In Malaysia, the government said it will pay between 4 Malaysian cents, or sen, to 6 Malaysian cents per litre for a 5% blend of palm-based biofuel with diesel, beginning June 1, which should create demand for 100,000 metric tons of palm oil before year’s end. The news boost Bursa Malaysia Derivatives palm oil futures […]
In Japan, a pilot plant for manufacturing ethanol from the residue from tangerine juice production has been opened at the Matsuyama Factory of Ehime Beverage Inc where the company produces citrus juice. The technology was developed jointly by Ehime Prefecture, Ehime University, and Ehime Beverage Inc., and was subsidized by the Ministry of the Environment. […]
In Germany, Lufthansa Cargo is exploring the use of bio-SPK through a six month trial with a A-123 aircraft, a project which has teamed with six scientific institutes which it hopes will lead to national fuel certification for aircraft. More on the story.
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In Belgium, the European Commission has determined that average carbon emissions between 2004 and 2006 for airline flights reached 219 million metric tons and will therefore grant just under 213 million tons of allowances for 2012. Allowances will then fall to about 208.5 million tons every year after. The airline industry is required to participate […]
In California, Propel Fuels hosted Judith Canales, Administrator for Rural Business and Cooperative Programs for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), at the company’s fueling station in Oakland, a visit highlighting the USDA’s plan to fund the build-out of 10,000 renewable fuel pumps across the nation in the next five years. According to Propel, there […]
In California, Jacques Beaudry-Losique has joined Codexis as Vice President, Corporate Development and Strategy. Mr. Beaudry-Losique joins Codexis from the U.S. Department of Energy, and will be responsible for corporate strategic planning for Codexis’ bioindustrials businesses and directing the company’s government relations programs. In Texas, Terrabon, Inc. has appointed Tri Nguyen as general counsel. As […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, edged up 0.09 percent to 89.75 as ethanol gains offset oil losses. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) gained 0.68 percent to $36.99, while Codexis (CDXS) jumped 2.54 percent to $10.51. Among other equities, Valero (VLO) shed 2.30 percent to $27.19. Overall, advances […]
New isobutanol-producing and protein-munching microbes from UCLA remind us that biofuels remain in the anything-but-static, eye-popping era of their development. The Digest’s “mind-bending breakthrough” in-basket is overflowing this week with advances in the fermentation of protein into biofuels…. “Whoa,” you might say, “stop right there. Did you say fermenting protein into biofuels? You can’t do […]
In Michigan, efarms LLC is developing solutions for producing small-scale, ‘community fuels,’ or ethanol produced from yard waste as well as unwanted fruits, vegetables and other starches and sugars. The company will be rolling out the first 25 to 30 machines this spring for more traditional farm setting production of ethanol like corn, grain and […]
