In Florida, Terrabon has taken a commanding leads obver Joule Unlimited (82-18, expressed in percentages) in light Tournament Final balloting for the 2011 Transformative Technologies tournament. Tournament voting ends at 5pm ET on Friday, September 23rd. Voting is open to all Biofuels Digest subscribers. Voting links are in the Biofuels Digest daily newsletter. To subscribe […]
In California, Nasdaq has again warned Pacific Ethanol (PEIX) that it risks being delisted because the company’s stock had closed at below $1 for 30 trading days straight. Shares, that were trading at 29 cents on Monday, must trade at $1 or higher for at least 10 consecutive days before March 12 or risk being […]
In New Jersey, Primus Green Energy is in talks with Plainsfield Township regarding the potential siting of a biomass pellet production facility that would use miscanthus and waste wood as a feedstock. The company already has an MOU with Jaindl Farms to grow 3,100 acres of miscanthus. Primus has applied for a $35 million USDA […]
In Massachusetts, Diversified Technologies, Inc. has introduced a low-cost process (patent pending) for the pre-treatment of algae using pulsed electric field (PEF) technology to streamline the extraction of oils from algal cells early in the biorefining process. The Diversified Technologies’ PEF Pre-Treatment of Algae for Oil Extraction Process applies 10-30 kV/cm electric pulses for 2 […]
In Indonesia, PT INKUD Exchange has signed an MOU with Malaysian company Lestari Pasifik Berhad to jointly develop 616 biorefineries in the two countries to process oil palm waste into ethanol during the next five years. The JV’s pilot project will be set up in Sumatra. Lestari Pasifik has a JV with Russian company Arter […]
In Zimbabwe, the Chisumbanje ethanol plant is waiting for final regulatory approval to begin distributing the million liters of ethanol it has produced during its first three weeks of production. The $600 million project is expected to produce 70% of the country’s fuel needs. About 5,000 hectares of cane supplies the facility while 400 outgrowers […]
In New York, Green Earth Technologies reported that their new formulas for both G-OIL 5W-30 and 5W-20 ultimate biodegradable bio-based full synthetic motor oils have received API SM certifications. Concurrently, Green Earth Technologies is finalizing patent applications for these revolutionary formulations. Green Earth states that G-OIL is still the world’s first and only API certified […]
Today on Twitter. glennmosier: Venter Institute breaking ground on $35m center gomaam: ‘Global spending on biofuels in 2011 will total $46.63bn’ says visiongain report mg81992: Watch @solazyme CEO Jonathan Wolfson’s great talk about oil addiction/future of biofuels at #CGI2011 TeruTalk: California ARB updates LCFS Carbon Intensity Tables, Alt. Fuel Pathways. Sean_OHanlon: EcoLogicStudio has designed an […]
In Illinois, a researcher at USDA’s Agricultural Research Service National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research in Peoria has developed Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain NRRL Y-50049, a yeast that ferments plant sugars into cellulosic ethanol despite the stressful interference by problematic compounds such as furfural (2-furaldehyde) and HMF (5-hydroxymethyl-2-furaldehyde) created during dilute acid pre-treatment of the crop […]
In the Philippines, ethanol producers have agreed with the Independent Philippine Petroleum Companies Association on benchmark prices for ethanol— based on both the prices of sugar and molasses, plus the processing cost— but the deal is waiting for sign off from the Department of Energy. It was also agreed that domestic ethanol should not be […]
