Today on Twitter. BradBennett: Jim Rekoske From Honeywell On Developing Biofuels GassoI: Study: Biofuels 14x to 31x More Costly than Raising the Gas Tax: But it´s pretty well established that corn etha… sulightworks: This analysis is flawed — Cost-Effectiveness of #Biofuels and Their Ability to Cut Fossil Fuel Use Questioned drricky: Interesting new use for […]
In South Carolina, scientists at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) have found that farmers in the Southeast could produce the tropical legume sunn hemp (Crotalaria juncea) and integrate it into their crop rotations by harvesting the fast-growing annual for biofuel. The study was conducted by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in Florence, SC, and […]
In Illinois, members of the state’s House and Senate approved the extension of Illinois’ biodiesel blending program. The bill extends the biodiesel state sales tax incentives to December 31, 2018. With the extension, any biodiesel blend of more than 10 percent will continue to be eligible for fuel tax exemption. The state began B11 blending […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, opened 2012 with a 1.54 percent gain to 71.42 as advanced biofuels stocks surged again. For the day, BP gained 3.28 percent to $44.14, while Amyris (AMRS) soared 6.33 percent to $12.27. Among other equities, Gevo (GEVO) advanced 2.38 percent to $6.44. Overall, advances […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, opened 2012 with a 1.54 percent gain to 71.42 as advanced biofuels stocks surged again. For the day, BP gained 3.28 percent to $44.14, while Amyris (AMRS) soared 6.33 percent to $12.27. Among other equities, Gevo (GEVO) advanced 2.38 percent to $6.44. Overall, advances […]
Chinese government to invest $1.78B in Nigerian biofuels, the latest in a series of projects announced in West Africa. In Nigeria, Bloomberg and several local outlets are reporting that the Nigerian government has signed a $2.55 billion development deal with Global Biofuels, to construct 15 integrated biorefineries throughout the West African nation. According to reports, […]
In Kansas, despite overall production of ethanol in the United States being boosted by foreign demand in 2011, production in Kansas was reduced by a drought-ridden corn crop and other factors. The state typically produces 440 million gallons of ethanol per year at 11 plants. However, due to depressed market conditions and poor corn crops […]
In Texas, the state’s Commission on Environmental Quality introduced new guidelines that allow biodiesel to be added to any compliant fuel, at any ratio which backtracks on the state’s previous rules that have inhibited biodiesel use up until now. The new rules reduce the reporting burden on blenders and removes the requirement for using additional […]
In India, World Health Energy Holdings, Inc announced an LOI with Indian transport company Prime Inc to develop a 250-acre algal biodiesel facility in either Tamil Nadu or Karnataka. Project budget is said to reach $100M. WHEN recently acquired GNE-India (www.gne.bz), an algae-technology company with distribution and licensing rights to the GNE GB 3000, system […]
In Israel, Evogene announced that it is establishing Evofuel, a wholly owned subsidiary, to focus on developing seed for advanced second-generation feedstock for biofuel. Included in the activities that are being transferred from the parent company to Evofuel is the development and commercialization of castor bean varieties for Brazil as well as the biofuel research […]
