The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, dropped 1.19 percent to 91.51 as shareholders hit ethanol and advanced biofuels. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) recovered 0.61 percent to $34.72, while Aventine (AVRW) plunged 5.15 percent to $23.00. Among other equities, Gevo (GEVO) dropped 4.08 percent to $19.04. Overall, declines […]
Where are all the algae gallons, you ask? Ah, grasshopper, look to Outback Australia, where Aurora Algae is basking in the southern light. In Australia, Aurora Algae opened its demonstration facility in Karratha, Western Australia, where the Company’s algae-based biomass is being harvested for products in the nutraceutical, pharmaceutical, aquaculture and renewable energy markets. “This […]
In Hawaii, Cellana LLC is positioned to be the first algae company to ramp up to commercial deployment for a biofuel application in the state. The company says it is growing algae strains capable of producing up to 60 tons of biomass containing 3,800 gallons of algal oil per acre per year. Cellana has also […]
In North Carolina, the Catawba County Board of Commissioners approved the use of $775,786 to build a canola and sunflower processing facility at the county’s EcoComplex Biodiesel Research Facility. The resulting fuel will be used on-site at the facility.
In Pennsylvania, the National Algae Association will hold the Algae Growing, Harvesting, Extraction Technologies and Networking Conference, May 19 at the Keystone Industrial Port Complex, Fairless Hills. The meeting will focus on progress in growing, harvesting and extraction methods, along with proven technologies that are ready for commercial-scale algae production.
In Spain, Iberia has teamed with the national airports authority AENA to develop an algae-based biojet research program at the Madrid Barajas airport. National oil company Repsol will be responsible for processing the algae into fuel. The $890,000 facility is set to open next month.
In Sweden, Preem’s Evolution Diesel that includes 15% biodiesel produced from a forestry industry waste residue known as tall oil and 5% canola-based biodiesel has been launched in 370 of the country’s 600 gas stations as of early April. It reduces GHG emissions by 16% compared to 100% fossil diesel—roughly 250,000 metric tons of carbon […]
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In Iowa, students at Iowa State University have developed I-BOS (the Interactive Biorefinery Operations Simulator), a virtual biorefinery control room that can help students and workers learn to operate ethanol and biodiesel plants. They’re calling it Nintendo for biofuel nerds that works much like a flight simulator for pilots.
In Brazil, Archer Consulting in Sao Paulo says the country’s attempt to regulate the national ethanol supply chain may not result in lower ethanol prices as intended. The only way to fix the problem is to invest heavily in production or it says next year’s inter-harvest period will be even worse.
