What makes a top strategic investor? Who are the players at the top of their investment game in biofuels now? The criteria First of all, by definition, strategic investors are generally non-financial corporate entities for whom the investment represents a strategic initiative. Second, the deals and companies must be visible and credible. Third, investors must […]
Meet Bob Katter. Last week, the outspoken Australian politician announced the formation of the “Australian Party”, with one of its platform policies an increase in the blending of ethanol into the gasoline supply. The former Queensland state government minister is a federal MP who resigned from the National Party in 2001 as the party drifted […]
In North Carolina, Rep. John Torbett, R-Stanley, responding to the increasing theft of yellow kitchen grease has proposed a bill that would make it a felony to steal $1,000 or more of yellow grease, and a misdemeanor if less were stolen. Additionally, Torbett is proposing that any yellow grease collectors must be licensed and inspected […]
In Minnesota and Wisconsin, two fuel retailers on either side of the state border are running specials on E85 trying to steal customers from each other during rush hour. On Thursday June 2, drivers can benefit from E85 at just 85 cents a gallon from both the Freedom Valu Center in Maplewood, MN and the […]
In India, the Karnataka government has approved the introduction of 500 buses in Mysore that will run on biodiesel beginning with the current fiscal year under the national Sustainable Urban Transport project. The system will also include intelligent transport systems that display when buses are set to arrive.
In Japan, Aeon Co. announced that they will use sugarcane based polyethylene plastic grocery bags at their outlets. The polyethylene is sourced from ethanol made from the waste liquid that is left over after extracting the sugar from sugarcane juice. The bags will be sold from all of their 750 supermarket stores at a cost […]
In New Zealand, Caffe Prima, a coffee roaster in Christchurch, has possibly become the first supplier of coffee packets that are totally compostable. The company had to find a solution to a problem unique to coffee beans, which is the release of carbon dioxide gas over time, which was solved by using a vent system […]
In Italy, Eni and Novamont Spa signed a joint venture to build new production facilities for bio monomers, bio lubricants, bio fillers, bio intermediates/additives for elastomers and bioplastics. Novamont’s contribution to the NewCo will be to provide its proprietary technologies for the design, building and operation of the new facilities. Eni will provide the site, […]
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In Finland, researchers led by by Professor and Research Director Yrjö Helariutta have discovered the genetic process that controls the development of wood cells in the roots of plants. Xylem (wood cells) is the vascular tissue that transports water and nutrients upward from the root, also contributing to the formation of the woody element in […]
