In the UK, cereals certified under the Assured Food Standards program will qualify for use as biofuel feedstocks under the European Union’s Renewable Energy Directive—following successful negotiations with the European Commission. All farmers have to prove is that the land where the cereals are grown did not have high biodiversity value or high carbon stocks […]
In Switzerland, Greenbioenergy AG’s planned 125 million liter facility that intended to dehydrate Brazilian ethanol and produce 40 million liters per year of pharmaceutical ethanol has been stalled due to changes in national environmental legislation and the current landowner’s reluctance to sell the site. More on the story.
OKCleanCities: Neither America nor the world can drill itself out of the energy crisis we’re facing. d2nterrorblog: Prepare for GM biofuels bdigest: ASTM says that approval of Bio-SPK renewable jet fuel delayed: now, at earliest, mid to late 2011 Secheverria1963: BRYCE: ‘Absolute madness’ of biofuels: There have been food riots in Algeria and Mozambique.
In Illinois, a new study from the University of Illinois shows that between 600 and 900 million metric tons of biomass—including that grown land currently enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program— could be produced in 2030 at a price of $140 per metric ton (in 2007 dollars) while still meeting demand for food with current […]
In Washington, Growth Energy went on the offensive against opponents of E15 ethanol and those blaming corn ethanol for the spike in world grain prices. The group released this summary of the cause of world price increases in grains,, stating “There are clear cost pressures from virtually everywhere, yet one commodity is taking the brunt […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, advanced 0.64 percent to 88.61 as oil and advanced biofuels gained. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) recovered 1.81 percent to $37.12, while Gevo (GEVO) soared 6.64 percent to $18.16. Among other equities, PetroAlgae shed 6.82 percent to close at $10.25. Overall, advances […]
Bourne out of desperation, the biofuels industry spies financing ops in the Bond market. Smileys all round. What happened? What’s next? This month, the biofuels industry cheered as loan guarantees came through from the USDA for projects by Coskata, Enerkem and INEOS Bio in Alabama, Mississippi and Florida – all producing cellulosic ethanol. What was […]
In Washington state, Boeing says it hopes 1% of all jet fuel —or 16 million gallons—will be made from biofuels by 2015 but that it will take a lot of work to get there. Many different sources and processes for the fuels will be needed, Boeing said, not just to meet demand but so that […]
Across the Midwest, the Wall Street Journal is reporting that drivers who make their own home-brew fuels by cleaning up used cooking oil—rather than processing it into biodiesel—are suffering from heavy competition by middlemen who are buying up the grease for biodiesel production. Whereas these ‘greasers’ used to get the UCO for free, they’re now […]
In Nevada, the Nevada Transport Association says implementation of a proposed 10% biodiesel blend will nullify the warranty on truck engines—which Mercedes Benz has confirmed, that blends above 5% would void its warranty—and is pushing for the bill to be dropped. More on the story.
