Today on Twitter. FarmlandNetwork: Purdue ag economists say 2 key items are driving commodity prices now: use of beans to feed China economy and demand for corn in biofuels LiebelyVirieyh: Biofuels: Biotechnology, Chemistry, and Sustainable Development: dreahouston: .@jm_mcgrath @glen4tc Would we be in a better position if we invested in green technology, like biofuels, sooner? […]
In Brazil, researchers from Kansas State University, University of Texas at Austin and Michigan State University have statistically linked the loss of forest area as the indirect effect of changing pastureland into space for soybean and biofuel crops in counties bordering the Amazon. By reducing soybean production by 10 percent in these pasture areas could […]
In Fiji, the government has recently approved a voluntary blend of 5% biodiesel and 10% ethanol with an eye on a mandate within the next 12 months. Oil companies are pulling out of the country because they’re finding that supplying islands so far from oil sources isn’t profitable. Therefore the country is looking for alternative […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, dipped 0.16 percent to 88.26 as advanced biofuels retreated. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) gained 2.42 percent to $31.30, while Amyris (AMRS) fell 4.41 percent to $23.42. Among other equities, Solazyme (SZYM) fell 3.45 percent to $22.98. Overall, advances led declines 6 […]
Oil majors be darned. Dow Chemical and Mitsui revive the Usina Santa Vitoria project.Who’s next to move forward in the Long Samba – or is it a slow, rhythmic Bolero? – towards a diversified supply chain, anchored by renewables, and anchored in Brazil? In Brazil, Dow Chemical has teamed with Mitsui in a JV that […]
By Jonathan Silver Executive Director, U.S. Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office Special to Biofuels Digest Since my last update six months ago, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office (LPO) has been extremely busy, committing or closing 19 additional financings of clean energy projects – including one of the country’s first commercial-scale cellulosic […]
In North Carolina, 800 gallons of biodiesel has been delivered to Camp Lejeune as the first batch of fuel to be supplied under the “Fuel the Force” program that is promoting local biofuel production for military use. The biodiesel was produced from canola grown by nearby farmers and then processed at North Carolina State University.
In Florida, PetroAlgae announced that it has entered into an agreement with CRI Catalyst Company to use Integrated hydropyrolysis and hydroconversion technology for the conversion of PetroAlgae’s micro-crop residues into renewable fuels. Combination of the two technologies results in an integrated system that produces cellulosic gasoline, diesel, and jet hydrocarbon fuels, or premium blend stocks. […]
In Illinois, Elevance Renewable Sciences raised $50 million in a Reg D capital round with undisclosed investors. The company, which last raised $100 million in a capital round completed in December, declined to state use of proceeds. But the company is scheduled to start construction later this year on a $225 million project in Natchez, […]
In Thailand, PTT Aromatics and Refining has frozen its $150 million biojet investment project because it fears that high production costs would deter any interested buyers, costing airlines like THAI more to buy the fuel than to buy carbon credits. With biojet availability in Thailand, flights to Europe would have to originate from Singapore where […]
