In Michigan, Ford and Lear Corp. report using a new head restraint foam with 25% soy based polyol, and that 75% of their North American built vehicles of bio-based foam in their head restraints. Models include the F-150, Taurus, Explorer and Fusion. Bio-based foam is also used in all their vehicles seat cushions and backs, […]
In Texas, John Fleming of SilverEagles Energy and Jim Maxwell with Texas Tech University report that they are working up a process to produce ammonia as fuel. If successful, their system can be installed at local filling stations where it will produce hydrogen by electrolysis and then pull nitrogen from the atmosphere by way of […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, slipped 1.02 percent to 72.11 as advanced biofuels faltered. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) fell 1.32 percent to $27.55, while Gevo (GEVO) slipped 2.63 percent to $9.62. Among other equities, Amyris (AMRS) fell 2.17 percent to $18.97. Overall, declines led advances 5 […]
Readers, I’d like to invite you to submit a photo to the Digest for our upcoming photo essay “A Day in the Life of Biofuels”. It has to relate to biofuels in some way – as a consumer, researcher, policymaker, producer, journalist, feedstock grower, industry supplier, student, enthusiast, carmaker, mechanic, and so on. Could be […]
Can biotech and biofuels relieve pressure on water, land, food and fuel by revolutionizing meat production? In our survey this week of “8 Bio-Based Technologies for 2050“, one sector that fell outside our focus on biofuels – but has important consequences for the production of bio-based products, is the emerging technology platform for cultured meat, […]
In Florida, OriginOil, Joule Unlimited, Terrabon and Novozymes consolidated their early leads from Elite Eight quarterfinal voting in the 2011 Transformative Technologies tournament. #1 Western seed Solazyme, #1 Central seed Gevo and #2 International seed LS9 are now trailing in their match-ups with two days to go in Elite Eight balloting. “It’s crunch time for […]
In Wisconsin, Pursuit Dynamics, a UK company, announced plans to install its PDX fluid technology at the Marquis Energy plant in Necedah. The agreement will enable PDX to determine the performance of the ethanol reactor system at the 50-million gallon per year ethanol plant before finalizing the agreement of commercial terms and the commencement of […]
In South Dakota, the POET Mitchell biorefinery received approval last week from the South Dakota DENR Water Management Board to use storm water from three nearby POET retention ponds in its process of producing ethanol. The plant already has POET’s Total Water Recovery System, which has cut water use at the plant by 100,000 gallons […]
In Utah, Washakie Renewable Energy, a US-based biodiesel producer, has started operations at its new 10-million gallon per year biodiesel production facility in Plymouth. The plant will use feedstocks including yellow grease, brown grease and tallow, which will be sourced from grease and tallow processing facilities located within 500 miles of the plant. The company […]
In Brazil, shareholders of Brasil Ecodiesel Industria & Comercio de Biocombustiveis & Oleos Vegetais SA, a biodiesel producer suffering from a lack of feedstock supply, approved the acquisition of agriculture company Vanguarda do Brasil SA to create a 1.79 billion-real ($1.08 billion) biofuels production company. Brasil Ecodiesel operates six refineries, and Vanguarda owns 568,300 acres […]
