In Washington, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finalized the 2011 percentage standards for the four fuels categories under the agency’s Renewable Fuel Standard program, known as RFS2. In July, the EPA indicating in a draft ruling that it would specify a range of 6-25 million gallons of cellulosic ethanol, and finalized its mandated volumes at […]
Solazyme has retained its lead in subscriber voting as the 8-hour mark approaches until the end of voting for the 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy. But with early international selector ballots now coming, in, LS9, Solazyme and Amyris are tightly bunched at the top of the international selector table. Solazyme, Amyris, DDCE, Gevo, POET, Novozymes, […]
In Florida, Ag-Oil is running into opposition for its oil seed crushing plant that it wants to develop in Palm Beach county. Residents have already approved growing jatropha on the allotted 103 acres but they believe the crushing plant would be better suited in a port or airport area because of its industrial nature. Ag-Oil’s […]
In Florida, Alternative Fuels Americas has purchased Puerto Rico’s Sustainable Agro Biotech, a firm focused on algae R&D. The company develops technologies to recycle carbon dioxide emission into microalgae varieties with robust growth and oil production capabilities and to achieve commercially feasible harvesting of microalgal products. The Company operates facilities in Gainesville, Florida and a […]
In New York, Global Energy (GEYI.OB) has granted Covanta the exclusive right to develop projects in the United States with the AlphaKat Technology (an expansion of its existing rights) and extending the exclusive term for an additional 5 years. In consideration of GEYI giving up the right to develop projects in the U.S., Covanta agreed […]
In Mexico, biofuel production from the country’s first facility—located in Chiapas and using jatropha as a feedstock—will be used in all the official vehicles transporting the 20,000 delegates expected to attend the upcoming COP16 meeting in Cancun. Locally in Chiapas, 136 buses that can use biodiesel as well as 45 trucks will be introduced into […]
In Mozambique, Sun Biofuels says that it will expand its jatropha production from a current 2,000 hectares to 11,000 hectares in the next five year. The company sells all of its biodiesel to state-run PetroMoc and may start buying farmer-produced jatropha seeds within the year. More on the story.
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In Pennsylvania, the Clearfield County Commissioners voted to terminate its cooperation agreement with SWAN Biomass Inc. at its meeting last week in order to proceed with the transfer of grant funding to a cellulosic biomass ethanol research project in Curwensville. The project didn’t pan out for SWAN Biomass Inc., an Illinois-based company, so the county […]
In Washington, the Union of Concerned Scientists are concerned that the EPA will lower the blending requirement for advanced biofuels under the RFS in 2011, further reducing a main driver that will bring the fuels to market. The UCS attributes the cellulosic shortfall to the lingering recession, which has made it more difficult for this […]
