In Michigan, a study by Ricardo and sponsored by the Renewable Fuels Association found that that the adoption of E15 as the blend limit for standard US pump grades of gasoline should not adversely affect vehicles manufactured between 1994 and 2000 in terms of their performance and durability based on normal specifications and usage profile. […]
By Biofuels Digest special correspondents David Lonardo & Benjamin Lazarus Companies from the US, Europe and elsewhere are racing toward commercial-scale production of biofuels that utilize a variety of new technologies and processes. This is excellent news for those interested in the growth of clean, renewable fuels. However, as companies scale up, they face the […]
In Iowa, in a follow up to a May 10 Biofuels Digest story regarding Fiberight, the Iowa Power Fund Board on Thursday awarded a $2.9 million grant to a cellulosic ethanol plant in Blairstown. Fiberight-Blairstown received the grant to demonstrate how municipal solid waste can be converted into cellulosic ethanol, biochemicals, and other processed fiber […]
In South Africa, Adept Airmotive has developed and tested the first general aviation engine that can run on a number of fuels including normal unleaded gasoline with octane levels as low as 85 (as opposed to the US standard of 100), current low lead standard aviation fuel, biofuel and liquid petroleum gas. The engine was […]
In Canada, the Government, through the ecoENERGY for biofuels programme has announced its intention to invest $18.24 million over the next seven years in Biocardel Quebec’s Richmond plant. The plant produces biodiesel and glycerol. Minister of Natural Resources Chrsitian Paradis commented, “By investing in this project we are helping to create and sustain local jobs […]
In Tennessee, researchers from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Georgia Tech, using a small-angle neutron scattering technique, have described the crystalline morphing of switchgrass under hot sulphuric acid pretreatment. The researchers found that the crystal length of cellulose fibrils doubles during pretreatment and that lignin redistributes to form droplets that are 30 to 40 […]
In the UK, Four Rivers BioEnergy announced that it has entered into a series of transactions in relation to the STT (Spinning Tube in a Tube) assets that it acquired from Kreido Biofuels, Inc. in March 2009 with newly incorporated companies formed by Mr. Jack Dunigan, founder of Four Rivers and he owns 2.9% of […]
TechnologyMag: Successful integration of biofuels and combustion engines vital for biofuel success, says report NewsOnGreen Q. and A.: The Renewable Energy Czar elifbeall: RT @pacbiodiesel: We r still waiting 4 the biodiesel FET credit to be reinstated. Meanwhile, petroleum continues 2 enjoy massive tax breaks. ilr_science: New insight into the structure of switchgrass and poplars […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, gained 0.31 percent to a four month high of 67.37. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) rcovered 1.18 percent to $32.54, while in the oil sector Valero (VLO) dropped 0.46 percent to $17.34. Among other equities, The Andersons (ANDE) jumped 4.68 percent to […]
In Russia, state-owned Russian Technologies will begin building a biobutanol plant in Irkutsk in Siberia in March, the country’s first state-sponsored biofuel plant. The facility will use wood chips and other wood waste as feedstock. Russia has set its sights on becoming major biofuel producers to supply the European and US markets. More on the […]
