In Florida, researchers have found a technique to reduce the time it takes to create a new pine tree breed from 13 years to 6 years. The University of Florida researchers found a way to use the genetic code that is already known about a pine tree to accurately predict the traits that will appear […]
In Washington, John McArdle of E&E filed an analysis of Solyndra and the DOE’s Section 1705 loan guarantee program as a whole, writing that “none of the other projects have defaulted on the repayment of their loans. If it stays that way, the entire program will have a default rate of just over 3 percent […]
In Pennsylvania, BARD Holding named Charles A. Clerecuzio as Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining Bard, Mr. Clerecuzio was Senior Consultant and Vice President, PharmBio & Chemicals for AMEC, a FTSE 100 global engineering and consultancy company.
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, was flat at 69.13 as advanced biofuels stumbled. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) edged up 0.11 percent to $27.11, while Gevo (GEVO) dropped 3.68 percent to $7.85. Among other equities, Gushan (GU) rocketed up another 7.56 percent to $2.42. Overall, advances led […]
Aviation biofuels may represent the breakout success opportunity that biofuels, clean energy needs. The Digest looks at the case. In Copenhagen this week, a coalition of companies and associations involved in aviation biofuels made a strong case for the sector not only as a quick win for biofuels, but as a quick win for clean […]
In New Jersey, Primus Green Energy successfully proved its pilot scale production is capable of producing “drop-in” standard gasoline that achieves 25 percent longer runtime than regular unleaded fuel. During the company’s pilot scale production test its integrated solution of converting biomass to drop-in fuel was in continuous operation. The company plans to build its […]
In Colorado, Pike Research has released a new report that says the global biofuel market could reach $185.3 billion in the next 10 years, up from about $80 billion today. Transportation is expected to remain the main market for biofuels while Europe, the US and Brazil will remain leaders, but there will be major growth […]
In Washington, the Energy Information Agency is reporting that ethanol production for the week ending Sept. 30 is up 2.6% on the week at 863,000 barrels per day but is dead on even for the same period last year. Corn usage for that week’s production is estimated at 91.93 million bushels.
In Italy, biodiesel production is expected to fall 18% to just 600,000 metric tons this year as cheap imports flood the local market, supplying nearly 70% of the demand. Most biodiesel produced in the country uses imported palm oil or other feedstocks, but the imported biodiesel is often cheaper than the imported feedstocks.
In Thailand, the government is contemplating reviving a 20-year old plan to build a 180 kilometer trans-peninsula rail, road and pipeline link between the Gulf of Thailand and the Andaman Sea that would help the country become a biofuel and oil trading hub for Southeast Asia. Ethanol production capacity is expected to boom to 9 […]
