In India, Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Christiana Figueres is said to have overstepped her authority by lobbying the country’s environment minister earlier this year on behalf of private sector companies seeking to develop jatropha production for biofuel for airplanes. The visit was ahead of a schedule visit by the […]
On Friday, the Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, edged up 0.24 percent to 88.69, though oil majors retreated. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) gained 0.58 percent to $31.01, while Solazyme (SZYM) jumped 3.25 percent to $24.48. Among other equities, Valero (VLO) fell 1.16 percent to $25.49. Overall, declines […]
The China trade in feed, food, fiber and biofuels will grow substantially and swiftly. Who’s in position to capitalize? Forty years ago, a freighter out of mainland China, making the northward turn up the Haro Strait towards the Port of Vancouver, was sight more rare than a nesting pair of bald eagles, and evoked the […]
Today on Twitter. EcoInteractive: Biofuels from the Sea Seaweed May Prove a Viable Future Biofuel TheICCT_Fuels: #Argus Biofuels now includes prices for Renewable Energy Directive (RED) compliant ethanol. IDBSsoftware: E.coli harnessed for biofuels benlubbon: The Thirty-Year Energy War > to a renewables paradigm RISI_info: Biofuels “could compete with pulp”
In Missouri, POET announced the installation of new equipment at its Laddonia facility to make its ethanol production process even greener. The biorefining plant currently produces 12 mega watts of electricity every hour, and its BTUs are used twice– once to generate electricity, and once to generate steam to run the distillation. The new equipment […]
In New Jersey, Dixon Energy announced considerable volume discounts to municipalities, school districts and corporations renewing their contracts this summer to encourage them to use biodiesel in their fleets. Dixon Energy produces its biodiesel from domestic, renewable resources including plant oils, animal fats, used cooking oil and algae. In 2009, the Company installed the first […]
In Texas, V8 Supercars and Circuit of The Americas announced a five-year deal to bring the famous Australian V8 Supercar series to the new Circuit of The Americas in 2013. V8 Supercars is becoming one of the world’s fastest growing motorsports, and the series is extremely popular in Australia and New Zealand. It will debut […]
In Missouri, the National Biodiesel Board announced plans to launch the industry’s largest public outreach campaign to date. Television advertising will feature a school bus as well as a transit bus, fire truck and refuse hauler to show examples of biodiesel-powered vehicles. The multi-million dollar campaign hopes to raise awareness of the economic, environmental and […]
In Brazil, LS9 announced the opening of LS9 Brasil Biotecnologia in Sao Paulo. The new office will be led by Lucila de Avila as Managing Director for all LS9 business activities in Brazil and South America and Michael Rinelli, Director, responsible for Business Development and Government Relations. “The opening of this office is another milestone […]
In the UK, Air Fuel Synthesis revealed that it is constructing two reactors that convert atmospheric CO2 and hydrogen extracted from water, and converting it into methanol. AFS scientists, according to the company are supervising a team of chemical engineering experts from the Centre for Processing Innovation (CPI) in Teesside to prove their technology within […]
