In California, the Port of San Francisco’s commissioners have approved the conversion of a former rendering plant into a biodiesel facility in a vote 3-0. The rendering facility was up until now producing oils for the pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries. Environmentalists not only oppose the production of biodiesel but also fear that those industries will […]
In Mississippi, the US Geological Survey is warning that corn production for ethanol is having adverse effects on local water sources. Corn requires 80% more water than is needed to produce cotton in the Mississippi Delta requiring increased withdrawals of groundwater from the Mississippi River Valley alluvial (MRVA) aquifer for irrigation. This is contributing to […]
In Canada, the Canadian Renewable Fuels Association has released a report entitled “Growing Beyond Oil – Delivering Our Energy Future,” which is the first national comprehensive review of the state of the homegrown biofuels industry. On a life-cycle analysis, ethanol in Canada reduced GHGs at a rate of 62% compared to traditional fossil fuels, while […]
In Spain, biodiesel production during 2010 is seen at about 4.6 million metric tons, about 3% lower than the year before. The number of plants operating has fallen by 13% to 46 from 53 operating last year. Only about 10% of the country’s installed capacity is actually being used with 75% of the facilities operating […]
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In Montana, researchers have published a report in Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy, concluding that camelina-based biojet fuel reduces CO2 emissions by 75 percent compared to traditional petroleum-based jet fuel. The research, in collaboration with UOP, a Honeywell company, was conducted at Michigan Tech University, a leading research university. The study was based on camelina […]
In Alabama, the Environmental Protection Agency has kicked Cello Energy off of its list of potential cellulosic biofuel suppliers for 2011 partially because it filed for bankruptcy in October, partly because it has had processing issues and because of its past litigation issues relating to fraud. As recently as July, the EPA was expecting the […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, soared 2.44 percent to 75.63 on advanced biofuels gains. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) jumped 1.72 percent to $29.49, while Amyris (AMRS) soared 4.86 percent to $21.58, and is now up nearly 25 percent since its IPO. Among other equities, Codexis (CDXS) […]
From every corner of the biofuels universe, the Digesterati are giving mixed signals. There’s a financing crisis for US-based commercial-scale bioenergy, on an epic scale. There’s an ongoing debate about whether microcrops and unicellular organisms such as algae will provide parity-priced fuels in three years, or ten, or ever. Sections of the country are tiring […]
In Switzerland, BioPetrol has signed an agreement to acquire the entire issued share capital of Dutch Biodiesel BV. The transaction is subject to shareholder approval and the customary closing conditions being satisfied by BIOPETROL and Dutch Biodiesel shareholders. Dutch Biodiesel shares are held by Glencore (60%) and Argos Groep BV (40%). Following the satisfaction of […]
