In Brazil, an analyst for Bloomberg in New York says that lowering the country’s ethanol blend to 20% from a current 25% won’t lower gasoline prices at the pump despite ethanol prices having risen 27% since June. Cutting the blend rate will only lower consumption by a bit more than 6% annually which isn’t enough […]
In Nigeria, Nosak Distilleries Ltd will raise production capacity at its Lagos facility to 540,000 liters per day from its current 350,000 liters per day. It also plans commission a new 150,000 liter per day facility in Calabar, Cross River. Its first facility was commissioned in 2001 and together the company supplies about 70% of […]
In Denmark, DONG Energy is exploring investing in a new bioenergy complex with additional local partners in what is being called Maabjerg Energy Concept that will analyze building a straw-based ethanol plant among other sources in the western Jutland region. The partners are investing $7.55 million in the feasibility study which should determine viability in […]
Today on Twitter. ChemistryView: Cracking cellulose: a step into the biofuels future – EurekAlert (press release) climatecollab: Tejas Navaratna discusses the negatives of biofuels:… washingtonpost: Another reason to like pandas: @bradplumer: Clearly, a massive panda-breeding program is our only hope: : Cracking cellulose: a step into the biofuels future – EurekAlert (press release) http://t.co/WJObbBj climatecollab: […]
In Colorado, researchers from Mississippi State University have discovered that microbes found in the feces of giant pandas can better breakdown the tough cellulose that has been in a barrier to cellulosic ethanol production. Presenting at the National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society in Denver, the researchers said the bacteria they found […]
In Washington, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, and Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus want “critical information” from stakeholders about exactly how President Barack Obama’s recent announcement to invest $510 million in advancing biofuels should be spent to leverage private sector investment. The RFI seeks to obtain information about capabilities […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, gained 0.84 percent to 75.50 as jatropha picked up. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) slipped 0.87 percent to $28.48, while Mission New Energy soared 6.54 percent to $4.40. Among other equities, Valero (VLO) jumped 3.27 percent to $22.72. Overall, advances led declines […]
Alternative fuels have work to do, say retail marketing experts, to win customer acceptance, but the work can be done. Here are 14 points to consider. In Australia, Nic Moulis, CEO of the Australian Convenience and Petroleum Marketers Association, and Charles Wright, GM of Neumann Petroleum, encouraged the biofuels industry on the promise of alternative […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, edged up 0.38 percent to 74.87 as ethanol waned.. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) slipped 0.03 percent to $28.73, while Gushan (GU) soared 11.11 percent to $1.90. Among other equities, Gevo dropped 4.30 percent to $10.45. Overall, advances led declines 13 to […]
In first day voting in round three of Transformative Technologies 2011, tournament Cinderella OriginOil saw its lead over Codexis narrowed to 57-43, but still looked poised to continue a remarkable run in the tournament of technologies. Among other second day movements, Mascoma recovered from a deficit to take a small 52-48 lead over Joule Unlimited, […]
