In China, Air China has become the first Chinese member of the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Users Group (SAFUG) and will participate in the industry-leading study on aviation biofuel, and share its existing experience in aviation biofuel flight tests.
In Minnesota, PTT Chemical is investing $150 million in NatureWorks. PTT Chemical’s investment in NatureWorks, until now wholly owned by Cargill, is subject to regulatory approval. PTT Chemical’s investment supports NatureWorks intent to globalize its Ingeo manufacturing capability by building a new production facility in Thailand, supporting the Asian customer base. NatureWorks anticipates bringing the […]
In California, researchers at the University of California at Berkeley have discovered that the mutated CG1 corn gene can triple the amount of starch stored in the switchgrass stems and make it easier to convert into the sugars needed for biofuels. The altered grasses didn’t flower during the two years of growth trials, meaning that […]
In Brazil, the government will lend sugarcane mills $1.1 billion in order to store ethanol during the off-season period in an attempt to ensure there is enough supply for the domestic market until the next crush begins in April. It will be up to the National Monetary Council to decide how much the interest rates […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, gained 1.13 percent to 68.94 as ethanol recovered. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) jumped 2.73 percent to $27.08, while Biofuels Energy (BIOF) soared 8.33 percent to $0.26. Among other equities, Gushan (GU) rocketed up 17.19 percent to $2.25. Overall, advances led declines […]
World leaders say new structures, public-private partnership, required to unlock clean energy, unleash economic growth. Free-flowing discussion in Copenhagen shows directions that reform of clean energy finance might take. You might have heard, in the broader media, about some of the discussion underway at the Global Green Growth (3G) Forum currently underway in Copenhagen. […]
By Brent Erickson, Digest columnist and Executive Vice-President, BIO Industrial and Environment Section The Renewable Fuel Standard is the key foundation policy supporting the commercial development of advanced biofuels. It is not working as fast as some would like, but given the current economic situation it is indeed working. A handful of advanced biofuel companies […]
In California, Nevada-based Empire Oil Refineries plans to make Temecula-based Promethean Biofuels, a biodiesel producer using waste cooking oil and grease as a feedstock, a wholly owned subsidiary of the company. The company had up until now been an employee-owned cooperative.
In New Mexico, Rio Valley Biofuels who produces up to 1.5 million gallons of biodiesel annually from recycled vegetable oil has received a $40,962 grant from USDA Rural Development to help upgrade the facility’s chiller and vacuum pump and hire two new employees. The company says that it needs grants like these to upgrade its […]
Solena and SAS announced a partnership to develop a waste-to-jet fuel project at Arlanda Airport in Stockholm, with a goal of establishing similar projects in Denmark and Norway. The Arlanda project will gasify waste biomass, including municipal solid waste, and process the resulting syngas it into bio-based synthetic paraffinic kerosene, or renewable jet fuel. Solena, […]
