In Oregon, the first year trials to grow giant cane that could one day replace coal at Portland General Electric’s power plant in Boardman have been successful. The giant cane has been grown in Florida since the 1820s with up to 60 tons of dry biomass per acre, but this is the first time it’s […]
In Maine, WNWN (Waste Not Want Not) are developing a project the size of seven Wal-Marts that will combine hydroponic agriculture with algae production for food and fuel as well as a fish farm. The city is excited because the project could create 170 jobs while having a low environmental impact as the system would […]
In the Philippines, the alternative fuels arm of the national oil company PNOC plans to invest in Cavite Biofuels’ 34 million liter per year ethanol facility that should begin construction by June. The investment deal is meant to close by the second quarter. PNOC previously dropped its jatropha plans and have since earmarked those funds […]
In Italy, Ferrari is offering an E-85 upgrade to consumers for about $2,500 on top of the standard sticker price that also will boost the car’s power by 225 horsepower. In the V12 engine, that’s a whopping 875 horsepower. The tuners who are doing the aftermarket flex-fuel adjustments say that the added horsepower can take […]
In Massachusetts, ADM has given notice of termination of the Telles joint venture for PHA bioplastics, effective February 8, 2012. Telles was established as a joint venture between Metabolix and ADM in July 2006. Telles sells PHA-based bioplastics, including Mirel and Mvera, in the US, Europe and other countries. All Metabolix technology that was used […]
In California, UC Davis has teamed with the University of Tokyo in Japan in a project jointly funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and the Japan Science and Technology Agency to develop bioenergy. All four projects, with a total of $12 million in grants, are based on metabolomics, an approach that uses high-tech analysis […]
In California, the California Energy Commission has launched a $37 million call for proposals looking for new technologies to produce biomethane, diesel and gasoline replacements that have better environmental performance than methane, biodiesel from soy, and ethanol produced for existing feedstocks in the state. Funds can cover the entire development chain from early technology development […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, was flat at 71.13 as investors shrugged off ADM’s abandonment of the Tellus JV with Metabolix. For the day, BP rose 1.07 percent to $44.24, while Aventine Renewables (AVRW) fell 5.56 percent to $4.25. Among other equities, Valero (VLO) jumped 4.80 percent to $22.03. […]
The following is one in an ongoing series introducing readers to the speakers at the upcoming Advanced Biofuels Leadership Conference, in Washington, DC, April 2-5, 2012. For more information on the conference, including agenda, registration or sponsorship, click here. Today, we look at the morning session on Tuesday, April 3, from the the opening keynote […]
SG Biofuels scoops up $17M in its Series B financing for its jatropha 2.0 development. But where is jatropha 2.0 today, and where is it going in the near term? Where are the dollars, the returns, and when? Can SGB really “double the yields, and triple the profits”? In California, SG Biofuels has completed a […]
