In Washington, Digest columnist and Growth Enerrgy co-chairman Gen. Wesley K. Clark (Ret.), writing in the Huffington Post, said “For the first time in nearly a decade, the ethanol industry will exist without any government financial support: the blenders’ tax credit, created by Congress in 2004 to establish a healthy ethanol industry, expired on December […]
In Washington, Digest columnist and Growth Enerrgy co-chairman Gen. Wesley K. Clark (Ret.), writing in the Huffington Post, said “For the first time in nearly a decade, the ethanol industry will exist without any government financial support: the blenders’ tax credit, created by Congress in 2004 to establish a healthy ethanol industry, expired on December […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, fell 0.59 percent to 70.41 as ethanol slumped. For the day, BP fell 0.38 percent to $44.08, while OriginOil (OOIL.OB) jumped 6.15 percent to $1.90. Among other equities, Pacific Ethanol (PEIX) dropped 7.21 percent to $1.03. Overall, declines led advances 3 to 1 for […]
Goodbye to Dad’s old ethanol plant – Hello to the Bioeconomy and the new biorefinery, says BIO’s Brent Erickson, as 2012 gets underway. By Brent Erickson Executive Vice-President, BIO, Industrial and Environmental Section Ethanol plants are nice, but let’s face it: they represent simple technology that is just the tip of what could be a […]
In Kansas, MGP Ingredients is teaming up with the Kansas Alliance for Biorefining and Bioenergy and four Kansas universities to develop new technologies and products that use bio-based raw materials. KABB is awarding a grant of approximately $1.4 million, which is being matched through in-kind services estimated at approximately $1.5 million from MGP and the […]
In Kansas, MGP Ingredients is teaming up with the Kansas Alliance for Biorefining and Bioenergy and four Kansas universities to develop new technologies and products that use bio-based raw materials. KABB is awarding a grant of approximately $1.4 million, which is being matched through in-kind services estimated at approximately $1.5 million from MGP and the […]
In North Dakota, the Energy & Environmental Research Center announced they are working with Wynntryst, of Vermont, to develop a gasification power system using the waste from the Green Mountain Coffee Roasters coffee-processing plant. Nikhil Patel, Project Manager and Research Scientist, stated, “The first step of the project is to demonstrate that we can gasify […]
In California, Springboard Biodiesel and Pinnacle Capital announced a new and innovative financing program designed to help U.S. educational institutions — public and private — establish small-scale biodiesel production programs on their campuses. Springboard Biodiesel CEO Mark Roberts reports 59 colleges and universities using their equipment to convert used cooking oil into biodiesel. Roberts further […]
In Rwanda, the Institute of Scientific Technological Research and the Rwanda National Police signed a memorandum of understanding. The understanding includes marketing and production of biodiesel, along with human health and various environmental concerns.
In Rwanda, the Institute of Scientific Technological Research and the Rwanda National Police signed a memorandum of understanding. The understanding includes marketing and production of biodiesel, along with human health and various environmental concerns.
