In Pennsylvania, Penn State reports that researchers have corrected a mistake from a 1967 study by showing that cyanobacteria do in fact have the genes for an alternate means of completing the critical tricarboxilic acid cycle. The researchers used tools that were lacking in 1967 to show that the two enzymes required to complete the […]
In Louisiana, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced loans and grants for agricultural producers and rural small businesses across the country to implement renewable energy and energy efficiency measures in their operations under REAP. The USDA is providing $1.95 million for 12 flexible fuel pump projects in eight states; Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, North […]
In Texas, Endicott Biofuels announced that Bruce C. York has joined the Company in the newly-created position of Vice President, Construction. Prior to joining Endicott, York served as Manager, Global Field Technical Services for Jacobs Engineering Group.
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, recovered 0.61 percent to 68.95 as Gevo shot up on a hot Coca-Cola deal and ethanol sputtered. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) gained 1.93 percent to $27.96, while Gevo (GEVO) soared 12.94 percent to $6.37. Among other equities, Pacific Ethanol (PEIX) plummeted […]
In Michigan, OnSite Energy has teamed with Michigan State University for the second phase of the Freeway to Fuels project that explores the feasibility of growing, harvesting and utilizing bioenergy crops last year on unconventional growing lands in Michigan, such as highway right-of-ways, vacant urban land and airport property. Together they have developed a portable […]
In Massachuessets, Ethanol Boosting Systems of Cambridge has developed an E85 engine that delivers diesel efficiency that could translate to at 30% better mileage than a typical gas engine. According to Car and Driver, EBS adds a second complete fuel system that enables an engine to run on port-injected gas during cruising and direct-injected E85 […]
In Colorado, Rentech recently celebrated the completion of a pilot-scale, biorefinery in Commerce City. The facility uses ClearFuels’ process to thermochemically convert a variety of feedstock types including wood waste, agricultural residue, and bagasse into renewable diesel and jet fuel. The facility is processing 20 tons of feedstock per day and was partially built with […]
Following a stinging WSJ editorial board critique on cellulosic biofuels, we leave a fact-filled voice mail for News Corp to hack. Meanwhile, Mascoma lands $80M and heads for scale. The Wall Street Journal editorial page writers published a stinging indictment of cellulosic biofuels this week. Bottom line: the Journal is offering the shortfall in the […]
In Sri Lanka, Australia’s Algae.Tec has signed an agreement with a local contractor to build a pilot-scale algae production facility in the country. The facility will include five photo-bioreactor modules to test the viability of larger-scale production.
In Canada, Husky Energy’s two ethanol plants in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan and Minnedosa, Manitoba saw their average production increase year-on-year between July and September to 652,500 liters per day from 519,100 liters per day last year, but it’s down from the average production the previous quarter. The two plants each have an annual production capacity of […]
