In Pennsylvania, Messiah College is showing its commitment to renewable energy and sustainability by launching “The Sunflower Power project.” On five acres, the school is growing sunflower plants and plans to harvest up to 500 gallons of oil to use for cooking in the campus dining hall. The used cooking oil will then be used […]
In California, Cereplast, in a follow up to its bioplastics symbol campaign, will be hosting an online forum through August 12th for a public discussion regarding its proposed usage guidelines and licensing requirements. Cereplast has applied for trademark registration and is currently conducting a due diligence process to determine the guidelines for the use and […]
In the UK, Thompson Airways announced the postponement of its first commercial flight powered by sustainable biofuels following delivery problems. The flight would have been the first flight in the country to be powered by alternative fuel. Scheduled to fly from Birmingham to Palma, Majorca, the flight will now be powered by conventional jet fuel. […]
In Brazil, aircraft manufacturers Boeing and Embraer announced plans to jointly fund a sustainability analysis to investigate the possibility of producing renewable jet fuel from Brazilian sugarcane. The study, also funded by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), will evaluate the environmental effects of jet fuel produced by Amyris from Brazilian sugarcane. Additionally, the World Wildlife […]
In Brazil, UNICA reports that the volume of sugarcane processed by mills in the South-Central region of Brazil totaled 40.39 million tons in the first half of July, an increase of 2.34% compared to the same period a year ago. Total crushing from the beginning of the harvest to July 16 reached 217.40 million tons, […]
In Washington, a Senate compromise reached by Dianne Feinstein of California, Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, and John Thune, of South Dakota, that would end the ethanol tax credit immediately, generate deficit reduction and deploying $688 million in savings to blender pumps and small producer incentives, may not make it into tax law. Under the Constitution, […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, tumbled 2.38 percent to 86.83 as equities wilted in light of the US debt crisis. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) fell 1.87 percent to $31.01, while Solazyme (SZYM) dropped 3.69 percent to $22.69. Among other equities, Amyris (AMRS) retreated 3.17 percent to […]
In Florida, Renewable chemicals developer Genomatica took the #1 spot in the 2011-12 “30 Hottest Companies in Renewable Chemicals and Materials” rankings. This is the first annual poll focused on renewable chemicals. Solazyme (#2), Amyris (#3), Gevo (#4), LS9 (#5), Dupont (#6), Codexis (#7), Genencor (#8), Novozymes (#9) and ZeaChem (#10) round out the top […]
In Washington, US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, US Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, and US Assistant Secretary of the Navy Jackalyne Pfannenstiel provided a rousing opening to the DOE’s annual BIOMASS congress in Washington. Opening the conference, DOE Biomass Program Manager Paul Bryan noted that “Two years ago, we could have been called the […]
Today (July 27) marks the fourth anniversary of Biofuels Digest, which launched July 27. 2007 with a goal to provide a condensed, daily service that provided “the news you can use”. Thank you to our readers and sponsors who have supported us through these four exciting years – the best is yet to come! We […]
