The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, dipped 0.40 percent to close at 70.40 in thin holiday trading. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) slipped 0.07 percent to $29.04, while KiOR (KIOR) fell 6.97 percent to $9.74. Among other equities, Mission NewEnergy (MNEL) shed 3.14 percent to $2.16. Overall, declines […]
The Top 100 People in Bioenergy – what are the stories behind the list? Today, we look at the top 25 personalities. In Florida, US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack headed the “Top 100 People in Bioenergy” as voted by the readers of Biofuels Digest and the Digest’s editorial board, just edging out BP Biofuels […]
It’s that holiday time, time to look-back with misty eyes at the glories of yesteryear. In our case, at the 11 Hottest Trends of 2011, in what proved to be a vintage year for biofuels. There were IPOs a go-go, a big comeback from biodiesel. The global ethanol fleet has acquired new popularity amongst advanced […]
In Florida, Cyclone Power Technologies is developing a steam engine that runs on biofuels for the Army to use in combat vehicles including the Abrams M1 Main Battle Tank. The $1.4 million contract with the Army’s Tank Automotive Command is developing compact, 10kw auxiliary units that will save fuel by powering the vehicle’s systems when […]
In Michigan, the Sierra Club has filed a lawsuit in federal court against Frontier Renewable Resources’ plans to build a wood-to-ethanol project in the Upper Peninsula. The suit, the second against the project, claims that the DOE did not examine all the potential environmental impacts. Frontier Renewable Resources is utilizing Mascoma’s technology. Construction on the […]
In Mauritius, sugar producer Saint Aubin plans to introduce ethanol production as well as electricity co-generation from bagasse in addition to several other cane products in its attempts to diversify its business and strengthen its resources for the future under the Sustainable Mauritius program. The new program was launched just before Christmas with the Prime […]
In Nigeria, the Nigerian Export-Import Bank has given $695 million to five companies investing in renewables including $12 million for a jatropha project and $56 million for a sorghum ethanol project. The majority of the funding went to a sugarcane project that will include a bagasse co-generation component while the rest of the funding was […]
In Malaysia, Dr. Kongkrapan Intarajang, CEO of Emery Oleochemicals reports that their MES plant in China is nearing completion, and he is hoping for a Q1 start up. The plant is a joint venture with Guangzhou Lonkey Industrial, and is expected to produce 40,000 tonnes a year. MES is a palm oil and palm stearin […]
In Malaysia, Dr. Kongkrapan Intarajang, CEO of Emery Oleochemicals reports that their MES plant in China is nearing completion, and he is hoping for a Q1 start up. The plant is a joint venture with Guangzhou Lonkey Industrial, and is expected to produce 40,000 tonnes a year. MES is a palm oil and palm stearin […]
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