In Singapore, researchers at the A*STAR Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences have developed a two step biocatalytic process for biodiesel from crude oil feedstocks, instead of pure and refined feedstock oils. Previous attempts at using enzymes found that when exposed to methanol droplets, the enzymes were deactivated. Talukder found that by using two processes, […]
In Namibia, the national Government has banned jatropha biofuel projects in the north east area of the country in both the Caprivia and Kavango regions, until such time as a study can be completed, addressing a number of issues. The Government’s initial plan called for as much as 63,000 hectares being planted by 2013, but […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, dipped 0.17 percent to 90.29 as ethanol dropped. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) fell 1.35 percent to $30.69, while Solazyme (SZYM) recovered 1.43 percent to $21.96. Among other equities, Pacific Ethanol (PEIX) fell 5.56 percent to $0.34. Overall, declines led advances 7 […]
Valero and Waste Management team up again, investing in the capacity scale-up of a celebrated waste-to-biofuel technology. In Canada, Enerkem Inc has closed a $60 million financing round that includes Valero Energy Corp. who joins existing investors Waste Management, Rho Ventures, Braemar Energy Ventures and Cycle Capital, who have each invested in the new equity […]
Let me see if I get this straight. When I fuel up the car, I pay a fuel tax. It’s a cousin to the car sales tax, the auto title tax, the registration tag tax, the highway toll tax, the fast lane tax, the parking fees tax, the emission testing tax, and the driver’s license […]
In California, Cereplast has entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with select institutional investors. Under the terms of the purchase agreement, the company will raise $12.5 million in an offering of 7% senior subordinated convertible notes due June 1, 2016. Proceeds from the financing will be used for working capital to meet the increasing demand […]
In Iowa, DuPont and Biotique Systems entered into a research alliance to accelerate genetic discovery in agricultural crops globally, bringing better products to farmers faster. Under the agreement, Biotique will provide knowledge and access to its proprietary “TITAN” solution for next-generation sequence management, marker analysis, and genotype to phenotype association as well as its “Make-Sense” […]
In Washington, the National Biodiesel Board’s awareness raising program for technicians known as the Biodiesel for Diesel Technicians has so far trained 300 biodiesel instructors since it began in 2008. The program educates about general biodiesel information and development as well as common technical issues and problems. Companies that have taken or are still actively […]
In New York, Brazil has begun exporting ethanol to the US rather than importing it as has been the trend during recent months. So far about 300 million liters have been contracted for export to the US with much of it expected to route through the Caribbean in order to enter duty-free. Brokers say that […]
In China, Gushan Environmental Energy Ltd.’s first quarter sales jumped to $37.7 million from $11 million during the first quarter of 2010 but $33.8 million was due to sales from its recycled copper business Mianyang Jin Xin Copper Ltd. rather than its biodiesel sales. More on the story.
