In Ohio, University of Cincinnati announced that an artificial photosynthetic foam developed at the University of Cincinnati has won the 2010 Earth Award. David Wendell, PhD, assistant professor of biomedical engineering and civil and environmental engineering, received the award for the foam, designed with Carlo Montemagno, PhD, dean of the College of Engineering and Applied […]
In Cambodia, MH Bio-Energy has once again pushed back its projected opening date. On July 14th, we reported that the plant which produced almost 10 MGy in 2009 had be closed due to high cassava prices, and that they expected to re-open in October. Now that it’s October, Boeun Thy, chief of MH’s administration office, […]
In Polynesia, 1st Water Enterprises advises: “We have been commissioned to design, construct and administer a Seaweed (macroalgae) Project for a Polynesian company” that will also produce fish meal. Two possible sites of land have been obtained for the farm and processing plant , and advantageous tax arrangements have been agreed with local government. The […]
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In Washington, both the EPA and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration are announcing the next step toward reducing GHG emissions and fuel use from cars and light trucks. The agencies, in conjunction with the State of California, are also releasing an Interim Joint Technical Assessment Report associated with the NOI. For the upcoming rulemaking, […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, rebounded 0.40 percent to a 25-month high of 73.08, the highest point since the 2008 financial crisis. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) regained 1.33 percent to $32.73, while Gushan (GU) advanced 11.43 percent to $0.78. Among other equities, Rentech (RTK) was up […]
In Florida, Biofuels Digest is projecting that global advanced biofuels capacity will reach 3.917 billion gallons by 2015, based on company announcements to date. Today, the Digest released version 1.6 of its free Advanced Biofuels Tracking Database, projecting 2015 capacity for the first time. The new database, which is the quarterly update tracking new projects […]
In Washington, Nascar is getting ready to sign a sponsorship deal with Growth Energy, making the lobbying group an official marketing partner. Though terms of the deal are unavailable, Nascar sponsorships range between $2 million and $10 million. It’s unclear if Growth Energy members will supply ethanol to Sunoco, Nascar’s main sponsor and fuel supplier. […]
In Indiana, Powers Energy is waiting for permission from the state’s Department of Environmental Management to begin work on its planned $254 million MSW-to-ethanol facility in Lake County. Officials are waiting for permission on a similar plant in Florida to be approved before going ahead. The company has reached terms with three companies to build […]
In Illinois, ethanol futures analysts expect that when the EPA approves 15% ethanol blends for late model cars from 2007 onwards some time within the next two weeks, the policy move will prove a “significant” bullish indicator for futures prices into the long term. More on the story.
