Bioenergy PROFITS Principle, Position Only for Growth By Biofuels Digest columnist Dr. Rosalie LOber What happened to the prophetic rumblings of big oil’s future commitment (and investments) in biofuels? Was it merely an apparition? Are biofuels considered a good strategic risk for big oil companies? This year, a significant number of migrations among early stage […]
In the Ukraine, the 28 Mgy corn ethanol plant under development by BFM has resumed progress after a two year hiatus. However BFM Group company director Andrey Stadnik commented that “ domestic producers are running risks consciously as the core legal framework is still unfinished.” To date, the Ukraine has established a zero excise tax […]
In Missouri, the Mine Safety Health Administration has released a report showing how the use of biodiesel in mines significantly improves the air quality in mines. Hutchinson Salt Company in Kansas was the first mine of any kind to use B99 biodiesel (a 99 percent biodiesel fuel mix). Since 2003, the company has used between […]
greeneconpost: RT @AlgaeExec: US Navy gets into #green energy with algae-based #biofuels wtvanews: Contract signed planned ethanol plant: The 15 year pact will provide biofuels for sale from the time the facility … jodi_pnnl: #PNNL receives $3M for #biofuel work brentpohlman: RT @5sahandful: @BrentPohlman last data i saw biofuels used more carbon fuels to create […]
In California, the state Senate Environmental Quality Committee has voted to amend AB 222 legislation so that, while electricity produced from landfill gas receives credit under the state’s Renewable Portfolio Standard, gasification of MSW to produce electricity before it enters the landfill will not. According to proponents, gasification can recover five times as much energy […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, jumped 1.19 percent to a new four-month high of 68.05. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) jumped 1.76 percent to $32.95, while in the oil sector Valero (VLO) gained 1.47 percent to $17.24. Among other equities, Biofuel Energy (BIOF) soared 15.52 percent to […]
In Kansas, owners of the mothballed ethanol plant in Pratt are close to finalizing negotiations or the sale of the facility. The potential buyers are being kept quiet until the due diligence period ends and the deal is done, which is expected before the end of the year, but the owners have dismissed other parties […]
In Florida, Biofuels Digest announced the opening of balloting for the Top 100 People in Bioenergy, after a week of nominations in which more than 270 company executives, trade association leaders, policymakers and researchers around the world were nominated by Digest readers and the Digest editorial board. The ballot is open to Digest subscribers and […]
In North Carolina, Weiser Energy Partners is in discussions with city and county officials in Fayetteville for the construction of the company’s first commercial renewable diesel plant using wood waste and waste cooking oil as feedstocks. The 1.5 Mgy facility is said to be on the “fast track” for state and local permits and the […]
Digest subscribers can win one of up to 25 free tickets for the Biomass Fuel Summit 2010, October 12th in Vancouver, Washington. Keynote speaker will be Sarah Bittleman, from the USDA Energy Policy Office (and formerly a staffer with Senator Maria Cantwell of Washington). Date: October 12-13, 2010 Time: 7:30-7:00. Location: Hilton, Vancouver (Portland Metro). […]
