In the UK, BP published for the first time a summary of its forward-looking analyses. In Energy Outlook 2030, BP projects that primary energy use will grow by nearly 40% over the next twenty years, with 93% of the growth coming from non-OECD (Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development) countries. Non-OECD countries are seen to […]
In Brazil, sugarcane crushing in the South-Central region of Brazil totaled 2.44 million tons in the second half of December 2010, a 76.39% drop in relation to the same period in 2009. Considering that the current harvest is almost complete, and comparing overall production at the end of December with final numbers for the previous harvest, […]
In Angola, SolAngol and ENI Angola, a subsidiary of Italy’s ENI, are undertaking a food and fuel co-production project by recovering palm oil plantations for both biodiesel and food use. The government says that the technical group for execution of the national strategy and the respective law was already working on the reference terms for […]
soulfulmess: video Algae biodiesel Open Ponds – algae biodiesel, algae biofuels … ISOLABELLA: ARPA-E trying to assist non-funded applicants find other funding sources; energy storage, biofuels and lisduarte: New Australian JV for algae biofuels; partnership with Rio Tinto – FavStocks EI_Climate: Biofuel jatropha falls from wonder-crop pedestal: Reuters – fails like all biofuels before &2come […]
In Washington, the USDA has awarded nearly $10 million in five-year grants to boost bioenergy and bio-products education in elementary and high schools. Corinne Rutzke at Cornell University received $4,999,940 to provide teachers from grades 8 through the undergraduate level with a strong footing in multi-disciplinary content and research-based training materials and activities linked to […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, recovered 0.51 percent to 86.04, as ethanol stocks rose. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) gained 0.18 percent to $33.45, while Amyris (AMRS) soared 3.67 percent to $32.81. Among other equities, Pacific Ethanol (PEIX) jumped 4.94 percent to $0.85. Overall, advances led declines […]
In Washington, the USDA and DOE announced four loan guarantees worth $645 million to Coskata, Ineos BIO, Enerkem cellulosic ethanol projects, and a Valero-Darling renewable diesel project in Louisiana. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced three projects totaling $405 million in guarantee loans. The winners: a 55 million gallon Coskata cellulosic ethanol project in Greene County, […]
In North Carolina, Novozymes has projected that the U.S. ethanol industry will grow about 5% during 2011 13.8 billion gallons. Novozymes CFO Benny Loft told Dow Jones Newswires. “There’s a lot of uncertainty linked to that number. The Renewable Fuels Standard talks about 12.6 billion gallons being produced in 2011, so that is the minimum.” […]
In Illinois, Archer Daniels Midland made a $10 million grant to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.to found the ADM Institute for the Prevention of Postharvest Loss The global institute will work with smallholder farmers in the developing world to help preserve millions of metric tons of grains and oilseeds lost each year to pests, […]
In Nevada, Advanced Refining Concepts announced that it has been awarded a one-year contract to supply approximately one million gallons of its clean GDiesel fuel to Clark County, located in Southern Nevada. GDiesel, designated by the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection as an alternative fuel, will be used to power the county’s diesel vehicle fleet […]
