Well, the annual National Biodiesel Conference is underway and the NBB is touting a plan to spend up to $3 million over the next few years to re-position biodiesel as “America’s advanced biofuel,” but what was really drawing in the crowds, and the questions, and the buzz, was the subject of RINs. RINs- those pesky […]
In Florida, Biofuels Digest released a revised 0.2 (alpha) version (that is to say, released ) of its Biofuels Venture Valuation tool, for testing and comment. A number of readers did not have the latest release of Excel, so we have re-released the tool in an .XLS-compatible version. For those of you who saw XML-files […]
In Illinois, Flint Hills Resources recently closed on an equity investment in Benefuel. Benefuel’s ENSEL process combines esterification of free fatty acids and transesterification of triglycerides into a single process, which is a long-standing technology goal of the biodiesel and oleochemical industries. Flint Hills Resources, LLC, through its subsidiaries, is a leading refining and chemicals […]
LS9 announced the initiation of a second development and commercialization partnership with Procter & Gamble. This additional partnership draws on LS9’s unique technology to broaden the portfolio of renewable chemicals to be used in P&G’s consumer products. “This second project, already underway, builds on the success of our first partnership and is further affirmation of […]
In Georgia, Southwest Georgia LLC, a subsidiary of FUEL who had recently received notice of default on its $14.8 million loans and lines of credit from WestLB, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Fluctuating corn prices and delayed corn shipments squeezed the company’s financial capacity, leading to insolvency. More on the story.
In New Zealand, Gull New Zealand —who introduced the country’s first E10 blends—has expanded its biofuel offerings at retail outlets to 39 locations during the past three years. Biofuel sales are now reaching record levels, accounting for more than 235,000 fuel transactions each month. More on the story.
In India, Indian Railways is planning to invest $263 million to develop four biodiesel plants at Raipur and Chennai during the next two years for use in locomotive engines. The company, which currently consumes 2 billion liters of diesel per year, also expects to earn carbon credits from the project. More on the story.
In Italy, Alitalia has signed a deal with Solena—who is currently developing a biojet project with British Airways—to explore transforming MSW into biojet using the Fischer-Tropsch process. A location for the project has not yet been set. More on the story.
GreenEnergyNews: Arizona Is Perfect For Biofuels, Experts Say: Arizona’s sunny, dry weather makes it the perfect location davidsancar: Over 50% of the grain traded around the world is used for animal feed or biofuels aliouellet: You have a job to do, which is pushing biofuels. OK. But real path to GHG reductions is decreasing consumption […]
In Germany, researchers at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM) Department of Microbiology are studying Clostridium thermocellum for use in cellulosic ethanol production. This soil bacterium has altogether over 70 enzymes that it uses to degrade different parts of plant cell walls. Depending on whether it lives in straw, leaves or waste wood, C. thermocellum produces […]
