In Louisiana, Albemarle Corporation announced that it has expanded its presence in the biofuels market with the acquisition of Catilin Inc. Based in Ames, Iowa, Catilin is a technology leader in the development and application of heterogeneous biodiesel catalysis. Catilin’s technology and products will further strengthen Albemarle’s offerings for the renewable fuels market. Albemarle will […]
Ethanol futures prices fell sharply, after a long rise in which it followed in the tracks of oil. But after the US Energy Department released figures showing strong gasoline stocks, and the USDA released figures projected a strong corn crop, prices dropped 9.4 cents on the Chicago Board of Trade, to $2.481 per gallon. The […]
In Canada, CORE BioFuel has signed an MOU to develop four biorefineries in the US and Canada using its wood-to-gasoline technology. The deal with the renewable energy project developer, who was not named, can be extended to more facilities if the first four are successful. The agreement also includes third party review of CORE’s technology […]
In Spain, Abengoa says that the global ethanol market is moving into a buyers’ rather than a sellers’ market and as such expects to sell nearly all of its 3 billion liters of annual ethanol production during 2011.
In Canada, GreenNH3 has developed the patent-pending GreenGas machine that makes anhydrous ammonia fuel for use in cars, trucks, and a wide range of other vehicle for just 50 cents a liter. It has also developed a converter system for cars that allows the driver to switch between running on gasoline and running on NH3 […]
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In California, Sustainable Oils is working with the University of California Westside Research and Extension Center near Five Points in hopes of encouraging farmers to plant camelina in western Fresno County. Over the past few years more than 100,000 acres of farmlands have been idled in the Westlands Water District but as many as 60,000 […]
In Angola, the country is pushing to finalize its National Strategy on Biofuel because it seems opportunities for cane-based ethanol as a way to diverse its energy matrix despite having abundant energy sources such as oil. The $256 million Biocom project led by Brazil’s Odebrecht and national oil company Sonangol expect testing of sugar ethanol […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, dropped 1.33 percent to 89.80, its lowest point in two months, as ethanol stocks took a beating on news of strong gasoline supplies. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) fell 2.48 percent to $32.58, while Valero (VLO) fell 4.99 percent to $27.06. Among […]
Why are so many renewable fuel companies heading for Brazil? Positive economic indicators? Possibly. Positive attitude? Absolutely. I frequently ask investors, “If you had to invest every cent you had in a single venture, would you choose a so-so technology run by Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, or a great technology run by […]
