In Portugal, Incbio has signed a contract with Biofuel Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Green Energy Group to supply an 8,000MT per year Biodiesel plant, to be installed in Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. It will incorporate Incbio’s ultrasonic reactors, as well as solid catalyst acid esterification technology, to produce biodiesel from grease trap oil with […]
In Iran, PressTV reports that a biodiesel plant was inaugurated, with Vice President and head of the Department of Environment Javad Mohammadizadeh in attendance. The plant was built in the town of Tiran and Karvan, in the province of Isfahan at a cost in excess of USD$12 million. No other details were given such as […]
In the United Kingdom, B&Q is working with Gasrec to operate fifty dual fuel lorries with Bio-LNG, comprised of 60% bio-based methane. The methane is sourced from sewage and/or residential food waste. The other 40% of the fuel is traditional LNG. The article in Energy Global also reports that B&Q has received a planning consent […]
In Michigan, Michigan State University reports that fat worms confirm that researchers from Michigan State University have successfully engineered a plant with oily leaves – a feat that could enhance biofuel production as well as lead to improved animal feeds. The results, published in the current issue of The Plant Cell, show that researchers could […]
As cellulosic biofuels technologies start to deploy — critics and friends ask, 36 billion gallons by 2022, can it still be done? Yep, there’s a pathway. In Washington, the US Energy Information Administration released a map and commentary on its website this week — indicating the spread of commercial-scale cellulosic biofuels, while cautioning that “EIA’s […]
In Finland, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Centros Comerciales Carrefour, Distribuciones Juan Luna, Papelera de Brandia, Elastopoli Oy, and Skymark, with ITENE as coordinator, are working to develop a new renewable solution that will maintain the freshness of a product and assure its food contact safety. The European ADCELLPACK consortium is developing a thermoplastic […]
Today on Twitter: ENERGY: WATCH: @ARPAE #innovator CERES is rethinking #biofuels without competing w/ food crops. renrginvestment: Inside the U.S. military’s #CleanEnergy revolution – Pentagon is moving full green ahead oil_news1: U.S. Air Force Report to Congress Bashes Navy’s Biofuels Program EnergyCollectiv: Encouraging Advanced Biofuels Development in a Low Carbon Economy by @JKessler_UCD
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, recovered 0.23 percent to 69.15 as large caps again advanced. For the day, Amyris (AMRS) sagged 4.28 percent to $2.91, while Ceres (CERE) tumbled 4.06 percent to $4.06. Among other equities, Solazyme (SZYM) surged 2.99 percent to $8.61. Overall, advances led declines 7 to […]
What’s up with Australia and aviation biofuels? The kangaroos are flying, for sure, and perhaps only feedstock woes could get in the way. In the world of biofuels there is no sector as active as military and aviation biofuels in terms of willing customers. At the Low Carbon Fuel Conference, held over two days in […]
In California, Marrone Bio Innovations has submitted a new bioherbicide, MBI-011 EP, to the EPA. MBI-011 EP is a post-emergent burndown herbicide that can also be used as a crop desiccant. It has contact activity and no post-application planting restrictions are expected. MBI-011 EP is being submitted for control of annual and perennial grass and […]
