When we look at producing energy & fuel from the land or sea, usually we start with the economics. But many have raised moral questions – e.g. food vs. fuel. For sure, things may not be right, just because they make money. So we’d like to understand more about if you think there is should […]
In California, Logos Technologies and EdeniQ announced that the DOE will fully fund $20.5 million in federal cost share under DOE’s Integrated Biorefinery Program to construct a Corn-to-Cellulosic Migration pilot plant at EdeniQ’s headquarters in Visalia, California. The commitment of the remaining $17.7M in federal cost share reflects that Logos and EdeniQ have satisfied all […]
In California, Rentech reports that it has reached agreements to settle all of the class action lawsuits pending in federal court and all of the shareholder derivative lawsuits pending in state and federal court against the Company and a number of its current and former directors and officers. The lawsuits relate to the Company’s restatement […]
In China, LanzaTech, Baosteel Group Corporation, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have launched the construction of a plant that will use LanzaTech’s gas fermentation technology for the production of fuel ethanol from steel mill off-gases. Last month, LanzaTech and Baosteel signed a joint venture agreement that will see the construction of a 100,000 […]
In Germany, a group of Sudanese officials, including Awad Ahmed Eljazz, Sudanese Industry Minister, along with other representatives from both Sudan and India, toured the Walkers Foundry to see the progress on a $25 million sugar mill machinery contract. The group toured both the Bundaberg Walkers Engineering Foundry and Millaquin Mill. Brad Royan, Bundaberg Walkers […]
In Canada, ADM Agri-Industries, a wholly owned subsidiary of Archer Daniels Midland Company is doubling canola seed receiving capabilities and storage capacity at the company’s Lloydminster, Alberta, processing facility. The project includes the construction of five new storage bins and a second receiving system, which is expected to significantly reduce unloading times for area farmers. […]
soulfulmess: Green Fuels to begin production of FuelMatic biodiesel systems – Biodiesel Magazine SustainableNet: $19.40 each to subsidize ethanol; $1.39 to public radio – Kennebec Journal Jaco_K: SA’s jobs push is putting biofuels back on the radar Hedderich: “@drivingethanol: Friends of the Earth Biofools Day Nominees. Darn it Once again I am Not nominated. Gotta […]
In Virginia, Jason Holliday, assistant professor of forest genetics and biotechnology in Virginia Tech’s College of Natural Resources and Environment, is using a $1.5 million Faculty Early Career Development Program grant from the National Science Foundation to gain insight into how tree populations adapt at the genomic scale as a result of climate change. The […]
In Canada, Saskatchewan’s 2011 Budget will now boast a five-year $26 million program that will provide a 13 cent-per-litre grant to biodiesel producers effective April 1 2011 and a 2% renewable biodiesel mandate that comes into effect on July 1 2012. “Saskatchewan’s 2011 budget will be welcome news to farmers and biodiesel producers alike,” said […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, retreated 0.07 percent to 91.83 as biodiesel slid. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) fell 2.13 percent to $35.30, while Amyris (AMRS) plunged 4.33 percent to $29.58. Among other equities, Valero (VLO) jumped 3.96 percent to $29.93. Overall, declines and advances were even […]
