In Washington, the EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson said that it expects to release its decision on E15 ethanol by October 15th. This decision would be limited to 2007 and later model vehicles. Jackson stated in testimony before the Senate Agriculture Committee that vehicle testing on E15 for 2001 through 2006 model years will not be […]
Winners were drawn Friday for free tickets to the Biomass Fuel Summit 2010, October 12th in Vancouver, Washington. Keynote speaker will be Sarah Bittleman, from the USDA Energy Policy Office. Date: October 12-13, 2010 Time: 7:30-7:00. Location: Hilton, Vancouver (Portland Metro). Among the topics, the EPA Biomass Ruling, Ethanol from waste biomass, biocrude from pyrolysis […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, gained 0.81 percent to 68.74 on a broad renewables advance. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) dropped 2.24 percent to $32.27, while in the oil sector BP recovered 0.87 percent to $38.46. Among other equities, Greenhunter (GRH) rose 8.77 percent to $0.62. Overall, […]
If we have learned anything from the stories of hot companies like Amyris, LS9, Gevo, Solazyme, ZeaChem, Algenol, or Cobalt Technologies, as well as exciting pure-plays like Segetis, Elevance, GlycosBio or Rivertop Renewables, it is the importance of producing chemicals or other bio-based materials first to generate revenues, before taking the company further down the […]
In Ohio, Oxford Resource Partners and Mendel Biotechnology announced their collaborative agreement to develop a pilot project to produce Mendel’s proprietary Miscanthus varieties on land previously reclaimed from mining operations by Oxford. The goal of the project is to demonstrate the feasibility and economic viability of biomass production from dedicated energy crops in eastern Ohio. […]
In North Dakota, Steffes Auctioneers are putting the former Alchem ethanol plant in Grafton up for sale. Built in the mid 1980’s, the plant is list at 9.5 MGy capacity and has used potatoes, wheat and corn for feedstock. The DDGs produced by the plant were mostly sold to Canadian beef producers. The plant suffered […]
In Canada, Alter NRG is pleased to announce it has signed a twenty-two month extension to its agreement with Coskata, to provide testing services to support Project Lighthouse for a minimum value to the Company of US$4.1 million and up to US$5.6 million if all contemplated tests are performed. This includes monthly fixed payments totaling […]
In Finland, Neste Oil announced that it has applied for patents to cover technology developed to produce microbial oil from waste and residues with the help of various yeasts and molds for use as a feedstock for its NExBTL renewable diesel. Research work started with the Aalto University School of Science and Technology at the […]
In Holland, Abengoa Bioenergia is gaining value by supplying 300,000 tons of carbon dioxide from its Rotterdam Europoort ethanol facility to local green houses via pipelines. This use of carbon dioxide allows green house operators to lower their consumption of natural gas, and further reduces GEI emissions, while at the same time increasing plant output. […]
livedave: RT @sciam: RT @lggreenemeier: #emtech10 Exxon&Shell: don’t wait for ‘miracle’ clean tech; nat gas and biofuels are here now, the Q is: can they scale? DonEWG: Via @ethreporter Deficit Hawks Threaten #Ethanol’s Future. jefflindsay: Learn about the patent landscape in biofuels at the AIChE Annual Meeting – one of many papers sponsored by the […]
