In the UK, Barclays Bank says that poor crops in Argentina and Brazil will mean more demand for US corn exports, in turn putting pressure on corn as a feedstock since increased export demand will boost prices and dent ethanol margins. The bank also expects the recent expiry of the VEETC to have a negative […]
In the Philippines, the Philippine Agriculture Development and Commercial Corporation is expected to unveil this week two business models for bioenergy that is says are replicable, in an attempt to attract more investment. The country only produces 39 million liters of the 400 million liters of ethanol it needs, while the government has identified 2 […]
In Texas, SES Foam and Imperial Sugar Co. announced the introduction of SucraSeal, an environmentally friendly, open-cell, Class 1 sucrose-based spray foam, with a finished foam green content of 25%. SucraSeal is described as fire-resistant, passes the ACC 377 Appendix X test and does not require chemical barriers and coatings. SES developed SucraSeal in conjunction […]
In Germany, researchers at the Technical University of Munich have developed a new way to produce biodiesel from microalgae using a novel catalyst based on nickel on a porous support made of zeolite HBeta that produces saturated hydrocarbons suitable for use as high-grade fuels in vehicles. That’s opposed to many algae-based biodiesels that has too […]
In Brazil, the trade ministry has extended duty-free imports on anhydrous ethanol through the end of 2015. The water limit on the ethanol is 1%, which is pretty tight considering the effects of sea transport on anhydrous ethanol, but the limit is more lax than in Europe that only allows 0.3%.
In Washington, Beta Renewables has joined the Advanced Ethanol Council, while in Washington state, Graham Noyes has been named a partner at Stoel Rives LLP.
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, edged down 0.17 percent to 71.23 on large cap declines. For the day, BP fell 0.74 percent to $44.06, while Gushan (GU) jumped 17.82 percent to $1.19. Among other equities, Valero (VLO) gained 1.84 percent to $20.45. Overall, advances led declines 2 to 1 […]
The clock is ticking as a long war of opinion is about to end between advanced biofuels’ detractors and supporters. When these eight projects open for business (or not), you’ll know. Advanced, next-generation biofuels, chemicals and materials are on the march, say the supporters. Next-generation biofuels are a debacle, according to a chorus of skeptics […]
In Louisiana, Colorado-based Sundrop Fuels is buying about 1,200 acres near Alexandria for its first gasification plant to produce 50 million gallons per year of green gasoline from forest waste that is expected to cost between $450 million and $500 million. The company expects to produce 1 billion gallons of its fuel annually by 2020.
In Colorado, Gevo has signed an off-take and marketing agreement with Land O’Lakes Purina Feed for the sale of isobutanol distillers grains (iDGs) from Gevo’s isobutanol production facility at Luverne, Minnesota. Land O’Lakes Purina Feed will be the exclusive marketer of Gevo’s isobutanol dried and modified wet distillers grains for the animal feed market. Further, […]
