In Michigan, the trial postponed from last July to January regarding the 2007 takeover of Biofuel Industries Group by New York investors in Greenshift has been postponed again until November. The January trial date was called off after a new set of claims and counterclaims were filed last fall that included accusations of incompetence and […]
In Massachusetts, Qteros received a positive review from Raymond James energy analyst Pavel Molchanov, in which the advanced biofuels company was compared to three newly-public advanced bhifuels companies, Amyris, Codexis, and Gevo. “Qteros, for example, achieved a total cash production cost of $2.40/gal last year,” writes Molchanov, “and is targeting $1.50/gal by mid-2011 and $1.00/gal […]
In England, Frontier Agriculture, the company charged with supplying feedstock to the Vivergo biofuels plant in Hull has signed more than 500 farmers to the “Humber Gold wheat club.” The Vivergo plant is a joint venture between BP, British Sugar and Dupont that they expect to begin production later this year, and is looking for […]
In Canada, MSE Enviro-Tech has completed the acquisition of SITTM Technologies. SITTM, headquartered in Sault Ste Marie, has extensive experience in the manufacturing and sale of value added formed products from biodiesel. With partner Coop Algoma Ag Centre, SITTM has been providing a blend of B5-B10 biodiesel to the City of Sault Ste Marie Transit […]
In the UK, UK energy and climate change secretary Chris Huhne gave a speech to the CentreForum and commented on progress in biofuels are being positively affected by advances in technology, following the signing of a researcher cooperation agreement between the UK and Denmark on energy supply research projects. “The US Navy will get half […]
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In Tennessee, researchers at the National Energy Technology Laboratory are concluding a three-year project using supercomputers at Oak Ridge and Argonne national laboratories for simulations to reduce the cost and time of building commercial-scale gasifiers. “High-performance computing is allowing us to reveal and study features of the gas-solids flow in a gasifier to a degree […]
Should there be a new commodity contract that captures the market value of new varieties? By Biofuels Digest special correspondent Dawson Williams, Director of Carbon Advisory Services, The GIC Group With the demise of the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX) and the frontal assault by the new Republican leadership in the House on the EPA’s authority […]
In California, SG Biofuels named Subhas Pattnaik as director of operations for the India market. Subhas formerly led operations for Mission New Energy in India where he managed the rollout and operations of 200,000 acres of jatropa, 124,000 farmers across five provinces.
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, gained 0.58 percent to reach a new 32-month high of 90.50 as oil and advanced biofuels jumped. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) gained 0.49 percent to $36.95, while Valero (VLO) zoomed 6.58 percent to $28.67. Among other equities, The Andersons (ANDE) soared […]
