In Japan, Nikkei reports that Hitachi Zosen and Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding both plan on producing more ethanol manufacturing equipment. Hitachi plans a tenfold increase, and Mitsui will more than double their production.
In Belgium, Reuters reports that ethanol producers in Europe have requested the EU investigate illegal subsidies for U.S. ethanol exporters. Secretary-General of ePURE, Rob Vierhout said in a statement, “Massive and sudden imports of U.S. ethanol, combined with unfairly low prices over the last few years, have seriously damaged the economic situation of European producers.” […]
In California, a group of top researchers announced the launch of the VTT/MSI Center for Bioengineering, focused on basic and applied research for engineering cells and molecules. The Center is located in Berkeley. The VTT/MSI Center for Bioengineering will include international, collaborative research projects between researchers at the Molecular Sciences Institute of Berkeley and VTT […]
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In California, the first genome-scale model for predicting the functions of genes and gene networks in a grass species has been developed by an international team of researches that includes scientists with the Joint BioEnergy Institute. Called RiceNet, this systems-level model of rice gene interactions should help speed the development of new crops for the […]
In Washington, Novozymes said a bill introduced by Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-Kan.) would make harder to bring renewable fuels to market, impacting consumers and sacrificing jobs unnecessarily. Pompeo’s bill, H.R. 3308, would repeal the ethanol, cellulosic biofuel and alcohol fuels tax credit; the tax incentive for biodiesel and renewable diesel; and the investment tax credit […]
In Canada, Enerkem announced that Anton de Vries has joined its board of directors. Mr. de Vries is a seasoned fuels and chemicals executive with more than three decades of international experience. Based in the Netherlands, Mr. de Vries spent over 18 years at Royal Dutch Shell. He worked 11 years with LyondellBasell, the world’s […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, gained 1.10 percent to 74.65 as ethanol soared. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) jumped 2.91 percent to $29.37, while Biofuel Energy (BIOF) soared 20.93 percent to $0.52. Among other equities, Pacific Ethanol (PEIX) rocketed up 33.96 percent to $0.71. Overall, advances led […]
Does continuous harvest, and direct production from CO2 and water, offer a transformative, no-kill way to improve the carbon and dollar economics of biofuels? Can the dairy model work? Two years ago, in an essay titled “Drop In, Tune Out, Turn On,” the Digest profiled the rise of a new generation of “drop-in” fuels, made […]
In Canada, Comet Biorefining announced that it has begun fabrication of a cellulosic sugar toll processing plant to be located in Southwestern Ontario. This facility will produce cellulosic sugar on a tolling basis for current and potential Comet customers and licensees. The Comet Cellulosic Sugar Process is feedstock flexible and produces low cost cellulosic sugar […]
