In India, sugar mills are reluctant to sell ethanol to petroleum companies this year, as ethanol prices are higher if sold to the alcohol industry. Last year, India’s government launched an ethanol-blending program to reduce automobile pollution and to promote low-carbon transport. Oil companies have since released tenders for purchasing over one billion liters, but […]
In Romania, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has approved a €30 million (US$42.1 million) syndicated financing package to Expur S.A., a local oilseed processing company, in order to support the diversification of Romanian agribusiness. Expur crushes rapeseed and sunflower seed, produces crude rapeseed oil, refined edible sunflower oil, as well as rapeseed […]
In Portugal, Joana Carvalho has developed a biodegradable, biopolymer coffee cup, saucer and spoon set. The cup is on a plastic model kit “tree”, so that it can be made in one single injection mold, and stacks. The kit includes coffee beans, so you can bury your used coffee cup kit, effectively composting the cup […]
Today on Twitter. Dorethea63453: How Biofuels Are Moving Into Top Status As An Alternative Fuel Source NatureCanada: Canadian company Bedford Biofuels threatens Kenya’s Tana Delta with plans for a 10,000 ha commodity crop plantation wood2energy: FRA and #Biofuel Development – “woody biomass supply + logistics hold real key to the success of a biofuels industry” […]
In the UK, researchers at the Newcastle Institute for Research on Sustainability (NIReS) are looking to position the North East as a global center for the development of gasification and carbon capture and storage technologies capable of significantly reducing emissions from the region’s carbon-intensive heavy industries. NIReS is currently working on several complementary research projects […]
In Florida, State Rep. Matt Gaetz has proposed the repeal of the Florida Renewable Fuel Standard Act. If the bill he introduced in early August becomes law, gasoline distributors would no longer be required to sell fuel containing nine to 10 percent ethanol. Gaetz wants to scrap the law implemented on Dec. 31, 2010 as […]
In Washington, Jonathan D. Cahn, Marian M. Hagler and Guly Sabahi have joined SNR Denton’s Washington, DC, office as partners in its Corporate practice. Cahn will assume a leadership role as US head of Emerging Markets Energy Strategies.
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, jumped 2.59 percent to 72.85 as renewables broadly revived. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) recovered 3.03 percent to $27.92, while Gevo (GEVO) slipped 1.10 percent to $9.88. Among other equities, KiOR (KIOR) soared 8.23 percent to $15.00. Overall, advances led declines 10 […]
In Denmark, Novozymes has joined Nidus as a corporate partner, and will collaborate with Nidus and its other partners Bunge Limited (NYSE:BG) and Monsanto Company (NYSE:MON) to select and develop early-stage energy technologies. Launched in September, 2010, Nidus takes a novel approach to commercialization by using its partners to identify market opportunities and experienced entrepreneurs […]
by Brent Erickson, Executive VP, BIO As any number of economic analysts have noted, continued policy uncertainty is holding businesses back from the hiring and investment needed to get the economy moving again. The advanced biofuel industry has been trying to deploy pioneering technology in the midst of the recent economic downturn. Additional uncertainty over […]
