In France, Global Bioenergies has received €475K in funding from the French innovation agency OSEO following €760K in 2009 to support an earlier development phase of the isobutene process. Global Bioenergies has received the new €475K as a refundable advance (upon success of the program) which will contribute to finance the first step of the […]
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In France, a team of researchers have developed a novel catalyst which enables continuous production of biodiesel. The team developed a new method that generates the cellular hybrid biocatalyst in situ inside a chromotography column. This novel approach makes it possible to carry out continuous, unidirectional flow synthesis over long periods, since catalytic activity and […]
In Washington, the Renewable Fuels Association has sent a letter to President Obama detailing the dynamic state of America’s ethanol industry. The letter was prompted by remarks President Obama made during his Twitter town hall event earlier this week, in which the President seemed to question the commitment of ethanol producers and advocates to innovation. […]
In Massachusetts, Joule Unlimited announced the charter members of its strategic advisory board. Cheryl Morley was formerly Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy for Monsanto. Armen Sarkissian is a former Prime Minister of Armenia and the founding President of Eurasia House International. Peter Tertzakian is Chief Energy Economist and Managing Director at ARC Financial […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, dropped 1.48 percent to 89.34 as global equities teetered. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) fell 1.71 percent to $30.51, while Biox (BX.T) fell 10.77 percent to $0.58. Among other equities, Novozymes (NZMB) plunged 3.06 percent to $160.20. Overall, declines led advances 7 […]
In a two-part series, we look at the new DC in a $14 trillion debt environment: what’s up with loan guarantees, tax policy, the Renewable Fuel Standard, and the Defense Production Act. In part I we looked at the latest on loan guarantees and at the Klobuchar-Thune-Feinstein compromise on ethanol tax policy. Today, in part […]
Aussie government debuts carbon tax scheme and $10Bn cleantech fund; who’s happy, who’s howling? In Australia, the federal government launched plans for a $23 per tonne tax on carbon, which will affect the country’s 500 largest polluters commencing July 1, 2012. “By 2020 our carbon price will take 160 million tonnes of pollution out of […]
In North Carolina, Sampson County is in competition with Wayne County for attracting Chemtex for a 20 MGy, energy grass cellulosic ethanol plant. Sampson Co. will offer 166 acres with performance-based incentives package, while Wayne Co. is offering a site at no cost. Chemtex is anticipating selection by the USDA Agriculture BioRefinery Loam Program in […]
In Ohio, The Andersons confirmed that it has commenced mixing soft red winter wheat as a feedstock into its ethanol operations, as a hedge and cost-saver in the wake of rising corn prices. The company operates 300 million gallons of ethanol capacity at three plants in Indiana, Michigan and Ohio.
