The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, recovered 2.66 percent to 73.20, as most renewables stocks jumped sharply. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) gained 5.20 percent to $27.53, while Solazyme (SZYM) jumped 5.64 percent to $14.80. Among other equities, Gevo (GEVO) plummeted 8.39 percent to $10.59 after Butamax filed […]
Does the 180 page Billion Ton Study update have you caught between a “must-read” rock and a “no-time” hard place? Try our 10 minute version of the landmark biomass report. In Tennessee, a research team led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory projected that the US would have between 1.1 and 1.6 billion tons of available, […]
In Texas, a new study from Texas A&M shows that beef and dairy farmers have benefited financially since the introduction of the Renewable Fuel Standard in 2007, despite claims from industry that they have suffered due to higher feed prices. The study looked at changes in input and output prices in January 2007 and January […]
In Georgia, Vega Biofuels is currently working on the design, construction and implementation of a facility that will produce green energy bio-coal from timber waste in Cordele. Engineering firm Hunt, Guillot and Associates is responsible for the facility’s construction and will run the plant when it first opens.
In Nebraska, a Lincoln County district judge has awarded Midwest Renewable Energy nearly $4 million as a result of its long-standing lawsuit since 2006 against Avid Solutions of Iowa for failure to deliver various parts for the MRE ethanol plant’s expansion. Avid’s attorney withdrew from the case more than a year ago and was never […]
In Minnesota, NatureWorks has been nominated as a Leader of Change, an award instituted by the Foundation for Social Change and the United Nations Office for Partnerships. The award recognizes visionary executives of companies, financial institutions, and advocacy groups that have demonstrated an exemplary commitment to the pursuit of sustainability whereby environmental and social performance […]
In Europe, Eurobserver says that biofuel demand only increased by 1.7 million tons of oil equivalent during 2010, compared to the 2.7 million TOE seen in 2009. Biofuel demand, production and use continues to dwindle under the uncertain policy landscape in Europe until the European Commission makes a clear decision if it intends to continue […]
In the UK, the government has approved two new 299MW biomass-powered plants for Drax, one of the country’s largest power producers, but the company says the ultimate decision whether or not to make the investment depends on what level the government sets biomass power subsidies at. The government is expected to open a consultation regarding […]
Today on Twitter. glbioenergy: Check it out: some GLBRC researchers/research featured in @sciam moira_kb: Fuelling Fear: #Biofuels and human rights abuse in #Colombia via @WarOnWant Wed 08/10 03:43 PM Growth_Force: Mrs. South Dakota knows what’s up – #ethanol is important for rural economies! Philip_Elliott: Crickets in the room as @timpawlenty reminds Iowans he’d phase out ethanol […]
In Texas, researchers from Rice University have developed a genetically modified e.coli bacteria that can produce butanol, from glucose and mineral salts, about 10 times faster than any previously reported organism. “Rather than going with the process nature uses to build fatty acids, we reversed the process that it uses to break them apart,” said […]
