In Malaysia, the Malaysian Palm Oil Board has granted $323,000 each to Petronas, Shell, BHP, ExxonMobil and Chevron to help them install pipes, tanks and automation system to blend B5 biodiesel at the designated depots, starting with central region – Port Klang and Putrajaya (Selangor) – as well as Dengkil (Negri Sembilan) and Tangga Batu (Malacca). […]
ProDalG Biofuels announcement: The CO2 injector has been validated demonstrating that CO2 can be injected into an alga… BIOblogger: NYT: U.S. Military Orders Less Dependence on Fossil Fuels – agigap: Nominations Being Accepted for NAS Algal Biofuels Study. blend_ethanol: Find out what Illinois Congressman Phil Hare has to say about VEETC, FFVs and Blender Pumps […]
In the Netherlands, researchers from Wageningen University, in a study published in Energy Policy, concluded that the current cost of producing algal-based biodiesel has dropped to 52.3 Euros per gigajoule of energy (7.17 Euros per gallon of biodiesel), compared with 36 Euros per gigajoule for rapeseed and only 15.8 Euros for oil. Environmental economist Justus […]
In Washington, the Biomass Program at the Department of Energy acquired a new, permanent chief, when Chevron’s Paul Bryan joined as as its new Program Manager. Paul spent 15 years at Chevron and for the last four years, he led their Biofuels Business Unit as Vice President of Technology, where he was responsible for building and […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, slipped 0.04 percent to 72.79 as ethanol surged and large caps slid. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) fell 0.25 percent to $32.30, while BP recovered 0.68 percent to $41.61. Among other equities, BioFuel Emergy (BIOF) continued its surge to $2.83, up 17.92 […]
In Washington, the Digest spent time this week with Congressman Brian Bilbray of California, recently tapped as one of the Digest’s “10 who walk the walk” in DC on biofuels-related issues. Bilbray, a San Diego Republican, has been out in front for some time on algal biofuels. Tthere has been increasing speculation about a change […]
In Minnesota, Buffalo Lake Energy has been fined $285,000 for air and water pollution violations at its ethanol production facility in Fairmont by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. The agreement covers violations that occurred since the facility began production in June 2008. On numerous occasions the company’s operations violated the conditions of both its air […]
In California, Ceres has published two new crop management guides that include the most current recommendations on the establishment, management and harvest of switchgrass and high-biomass sorghum. Ceres sales director Frank Hardimon says the recommendations in the guides are based on results from the company’s extensive trialing network as well as its involvement in bioenergy […]
In California, SG Biofuels announced it has established a proprietary technology for large-scale Jatropha hybrid seed production. Hybrid seeds result in greater yield, uniformity and vigor while significantly reducing handling and deployment costs for plantation developers. Since the introduction of hybrid corn in the 1940’s, along with improved agronomic practices, the average U.S. bushel per […]
In India, about 30% of the ethanol offered in last month’s tender to supply the country’s upcoming 5% blend has been rejected because the feedstock can’t be proven as domestic. The tender rules require that feedstocks be produced within the country, but standalone ethanol mills have been buying rectified spirit from sugarcane mills without their […]
