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Ecoslops granted agreement in principle to develop new recycling plant in the Ivory Coast

Ecoslops granted agreement in principle to develop new recycling plant in the Ivory Coast

January 10, 2016 |

In the Ivory Coast, Ecoslops has received an agreement in principle from the Port of Abidjan to provide the company with land on which to establish a new oil residue recycling plant in the region. The Ivory Coast project follows the successful implementation of industrial production at Ecoslops’ first plant in the Port of Sinès, Portugal, […]

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Entsorga West Virginia breaks ground on waste-to-fuel plant ultizing  mechanical biological treatment

Entsorga West Virginia breaks ground on waste-to-fuel plant ultizing  mechanical biological treatment

January 10, 2016 |

In West Virginia, Entsorga West Virginia announced the groundbreaking of the U.S.’s first resource recovery facility utilizing Mechanical Biological Treatment (MBT). The state-of-the-art waste-to-solid fuel plant will be located at 870 Grapevine Road, Martinsburg, WV and is expected to be operational in early 2017. Entsorga WV is a joint venture between Apple Valley Waste Technologies, […]

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EU oilseed meal prices have firmed up, says UFOP

EU oilseed meal prices have firmed up, says UFOP

January 10, 2016 |

In Germany, UFOP advises that prices of soybean meal and rapeseed meal recovered at the end of December 2015, after downward for several months. However, pressure continues to be large. At the beginning December 2015, overabundant supply and slack demand sent oilseed meal prices on the cash market skidding to a four-year low. Rapeseed meal […]

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Missouri Governor Jay Nixon, Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts become 2016 chairmen of Governors’ Biofuels Coalition

Missouri Governor Jay Nixon, Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts become 2016 chairmen of Governors’ Biofuels Coalition

January 10, 2016 |

The Governors’ Biofuels Coalition announced that Missouri Governor Jay Nixon will become chairman and Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts will become vice chairman of the Governors’ Biofuels Coalition this year. Now that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued its final biofuel blending rule, the Coalition will continue to advocate for policies that grow the biofuel […]

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BioAmber, Reverdia ink Non-Assert pact over Reverdia’s Biosuccinium technology 

BioAmber, Reverdia ink Non-Assert pact over Reverdia’s Biosuccinium technology 

January 10, 2016 |

In the Netherlands, Reverdia and BioAmber have inked a non-assert agreement concerning Reverdia’s Biosuccinium technology.  BioAmber Inc. and Reverdia are both involved in the production and commercialization of bio-based succinic acid using their own unique proprietary yeast-based technologies. Pursuant to the key provisions of this agreement, BioAmber will benefit from non-assertion covenants with respect to […]

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Cruz shifts position from “repeal” to “phase out” of US Renewable Fuel Standard

Cruz shifts position from “repeal” to “phase out” of US Renewable Fuel Standard

January 10, 2016 |

In Iowa, Texas Senator Ted Cruz, campaigning in Iowa for the Republican presidential nomination wrote an Op-Ed outlining a new tone and position on ethanol and the RFS. For the first time, at a campaign stop in Iowa, Cruz expressed he would keep the RFS through 2022. “We are encouraged that Ted Cruz is finally […]

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Digest Bioeconomy Index sheds 0.28 percent to 49.81 as advanced bioequities dip

Digest Bioeconomy Index sheds 0.28 percent to 49.81 as advanced bioequities dip

January 10, 2016 |

The Digest Bioeconomy Index, an index of publicly traded advanced bioeconomy stocks, shed 0.28 percent to 49.81 as advanced bioequities dipped. For the day, Aemetis (AMTX) rebounded 4.11 percent to $2.35, while Abengoa (ABGB) rallied 10.91 percent to $1.22.  Among other equities, BioAmber (BIOA) fell 5.41 percent to $5.94. Overall, declines led advances by a […]

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Navy to launch Great Green Fleet with 77 million gallon buy of cost-competitive, non-food advanced biofuels blends

Navy to launch Great Green Fleet with 77 million gallon buy of cost-competitive, non-food advanced biofuels blends

January 7, 2016 |

They’re here. $2.05 per gallon, at-scale, domestically produced advanced renewable fuels — utilizing non-food feedstocks and based on next-generation technology. The Navy’s 7-year quest to diversify its fuel supply without paying more or changing its fuel spec reaches a key milestone. In Washington, The Department of the Navy has obtained 77.66 million gallons of cost-competitive, […]

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Digest Bioeconomy Index dumps 1.63 percent to 49.94 as ethanol equities tank under sliding oil price pressure

Digest Bioeconomy Index dumps 1.63 percent to 49.94 as ethanol equities tank under sliding oil price pressure

January 7, 2016 |

The Digest Bioeconomy Index, an index of publicly traded advanced bioeconomy stocks, dumped 1.63 percent to 49.94 as ethanol equities tanked under sliding oil price pressure. For the day, Aemetis (AMTX) dropped 5.06 percent to $2.25, while Pacific Ethanol (PEIX) lost 8.86 percent to $3.91. Among other equities, Biox (BX.T) soared 34.43 percent to $0.82. […]

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Great Green Fleet: The Digest’s 2016 8-Slide Guide to the US Navy’s transition to renewable fuels

Great Green Fleet: The Digest’s 2016 8-Slide Guide to the US Navy’s transition to renewable fuels

January 7, 2016 |

The Department of the Navy is now buying advanced, drop-in, cost-competitive, next gen renewable fuels. The biofuels sought can be blended in a range of 10 to 50 percent with conventional petroleum products and must meet all military fuel specification properties which make handling requirements and performance indiscernible to the end user. Currently, two biofuels pathways […]

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