The National Alliance for Biofuels and Bioproducts (NAABB), a consortium of leading scientists and engineers from universities, private industry, and national laboratories announced today that they have met a significant benchmark by successfully producing biodiesel using oil extracted from algae that meets specifications set by the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM). ASTM develops […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, was flat at 74.30 as large caps and advanced biofuels declined. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) fell 0.20 percent to $29.52, while while BlueFire Renewables (BFRE.OB) fell 8.00 percent to $0.46. Among other equities, Amyris (AMRS) fell 0.82 percent to $18.17. Overall, […]
Two guys from the Bay Area come up with an idea to produce renewable fuel from algae in open ponds. It’s a common tale, and in the renewable fuels business it is too often a story with an unhappy ending. But it happens to be the beginning of Solazyme’s story too – one that is […]
Amyris, Ceres, Novozymes, OriginOil, Petrobras, POET, Sapphire Energy, and Solazyme formed the top 10 in the second day of subscriber balloting for the 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy. Gevo and Shell, which made the top 10 on day one of voting, were just outside the Top 10, along with Genencor, Codexis, UOP, Enerkem, Joule Unlimited, […]
In Idaho, the would-be ethanol plant in Heyburn owned by Renoval Energy Idaho was auctioned off on Nov. 10 with items sold for scrap value while others fetched a higher price, like the centrifuges that sold at their original price. As only 10% of the plant’s equipment had been installed, yet 85% had been delivered, […]
In Virginia, Osage Bio Energy LLC’s ethanol plant is currently wrapping up construction. The Appomattox Bio Energy plant is scheduled to go online in the first quarter of 2011. The company has signed a CO2-purchase agreement with Praxair Incorporated, which is building a CO2 plant at the site. More on the story.
In Canada, Natural Resources Canada is exploring biofuel production from asbestos mining tailings in south-central Quebec. As part of the federal government’s $8-million green mining initiative, which aims to improve the sector’s environmental performance and create green economic opportunities, two feasibility studies will look at the Thetford Mines. One study will assess the fertility of […]
In Germany, biodiesel producer EOP says that it expects to re-start production at its 100,000 ton/year oilseed crushing facility early next year. The facility along with its 130,000 ton/year biodiesel facility, which relies on the crushing facility for feedstock, shut down on Oct. 16. The seed crushing facility is in need of spare parts which […]
In Sweden, SEKAB E-Technology and Taurus Energy have successfully carried out a three-week long industrial demo scale evaluation of Taurus Energy’s yeast. The yeast has been specially developed, and, in contrast to ordinary yeast, it can ferment pentose as well as hexose. The trial, which was co-financed by the Swedish Energy Agency, also proves that […]
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