Today, we inaugurate a three-part, in-depth series – “First of Kind” – the Financing of Advanced Bio-Refineries, from our trusty correspondent Tim Sklar, whose last series on torrefaction was so well received. In Part I, today, we look at “Identifying Risks”. By Tim Sklar Background The February 7th issue of Biofuels Digest (BD) provided a […]
In California, Amyris announced today that it has completed multiple runs of its fermentation process using its engineered yeast to produce renewable farnesene, in 100,000 and 200,000 liter capacity fermentors. These runs were completed through contract manufacturing operations in North America and Europe. The results of these fermentation runs, including yields, were consistent with previous […]
In New York, Fitch Ratings has released a new report predicting a new wave of bankruptcies in a ‘shake down’ in the US ethanol industry similar to that seen in 2008/09. The hedging which, according to the US Department of Agriculture, has protected plants until now from higher corn cost “presents its own distinct risks”, […]
In the UK, the Welsh Assembly has given $32.4 million to Aberystwyth University’s Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Science who will work with partners at Bangor and Swansea Universities as part of the BEACON initiative to develop biofuels that can be used for green transport in the future. The project has already received $16.5 […]
In China, American Jianye Greentech Holdings, Ltd. will self-finance the construction of a new biofuel plant located in the ShiLong Industrial Park in Xiangzhou, Guangxi Province. The plant will blend ethanol produced from municipal solid waste with diesel fuel imported from Malaysia and/or Indonesia along with AJGH’s proprietary catalyst. The final biodiesel product will contain 40 […]
In Brazil, BioVerde Industria e Comercio de Biocombustiveis SA will team up with Spain’s Integral Bioenergies Systems to produce biodiesel from vegetable oil and animal fats using IBS’s technology which converts fatty acid into biodiesel at a rate of up to 98 percent. More on the story.
novascinow: abt turning switchgrass into #biofuels. @SCETV’s “Making It Grow!” talked abt those efforts in SC last week Ipad41001 :Increased food prices due to increased fuel prices may allow even the GOP to consider #biofuels subsidy for Ag use. alisonborealis: Do enviros recognize that occasionally ends (2nd gen. #biofuels at the pump) justify means (1st […]
In Tennessee, a research team at the Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Georgia Tech and Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a strain of switchgrass that produces about 33 percent more ethanol than conventional switchgrass. The key – decreasing the presence of lignin by one-eighth – thereby reducing the strain’s resistance – or recalcitrance – to […]
In Washington, the ethanol industry has lost one of its key allies in the battle to keep subsidy programs alive while Congress attempts to cut the deficit. Sen. Chuck Grassley said he would vote for a deficit-cutting bill even it includes two House-passed provisions that are intended to slow the ethanol industry’s growth – the […]
In Washington, Growth Energy announced the addition of Hillary Price as Public Affairs Associate – previously the deputy press secretary for Congressman Earl Pomeroy (D-ND). Ryan Welsh has joined as Account Manager with Growth Energy, from KSFY Television, in Sioux Falls, S.D. Cynthia Witkin joins as Director of State Government Affairs, from the U.S. Chamber […]
