In Indiana, NWI Times is reporting that the Lake County Solid Waste Management District Board has given Powers Energy of America a 30-day extension to provide evidence that it can finance its proposed waste to ethanol plant. The extension was given after Powers revealed that it had received a letter from Marathon Petroleum expressing interest […]
In California and Florida, TerViva and Mason & Morse Farmland are partnering to develop pongamia tree projects. The pongamia tree is native to Australia and India, and yields a nut crop harvestable with conventional shakers. The seed produced by the tree has a 40% oil content that can be easily refined into a very high-grade […]
In Hawaii, US Navy Secretary Ray Mabus announced that the US Navy and the Royal Australian Navy have signed a technology co-operation agreement for advanced biofuels. Mabus noted that the RAN participated in the Green Strike Force biofuels demonstration as part of the 22-nation RIMPAC naval exercises, and refueled a RAN helicopter on board the […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, edged down 0.64 percent to 62.29 as ethanol waned. For the day, OriginOil (OOIL) jumped 23.76 percent on news from its oil and gas division, while Renewable Energy Group (REGI) fell 9.15 percent to $7.25. Among other equities, Biofuels Energy (BIOF) dumped 8.78 percent […]
As the Pacific-based forces of Can-Do battle the Washington-based forces of Shouldn’t-Try, we look at the 6 Big Myths of Military Biofuels In Hawaii, the US Navy demonstrated its Green Strike Group as part of the 2012 Rim of the Pacific Exercise (RIMPAC), the world’s largest international maritime warfare exercise that includes 40 surface ships, […]
By Mary Rosenthal, Executive Director, Algal Biomass Organization Biofuels Digest columnist I’m sure many of you remember that algae became a bit of a political football during the Republican primary campaign. It certainly was hard for me and others in the industry to see algae technology belittled. And based on that experience one might be inclined […]
In Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Bio Industry Alliance published a note “to once again clear up a few myths about ethanol and ethanol production in America.” In the note, the WBIA addresses myths such as “Ethanol production compromises the amount of corn available for human consumption,” and “More cropland is needed to produce enough corn for […]
In Michigan, Vestaron Corporation has submitted its first biopesticide to the Biopesticide and Pollution Prevention Division of the US EPA. Their first product, a bioinsecticide derived from natural sources, is targeted at crop-destroying chewing insects. The product submission includes use on vegetables, tree fruit and nuts, vines, turf and other non-crop areas, nurseries as well […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, edged up 0.29 percent to 62.67 as advanced biofuels stocks surged anew. For the day, Amyris (AMRS) jumped 5.17 percent to $3.46, while Novozymes (NZMB) climbed 3.30 percent to $25.95. Among other equities, BlueFire renewables (BFRE) soared 43.75 percent to $0.23. Overall, advances led […]
As advanced biofuels companies hit their milestones and watch their stocks get crushed, we look at investor uncertainty, yellow cranes, black swans, and striking announcements from Codexis and Aemetis. A best-seller we have been working through this summer here in Digestville is Donald Rumsfeld’s memoir, “Known and Unknown”. His known-unknown paradigm makes for a good […]
