The Latest News: Enerkem announced that it has successfully concluded the U.S. federal environmental assessment requirements for its Mississippi waste-to-ethanol plant, which clears the way for the company to move forward with the project. As a condition of US$50 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for its Pontotoc, Mississippi biorefinery, Enerkem […]
The Latest News: In September, Cosan announced the inauguration of their newest ethanol, sugar and electricity facility in Caarapó. Listed as part of the Shell/Cosan joint venture Biofuels reported on August 26th, the facility will process 2.5 million tons of sugarcane to produce 90 Mly of ethanol (23 Mgy), 185,000 tons of sugar and cogenerate […]
The Latest News: In November, Neste Oil opened its NExBTL renewable diesel plant in Singapore, which is the largest renewable diesel plant in the world at 800,000 metric tons per year of capacity. Production will be ramped up on a phased basis. The plant was completed on-schedule and on-budget. The Digest’s Take: The offtake is […]
The Latest News: In February, Syngenta announced a partnership with Brazil’s Instituto Agronomico to develop sugarcane varietals optimized for ethanol production. “We are bringing innovation to sugar cane cultivation through 40 different projects, focused on agronomy performance, weed and bug control, and raising sugar content,” said Marco Bochi, director of New Sugarcane Technologies at Syngenta […]
The Latest News: In November, LanzaTech announced that its cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) with PNNL has been given final approval by the DOE. The first phase of the CRADA work will focus on converting some of LanzaTech’s products to drop in jet fuel. Lanzatech’s clean energy technology can produce 2,3-Butanediol (2,3-BD), an oxygenate […]
In Digestville, Gevo stretched its lead over Solazyme from the top of the pack as the 125-hour mark until the end of voting for the 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy. Solazyme, Amyris, DDCE, Novozymes, Genencor, POET, LS9, Codexis and Cargill trailed Gevo in the top 10 after the tenth day of subscriber balloting for the […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, recovered 1.21 percent to 75.01 on broad advances across the board .For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) gained 1.34 percent to $29.48, while BlueFire Renewables (BFRE.OB) fell 18.52 percent to $0.44. Among other equities, Pacific Ethanol (PEIX) gained 5.71 percent to $0.74 (. […]
We haven’t heard of anyone making biofuels out of chickens, or eggs, but we hear a lot about the chicken-and-egg problem. “How do get growers to grow if there’s no market? How do you get a market if there are no growers?” Arvens Technology CEO Sudhir Seth summed up the problem. A few years back, […]
Gevo toppled Solazyme from the top of the pack as the 150-hour mark until the end of voting for the 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy. “Almost as fun as Dancing with the Stars results,” exulted “accellerase” in a Twitter post. Solazyme, Amyris, DDCE, Codexis, Novozymes, POET, LS9, Genencor and Sapphire Energy formed the top 10 […]
In Illinois, corn futures are falling as gasoline demand drops—indicating lower demand for ethanol as well. The most active contract has lost 11% in the past two weeks while gasoline markets remain nervous about the European debt crisis. Ethanol futures have also fallen thanks to the EPA’s delay in approving E15 for older model cars […]
