In France, Airbus announced that the Spanish government, Iberia Airlines and Airbus have signed an agreement to develop a complete Spanish ‘value chain’ for sustainable and renewable aviation bio-fuel for commercial use. Other key members are expected to join the agreement shortly. The agreement promotes and backs initiatives to develop a complete bio-fuel production chain […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, slipped 0.08 percent to 92.18 as oil stocks tumbled. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) was up 0.19 percent to $36.01, while BP slumped 0.99 percent to $44.14. Among other equities, Valero (VLO) dropped 2.96 percent to $29.82. Overall, advances led declines 7 […]
Obama sets US goal of cutting US oil imports one-third by 2025; outlines vision, targets, support for advanced biofuels, renewables, fossil fuel production in Blueprint for a Secure Energy Future. In Washington, President Obama gave an address at Georgetown University in which he called for a goal of reducing US oil imports by one-third by […]
We meet here at a tumultuous time for the world. In a matter of months, we’ve seen regimes toppled and democracy take root across North Africa and the Middle East. We’ve witnessed a terrible earthquake, catastrophic tsunami and nuclear emergency batter a strong ally and the world’s third largest economy. And we’ve led an international […]
By Biofuels Digest columnist Mary Rosenthal executive director, Algal Biomass Organization At a time of rising gas prices and all-too-high unemployment, policy makers in Washington should be focused on advancing policies that create jobs, expand our nation’s domestic supply of renewable fuels, and decrease our dependence on imported petroleum. Instead, some in Congress have chosen […]
Mike McAdams, President, Advanced Biofuels Association “I am hopeful the energy security blueprint the President unveiled today will keep America on track with his earlier challenge to our nation and to Washington of meeting ‘our generation’s Sputnik moment’.” “America stands at a deciding juncture for deploying clean energy alternatives and particularly, the future of all […]
In Michigan, a Lenawee County circuit judge has ruled that appointment of a receiver for the NextDiesel plant in Adrian would be an unnecessary cost for a facility that is not generating any revenue. Citizens Bank asked the court to appoint a receiver after it was stuck paying nearly $30,000 in delinquent electric bills last […]
In Kansas, the Kansas Alliance for Biorefining and Bioenergy is planning to invest $200,000 in the University of Kansas’s Biofuels Testing Laboratory as part of a $1.2 million initiative to develop a full suite of ASTM testing facilities for chemical and fuel properties of existing and potential next-generation fuels. More on the story.
In Brazil, Dedini is now offering add-on portions for existing plants where they can break down vinasse into biogas and biomethane. Each have applications as fuel for the mill’s steam-powered boilers that generate electricity, which would allow mills to use bagasse that is normally burned for another purpose. Biomethane can also be used for vehicles […]
In Germany, fuel retailers are asking the government to cut fuel taxes on the new E10 blends by 2 cents per liter in an effort to boost poorer-than-expected sales after a wave of controversy linked to miscommunication regarding which cars can and can not support E10. They say this is to account for the lower […]
