In California, UC Riverside’s Center for Environmental Research and Technology is hosting a series of free events Oct. 14 to highlight the future of renewable energy and serve as a launchpad for its new Alternative Transportation Fuels Research Center of Excellence. The Oct. 14 events kick-off at 10 a.m. Oct. 14 with a National Alternative […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, gained 0.29 percent to reach a new 25-month high of 73.61 as the biofuels rally continued. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) gained 0.46 percent to $32.71, while BlueFire Renewables (BFRE.OB) recovered 8.51 percent to $0.51. Among other equities, Codexis (CDXS) gained 2.58 […]
In Washington, the American Coalition for Ethanol, Growth Energy, Renewable Fuels Association and the National Corn Growers Association have developed a joint, long-term policy roadmap for ethanol. The draft includes a one-year renewal of the 45-cent VEETC ethanol tax credit, a four-year production tax credit based on fossil fuel intensity, more support for blender pumps […]
In today’s Digest, leaders ranked #21 through #40 in the Biofuels Digest Top 100 People in Bioenergy rankings are profiled. Throughout the remainder of the week, the bioenergy leaders ranked #41 through #100 will be profiled in the publication. More than 400 leaders received votes in the poll, which honored biofuels leadership in 12 countries. […]
In Minnesota, Gevo has closed its acquisition of renewable energy producer Agri-Energy’s ethanol production facility in Luverne. The 18 million gpy facility is already undergoing retrofitting so that the facility can begin producing biobutanol by the first quarter of 2011 but the facility will continue producing ethanol during the upgrade. Meanwhile, Reuters is reporting “don’t […]
In Florida, Bell Performance has released its Mix-I-Go and Marine MXO additives that will supposedly help eliminate phase separation caused by additional water retention with higher ethanol blends. The company claims that the additives control water build up by dispersing water molecules throughout the fuel source and safely eliminating them through the filter. They says […]
In California, Cameron Byers joined the exodus of the “beyond petroleum generation” of management leadership from BP when the former CEO of BP North America Gas and Power joined Solazyme as Senior Vice President and General Manager of fuels and chemicals. At BP, Byers was instrumental in building the number-one natural gas marketing business in […]
In Pakistan, the European Commission has proposed dropping the 30% import duty levied against Pakistani ethanol trade. A package of trade assistance programs have also been proposed, but details were not available. The proposals are awaiting approval by the EU’s 27 member states. Even with the duty applied, roughly 80% of Pakistan’s ethanol production is […]
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In Connecticut, researchers at the University of Connecticut are experimenting with hemp as a potential biodiesel feedstock and are preparing development of a multi-feedstock manufacturing facility. The 200,000 gpy plant will be built with a $1.8 million grant from the DOE. Research shows that hemp-based biodiesel burns at a lower temperature than biodiesel produced from […]
