The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, dipped 0.07 percent to 81.68 as cellulosic ethanol stocks fell.. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) gained 0.46 percent to $30.52, while BlueFire Renewables (BFRE.OB) fell 8.89 percent to $0.41. Among other equities, Pacific Ethanol (PEIX) soared 8.33 percent to $1.04. Overall, advances […]
In Kentucky, Thorntons, a leading, independent gasoline/convenience-chain retailer throughout the Midwest, is now offering E-85 Flex Fuel in 36 store locations — seven in Illinois, 11 in Indiana, 11 in Kentucky and seven in Tennessee. The company says its supports the use of ethanol, wherever it is economically available and will continue to expand along […]
In California, Pacific Ethanol Inc. resumed production as planned at its 60 million-gallon-a-year ethanol plant in Stockton, resulting in shares soaring 11.9% after the announcement on Tuesday. The plant had suspended operations in 2009, but was able to restart operations in early December 2010. The facility is now nearing operating capacity and shipping ethanol and […]
In Tennessee, the state’s switchgrass program, which aims to produce ethanol is seeking new investors. The program is currently using a new East Tennessee biorefinery to demonstrate the technology, in the hopes of attracting capital to bring it to market. The state has already invested $70 million through 2012 and leveraged another $300 million from […]
In Minnesota, a 270,000-gallon corn mash fermentation tank at the Al-Corn Clean Fuels in Claremont collapsed inside a building about 1:30 a.m. New Year’s Day, draining nearly all the mash from the tank and another connected to it. About 420,000 gallons of mash spilled and about 100,000 gallons escaped the building, but most stayed on […]
In Brussels, the joint venture between Shell and Brazilian sugar and ethanol giant, Cosan, has been approved by the European Commission. Shell and Cosan plan to supply ethanol to the downstream market of ex-refinery, non-retail, and retail sales of motor fuels, where Shell is active. The joint venture was approved by the European Commission after […]
In Israel, The Israel-United States Binational Industrial Research and Development Foundation (BIRD-F), US Dept. of Energy and Israel’s Ministry of National Infrastructure have awarded $900,000 to the Israeli biofuel company, HCL Cleantech Ltd., and the US company, Virent Energy Systems, Inc. The grant will support Virent’s conversion of HCL’s pine tree sugars into drop-in biofuels […]
In Mauritius, the sugar producer, Omnicane Ltd., announced its plans to start producing ethanol on an industrial basis from June 2011. Omnicane will own 31 percent of Omnicane Ethanol Holding, which plans to produce 22.5 million liters of ethanol per year. Investment in the project is estimated at $23.5 million (700 million rupees). More on […]
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In New Zealand, the former New Zealand Forest Research Institute, Scion, has published a 210-page report showing government officials that more than 1 million hectares of marginal land throughout New Zealand should be planted in exotic trees like pine, a renewable resource that can be converted to biofuels. In the proposal, Scion identified 19,900ha of […]
