The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, eased back 0.24 percent to 91.50 as advanced biofuels stocks dropped. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) climbed 0.19 percent to $36.11, while Gevo plummeted 8.70 percent to $17.53. Among other equities, Algae.Tex (AEB.AX) fell 7.50 percent to $0.37. Overall, declines led advances […]
In Nevada, Lt. Governor Brian Krolicki announced that Green Fuels America will manufacture its line of commercial biodiesel processors in Nevada. These jobs are being imported from the UK because of the tax and business friendly environment, and vendor skill base here in Nevada. Green Fuels’ 5000 gallon per day FuelMatic biodiesel processor sells for […]
On the first day of World Biofuels Markets in Brussels, Dyadic International announced today the introduction of its most advanced biofuels enzyme, AlternaFuel CMAX, at the World Biofuels Markets exhibition in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. AlternaFuel CMAX which was derived from Dyadic’s proprietary and patented C1 platform technology, and has proven to be effective in converting […]
In Washington state, Boeing and the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne announced the creation of the Sustainable Biomass Consortium, a research initiative focused on increasing collaboration between voluntary standards and regulatory requirements for biomass used to create jet fuel and bioenergy for other sectors. Research projects will commence in April 2011 and the scope of […]
In Malaysia, the European Union’s Commission for Trade Karel de Gucht said there will be a sustainability chapter which will address the import of palm oil into the region as part of ongoing Free Trade Negotiations between Malaysia and the EU. “We’re not supporting NGOs for doing that (attacking the palm oil industry) but we’re […]
In New Zealand, LanzaTech has won the NZBIO 2011 Company of the Year Award, and cofounder and chief scientist Dr Sean Simpson has won the 2011 Young Biotechnologist of the Year award. Dr Simpson said, “In the past 18 months our progress has accelerated and we are seeing our strategies come to fruition. LanzaTech shows […]
In Canada, the Global Renewable Fuels Alliance released a report by (S&T)2 Consultants, which determined that world ethanol production in 2011 will reduce global GHG emissions by 105 million tonnes. The GFRA also said that global ethanol production reached 85.7 billion liters in 2010, and together with F.O. Licht the GFRA is projecting that global […]
SustainableNet: Corn, soybean prices: Has mission been accomplished? – Southeast Farm Press FZbrazil: US Brazil Biofuels Talk Helps Cosan, But India Could Change That (brazilsun.com) NavalEnergy: The Great Green Fleet actionaidrwanda: Biofuels are produced by agribusiness, intensively, on a massive scale, on monoculture plantations and usually for export in poor countries.
In Hawaii, the US Army Installation Management Command-Pacific and Pacific Biodiesel have finalized a a two-year biofuel crop research project aimed at reducing the Hawaii’s dependence on fossil fuels. The first step in the project is locating suitable land to grow biofuel crops. Pacific Biodiesel is looking at various agricultural sites within the State and will […]
In Brazil, President Obama and newly inaugurated Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff expanded a Memorandum of Understanding on Biofuels, and agreed “that the two countries have converging interests in energy-related matters, including in oil, natural gas, biofuels and other renewables. President Obama stated that the United States seeks to be a Strategic Energy Partner of Brazil. […]
