In Kenya, the National Environmental Management Authority is holding off on giving permission to Kenya Jatropha Energy Limited to begin 10,000 hectare pilot scale implementation of its 50,000 hectare project in the Dakacha Woodlands because the company hasn’t yet complied with requirements. A zoning of the area has been requested as well as land use […]
In Germany, 20 enterprises and organizations, including universities and research institutes, airlines, airports, aircraft manufacturers, engine manufacturers, logistics enterprises and fuel producers, have founded the Aviation Initiative for Renewable Energy in Germany – AIREG. “The association sees itself as a platform for promoting science and research in the area of climate-friendly aviation fuels, with the […]
In Mississippi, Elevance Renewable Sciences announced that the company has acquired the Delta BioFuels facility in Adams County, and will invest more than $225 million in converting the facility to an integrated biorefinery and derivatives operation. The project, which will create 165 full-time jobs over the next five years, in addition to 300 construction jobs, […]
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In Pakistan, researchers at the University of Karachi are exploring the use of several of the country’s 410 halophyte species as potential feedstocks for ethanol production under the guidance of the university’s Institute for Sustainable Halophyte Utilization. Initial estimates show that about 70,000 liters of ethanol could be produced per hectare annually.
Retuers is reporting that “Deforestation rates generally from 2005-2010 were below 1 percent, it found, but much higher in particular countries and especially in Togo and Nigeria.” Togo? The biofuels industry there consists of, essentially, one 2700-hectare jatropha plantation operated by Greenleaf Global. The Watchdog continues to caution that data on rising biofuels production, and […]
In the Netherlands, the Minister of Infrastructure and Environment has published decrees further outlining how to implement the Renewable Energy Directive including a 4.25% renewable energy in transport mandate for 2011 and 4.5% for 2012, 5% in 2013 and 5.5% in 2014 with targets to be set in 2014 to see how to reach the […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, recovered 0.52 percent to 89.49 as Gushan led a rally offsetting ethanol declines. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) fell 0.43 percent to $30.13, while Gushan (GU) rallied 29.30 percent to $2.78. Among other equities, Mission New Energy (MNEL) fell 3.90 percent to […]
Khosla slams Big Oil, Virent debuts alternative to plastic bottles at the 2011 Ethanol Summit in Brazil In Brazil, 2,000 industry executives gathered at UNICA’s biennial Ethanol Summit in Sao Paulo. Among the highlights, a charged keynote in which celebrated venture capitalist Vinod Khosla accused oil companies of having a double-standard on risk-taking in oil […]
In Iowa, Honeywell has been selected to help SynGest design a proposed first-of-its-kind processing facility that will produce ammonia from biomass. The southwest-Iowa plant will process as much as 400 tons of biomass each day to produce nitrogen fertilizer, which helps reduce fossil fuel emissions and will be sold to U.S. agricultural companies and farms. […]
