In Texas, Automotive Industries online reports that algal fuels developer Photon8 is modeling a diesel fuel cost of $1.25 per US gallon. Their secret sauce? According to AI online, ” Photon8 has demonstrated photobioreactor production rate equal to 1.5 gal/square meter/yr and is on its way to an expected rate of 22,000 gal per 2.5 […]
In Washington state, the Commissioner for Public Lands says he will propose legislation to use wood waste as a feedstock for renewable jet fuel. He wants the Department of Natural Resources to launch a pilot project under its forest biomass program to study manufacturing methods, markets and supply sources to convert forest wood waste to […]
In Japan, researchers from the University of Illinois and the Univerisites of Miyazaki and Hokkaido in Japan have come across a hybrid of Miscanthus sacchariflorus and Miscanthus sinensis that will have similar phenotypic traits to the high-yielding Miscanthus x giganteus. By relying on just the giganteus variety, there is more risk of diseases and pests, […]
In California, Andrew Meyer has joined Cobalt Technologies as Senior Vice President of Business Development, and will be responsible for leading Cobalt’s effort to commercialize biobutanol, while driving partnership development. Meyer comes to Cobalt from Amyris where he was director of Supply and Distribution, having built the company’s fuels marketing efforts from inception. Prior to […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, jumped 1.39 percent to a 30-month high of 86.12 as large caps advanced and enzymes gained in the wake of the Dupont-Danisco merger. The BDI last closed this high on July 10,2008, as the global financial crisis took hold. For the day, Archer Daniels […]
In Minnesota, Green Plains Renewable Energy plans to buy a 55 million gallon per year ethanol facility near Fergus Falls from bankrupt Omaha-based Otter Tail Ag Enterprises. Otter Tail Ag Enterprises went into bankruptcy in 2009. There is an asset auction set for the facility in 60 days, and Green Plains, if successful in its […]
Note to readers: Today, Algal Biomass Organization executive director Mary Rosenthal commences a monthly column in Biofuels Digest is which she will relate challenges and opportunities for the algal biomass and biofuels industry. We are delighted to have Mary join our new roster of monthly columnists – for some time, when ABO has spoken out […]
In Florida, Raptor Technology Group has started up its newest biodiesel plant for its customer, Greenwave Biodiesel of Fort Lauderdale. The facility successfully produced its first batch of ASTM certified biodiesel and will now begin its commercial production of biodiesel fuel. The Greenwave facility utilizes Raptor’s flagship mid-sized, multi-feedstock production system and is capable of […]
In New Mexico, Abengoa Bioenergy is restarting their Portales, New Mexico bioethanol plant on Wednesday, January 12 after nearly two years of inactivity. The 25 million gallon sorghum-based Portales plant will immediately employ 47 people. Primary markets for the fuel include large cities in California and Texas which are easily reached by rail from Portales. […]
In Saudi Arabia, Minnesota’s Easy Energy Systems is preparing to introduce its pre-fabricated, fully self-contained, fully automatic ethanol production system that will use waste paper and whey as feedstocks. The facilities cost $6 million for 1 million gallons of ethanol production annually. More on the story.
