In Washington, the Renewable Fuels Association replied to comments reportedly made by Senators John McCain of Arizona and John Barrasso of Wyoming in meetings with Brazilian officials, in which they questioned the legality of the ethanol tariff. The RFA responds: “a 2008 letter to Senator Feinstein from U.S. Trade Representative, Susan Schwab, states that the […]
In Abu Dhabi, Coskata CMO Wes Bolsen is among the speakers next week at the World Future Energy Summit, providing an overview of the commercialization efforts of the advanced biofuels industry around the world, at an event that draws more than 25,000 business leaders. In California, Sapphire Energy CEO Dr. Jason Pyle and algal fuels […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, marched northwards another 0.56 percent to a 30-month high of 87.23 as large caps advanced. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) gained 0.84 percent to $33.51, while BP jumped 3.60 percent to $49.25. Among other equities, Rentech (RTK) gained 4.55 percent to $1.38. […]
In Florida, Biofuels Digest is projecting that global advanced biofuels capacity will reach 4.003 billion gallons by 2015, based on company announcements to date. Today, the Digest released version 1.7 of its free Advanced Biofuels Tracking Database, projecting advanced biofuels capacity for the 2011-2015 period. The new database, which is the quarterly update tracking new […]
In Illinois, the Gas Technology Institute it has signed an exclusive worldwide licensing agreement with CRI/Criterion Inc., for its Integrated Hydropyrolysis and Hydroconversion (IH2) technology, which converts biomass directly into cellulosic gasoline and diesel hydrocarbon blendstocks. GTI stated that the licensing agreement will help speed up clean energy initiatives to increase energy supply and contribute […]
In Iowa, the Iowa Power Fund Board has approved terms today to start contract negotiations on a grant award for one of the first in the nation, alternative energy projects to produce cellulosic ethanol in Iowa by the DuPont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol. With the terms approved, a final contract will be negotiated and could be […]
In Tennessee, farmers who participated in a pilot project to grow switchgrass for biofuel production say they would have dedicated four-times as much land to the project if they’d understood at the beginning how profitable it would be. One farmer said, “There is no way, shape, fashion or form that I could produce any legal […]
In Singapore, Legend Venture and Home Touch Holding have started a program to develop 3 million acres over the next five years to cultivate castor in China and unnamed southeast Asian countries. In 2011, Legend and Home Touch expect to develop 30,000 acres, as well as find investors and land. The castor oil is known […]
In Canada, Woodland Biofuels announced today the closing of a common equity investment in Woodland to help build a groundbreaking demonstration plant that will produce cellulosic ethanol. The common equity investment is part of a $12 million demonstration plant financing. Investors include the Ontario Emerging Technologies Fund, Investeco Capital, and David LeGresley, former Vice-Chairman of […]
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