Today on Twitter: mercuriusb: Mercurius is mentioned (p. 57) of the SAFN biojet fuel report about Pacific NW biojet potential. uOttawa_News: #uOttawa conference: how can we ensure an orderly transition to a #sustainable #energy future in #Canada? GreenCarCongres: Petrobras investing US$400 million in biofuels research 2010-2014 BioBusiness_: Don’t Discount Biofuels: Biofuels, startups, energy John Gardner […]
In Finland, new research by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland shows there is very little difference in fuel consumption between E5 and E10 in the Finnish market under normal driving conditions. The tests, which used six used cars of different makes, found that driving 100km on E5 (standards tested at an actual 4.7%) required […]
In Tennessee, the Nashville Metro Council has expanded its free downtown parking plan for “clean technology” vehicles powered by electricity, gas-electric hybrids or biofuels because it was felt that not enough people would be able to afford those vehicles, making the policy more or less useless. The free parking is being extended to drivers who […]
In California, Solazyme Roquette Nutritionals (SRNutritionals), a microalgae-derived food ingredients company, has named Jodie Morgan as their President and General Manager.
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, shed 1.10 percent to 88.51 on a dismal day for renewables. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) fell 1.26 percent to $29.75, while Biofuel Energy (BIOF) fell 5.36 percent to $0.53. Among other equities, Mission New Energy (MNEL) fell 11.36 percent to $5.46. […]
Ethanol: Market growth management challenges in Brazil; market development challenges in US In Brazil, 2,000 industry executives gathered at UNICA’s biennial Ethanol Summit in Sao Paulo. Among the highlights, Brazilian state-owned development bank BNDES announced that it will make $18-22 billion in loans to the sugarcane and ethanol sector. The move was made in order […]
The offices of Eric McAfee, the charismatic Silicon Valley entrepreneur and CEO of AE Biofuels, are just a block or two from the offices of Apple and Steve Jobs, and thoughts of Jobs’ famed “reality distortion field” come easily to mind while threading through the Apple-swamped car traffic en route to a meeting at AE […]
In Ohio, ethanol producers in the Eastern Corn Belt are paying up to $1 per bushel over current corn futures prices despite the fact that paying just 50 cents over will just about guarantee losing money this summer. With the crop looking like it will be off to a slow start, farmers are holding on […]
In California, Pacific Ethanol announced a 1 for 7 reverse stock split, designed to prevent the company’s stock from being delisted from Nasdaq. Nasdaq rules require a stock to have a closing price of $1 or higher. The reverse split, which has been approved by shareholders, will reduce the number of shares in the company […]
In Colombia, sugarcane producers are expecting to boost their daily ethanol production capacity to 1.25 million liters during 2011, up from 1.15 million liters last year.
