In the UK, STA UK is developing 10 small-scale waste plastics-to-diesel plants utilizing pyrolysis with the first set for Port Laoighise, Ireland. Fractional distillation of the pyrolysis gases to purify the diesel. The plastic is pyrolized at 370 ºC-420 ºC and the pyrolysis gases are condensed in a 2-stage condenser to produce a low-sulfur distillate. […]
In the UK, the Department of Transport has issued a statement saying that the results of its analytical work on Indirect Land Use Change are compelling in showing that the greenhouse gas emissions from ILUC are significant compared to the potential emissions savings from biofuel use. The precise scale is uncertain, but it says this […]
In Brazil, the national energy agency has halted its quarterly biodiesel auctions until its Congress develops a new policy that will allow the market to dictate prices and trade without interference. Until now, Petrobras had been the sole buyer and marketer of biodiesel under the auction policy. More on the story.
BIOblogger: Rentech & Clearfuels project receives Colorado gasification demo project funding from DOE Sean_OHanlon: Tonight’s #Biochat topic: Building Bipartisan support for Bioenergies going into 2011. Join the discussion at 7pm ET! CarlaJNeal: Solar, Wind And Biofuels Are Alternative Energy’s Most Likely Disruptors SenatorHarkin: Harkin Leads Bipartisan Group of Senators Calling on Leader Reid to Include […]
In Iowa, researchers at Iowa State University examined 12 varieties of sorghum grass grown in single and double cropping systems and found that using sorghum from a single-cropping system was more effective for the production of ethanol. The project’s lead says that from a production standpoint, growing sorghum as a sole crop is more efficient […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, recovered 0.34 percent to 76.96. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) fell 1.31 percent to $30.78, while GreenHunter (GRH) soared 48.39 percent to $1.38. Among other equities, Pacific Ethanol (PEIX) fell 5.88 percent to $0.80. Overall, advances led declines 3 to 2 for […]
In California, major announcements from Rentech, SG Biofuels and Bunge were among the highlights as the second day of Advanced Biofuels Markets gets underway in San Francisco. Day one at ABM On the first day, the morning session on scale-up issues, as well as renewable chemicals and other co-products featured major addresses from Codexis, Solazyme, […]
In Belgium, there have been police reports of increased theft of waste cooking oil around the Wallonia province—which authorities are calling ‘environmental fraud’—ostensibly as people attempt to produce biodiesel for personal use and later brag about it on the internet. Thieves, who steal the oil from French fry stands and container parks, are claiming to […]
In New York, Citigroup says that growing demand for ethanol from sugarcane will continue to push sugar prices higher. Already sugar prices keep bouncing between 29 and 30-year highs but as sugarcane continues to be the most efficient biofuel feedstock, sugar prices will keep getting stronger. More on the story.
In Michigan, POET Biorefining has helped install two new ethanol blender pumps at the Cooperative Elevator Company in Sebewaing and Ignash Petroleum in Elkton. POET says the move was as a result of growing consumer demand for higher ethanol blends but little availability. Meamwhile in Texas, Protec Fuel and Midtex Oil announced the opening of […]
