In the US, ethanol producers’ stocks took an enormous hit yesterday after Brazil announced it would offer an export tax credit on ethanol. Included in the companies whose prices dipped were Pacific Ethanol and Green Plains, sinking 9% and 4%, respectively. Meantime, potential regulatory changes in the U.S. have already put ethanol makers under pressure. […]
In Minnesota, U.S. Water has introduced an ethanol filter designed to remove sulfate from final ethanol products, as well as to address color, turbidity, acidity, pHe, chloride and iron. Unlike other filters on the market, US Water’s product eliminates both existent and potential sulfate, reducing sulfate at the manufacturing site as well as the ability […]
In Washington, Fuels America and the American Petroleum Insitute (API) have released ads targeting the White House’s decision on the RFS volume obligations. API’s ad is a TV stop, while Fuels America’s campaign will run a full-page USA Today ad from September 19-21. According to Domestic Fuel, API’s Bob Greco says they launched their campaign […]
In Utah, biodiesel made from algae and safflower seeds has been used to blow past a small-engine diesel truck speed record, racing across the Bonneville Salt flats at 135 miles per hour. The fuel, created by researchers at Utah State University, “stacked up” to traditional fuels, according to one of the team’s scientists, Michael Morgan. […]
In South Korea, ToolGen and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to develop engineered nucleases that can be used as essential tools for editing genetic information in microbial, plant, animal, and human cells. The companies will be exchanging technology and research technology exchange and research […]
In Minnesota, Buffalo Lake Advanced Biofuels is reopening their 18MMgy ethanol plant that was idled in 2010. The company will be using new solids separation technology developed by Yield & Capacity Group LLC to process thin and whole stillage through an innovative system that eliminates the need for evaporators and centrifuges. The plant is reopening […]
In Scandinavia, according to Wood Resource Quarterly, forest companies have announced that they will invest $3 billion in 2014 to diversify their product lines to include bio-products from wood fiber and to generate bioenergy resources. In addition to the investments in the pulp and paper industry, there has also been an announcement that the Swedish […]
In Indonesia, palm oil investment over the last three years has totaled more than $2.7 billion, demonstrating the potent effect of the progressive export tax and tax breaks introduced in 2011 to spur growth in the industry that processes palm oil into various derivatives. 70% of the country’s total overseas shipments are now palm oil […]
In California, new 3D imaging performed at the University of California, Berkeley has allowed scientists an even closer look at cell walls than before, which will help to develop breakdown techniques for fuel creation. One of the scientists working on the project explained: “We have developed and compared novel sample preparation and molecular 3D imaging […]
In Brazil, the country will expand a tax credit to sugar and ethanol producers to spur demand for biofuel for the second time this month. Under the program, known as Reintegra, producers will receive a tax credit worth 0.3 percent of their exports. With ethanol demand in Brazil dropping year after year, President Dilma Rousseff […]
