In Minnesota, Commissioners Dave Frederickson of the Department of Agriculture, Commissioner Paul Aasen of the Pollution Control Agency and Commissioner Mike Rothman of the Department of Commerce have submitted a request to delay the state’s B10 policy next year saying the state isn’t ready yet. Though the state produces 64 million gallons of biodiesel annually […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, jumped 2.12 percent to 75.66 as Solazyme and Gevo soared. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) recovered 1.57 percent to $29.85, while Solazyme (SZYM) gained 15.47 percent to $10.82. Among other equities, Gevo (GEVO) advanced 6.02 percent to $7.75. Overall, advances led declines […]
ABM 2011 opens for business in San Francisco. On the dais – 30 industry CEOs, policy and trade association leaders. On the docket, 7 issues that will define the Race for Scale. In California, Advanced Biofuels Markets 2011 opens its three-day run this morning, with an update from the USDA, DOE and the US Navy, […]
In California, as CEOs and other advanced biofuels leaders gathered for the opening of Advanced Biofuels Markets in San Francisco, LanzaTech, Sapphire Energy and LS9 announced the achievement of key milestones in their path to commercialization. LS( made a major step-up towards scale; LanzaTech landed its first commercial customer, and Sapphire Energy closed its key […]
In Virginia, Albemarle was named “Biodiesel Corporation of the Year” by the World Refining Association during the Biofuels 2011 Annual Meeting in Amsterdam. The award was presented to representatives from Albemarle’s Alternative Fuel Technologies (AFT) division. The award recognizes industry leaders that have made substantial contributions in the field of renewable fuels, which in this […]
In California, Yokayo Biofuels has received $134,000 in U.S. Agriculture Department grants over the past two months to help pay for production expansion at its used cooking oil-based biodiesel production facility. The company currently produces 500,000 gallons of biodiesel annually in Ukiah and hopes to use the grants to boost it to 1 million gallons. […]
In Texas, the USDA has given $3 million to White Energy in order to help it transition its 118 million gallon ethanol plants in Hereford and Plainview away from corn as a feedstock and introduce other raw materials. The plants can transition to animal fats, cottonseed, vegetable, and soybean oils, milo, and wheat starch to […]
In India, sugar mills in Tamil Nadu are stuck between a rock and a hard place as they’re forced to sell food grade ethanol to manufacturers of Indian Made Foreign Spirits (IMFS) while they’re not allowed to ship ethanol to other states, keeping them out of the fuel ethanol supply chain and limiting their trade […]
In the UK, drivers of older model cars built before 1993 will have to use premium gasoline beginning from next year as gas stations introduce the new government mandated E10. Tesco and BP have confirmed that their only E5 blend will be premium unleaded. The more expensive fuel can cost almost 13 cents per liter […]
In California, Cereplast has extended its agreement with Italy-based ColorTec S.r.l to supply bioplastic resin to the Italian and Slovenian markets effective November 4, 2011 through December 31, 2012. Under the terms of the agreement, ColorTec is projecting to purchase $20 million of materials in 2012. More on the story.
