In Wisconsin, SunPower has inaugurated its biodiesel production facility in Cumberland operating solely on locally-produced canola. It began operating a biodiesel pumping station open to the public in March with B11, B20 and B99 available. The company was partially funded by the Wisconsin Clean Transportation Program.
In California, Mission NewEnergy Ltd. says it has successfully produced and delivered the first shipment under the recently announced $100 million contract to supply sustainability-certified product to a major international producer and distributor of refined oil products. Under the terms of the May 2 contract, Mission will continue to produce and deliver through the end […]
In New Zealand, LanzaTech has signed a MOU with Mitsui Global Strategic Studies Institute, part of Mitsui & Co., Ltd. Under the agreement, MGSSI will introduce LanzaTech’s proprietary gas fermentation technology throughout the Mitsui Group. LanzaTech will concurrently execute a separate MOU with Mitsui & Co. Plant Systems, Ltd. (MPS) – Mitsui’s engineered plants business […]
In the Philippines, the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) Board, composed of Cabinet secretaries and chaired by the President, has dismissed the request by the national ethanol producers association to raise the country’s tariff on ethanol imports to 20% from the current 1% because the industry is not yet able to supply domestic demand.
In Illinois, Elevance reported having completed one million-pound (approximately 500 metric tons) production run of specialty chemicals made from renewable feedstocks. This is a significant increase from its previous 40,000-pound production runs (approximately 20 metric tons). The one million-pound production run was conducted at toll manufacturing locations in the U.S. as Elevance finalizes construction at […]
Today on Twitter: kycornfed: Vilsack says biofuels are good for agriculture and consumers. #ethanol JMCooper2010: “Biofuels…divert food and land from the poor to the non-sustainable energy needs of the rich…” unhealthytruth: This year 40% of America’s corn crop will go into car engines rather than stomachs as corn policies distort food prices BuddhaOishiph: Food Versus […]
In Ghana, Colombia University professor Kartik Chandran has won a $1.5 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to produce biodiesel and methane from human waste in the capital city of Accra using the “Next-Generation Urban Sanitation Facility” he has developed. The idea is to provide local communities with access to affordable fuel […]
In Maine, State Rep. Beth O’Connor (R-Berwick) won passage of a “Resolve, To Study Motor Fuel and Fuel Additives and To Explore Alternatives to Ethanol Motor Fuel” – in the Main State House on May 26 on a 92-56 vote, after an impassioned floor speech in which she claimed that it takes nearly twice as […]
By Ron Miller Managing Director and co-founder of Prisma Advisors, LLC former CEO, Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings, Inc. “Hunger, despair for millions” reads the headline in a national newspaper looking to link high food prices with the growth of renewable fuels. Anti-ethanol factions oftentimes cite food costs in the ongoing food versus fuel debate but they […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, dropped 1.24 percent to 89.03 as energy stocks lost 2.8 percent on the S&P 500. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) fell 0.43 percent to $30.26, while Gushan (GU) fell 15.69 percent to $2.15. Among other equities, Valero (VLO) fell 4.67 percent to […]
