In Thailand, Loxley announced a memorandum of understanding with Bangchak Petroleum Plc, Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding and the Department of Alternative Energy Development and Efficiency, for a $1.9 million algal biofuels pilot plant. Construction of the pilot, which is planned for the Ratchaburi Electricity Generating plant in Ratchaburi province, will commence in late 2012. MBD […]
In New York, Wickers Performance Wear, producer of performance fabrics for fire resistant base layer garments, has earned the USDA Certified Biobased Product label for its Wickers FR T-shirts. The USDA Certified Biobased Product label verifies that the Wickers FR T-shirts contain 97% of renewable biobased ingredients which meets or exceeds prescribed USDA standards. In […]
What engines failed, and when and why. Was this test designed to fail? In Washington, the Coordinating Research Council, a non-profit research organization supported by the American Petroleum Institute and a group of automobile manufacturers, released a study that it said demonstrated the negative effects that blends of 15 and 20 percent ethanol in gasoline, […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, edged down 0.17 percent to 63.62 as ethanol and advanced biofuels continued a downward correction. For the day, Gevo (GEVO) fell 3.95 percent to $5.84, while Amyris (AMRS) dumped 12.22 percent to $1.58. Among other equities, Pacific Ethanol (PEIX) shed 4.23 percent to $0.68. […]
Mad as heck about $5 gasoline? According to new research from Iowa State, the price could have hit $6 per gallon, if the US had not had its ethanol supply. A landmark 2009 study, conducted by researchers at Iowa State’s Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, and updated this week for impacts through 2011, found […]
Free tire air for improved fuel economy; bicycle tuning; renewable fuels; on-demand carbon offsets; at-pump recycling; community transit info; Propel’s got it all going in the Golden State. In California, Propel Fuels is launching the company’s first Clean Mobility Center, in Fullerton. The Center offers a distinctly different customer experience, featuring high performance renewable fuels […]
In Delaware, DuPont Tate & Lyle Bio Products announced that they have appointed Brenntag India as their distributor for Zemea propanediol in India. Zemea is a natural, 100 percent biobased ingredient made from corn sugar through fermentation and developed for use in the cosmetics and personal care market. It is an environmentally sustainable alternative to […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, slipped 0.31 percent to 63.73 as ethanol and advanced biofuels tumbled. For the day, Gevo (GEVO) fell 4.40 percent to $6.08, while Amyris (AMRS) dumped 5/26 percent to $1.80. Among other equities, KiOR (KIOR) rocketed up 9.91 percent to 10.87. Overall, declines led advances […]
US lawmakers tussle over funding for advanced biofuels demonstrations and early-commercialization. Who should pay premium rates for small-scale fuel production? The US Navy and other customer groups? Fuel makers and their investors? In Washington, the path for the Obama Administration to complete its proposed $510 million Defense Production Act investment in commercializing advanced biofuels for […]
Building your value chain, or supply chain? In the bio-based world, that means partners, and plenty of them. But who are the best? Behind the 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy, and the 30 Hottest Companies in Renewable Chemicals & Materials, there are a lot of partners adding value and driving down costs. For quite some […]
