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In Massachusetts, ARPA-E chief Arun Majumdar recently highlighted Agrivida’s biofuels technology, stating that “They take the gene sequences that produce enzymes and put them in the plant itself, so when the plant grows, it produces the enzymes free of cost.” Agrivida’s research is focused on mechanisms to “switch off” the enzymes during the plant’s growth […]
In Washington, Renewable Fuels Association CEO Bob Dineen responded to a series aired by NPR on the ethanol industry. “Where in this series is the comparison to Big Oil? You can’t talk, weigh, or dismiss an alternative without talking about the problem it is trying to solve. So where, perhaps in the final piece, will […]
Markets were closed Friday in observation of Christmas. Thursday, the Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, edged up 0.04 percent to 79.04 as oil stocks advanced. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) fell 1.24 percent to $30.21, while Amyris (AMRS) dropped 0.29 percent to $24.11. Among other equities, Valero (VLO) […]
In Florida, Biofuels Digest reports that 80 percent of bioenergy executives are more optimistic both about their organization’s prospects for growth and industry growth, than 12 months ago, and that confidence about industry growth prospects has jumped 11 percentage points in the past quarter. The findings were among the highlights of the Winter 2010 Bioenergy […]
In Michigan, in a follow up to a 12/15 story, Frontier Renewable Resources has released a statement regarding the Michigan Sierra Club’s decision to voluntarily withdraw its Petition for Review of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment Air Permit to Install. Steve Hicks, CEO of Frontier stated, “The Sierra Club’s decision to withdraw […]
In Texas, Hunt Global announced that its BioSolutions Division has launched an exclusive research and product development project with Carbon Green Inc, a company that involved with complete recycling of used tires by conversion to recovered steel, oil and a commercially accepted substitute for carbon black in tire manufacturing. Global stated that despite the reinstatement […]
In Washington, the Energy Information Agency says that domestic ethanol production is up 13% on the year but last week’s production hit 892,000 barrels of ethanol per day, down 4 percent from the previous week as bad weather began to cut into demand. More on the story.
In Canada, Pytrade Canada has filed an application for a federal grant, and expects a decision in January. If Pytrade receives the grant, they hope to begin construction on a presentation plant by May in Kitimat, that will use pyrolysis to convert wood waste into liquid biofuels and also generate heat that can be used […]
In Finland, Neste Oil has signed a new EUR 1.5 billion multi-currency revolving credit facility with a syndicate of 19 core relationship banks. The new facility refinances the Group’s existing EUR 1.5 billion facility dated March 2005, and will be used for general corporate purposes. The facility matures in March 2016. The previous facility was oversubscribed. […]
