Solazyme, Gevo, Amyris, Codexis, DDCE, Gevo, POET, Sapphire Energy, LS9, Novozymes and Abengoa Bioenergy formed the top 10 after the first week of subscriber balloting for the 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy. Petrobras, which made the top 10 on the first four days of voting, was just outside the Top 10, along with Chevron, Genencor, […]
In California, Pacific Ethanol will sell the entire 55 million gallon annual production from AE Advanced Fuels’ Keyes facility through its subsidiary Kinergy Marketing LLC. Kinergy has reportedly cleaned up the majority of the local ethanol production set to supply the California low carbon fuel standard for 2011. More on the story.
In Hawaii, the Kauai Island Utility Cooperative has received a $110M loan guarantee from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, as part of a $2.9 billion package of loan guarantees that will will benefit more than 183,000 rural electric cooperative consumers and includes over $310 million invested in renewable energy. The Kauai Island Cooperative in Hawaii […]
In India, Y B Ramakrishna, State Taskforce on Biofuel Chairman talked to reporters in Mangalore regarding several programs for agricultural waste to biofuels. Ramakrishna stated, “It is learnt that the coastal districts have in abundance sardine fishes, cashew apples and jackfruits, which are rich source of bio ethanol. Approximately 40,000 tonnes of cashew apples rot […]
In the Netherlands, global oil storage company Vopak said that the company’s drive to diversify into biofuel and vegetable oil storage—which now makes up 12.5% of the company’s operating profits—hurt its 3Q earnings as investors sought to keep their positions low due to an uncertain European market. Vopak’s occupancy rate decreased slightly to 92 percent […]
In India, sales of ethanol-blended gasoline started up again after nearly a year’s pause, with gas stations in Bangalore, Mathura and parts of Gujarat being the first. The Indian Oil Company says that it will take two to three weeks for supply to even out and then the blending programme will expand to the rest […]
In Indiana, researchers have discovered that pelletizing corn stover and other cellulosic biomass before transporting it to ethanol production sites does not in fact save producers money as was assumed. Though using pellets would allow cellulosic ethanol producers to use existing grain handling and storage equipment—compared to capital outlay required for storing and transporting bales—half […]
In Washington, the EPA delayed a final decision on allowing E15 ethanol blends in cars with 2001-2006 model years, and said that it will make a decision after the DOE completes automobile testing by the end of the year. “We’ve been informed by EPA that the decision is being delayed because of the need to […]
In Ohio, Benz Technology International of Clarkesville has developed a new 2-day course on agitation for the biofuels industry. Topics include agitation basics, fluid rheology and specific application guides for biodiesel, starch and cellulose based ethanol/biofuel processes. More on the story.
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, was flat at 75.46 as most ethanol stocks fell. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) dropped 0.44 percent to $29.66, while Biofuel Energy (BIOF) dropped 6.83 percent to $1.91. Among other equities, GreenHunter (GRH) jumped 8.18 percent to $1.19. Overall, declines led advanced […]
