In California, Springboard Biodiesel, seller of BioPro Biodiesel processors, has announced their newest sales person: Daryl Hannah, Biodiesel advocate and Hollywood actress. Ms. Hannah visited Springboard Biodiesel’s exhibitors at the World Ag Expo in Tulare, where she was unveiled as their newest dealer. Springboard manufactures a number of small, biodiesel processors such as the BioPro […]
In Washington, the Renewable Fuels Association is forming a new Advanced and Cellulosic Ethanol Council to join the other advanced biofuel advocacy organizations to push for the policies outlined to President Obama last October. The group held its first meeting Friday and is expected to make an announcement soon on its policies and how it […]
In Georgia, Raptor Technology Group confirmed that it will supply the biodiesel manufacturing technology for the 1 million gallon Coastal Biofuel biodiesel project in Savannah. Raptor expects the facility to begin biodiesel production in mid March. In addition to providing both the manufacturing and technology Raptor also participates in the ongoing revenue stream of the […]
In Brazil, state oil giant Petrobras confirmed in a Wall Street Journal interview that it will spend $3.5 billion over the next four years to double its biofuels output. Petrobras launched its biofuels unit, Petrobras Biocombustivel, in 2008. Last October, the group agreed to a $1.2 billion deal to buy as much as 580 million […]
In the Philippines, about 400 activists and farmers marched in protest against the construction of a biofuels plant. The protest centered around fears that the 15 year contracts for growing sugarcane would reduce farm owners to tenant farmers, and that farmers would not get their lands back at the end of the 15 year contract. […]
In India, Tata Chemicals said that it will make an initial $15 million investment in the biofuel production in Mozambique originally developed by Grown Energy. In 2009, the Mozambican government granted 15,000 hectares in Chemba district for a sugarcane biofuels project that would ultimately cost $224 million and produce up to 26 million gallons (100 […]
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In Brazil, UNICA is reporting that overall crushing in the 2010/2011 sugarcane harvest in South-Central Brazil has reached 556.19 million tons, an year-on-year increase of 2.63%. Sugar production increased 16.86%, while ethanol production is up 7% to 6.7 billion gallons ( 25.34 billion liters). Antonio de Padua Rodrigues, Technical Director at UNICA, said that production […]
In Washington, the USDA approved a variety of genetically engineered corn created by Syngenta Seeds, called Amylase corn, for use in ethanol production. Syngenta submitted a petition in 2005 to deregulate the variety of corn which produces a common enzyme that breaks down starch into sugar, thereby facilitating the ethanol production process. Western Plains Energy CEO […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, inched up 0.10 percent to 88.11 as ethanol advances offset oil declines. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) gained 2.20 percent to $36.22, while Amyris (AMRS) soared 5.68 percent to $32.00. Among other equities, GreenHunter (GRH) dropped 10.28 percent to $0.96. Overall, advances […]
