In the UK, a study indicates that algae could become a more efficient if engineers note the biological changes in the way the cells absorb light, observed by scientists at the University of London. Their research, published recently in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, indicates that the biological switch happening in blue-green […]
In Washington, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rejected a petition by the Chicken Council challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) rulemaking on the RFS2. Following the Court’s dismissal of the meat industry petition, Growth Energy CEO Tom Buis and RFA President and CEO Bob Dinneen issued the following statement: “Today’s […]
In Iowa, Royal DSM is providing funding for a joint venture in Emmetsburg for a cellulosic plant that has been on hold for two years. The plant, expected to cost $250m, has been delayed because of the slow process for loan guarantees; but POET and DSM, after forming their joint venture, indicated that they expect […]
In Texas, EM Biofuels has announced their RINPlus program, a web-enabled platform that tracks the origin of each RIN credit. As the company describes: “The RINPlus(TM) platform is designed to level the playing field for all qualified fuel producers by providing assurance of RIN validity and allowing compliance purchasers to easily conduct due diligence on […]
In Brazil, a plant run by SAT will be producing biofuels from seaweed at industrial scale for the first time and is expected to be built by late 2013. The factory will be located on a sugar cane plantation in Pernambuco and will produce 1.2 million liters of algae-based biofuel annually. Rafael Bianchini, head of […]
In France, BDI has received a 16.4 million Euro grant commission from Intermarche subsidiary ecoMotion France to build its biodiesel plant in Le Havre. The plant has an expected output of 75,000 metric tons per annum, and will be sold at the fuel stations run by Intermarche, a French supermarket. The feedstocks will include waste […]
In Korea, the top grain importer has sent a message to the US: cut their use of corn in biofuel production to ensure stable food supplies through this year’s drought. The U.S. supplies over 80% of South Korea’s corn and as the drought worsens across the county, South Korea is becoming concerned that they will […]
In Washington, the Operation Free campaign today released a new television advertisement entitled “Trust,” which asks why some in Congress aren’t listening to our military leaders who say that advanced biofuels make our forces more effective and energy-independent. In the ad, Marine Corps veteran Chris Marzoni, who served in Fallujah, Iraq as part of Operation […]
In Missouri, a $200,000 grant has opened up a new biofuel research field in Southeastern Missouri designed to test soybeans and sweet sorghum. The grant, coming foam the Delta Regional Authority, the Missouri Research Corp., and the Missouri Department of Agriculture, is sponsoring Southeast Missouri State University as it pioneers the 10-acre test plot to […]
In Indiana, Bloomberg reports that as Valero’s ethanol plants falter one by one, ethanol futures are gaining. Currently at their highest price in more than a month, they have jumped as Valero’s Linden plant was temporarily halted last week. Said Christian Mayer, market advisor at Northstar Commodity Investments, “the corn market has been going up […]
