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In Fiji, the Fiji National University (FNU), through its College of Engineering, Science and Technology (CEST) and the Centre for Appropriate Technology and Development (CATD), have signed a memorandum of undertstanding to co-operate in the fields of biofuel research, development and demonstration. More on the story.
In China, the central government has lifted the biodiesel consumption tax that will lower biodiesel costs by up to $135 per metric ton. The policy will be retroactive to Jan. 1 2009 and taxes already paid will be refunded. As a result, shares in Gushan (a Biofuels Digest Index stock) were up 39.06 percent, as […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, rose 0.30 percent to 79.26 on advances at Shell and Gushan. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) dropped 0.40 percent to $30.09, while Shell (RDS-A) gained 0.61 percent to $66.08. Among other equities, Gushan (GU) soared 39.06 percent to $5.34 on a favorable […]
Supercritical fluids have been part of the biofuels technology mix for a long time. we’ve seen them researched for producing algal biofuels without dewatering, as a superior corn oil extraction system. Back in 2008, a team from Saskachewan and India signed a research deal using supercritical CO2 to extract fermentable sugars from biomass. What is […]
In South Carolina, CAREnergy Inc. is developing an ethanol project that will use sweet potatoes as a feedstock. The company was developed by a retired USDA sweet potato researcher and seeks to add value to low income rural areas in the state where growing sweet potatoes is ‘cheap and easy.’ The project is experimenting with […]
In North Carolina, Raymond James analyst Pavel Molchanov revised 2011 earnings estimates and released initial 2012 earnings estimates for 18 alternative energy stocks under review. “Biofuels have faced mixed newsflow, with surging feedstock prices eating into margins but the EPA finally allowing higher levels of ethanol blending,” Molchanov writes. “A rather straightforward observation is that […]
In Indiana, the 110 Mgy Aventine Renewable Energy corn ethanol pant at Mount Vernon, which restarted production last month, is now producing at an annualized rate of 60 Mgy and is being gradually ramped up towards full capacity, according to a report in the Courier Press. Aventine has forged ahead on construction of two additional […]
In Canada, the Manitoba city of Brandon has indicated that it will sell its biodiesel processor and abandon plans to enter into recycling of waste grease as a fuels feedstock. City officials said that permitting requirements would double the proposed investment from $50,000 to $100,000 and made the biodiesel prodcution move uneconomical. In addition, concerns […]
In South Africa, an executive with the state-owned Coega Development Corporation aid that it has entered into talks to make as much as $146 million in biodiesel production investment, and said that it was in discussions with both German and Australian investors for the biodiesel projects under consideration. The agency also is in discussions for […]
