In the Philippines, the Board of Investments has approved Canlaon Alco Green Agro’s bioethanol plant to be built in Bago. Canloan will invest P5.192 billion in the facility, which they expect to have a capacity of 52.2 million liters per year, and employing 160 people. Canlaon plans to have the plant operational in December of […]
In Mozambique, Alcinda Abreu, Mozambican Environment Minister, and Devanand Virahsawmy for Mauritius signed a memorandum of understanding to extending their bilateral cooperation to include environmental issues. This was done as part of a two day visit by Virahsawmy to Moputo. While the MOU covered areas of concern including climate change, poverty, erosion, marine pollution, deforestation […]
In Malaysia, Bionas is exploring the production of jatropha in the state of Sarawak, one of two states on the island of Borneo. The company to plans to help Sarawak’s natives to plant jatropha on their Native Customary Rights (NCR) land, buy the oil produced by them, and provide seedlings and technical expertise. Bionas had […]
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In Jordan, Rula Mubeidin, Ministry of Agriculture Spokesperson, informed the Joran Times that jatropha will be cultivated in Jordan as an experiment. This is the result of a partnership between Jordan and Brazil. Mugeidin stated that at a briefing, “The Brazilian diplomat suggested planting Jatropha in limited areas in the Kingdom as an experiment to […]
In California, an F-22 Raptor successfully flew at supercruis (supersonic flight without using the engine’s afterburner) on a 50/50 fuel blend of conventional petroleum-based JP-8 and biofuel derived from camelina. The flight was the capstone of a series of ground and flight test events conducted by the 411th Flight Test Squadron at Edwards Air Force […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, gained 0.66 percent to 89.02 as oil and large caps advanced slowly. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) edged up 0.60 percent to $34.96, while BP regained 0.96 percent to $45.11. Among other equities, Amyris (AMRS) jumped 1.86 percent to $31.16. Overall, advances […]
The NABC drop-in biofuels consortium now six months underway, approaches a Fall 2011 decision point. Three technologies out of six will advance. Who will win, who might lose out? Make your own picks in our Digest NABC Bracket Contest. Enter the Digest’s NABC Bracket Contest, here. One lucky winner will receive a free pass to […]
In California, CoolPlanetBioFuels announced that Google Ventures has joined its $20 million Series B funding round.Google’s investment was undisclosed, though we note that previous reports focused on an $8 million Series B round, suggesting that Google Ventures invested as much as $12 million into the venture. CoolPlanet, based in Camarillo, California, is developing a mobile, […]
In California, AE Biofuels stated that their wholly-owned ethanol subsidiary AE Advanced Fuels Keyes, closed a $3.5 million financing with Third Eye Capital Corporation. The funds will be used to restart and operate a 55 million gallon per year ethanol plant located in Keyes, California. In November 2010, AE Keyes received $4.5 million from Third […]
