Voting is now well underway in the second round of Transformative Technologies, and voters have given us a fairly clear view of how the Sweet 16 will shape up. 60 hours remain in this week’s Transformative Technology balloting — bringing us from 32 to the Sweet 16 technologies that will advance. Nine of the 16 […]
In Missouri, the National Biodiesel Board says national biodiesel production reached a new monthly high in June of 81 million gallons, the third month in a row of record-breaking production. Biodiesel production during the first half of 2011 is already higher than all of the production in 2010 of 315 million gallons. Production for 2011 […]
In Utah, a new 6.7-liter F250 Power Stroke V8 turbo-diesel broke the land speed record for biodiesel at Bonneville Speed Week in the salt flats near Salt Lake City when it drove 182mph, running on soy-based B20. The previous record had been 130.614mph. The truck’s owner, Hajek Motorsports, runs a soybean and corn farm in […]
In Wisconsin, Virent successfully completed its first road fleet test organized and executed by Virent collaborator, Royal Dutch Shell. Virent’s biogasoline was found to cause “no harm” to vehicles in comparison to Shell’s baseline fuel. Shell used five identical pairs of late-model European cars for the road trial. Five cars used a baseline Shell gasoline, […]
In Mexico, Brazil’s Odebrecht will invest $900 million in Veracruz’s first sugarcane ethanol mill in an attempt to revitalize the region’s cane industry. Though the location hasn’t yet been decided, the basin of Papaloapan and in the area Jesus Carranza are currently options for siting the facility. The sugar and ethanol mill will crush 5,000 […]
In Colombia, Riopaila Castilla will invest $56.24 million in a 300,000 liter per day ethanol facility in Sevilla. The facility is expected to come online in mid-2013. In 2012, the company also expects to begin producing palm oil for domestic and industrial consumption as well as for biodiesel. It will plant 2,000 hectares in phases […]
In New Zealand, Aquaflow Bionomic announced its agreement with CRI Catalyst, to evaluate projects that bring together Aquaflow’s unique algal capability and the IH2 technology to produce commercially viable cellulosic hydrocarbon fuels and blend stocks. CRI has acquired exclusive global sublicensing rights for the IH2 technology from Illinois-based Gas Technology Institute where the technology was […]
In California, Aurora Algae has raised another $22 million, bringing its total fund raise to $72 million so far. The company has moved away from being a biofuels pure play to focusing on nutraceuticals. The newest funding round will go towards the building of its first commercial scale plant in Australia. The company is currently […]
In Spain, a Chilean researcher at the Institute of Ocean Sciences at CSIC in Barcelona has narrowed down three species of marine algae that are common in most parts of the world as ideal for biofuel feedstock. Using existing production methods for algae however is unviable because compared to fossil diesel, the biomass production requires […]
In Brazil, the country’s national energy regulator ANP plans to auction off 700 million liters of biodiesel between Aug. 24 and Aug. 26 to Petrobras and its unit Refinaria Alberto Pasqualini (Refap) that will be used for the mandated B5 blend. The system will be an electronic auction with a maximum of $1.47 per liter […]
