led […]
A two-part series looking at China, as Chinese cleantech investment continues to surge and surge Cleantech is going big in China, so big that’s it progress can be measured by the day and week, rather than the month and year. Last week, earlier in the week we had a $200M IPO filing by China Industrial […]
