Today on Twitter: TechnicaPR Congrats to @SapphireEnergy on their Later Stage Award nomination in the #BioFuels #BioEnergy category! BlacknGoldFool Refiners, Ethanol, and You. Time to Worry? fionaharvey: What is happening with biomass and biofuels in the UK? Some answers here:
In China, Dr. Martin Tangney recently appeared at the TEDxWanChai meet-up in Hong Kong, with a talk entitled “Biofuels, Whiskey and me”. It reflects on Tangney’s experience of establishing the UK’s first Biofuel Research Centre and spinning out Celtic Renewables Ltd. For those less familiar with the TED events, these are invitation-only events for “inspirational speakers” […]
Why are airlines interested in commercial-scale alternative jet fuel production? What are the airlines’ requirements for contemplating the purchase of alternative jet fuel? What are airlines willing to do to help commercialize alternative jet fuel? What does a “term sheet” look like? What is the best way to engage with airlines? CAAFI’s new 7-page guide tells all. By […]
Voting begins in the annual rankings competition for the hottest companies in the sector; who will be #1 – who will get your vote? Voting by Twitter expanded this year; Facebook voting added. Hottest Industry Partners, Hottest Bioenergy Places; Hottest R&D Partners in Bioenergy now joined to the main competition. In Florida, Biofuels Digest announced […]
Voting for Waste Management in the Hot 50 or Hot 30 Rankings You can vote on the web for this company in the 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy or the 30 Hottest Companies in Biobased Chemicals and Materials — by clicking on the icons above to “Like” or “Tweet” this page. Any web votes you […]
The complete Cool Planet story. What is it? Why transformational? What are the next steps? New venture will convert wood waste to gasoline In Louisiana, Cool Planet Energy Systems CEO Howard Janzen, flanked by Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, announced the company will build three bio-refineries in Louisiana with a capital investment of $168 million. The […]
In Italy, Bellelli’s MammaCangura is launching a line of child bicycle carriers made from Cereplast Biopropylene 101 this fall. Freccia Eco will be a front-mounted child bicycle carrier, and Mr Fox Eco, a rear-mounted child bicycle carrier. Initially, both carriers will be available for retail sale and purchase by MammaCangura North America at brick and mortar […]
Today on Twitter: earthislandjrnl Are cellulosic biofuels the holy grail of green fuels? ScottAMcKee “U.S. #corn now close to non-subsidized competitiveness with #crude as source of #energy” ActionAidUSA: Tanzania farmers accuse biofuel investors of land grab:
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, advanced 0.98 percent to 67.78 as ethanol gained. For the day, Ceres (CERE) dropped 11.63 percent to $1.14, while BioAmber (BIOA) sank 10.60 percent to $4.05. Among other equities, The Andersons (ANDE) jumped 3.35 percent to $69.63. Overall, advances led declines 2 to 1 […]
Too many oil companies bet on risky strategies for compliance with the Renewable Fuel Standard. Now, they turn to the US government for a bail-out on their obligations. Judging that the government will cave in rather than risk disruption for the fuels markets. In the game of chicken, who will blink first? Will the Texas […]
