In North Carolina, President Obama mentioned the importance of biofuels to the economy as he gave his nomination acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention. Mentioning the one million barrel per day drop in oil importation, the president described his expectations for the future: “we’re offering a better path, a future where we keep investing […]
In Illinois, United Airlines has joined the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Users Group (SAFUG), an industry working group whose objective is to accelerate the development and commercialization of aviation biofuels. The airline signed a pledge to pursue the advancement and use of drop-in biofuels. SAFUG’s members include Air China, Alaska Airlines, Boeing, Lufthansa, Qantas, and Virgin. […]
In Switzerland, Nestle chairman Peter Brabeck has taken action on an anti-biofuels platform, urging politicians to end the use of food in their production. He went on to specify that he is not anti-biofuels, but absolutely against the use of food products in relation to their production. The chairman indicated that the price of Nestle […]
In Delaware, Butamax has received a US patent ‘878 for its enzyme production as it pertains to the production of isobutanol. The company filed an additional lawsuit against Gevo last week for infringement upon this patent as it demonstrated that Butamax innovated the technology for isobutanol production years before Gevo patents were filed. “Butamax was […]
In Brazil, the government has launched BOB, Brasilinvest Oil, Gas and Biofuel to support the logistics and infrastructure of the oil and fuel sector of Brazil. The group will be led by Paulo Roberto Costa, former director of Petrobras, and will assist in the development of the sugarcane biofuel industry. Read more here.
In Indonesia, the Celanese Corporation has announced it support of the development of economic ties between Indonesia and the U.S. Said the Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs, Jose Fernandez, “we are equally pleased that Celanese Corporation is working jointly with Indonesian companies such as Pertamina to bring its innovative, advanced technology for the […]
In Germany, a study indicating that rapeseed biodiesel fails to meet the 35% greenhouse gas savings requirements has been published by experts Gernot Pehnelt and Christoph Vietze at Friedrich Schiller University. The study focused on 10 tests of locally produced rapeseed biodiesel, and 8 out of 10 showed greenhouse gas savings of under 30%. The […]
In Washington, the courts approved a partial waiver for E15 ethanol fuel, adding an E15 option alongside E10 and higher blends and giving the consumer more choice at the pump. Currently, the E10 market has been saturated and so introducing higher blends increases market access for the evolving alternative fuels industry. Scott Faber, VP of […]
In Iowa, waiving the RFS will not result in lower corn prices, according to reports published by Iowa State University and Purdue University. The Purdue study indicated that flexibility already built into the RFS is enough to reduce corn prices without having to waive any requirements. In fact, if the EPA did waive the RFS, […]
In Colorado, Biofuel Energy has announced a loss of $12.4m on revenues of $122.8m in its Q2 results. Compared to last year, the net loss has increased by 150%. “We continued to face a challenging commodity margin environment, particularly the corn-ethanol crush spread,” said Scott H. Pearce, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “The […]
