The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, dumped another 0.76 percent to 87.46 as oil hit $100 and the market jittered. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) fell 3.00 percent to $35.87, while Gevo rallied 0.98 percent to $18.55. Among other equities, Biox (BX.T) jumped 3.70 percent to $1.40. Overall, […]
By Mary Rosenthal, Executive Director, Algal Biomass Organization and Digest columnist Last week, the White House presented its proposed budget for the 2012 fiscal year to Congress, and now the debates, the negotiations and the flip charts are out in full force across the Beltway. For good reasons, the need for fiscal restraint and reducing […]
In Texas, Digest columnist Will Thurmond released Algae 2020, Vol. 2 highlighting why some algae companies will be winners and some will be losers bringing their product from pilot to commercial scale from 2011-2020. The report concluded that less than one dozen algae production companies will graduate into pre-commercial, deployment-stage algae ventures using pond, photo-bioreactor […]
Across the US, 70,600 Americans are employed directly in the production of ethanol and in industries providing goods and services to ethanol producers. In 2010, ethanol production contributed $53.6 billion to the national Gross Domestic Product and added $36 billion to household incomes. Ethanol plants operating and being built in 29 states. More on the […]
In Kansas, Abengoa plans to build a 100 million gallon-a-year plant in Hugoton based on its enzymatic hydrolysis process technology to produce ethanol following successful trials at its pilot facility in Salamanca, Spain. The project, which received financing for its construction and start-up through the European Commission’s 5th Framework Program, currently produces 5 million liters […]
In the Ukraine, 2010 exports of solid biofuels jumped 63% over 2009 to 573,400 metric tons. The exports, which represent 88% of national solid biofuel production, were primarily fuel granules (pellets) and briquettes from wood, sunflower husks and grain straw. More on the story.
In the UK, a leading researcher at the University of York has developed a low-temperature microwave pyrolysis of biomass using supercritical carbon dioxide to produce wax products without solvents residues. It allows a more precise control over the heating process, and saves energy, too. An advantage of using the technology is also the quality of […]
In the UK, the World Biofuels Markets said that is on track to surpass record attendance levels at this year’s conference. With attendance levels currently 12.6% higher than previous records, now more than 900 representatives from the world’s leading biofuels companies are expected to converge on Rotterdam, the Netherlands, from 22 March to 24 March […]
SustainableNet: GMO Biofuels are Coming Soon(er) – Gas 2.0 Ardelle8827: 6 Reasons To Use Biofuels MikeHowie: Oil approaching $94. Will drive up costs of EVERYTHING & hurt economy. Need more biofuels like #ethanol. thestatuskuo: I’m reading @vkhosla’s fiery response to the WSJ’s editorial on biofuels, Range Fuels and his relationship w/Cello AgBlogFeed: Solving the Crop […]
In California, SG Biofuels and Brookhaven National Laboratory released results of a study revealing that crude Jatropha oil can be blended with residual oil without any problems in separation or modifications to existing burners. Testing also reveals that crude Jatropha oil has less than 3 percent of the sulfur content of typical heating oil resulting […]
