PetroVietnam cassava ethanol plant to open in October
In Vietnam, PetroVietnam expects its 100 million liter ethanol plant in Dung Quat to be online by October. The facility will use cassava as a feedstock. More on the story.
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Usina Cerradinho to produce sweet sorghum ethanol in Brazil
In Brazil, Usina Cerradinho will soon begin producing 1.2 million liters of ethanol from 1,200 hectares of sweet sorghum, which is being grown by Monsanto to try out its new hybrid varieties bred to increase ethanol production while ensuring enough biomass for co-gen. Monsanto says using sweet sorghum can help to offset the supply problems […]
Pannonia Ethanol to commence production in Hungary in 2012
In Hungary, Fagan Inc’s joint venture with Irish investors Ethanol Europe—known as Pannonia Ethanol—expects to begin producing by March 1, 2012 at its 240 million liter per year corn-based facility in Dunaföldvár. The plant will use 575,000 metric tons of corn per year. More on the story.
Top Biofuels Tweets: "Biofuel Truck To Race To South Pole."
SustainableNet: Ethanol Rebounds From Two-Week Low as Corn Prices Go Higher – Bloomberg sustainvic: Hi @deadmanespresso – Check out the Biofuels Association of Australia – BerkeleyBioEcon: Biofuel Truck To Race To South Pole – IBTimes Ashantirn82: Biofuels for Road Transport: A Seed to Wheel Perspective (Green Energy and Technology): agville: EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson: ‘Biofuels […]
Sugarcane expansion cools climate: researchers
In California, researchers at Stanford University say that planting sugarcane in Brazil in areas where other crops were previously planted cools the climate by reflecting sunlight back into space and by lowering the temperature of the surrounding air as the plants “exhale” cooler water. The research was recently published in the journal Nature. The study […]
Schwarzenegger says tariff on Brazilian ethanol must go
In California, former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is pushing for the tariff on imported Brazilian ethanol to be dropped, calling it a “crime” to not import the sugarcane-based fuel. Keeping the tariffs up is demonstrating a “lack of leadership in Washington,” he said. He is also pushing for building of new nuclear facilities in the state. […]
Biofuels Digest Index recovers to 91.04 as ethanol jumps
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, recovered 0.74 percent to 91.04 as it broke an eight-session losing streak. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) gained 1.48 percent to $34.96, while Gevo (GEVO) regained 2.28 percent to $19.71. Among other equities, Valero (VLO) jumped 2,44 percent to $27.74. Overall, advances […]
Cobalt, American Process to launch first cellulosic biobutanol plant
Biobutanol from wood biomass; 470,000 gallon facility to switch to biobutanol in April 2012 In Michigan, Cobalt Technologies and American Process announced an agreement to build the world’s first industrial-scale cellulosic biorefinery to produce biobutanol. Rick Wilson, CEO of Cobalt, and Theodora Retsina, CEO of American Process, will join 120 other C-level advanced biorefining executives […]
Tidewater Biodiesel to build plant in Virginia
In Virginia, Tidewater Biodiesel plans to build a 10 million-gallon-per-year facility where it will produce fuel from recycled cooking oil. The project, that plans to come online by 2012, has recently received local planning commission approval and is now waiting on Chesapeake’s city council for the final OK. More on the story.
Sirona to sell locally-made, discount biodiesel in California
In California, Sirona Fuels, owner of the only commercial-scale biodiesel production facility in the Bay Area, announced that beginning on Earth Day, Friday, April 22, consumers can purchase locally produced biodiesel at the Blue Sky Bio-Fuels facility at 851 49th Ave., in Oakland. The fuel will be offered to the public at an average savings […]
