Biojet International announced Friday that Yusuf Abdulrahman has been appointed Managing Director Investments – Asia and will head the Kuala Lumpur office of the Company. Mr. Abdulrahman will play a major role in BioJet’s US$6 Billion 10 year supply chain capital projects program.
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, jumped 3.12 percent to 74.59 as biofuels broadly advanced. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) recovered 3.38 percent to $28.74, while Rentech soared 9.52 percent to $0.92. Among other equities, Amyris (AMRS) rocketed up 6.14 percent to $19.88. Overall, advances led declines 10 […]
In Maryland, a USMC tilt rotor MV-22 Osprey was flown on a blend of 50/50 camelina based and petroleum based JP-5 aviation fuel. The Osprey was test flown by the “Blackjacks” of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (HX) 21 at Naval Air Station Patuxent River. Reportedly the Osprey reached an altitude of up to 25,000 […]
In Iowa, Valero told KTIV that they have plans to expand their Hartley ethanol facility. Bill Day, Executive Director of Media Relations for Valero, stated, ” “Each of the plants has seven fermenters which help in the ethanol making process. We’re going to build an 8th, which will help again increase some of this capacity.” […]
In Washington, the U.S. Energy Information Administration projected that the US would surpass Brazil as the world’s largest exporter of ethanol, for the first half of 2011. The EIA said that shortages of ethanol and Brazil stemming from harvest conditions and global sugar prices, led to strong imports. The EIA also credited the elimination of […]
In China, the US Trade Commission has published two important reports on China and the bioproduct markets. The first, entitled “Industrial Biotechnology in China Amidst Changing Market Conditions,” was published in the Journal of International Commerce and Economics (JICE) in February 2009. The link is here. The second, entitled “China’s Vision for Renewable Energy: The […]
In South Africa, a new working paper from the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) explores different biofuel production mechanisms for sub-Saharan Africa and ways to mitigate potential negative side effects from project development while ensuing local benefits such a job creation and energy access. Market-based mechanisms versus legal and policy mechanisms to enhance long-term […]
In India, national oil companies are having difficulties supplying ethanol for the E10 mandated blend in the states of Punjab, Haryana, Uttarakhand and Rajasthan. In Uttar Pradesh, the largest sugarcane producing area in the country, the state’s excise department stopped issuing ethanol export permits that would allow for transit out of the state on April […]
In Canada, University of Alberta researcher David Bressler and his team have developed a bioplastic from cows. Using waste products that now cost meat processors $30/tonne to dispose of, Bressler can make an odorless, opaque, brown powder that can be cast, with the ability to vary strength depending on the number of chemical steps involved. […]
Today on Twitter. co2news: It’s a Good Day for Biofuel Enthusiasts DayGroup: Biofuels Potential to Transform the Global Economy | The Costa Rica ecohouses: Company Takes Biodiesel From Field to Fryer to Fuel: August 27, 2011 Company Takes Biodiesel From Field to Fryer… AmyParkerPhD: This article contains some interesting information about biofuels and the policies […]
