In Washington, the EPA has released draft guidance on underground storage tanks for biofuels including ethanol and biodiesel. EPA is requesting comments on the proposed guidance that clarifies how an UST owner or operator can comply with the federal compatibility requirement for UST systems storing gasoline containing greater than 10 percent ethanol, and diesel containing […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, plunged 2.47 percent to 74.29 on a broad equities decline. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) tumbled 2.02 percent to $29.58, while Valero (VLO) dropped 3.89 percent to $18.76. Among other equities, Amyris (AMRS) fell 4.73 percent to $18.32. Overall, declines led advances […]
As readers and international selector begin the process of rendering their judgment on bioenergy processing technologies, in balloting for the 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy, industry leaders reported a steaming pace towards bioenergy commercialization at Advanced Bioenergy Markets, featuring one of the last major gatherings of industry CEOs before the close of the year. In […]
Amyris, Ceres, Gevo, Novozymes, OriginOil, Petrobras, POET, Sapphire Energy, Shell, and Solazyme formed the top 10 in the opening day of subscriber balloting for the 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy. Balloting will be open to the registered subscribers of the Biofuels Digest, Geothermal Digest and Renewable Chemicals Digest e-newsletters, through Monday November 30th at 5pm […]
In California, Fulcrum BioEnergy announced today that the U.S. Department of Energy has selected Fulcrum’s Sierra BioFuels Plant to enter the final phase of DOE’s Loan Guarantee Program. Fulcrum has received a detailed indicative term sheet from DOE and has begun the negotiation process to advance the loan towards closure and funding. The Sierra BioFuels […]
In Texas, ICM has signed an agreement to retrofit the Hereford Renewable Energy plant in Hereford with work expected to be finished by the end of 2011. The facility, acquired by the Murphy Oil subsidiary from bankrupted Hereford Energy, will include the addition of new equipment to enable the plant to consistently achieve nameplate capacity. […]
In the UK, Merseytravel and Stagecoach Merseyside—two bus operators in Liverpool—are launching a new fuel initiative based on vegetable oil under the European BIONIC project which is funded by the European Commission and Intelligent Energy Europe programme and coordinated in Europe by Merseytravel. The two year trial will provide refuelling infrastructure to allow six Stagecoach […]
In Brazil, Petrobras has set up an ethanol distribution network with five companies including Cosan SA Industria e Comercio SA, 20%; Copersucar SA, 20%; Odebrecht Transport Participacoes SA, 20%; Camargo Correa Oleo e Gas SA, 10% and Uniduto Logistica SA, 10% at a total of $58 million. All of the companies except for Copersucar have […]
In India, the Mangalore state taskforce is developing a biofuel masterplan to utilize all the available biomass for biofuel production including cashew apples, jackfruit and sardine oil. Approximately 40,000 tonnes of cashew apples is wasted in the region per year, which can very well be used for producing 15,000 to 16,000 ton of bio ethanol […]
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