In Brazil, Quinvita and the Brazilian Bio-Jetfuel Platform announced a strategic alliance on Research and Development of Jatropha production and processing. Quinvita will test its improved Jatropha cultivars, commercialized under the brand Quinvita Pro in selected locations in Brazil. Quinvita will also enter into commercialization agreements with platform partners on its Quinpure technology, allowing the […]
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In North Carolina, the Biofuels Center of North Carolina has awarded $1.6 million for 15 projects statewide to accelerate the commercialization of renewable liquid fuels. Awards are made through the 2011 Statewide Biofuels Development Grants Program. By 2017, 10% of North Carolina’s liquid transportation fuels is expected to come from biofuels grown and produced within […]
In Brazil, an article in Valor Ecnomico reports that the Government will be announcing a decision to reduce the required 25% ethanol blend to 20% or even 18%. The decision is being based on the surging price of ethanol in Brazil. If the blend is dropped to only 20%, than President Dilma Rousseff can have […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, slipped 0.13 percent to 93.42 as advanced biofuels declined. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) recovered 0.08 percent to $36.34, while Gevo (GEVO) fell 2.19 percent to $19.20. Among other equities, Mission NewEnergy (MNEL) fell 4.03 percent to $8.10. Overall, advances led declines […]
In this episode of “So you want to be a biofuels investing Rock Star?” we look at fifteen of the Biofuels Digest Index stocks. What are they up to? What’s the outlook? Who’s got game, who’s got claim? Tomorrow, we continue with the other fifteen BDI equities. Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM) First gen ethanol and bioplastics One […]
In Missouri, residents throughout the St. Louis region are being encouraged to participate in Backyard Biofuels, a quest to find the ideal algal species that will produce the best biofuels. Algae collecting season is being kicked off this year at Algaepalooza on Saturday, May 7 from 10am to 4pm in the Life Science Lab at […]
In Colorado, Gevo announced it has signed an engineering and consulting agreement with Mustang Engineering to convert Gevo’s renewable isobutanol to bio-jet fuel. This effort will focus on the downstream processing of isobutanol to paraffinic kerosene (jet fuel) for jet engine testing, airline suitability flights and advancing commercial deployment. Gevo also announced that its “fit […]
n the Midwest, “grease thefts” of Used Cooking Oil destined to be recycled into biodiesel is on the rise, with the worst hit seeing losses of as much as $1 million a year. The thefts occur more often when oil prices increase. Thieves process the oil themselves, which usually goes for about 18 cents a […]
In Mozambique, Brazil’s Vale and Embrapa have announced that they will jointly invest in palm oil production for biodiesel, expecting to produce 6,000-7,000 liters per hectare by 2014. The project will start with 10,000 hectares and work up to 30,000 hectares, producing 500,000 metric tons of biodiesel annually by 2019.
