Today on Twitter. ComingFamine: The Great African Land Grab: powerful article and video. FueltheFuture: South America Strives to Become the Greenest Continent with #Biofuels and More Biodiesels: Study: U.S. Biofuels Policy A Fail – EarthTechling Rod_McCallum: “U.S.-produced biofuels would cost 20 to 31 times more than energy efficiency improvements that would reduce gas consumption by […]
In Minnesota. Nuseed, a wholly owned subsidiary of Nufarm Limited, announced the acquisition of Seeds 2000 Inc, based in Breckenridge, Minnesota, USA. Seeds 2000 is a seed research, production, sales and marketing company focused primarily on the development of elite oil and confection sunflower hybrids that benefit both the farmer and end-use food customer. Nuseed is […]
In Massachusetts, the Boston Globe released a scathing editorial regarding American energy policy. Discussing the case of Solyndra, the article suggested that the failure indicated that Congress has fallen short in its support for renewables. The article then argued that public investment into private companies is necessary for the industry to take off; Congress needs […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, dropped 0.33 percent to 72.91 despite ethanol stock advances. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) fell 0.76 to $29.99, while Pacific Ethanol (PEIX) advanced 10.37 percent to $1.49. Among other equities, KiOR (KIOR) plunged 9.83 percent to $15.14. Overall, advances led declines 3 […]
The FAA hands out eight key grants to advance renewable jet fuels, to LanzaTech, Imperium, Virent, Honeywell’s UOP, Velocys, among others. Why the shift over to alcohol-to-jet fuels? Will ATJ avoid the cost problems plaguing oilseed-based fuels? In Washington, the monster event of the year for aviation biofuels, the CAAFI annual meeting, concluded yesterday with […]
In Nebraska, the Nebraska Bankruptcy Court approved Flint Hills Resources’ $5 million bid for the idled biodiesel plant in Beatrice. The plant 50 MGy capacity plant was built in 2008, but was never in service. The acquisition is expected to close in mid-December. Flint Hills Resources expects it will take several months to evaluate the […]
In Nebraska, Tenaska Biofuels and Greenleaf Biofuels have signed an exclusive multi-year agreement to supply feedstock and sell biodiesel fuel from Greenleaf’s New Haven, Connecticut, plant. The agreement covers Greenleaf’s initial 10-million-gallon-per-year capacity and includes options to extend and expand the relationship, as Greenleaf recently announced full funding and commencement of construction of what will […]
In Canada, Dynamotive Energy, IFP Energies nouvelles, Axens and Dr. Radlein completed heads of agreement for the development, scale-up and commercialization of Dynamtive’s proprietary pyrolysis oil upgrading process to produce second generation biofuels. Renewable Oil Corporation is a further counterpart of the agreement. ROC rights and participation are subject to completion of certain conditions between […]
In Ireland, the Irish Sugar Beet Bio-Refinery Group has published a study calling for the construction of a sugar beet and grain ethanol plant in the southeast of Ireland. The plant would cost an estimated €350 million to build. The plant would process sugar beets, grain and molasses, and produce 50 million liters of ethanol […]
In Finland, a team has written an article for the forthcoming issue of the International Journal of Sustainable Economy, suggesting that biogas generated in landfills be used as an alternative feedstock for the chemical industry, rather than for generating electricity. Jouko Arvola of the University of Oulu and colleagues there and at Oulu University of […]
