In the UK, the tiny town of Gunning has teamed with the local fish and chips café to supply the used cooking oil to produce biodiesel for the school bus that takes local kids to and from school. The 400 liters of biodiesel costs about 30 cents a liter to produce and helps the school […]
In Brazil, mining giants Vale who have taken a keen interest in biofuels in recent years in both Brazil and Africa says it will begin ethanol exports through Terminal Maritímo Ultrafértil at Santos Port, the country’s largest sugar and ethanol export port. Over the next four years, investments of $607.8 million are planned for significant […]
In Vermont, Seventh Generation announced that the company’s new reformulation of its best-selling laundry liquids has received a USDA BioPreferred label. The innovation responsible for this distinction is a brand new surfactant derived entirely from plant-based materials that’s been developed by the company and its partners at Rhodia. Company officials expect the new plant-based surfactant […]
In Iowa, researchers at Iowa State University have developed a method to increase the rate of biomass production in algae by 50 to 80 percent. The breakthrough comes from expressing certain genes in algae that increase the amount of photosynthesis in the plant, which leads to more biomass. In environments that have relatively low levels […]
In India, the country’s renewable energy minister is pushing for the private sector to invest in co-generation from agricultural waste, especially sugar mills but also pulp and paper factories, distilleries and food processing facilities. He says there is potential to produce 1,300MW of electricity from waste while that could reach 2,000MW by 2017. At least […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, dropped 2.31 percent to 70.66 as equities were hit globally when US deficit talks failed. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) fell 2.31 percent to $28.29, while Biofuel Energy (BIOF) was slashed 20.41 percent to $0.78. Among other equities, Gevo (GEVO) plunged 10.40 […]
Waste Management steps up with another investment in advanced biofuels from MSW. This time, the IPO-bound Fulcrum Bioenergy. Decks now cleared for Fulcrum’s first commercial project? Smooth sailing ahead for the IPO? In Texas, Waste Management announced that it has closed an equity investment in Fulcrum BioEnergy. In connection with this investment, WM agreed to […]
In Minnesota, Cargill Biofuels Investments has sold yet another 1.2 million shares of its 10% stake in Biofuel Energy Corp. This follows a sale of 1.1 million shares only last week. These sales follow a fivefold surge in the price of the stock over the last two weeks and a steady flow of insider selling […]
In Montana, the demand for sunflowers has been unusually steady this year, says Larry Kleingartner, the executive director of the National Sunflower Association. Given the spring flooding that notably reduced the planted acres, the demand does not come as a shock and is expected to continue, explains Kleingartner. Good weather in the Dakotas during the […]
In Virginia, the National Renderers Association is estimating that grease theft has risen to as much as six million pounds per year across North America, and as much as $1 million in lost revenues for members of (the other) NRA. The figures surfaced in an entertaining loom at grease theft published in City.ca, which looked […]
