In California, AliphaJet announced that the company has developed and successfully demonstrated a highly cost-effective catalytic method for making jet biofuel from renewable products such as plant and animal triglycerides and/or fatty acids. AliphaJet’s BoxCar catalytic de-oxygenation process significantly reduces capital and operating costs because it does not require hydrogen to remove the oxygen from […]
In Illinois, Marquis Energy has put on hold the planned expansion of its 140 million gallon per year ethanol plant in Hennepin due to a dispute with Putnam County Assessment Office. The office valued the facility at $26.8 million for 2011 as well as 2010, though the company says that is roughly double the assessed […]
In Wisconsin, a new study from the University of Wisconsin-Madison found that support for ethanol was highest among people who were younger, more educated, Democrats along with those living in counties where an active biofuels plant is running. Results from 556 random respondents who that people were split equally on environmental benefits, job creation and […]
In the Netherlands, Suiker Unie’s ethanol plant in Aklam expects to slice 1.4 million metric tons of sugarbeet this season to produce roughly 64 million liters of ethanol, accounting for half of the beet crop, in addition to 112,000 tons of sugar under quota. Ethanol produced at the facility will be sold to refineries in […]
In Brazil, UNICA said that though the sugarcane crush is 11% behind where it was this time last year, anhydrous ethanol production is 20% lower at 5.23 billion liters as mills choose to produce sugar over ethanol. Cane production per hectare is down 20% as well at 72.4 metric tons per hectare compared to 89.4 […]
In Brazil, BP has purchased the remaining 50% of Tropical Bionergia from its JV partners Maeda SA Agroindustrial and LDC-SEV Bioenergia for $71 million. Now, BP will have full control of the ethanol mill in Edeia, Goias state where it plans are to double the size of the operation to 5 million tonnes of crushed […]
In the United Kingdom, the Technology Strategy Board is running a competition to fund the development and commercialization of innovative processes that will generate high value chemicals through industrial biotechnology. Up to £2.5m will be invested and applications are invited for both feasibility and collaborative research and development projects. The TSB is looking for projects […]
In Indiana, researchers at Purdue University are exploring the use of tapioca pearls as an environmentally friendly way to dehydrate ethanol, rather than using corn grits to absorb water or molecular sieves to remove water molecules. The study showed that tapioca pearls absorbed about 34% more water than corn grits. In addition, tapioca can be […]
In Fiji, the government is seeking to encourage investment in its local biofuel industry. According to Fiji’s Department of Energy, the country currently produces 1.5 million liters of biofuel, but needs to increase production to 60 million liters. Fiji’s transportation industry requires 300 million liters of fuel per year. The government has already approved biofuel […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, rebounded 1.84 percent to 71.77 as advanced biofuels stocks continued to lift. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) was up 1.14 percent to $27.41, while Gevo (GEVO) jumped 2.76 percent to $8.94 . Among other equities, Solazyme (SZYM) soared 5.38 percent to $12.54. […]
