In Washington state, Inland Empire Oilseeds has restarted its idled 8 MMgy canola-based biodiesel facility in Odessa. Oilseed crushing started up again in June with biodiesel production set to begin in December, with sales of vegetable oil expected in between. Biodiesel production beyond the end of the year is still up in the air, however, […]
In Washington, Google has teamed up with NASA to sponsor the NASA Centennial Challenge competition with the search on for the first emissions-free civil aircraft with the winner taking home $1.3 million. Of the 13 teams registered for the competition, one flies on ethanol and another flies on biodiesel. A special prize will also be […]
In Pennsylvania, an agriculture economics professor at Penn State says the 110-million gallon per year Bionol ethanol plant in Clearfield won’t likely find a buyer because Pennsylvania is a corn deficit state, making it expensive to secure enough corn on a large enough scale the keep the facility operating. It went into a ‘hot idle’ […]
In California, Amyris announced a collaboration agreement with Kuraray to use Amyris Biofene to replace petroleum-derived feedstock such as butadiene and isoprene in the production of specified classes of high-performing polymers. Upon successful completion of the technical development program for the first polymer, Amyris and Kuraray will enter into a supply agreement for Kuraray’s exclusive […]
In Israel, Rosetta Green has received a $400,000 three-year grant from the Canada-Israel Industrial Research & Development Foundation (CIIRDF), for the development of enhanced non-food crops for biofuel production, including biojet fuel. Rosetta Green will cooperate with Agrisoma Biosciences Inc., a Canadian company focused on developing energy feedstock crops with enhanced yield and high quality […]
In Mexico, the first transcontinental passenger flight using ASTM approved Honeywell Green Jet Fuel departed from Mexico City will arrive in Madrid today at approximately 1:25 pm EST. Aeroméxico is operating flight AM 001, a Boeing 777 carrying 277 passengers, for the inaugural flight using a blend of traditional jet fuel and Honeywell Green Jet […]
In Brazil, UNICA says that the country will likely import up to 650 million liters of ethanol during 2011/12 due to the production shortfall this season as dry weather cut sugar content and mills focused on sugar production rather than ethanol. Already 400 million liters has been purchased from the US and Europe.
Today on Twitter. Algae_News: Rowan University in New Jersey looks into #algae #biofuels aglanduseforum: Can #biofuels from farmland and #forests make us energy independent? No, but it would get us 5% of the way there makower: Giving biofuels lift: Google and NASA Team Up for $1.65M Green Flight Challenge OrangutanC: Agroforestry project restores wildlife habitat […]
National Laboratory and at Washington State University have developed a new zinc and zirconium-based catalyst that will transform ethanol into isobutene in a single step. As the catalyst requires water, lower grade ethanols and hydrous ethanols can be used rather than the more expensive dehydrated varieties.
Brian Jennings, Executive Vice President of the American Coalition for Ethanol “ACE and our members are disappointed that the ethanol compromise was not included in the final debt limit deal just because some in Congress insisted that revenue-generating measures were sacred cows. This was truly a missed opportunity. We sincerely appreciate the efforts undertaken by […]
