In California, Viaspace has released results of testing that shows its Giant King Grass has essentially the same properties as corn stover and wheat straw, which are current leading candidate feedstocks for making not only cellulosic biofuels but also a wide range of biochemicals. The detailed testing of Giant King Grass included sugar and lignin […]
Raymond James analyst Pavel Molchanov wrote that “While the [renewable jet fuel] addressable market is massive, it will clearly be awhile (at least 3-4 years) before biojet enters the mainstream. Safety concerns persist among some airline executives, notwithstanding biojet’s positive track record in three years of testing worldwide. Similarly, the strict regulation of civil aviation […]
In Brazil, Cosan and Shell plant to jointly double Cosan’s sugarcane production over the next five years to 100 million metric tons with ethanol production also doubling to 5 billion liters. The project doesn’t yet have a price tag but Cosan expects to float bonds overseas to fund the expansion. More on the story.
In Iran, a pilot project has produced biodiesel from jatropha grown in Bandar Abbas. The country’s Scientific Forestry Association estimates that the biodiesel produces 85% fewer GHG emissions than fossil diesel. More on the story.
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Waste Management has released its 2010 corporate sustainability report, “From Waste to Resources,” as part of its commitment to report progress on the company’s environmental performance. Among the 2020 goals set by WM are to double waste-based energy production, and to triple the volume of recyclables to more than 20 million tons. More on the […]
In the UK, planning permission has been granted to the country’s largest biofuel-powered energy facility in Avonmouth after having been denied the same permission last year after the proposal received a lot of backlash regarding potential deforestation as a result of using imported palm oil. During the appeal held late last year, the planning inquiry […]
In California, SynGest announced that Mike Wilkinson and Emily Heaton have joined the company’s Strategic Advisory Board. Wilkinson is a senior finance executive with transactional and structured finance and development experience, while Dr. Emily Heaton is an Assistant Professor of Agronomy focusing on the production and physiology of biomass crops at Iowa State University. More […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, bumped up 0.61 percent to 88.65 as advanced biofuels gained. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) advanced 1.19 percent to $36.65, while Gevo (GEVO) soared 3.06 percent to $17.20. Among other equities, Biofuel Energy (BIOF) fell 5.71 percent to $0.99. Overall, advances led […]
Food price increases are upon us, as in 2008 – and the government of Egypt has fallen, in part due to pressure of an impoverished population badly exposed to food and energy price volatility. With the return of scarcity – whatever is driving it, weather or growing market demand or a combination thereof – the […]
