In Virginia, the ground has been broken on the new Sustainable Energy Technology Center under construction in Danville to develop renewable energy and bioproducts industry in Southern Virginia. The new facility, funded through a grant from the Virginia Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Commission, includes 25,000 square feet of research laboratories, research support laboratories, graduate […]
At the Global Financial Leadership Conference in Naples, Florida this week, leaders from Oxford University, Shell and Bunge agreed that ethanol demand has an impact on food prices, but none could offer a specific measure of impact. Ian Goldin, director of the James Martin 21st Century School at Oxford University and a former vice president […]
In Malaysia, Plantations and Commodities Minister Bernard Dompok has announced that the government is looking at cutting the subsidy for diesel, which currently costs 1.75 ringgit (€0.4) per litre, to encourage the use of the biofuel. These cuts would begin next year, and the government has given five petroleum companies a total of 5 million […]
In Malaysia, Mission NewEnergy announced that it has received the first shipment of distillation column equipment at its refineries in Kuantan Port. Servicing both Mission’s refineries, M1 and M2, installation commenced in October 2010. The distillation column will allow Mission to increase the purity of the biodiesel and provide further refining flexibility to tailor product to different […]
In Tanzania, Action Aid has released a report asking the Tanzanian government to quickly develop and implement biofuel policies in order to ensure that biofuel investment and use is sustainable. The report says that in the absence of such a policy, the government has been caught in a situation where it has had to borrow […]
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In Tennessee, a study by the DOE’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has found that “minimal to zero indirect land use change was induced by use of corn for ethanol over the last decade,” based on an analysis of empirical data between 2001 and 2008. The review of the data found that feedstock for ethanol expansion […]
In Washington, the USDA’s Economic Research Service has published “Effects of Increased Biofuels on the Economy by 2022,” which finds that by substituting domestic biofuels for imported petroleum, the United States would pay less for imports overall and receive higher prices for exports, providing a gain for the economy from favorable terms of trade. Improved […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, slipped 0.15 percent to 74.65 as as oil and ethanol stocks lost ground. For the day, BP fell 1.09 percent to $40.65, while Verenium (VRNM) plunged 12.79 percent to $3.82 as euphoria subsided over news of approval clearing entry into China. Among other equities, […]
In Florida, this week it has been widely reported that Algenol Biofuels celebrated the opening of its new state-of-the-art biofuels R&D facility today in Fort Myers. The 40,000 square-foot facility houses an advanced algae biology, engineering, carbon dioxide (CO2) and green chemistry laboratory, as part of the larger Lee Integrated Biorefinery. The facility was made […]
