As a flurry of coverage on Toyota’s hydrogen cars and Ford’s solar hybrid floods the airwaves, here in Digestville we look at the hard data. And we find that, sometimes, there is less than meets the eye. This past week, we’ve had the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas and the North American International Auto […]
In China, Origin Agritech Limited announced unaudited financial results for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2013. The company reported an operating profit of RMB18.16 million, compared to a loss of RMB3.47 million in the same quarter of 2012. Total revenues for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2013 were RMB481.69 million (US$77.30 million), a […]
In Pakistan, the Business Recorder was informed by sources close to the Water and Power Minister that the cabinet’s Economic Co-ordination Committee is expected to approve a security agreement regarding upfront tariffs. The agreement is to be signed by sugar mills utilizing power plants burning bagasse. According to the article, the sugar mills have the […]
In Ethiopia, the India-based meat processing company, Allana Group is investing US$20 million to build a meat processing plant on a 75 acre site provided by the Ethiopian Government. As part of the agreement, waste will be streamed to produce biogas for electricity generation, and the blood generated by the plant will be used to […]
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, fell 0.93 percent to 69.61 as ethanol equities slumped. For the day, KiOR (KIOR) lost 5.10 percent to $1.49, while Solazyme (SZYM) dropped 3.93 percent to $9.54. Among other equities, Aemetis (AMTX) surged 16.67 percent to $0.28. Overall, declines led advances 4 to 1 […]
Mike Robe – now back from his starring role in The Fast and the Furiosus. He’s smart, he’s cool, he’s the world’s smallest post-doc: he’s no bacterium, he’s a one-celled Clooney. Mike tweets: “Awesome scale-up pace at GranBio’s cellulosic ethanol 1st commersh in Brazil. I’m building a side unit to mix my cellulosic caipirinhas.” Has […]
In Washington, according to the Energy Information Administration ethanol production averaged 919,000 barrels per day (b/d)—or 38.60 million gallons daily. That is up 6,000 b/d from the week before. The four-week average for ethanol production stood at 922,000 b/d for an annualized rate of 14.13 billion gallons. Stocks of ethanol stood at 16.1 million barrels. […]
In Washington, the US Department of Energy reports that U.S. ethanol exports surged to 82.4 million gallons (mg) in November, with large volumes finding their way into new or emerging markets such as China and India, as well as the Philippines, Tunisia, Panama, and Mexico. Total exports were up 54 percent from October, reaching the […]
In the EU, Juan Carrasco has been elected as the new Joint Programme Coordinator of the European Energy Research Alliance Joint Programme for Bioenergy. From January 2014 onwards, Juan who is based at CIEMAT in Spain takes over from Kai Sipilä of VTT, Finland who has successfully led this Joint Programme since 2010. He will […]
In Washington, the American Council On Renewable Energy announced that Michael R. Brower has been appointed the new President and CEO of the organization. Brower served as the Interim President and CEO since July 29th, 2013. ACORE Board Co-chair, Dan Reicher said, “Michael Brower brings both a deep understanding of the issues facing renewable energy […]
