In New York, Enervation’s Paul Tantillo and William Dollard have come to an agreement to purchase the Algona biodiesel plant from the bank for an undisclosed amount. The 60 million gallon per year plant, completed in 2007, never became operational and requires a significant amount of work to conform to the Enervation plan for the […]
In North Carolina, SmartFlow Technologies announced that it will supply its advanced continuous processing solids separation and cell concentration systems to INEOS New Planet BioEnergy for use in their commercial-scale advanced bio-energy facility, the first to use the INEOS Bio technology. SmartFlow’s advanced continuous processing solids separation and cell concentration system will be a key […]
In Thailand, the government has decided to use 5,000 metric tons of crude palm oil stocks intended for biofuel production as cooking oil to address the country’s cooking oil shortage. In addition, the private sector will also be required to transform another 10,000 tons of CPO into cooking oil. More on the story.
In the Bahamas, the government is currently developing a formula to price locally-produced biodiesel for retail use in an effort to expand the local industry’s market. Current biodiesel use is limited to waste disposal trucks from Bahamas Waste’s new used cooking oil processing facility More on the story.
In India, Eco Green Fuels opened its first commercial biodiesel plant in Bangalore, the city’s first. The facility has 5,000 liters per day of production capacity, which the company is very proud to be completely Indian engineered and built, and there are plans to expand in the near future. More on the story.
fiftyplusone: #Oregon raising #biodiesel fuel requirement April 1 to 5% fjwakron: #Libya turmoil and $100 a barrel #oil is poignant reminder why investing in #EVs and #biofuels is good national policy and good for economy MATTVAS: Clinton warns of biofuel impact on poor globalnewspoin1: Indian company Abellon to grow biofuels on 10000 hectares of land […]
In Virginia, researchers at Virginia Tech researchers have discovered an enzyme mixture that works in the presence of the toxic infused liquid biomass (hydrolysate), meaning that the detoxification step is unnecessary, reducing the cost of producing biofuels as well as increasing biofuel yields by avoiding the production of by-products and synthesis of cell mass. “Enzymes […]
In Washington, Growth energy executives Tom Buis, Wes Clark and Jim Nussle went on the offensive regarding the impact of the Middle Eastern political crisis, and ethanol-related legislation. As background, Brent crude reached $119 per barrel briefly in trading today, before settling back to $114. “Now is not the time to block ethanol,” said Growth […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, recovered 0.18 percent to 87.62 despite the global oil shock. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) gained 1.56 percent to $36.43, while Valero (VLO) fell 3.42 percent to $26.80. Among other equities, Biox (BX.T) dumped 7.00 percent to $1.30. Overall, declines led advances […]
It’s a Magoo Congress, peering at the headlines, intending well, heading up the wrong way on a one-way street. Egypt, Tunisia, Libya. It should remind us in so many ways of the period in 1989-1990 when oppressive regimes were toppling all across Eastern Europe. In an olden time, citizens across the Republic would be rolling […]
