In Michigan, POET has installed a new waste-heat recovery system at its ethanol facility in Caro that the company says will replace about 10 percent of the facility’s natural gas needs, and water that is condensed in the system is also reused, reducing water use by about 5 percent. The need for shut-down time will […]
In Brazil, ADM has agreed to buy the remaining 51% of Limeira do Oeste ethanol mill in Minas Gerais from its current partner Canaa Participacoes. Limeira crushes 3 million metric tons of cane annually. The JV formed in 2008 had intended to build two mills with investments expected around $500 million but construction on the […]
In Belgium, lab instrument company Mettler Toledo has launched a new website-based competence center for the ethanol and sugar industries to improve efficiency and process safety in order to maximize productivity that it believes will help sugar and bioethanol producers improve yield at a lower cost. On their Sugar and Bioethanol Competence Center, Mettler Toledo […]
In Brazil, Petrobras’ joint venture with São Martinho, called Nova Fronteira Bioenergia, will begin planting sweet sorghum for ethanol production next week. The plan is to plant the short-cycle crop on land that is not used for cane and harvest it during the cane inter-crop season in order to help reduce pressure on domestic supplies […]
BP_America: #BP builds global, cutting edge #biofuels business after buying part of Verenium. New staff brings talent, knowledge: ndoyno: Congratulations to BlackGold Biofuels (@BlackGoldFuels) on their numerous #1 awards at the 2011 @WJF_Competition: charlesdavis84: @EricMartin24 Meanwhile, Obama sides w/ oil companies in climate change lawsuits while using the EPA to subsidize climate-damaging biofuels. SustainableNet: A […]
In Michigan, Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan visited Michigan State University today to highlight three new research grants awarded to the university to spur production of bioenergy and biobased products that will lead to the development of sustainable regional systems and help create jobs. Merrigan joined energy stakeholders and university officials for the announcement and […]
In Washington, Center for Public Integrity has published a report showing Newt Gingrich received $312,500 from Growth Energy for consulting services during 2009 but Growth Energy says it didn’t pay Gingrich anything in 2010. The group says it needed help from “someone who knew how to get things done” in DC as those who founded […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, gained 0.13 percent to 93.72 as advanced biofuels ebbed. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) jumped 1.85 percent to $36.35, while Amyris (AMRS) fell 0.60 percent to $26.59. Among other equities, Gevo (GEVO) slipped 1.41 percent to $20.32. Overall, advances and declines were […]
ARPA-E aims to unleash new plants that recover more sunshine and produce more fuels In Washington, US Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced that up to $130 million from the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) will be made available to develop five new program areas that could spark critical breakthrough technologies and secure America’s energy future. […]
