In Iowa, DuPont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol has decided to site its next generation biofuel facility near the town of Nevada next to the Lincolnway Energy ethanol plant. Cellulosic ethanol production from 300,000 dry tons of corncobs and leaves and stalks annually is seen coming online in 2013 after up to 18 months of construction time.
In Kansas, the National Boat Racing Association teamed with the RFA to show that boats aren’t damaged by using E10 blends during its race in Garnett. Boats won additional prize money when they ran on E10, with the top three placers in each race tested for their fuel blend. The races included hydroplanes and runabouts […]
In Illinois, Elevance and Paris-based Hutchinson Worldwide will be collaborating to validate the use of Elevance’s renewable products as processing aids in Hutchinson’s rubber compounds. Elevance will be using their metathesis technology and materials. Andy Shafer, vice president for Elevance stated, “Our collaboration with Hutchinson has been focused on this need, and work to-date has […]
In the Netherlands, Royal DSM has agreed to buy C5 Yeast from Royal Cosun for an undisclosed fee, allowing it to boost its leadership position in the field of advanced yeast and enzyme technologies for second generation biofuels. C5 Yeast Company adds additional technology for the conversion of specific fractions of biomass (C5 sugars/arabinose) allowing […]
In Brazil, BioVerde expects to begin biodiesel shipments to Europe within the next 90 days and is close to finalizing supply deals with companies in Spain and Italy. The company expects to sell 40% of the output from the largest biodiesel refinery in the country to Europe by 2015. Having received its biodiesel export permit […]
In Indonesia, biologist Willie Smits has received a $100,000 grant from National Geographic to develop a prototype model of a rainforest-based system for producing biofuels from Arenga sugar palm. The trees only grow in mixed, intact rainforests, are drought-resistant and fire-resistant, and must be “bled” twice a day like a maple tree which encourages employment. […]
In Washington, the World Bank says biofuel expansion means global prices for corn and other major grains could rise by as much as 3% and the price of sugar by 8%, according to its new internal research, which is based on a simulation model covering 25 countries or regions through 2020. Using a global economic […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, rebounded 0.24 percent to 84.79 as the gloom lifted on advanced biofuels. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) slipped 0.07 percent to $29.60, while Gevo (GEVO) soared 13.00 percent to $16.17. Among other equities, Pacific Ethanol (PEIX) sagged 5.04 percent to $1.32. Advances […]
How and why could three announcements from Gevo, Toray, Redfield and the EPA point the way forward for US ethanol, advanced biofuels, and renewable chemicals? In recent weeks, Gevo, Toray, Redfield Energy and the EPA made three seemingly unrelated announcements regarding biofuels mandates, isobutanol, and a product you probably never heard of called paraxylene, or […]
In Florida, the state’s National Guard finalizing its biodiesel from used cooking oil pilot project at its Camp Blanding Joint Training Center that began in January 2010. The facility can produce biodiesel at 67 cents per gallon and can produce 50-100 gallons per week for use by on-site diesel vehicles at a 20% blend.
