World Biofuels Markets has closed and the participants have departed, dancing a samba as they left. For sure, it didn’t take long to discern WBM’s hot topic this year. It was right out of Monty Python’s famed Spam Sketch. Brazil spam and Brazil, spam pyrolysis aviation and Brazil, spam fermentation Brazil and Brazil, spam Brazil […]
In Washington, the Chairman of Nestle has accused the Obama administration of promoting corn-based biofuels, which it says is causing food shortages. “It is absolutely immoral to push hundreds of millions of people into hunger and into extreme poverty because of such a policy, so I think – I insist – no food for fuel,” […]
In Montana, the state legislature is targeting funding for a biodiesel research project at the state university branch in Havre. There are 12 staff members at the center currently; they fear that a proposed $400,000 cut in state funding would result in the loss of jobs. More on the story.
In Washington state, Gen-X’s waste-to-ethanol biorefinery in Moses Lake is nearly completed. The facility was formerly a biodiesel facility that burned down two years ago in an unrelated fire. More on the story.
In Canada, the Canadian Renewable Fuels Association in partnership with the Grain Farmers of Ontario, Koch Farms and Koch Logistics, and biodiesel blender and marketer FS PARTNERS, has launched a “Powered by Biodiesel” bumper sticker campaign to show support for the federal government’s national biodiesel standard. A recent AgCall survey of active Canadian canola and […]
In Spain, swamped by biodiesel imports from Argentina, some biodiesel producers are preparing to shut down with substantial layoffs expected in the coming weeks. This is despite the government pushing biodiesel blending rates to 6% this year and 7% in 2012, up from an expected 3.9% original seen for this year. Producers are still waiting […]
In Canada, Highmark Renewables has received patent protection for their new Integrated bioRefinery platform technology in both the U.S and South Africa. Co-chief executive of Highmark, Evan Chrapko stated that the patents will make it easier to get patent protection in other countries. The patent protections cover Highmark’s anaerobic digester and add-on such as the […]
NewsAlice: Why ‘feed’ a car? Kenyans say crops should be for people not fuel. WestWingReport: The Navy wants a “Great Green Fleet” by next year – a 13-ship carrier group powered in large part by biofuels such as algae SustainableNet: Neb. ethanol labeling bill clears first vote – BusinessWeek DavidBLowry: @ #jgium Q: How much […]
In Iowa, PhD student David Correll at Iowa State University has created “ISU BioBus” – a program created to convert spent cooking oil from one of the university’s dining halls into biofuel for a Cyride (the Ames, IA bus system) bus. He has secured two college sponsored grants and has gotten the approval he needed […]
In Nebraska, legislators in the state’s lower house have approved bill that would lift labeling requirements on Nebraska gas with less than 11 percent ethanol has cleared its first legislative vote, but could change when lawmakers consider the measure again. More on the story.
