In Zimbabwe, the Chisumbanje ethanol project, called Green, that was scheduled to start production in October, now anticipates starting a 30 day commissioning process in March, 2011, with full production scheduled for April 1. The delay was caused by parts imported from Brazil not able to get through South African ports due to labor actions. […]
Energywyze: Montana State University researchers announce breakthrough in algal #biofuels DomenRamus: Biofuels – the green fail of the future. HarvardAlumni: The HAA hosts “Are Biofuels the Answer? The Science and Economics of Alternative Energy” next Thurs. B2Bioworld: webinar on Advanced #Biofuels Research Pathways hosted by DOE’s Biomass Programm on November 18th laurablewitt: Pacific Ethanol inks […]
In California, the Boston Consulting Group released its report, titled What’s Next for Alternative Energy?. The report examined seven of the most significant alternative-energy technologies, asking three key questions; 1) Can it achieve cost competitiveness with conventional energy by 2020 and be economically viable without subsidies? 2) Can it overcome barriers to rapid adoption once […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, was flat at 76.95. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) fell 0.32 percent to $30.68, while Gushan (GU) fell 6.25 percent to $1.05. Among other equities, Pacific Ethanol (PEIX) recovered 13.75 percent to $0.91. Overall, declines led advances 4 to 3 for the […]
In Colorado, Gevo announced today that it received notification that its isobutanol had successfully cleared registration with the U.S. EPA as a fuel additive. Gevo’s isobutanol is the first isobutanol to be listed in the EPA’s Fuel Registration Directory and is now approved for blending with gasoline. “We’ve taken another important step in commercializing our […]
In California, Butamax Advanced Biofuels announced several milestones in its plan to commercialize biobutanol for the transportation fuel market. Tim Potter, CEO of Butamax, outlined the commercialization strategy at the second and final day of the Advanced Biofuels Markets conference in San Francisco, California. CEOs from Joule Unlimited, Sundrop Fuels, Qteros, PetroAlgae, SG Biofuels, Enerkem, […]
In New York, GreenShift Corporation says that its patented corn oil extraction processes have consistently demonstrated record levels of performance of more than 4 gallons of corn oil for each 100 gallons of ethanol produced. In the final rule for the expanded Renewable Fuel Standard published by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency earlier this year, […]
In Illinois, Powers Energy named the three Lake County construction firms that will hire 400 union workers to build a $254 million garbage-to-ethanol plant in Schneider, with groundbreaking expected for next summer. Robinson Engineering Ltd. has also been contracted to provide civil engineering support during design and permitting. The company has a 20-year deal with […]
In Iowa, the Iowa Power Fund Board has voted to begin discussions with DuPont and Danisco for a $19.8 million grant to help the companies develop their next generation ethanol production facility that will use corncobs as feedstock. The project is likely to be sited in either Story or Webster Counties after a tussle with […]
In the UK, the first Argus-based European ethanol swap was traded on Tuesday. The December swap for 1,000m3 was sold by AOT to Total at $695/m3 and brokered by Prebon. Argus biodiesel assessments have been used in contracts since 2008 and a liquid swaps market has developed, which is priced against the physical trade and […]
