In Kentucky, Owensboro Grain Company has received $1.984 million from the USDA’s Rural Development Program to help defray the cost of a $22 million soy-based biodiesel plant it built in 2007/08. Other financing a included $1 million forgivable loan from the state Agricultural Development Board, a $5 million loan from the Agricultural Finance Corp., and […]
In Ohio, the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base has released analytical test results of a plant derived jet fuel produced by Virent with technical collaborator Shell. The AFRL tests corroborate the potential of Virent’s jet fuel and confirm that it warrants further study as a 100% renewable fully synthetic […]
In Spain, one of the few biodiesel producers that has managed to survive is Bionorte in Sotrondio. The company has done so due to exports to countries such as Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark and the UK that take up 80% of its production, rather than supplying its home market that is flooded by cheap imports […]
In Jamaica, Jamaica Broilers which dehydrates Brazilian hydrous ethanol for sale in the US market, produced only 13.3 million gallons during 2010/11, which ended in May. Ethanol production the previous year had been 120 million gallons and 60 million gallons during 2008/09.
In Thailand, Rajburi Sugars will export anhydrous ethanol for the first time in 2012 with the Philippines seen as its main market. Thai ethanol producers Double A, Ekarat Pattana Co and Impress Ethanol are already exporting there in an effort to supply the 460 million liters needed annually to reach the E10 blending mandate expected […]
In New York, Dow has developed a soy-oil containing acoustical foam formulation with significant renewable content. Named Betafoam Renue, the new formulation is now in trials with a major North American OEM and commercialization is expected by December 2011. Similar to traditional BETAFOAM, this new product can be injected into vehicle cavities like A, B, […]
Today on Twitter. EnvironTechs: Secretary of the Navy says military can lead the way in … ToddZebert: ARPA-e Attacks Rare Earths, Biofuels in Latest Funding mikloshvanEgan: Keep talking about biofuels. HEMP is the original source of diesel. It is easy to grow, heigher in dietary fiber and protein! docwilliamson: #biofuels NOTE: 85% percent of the […]
In Minnesota, researchers led by the University of Minnesota have produced a map outlining where crops could be intensified to increase biofuel production. Researchers calculated median yields and yield gaps for 10 ethanol and 10 biodiesel crops, producing both global and individual results for 238 countries, territories and protectorates that includes more than 1200 country/crop combinations to pinpoint which […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, jumped 2.77 percent to 68.28 as equities advanced broadly on news from Europe. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) rebounded 2.20 percent to $26.01, while Valero (VLO) soared 6.37 percent to $21.04. Among other equities, Syntroleum (SYNM) skyrocketed 9.52 percent to $0.92. Overall, […]
Is BP going for vertical integration, just as Shell has opted for a massive JV with Cosan; and Total, Marathon and Chevron continue with strategic investments in advanced technologies. Why vertical, why now? When BP entered into the biofuels sphere in 2008, the strategy under CEO Phil New was to seek out “advantaged” biofuels, in […]
