In Iowa, the biodiesel production in Q2 of 2013 has reached a record high. The state’s nine plants produced nearly 57 million gallons of biodiesel in three months. “That puts us on pace to be over 200-million gallons of production for the year in Iowa alone,” said Monte Shaw, executive director of the Iowa Renewable […]
In Lithuania, the country’s biggest biofuel auction took place, with Baltpool hosting the sale of 780 tonnes of biofuel worth nearly USD$400,000, representing a 500% growth from the previous record transaction. The high prices reflect positive changes in the system of the exchange, and the high demand for heating oil in the country. Biofuel bought […]
In India, Tree Oils India will study the feasibility of pongamia as a feedstock for biodiesel in a five-year collaboration with the Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture. The study will currently take place on TOIL’s R&D farm and the laboratories of CRIDA in Hyderabad, but may also include the pilot integrated pongamia plantation project […]
(Oops, did you arrive here looking for an article on lignin and enzymes? Try here.) In Canada, Methes Energies International has closed $1.5m in working capital needed to purchase feedstock, support the employees, and bring their Sombra, Ontario biodiesel plant into full operation. The funds are provided by a Toronto lending firm, after plant construction […]
In Washington, U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz announced that the talks between the US and Brazil will focus on increased use of biofuels in the coming months. Moniz met with Brazilian authorities to discuss possible investment opportunities as the groundwork is laid for Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff’s visit to Washington in October. “We are […]
In Nebraska, Green Plains Renewable Energy will temporarily shutter 9 out of its 10 ethanol plants for maintenance during the next two months. The company said it typically schedules maintenance downtimes in October through December, but the move is expected to reduce ethanol output by 10-20% from August through the end of September. “You time […]
In California, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded Microvi Biotechnologies a grant to develop a technology that overcomes the toxic and inhibitory effects on butanol producing microorganisms, dramatically improving the yield and performance of biobutanol processes. Based on preliminary investigation Microvi’s technology has shown that it substantially increase the titer concentration of butanol […]
In Kansas, East Kansas Agri-Energy LLC’s Garnett ethanol plant is set to resume operations on September 16. The plant has been closed for nearly a year, since October of 2012, at which point the future of the plant was uncertain. More on the story.
In Malaysia, a consortium led by Beta Renewables and Hock Lee Group has signed an MOU to conduct a feasibility study for a plant that will be a catalyst for a biomass-based industry cluster for Malaysia. The study emerges as a result of the National Biomass Strategy 2020 initiatives. “Such a cluster is expected to […]
In the Philippines, GreenGold Ray Energies has entered a provisional agreement with ECI Group to supply jatropha feedstock for the company’s biofuel efforts. The long-term contract, renewable every five years up to 30 years, will assist GreenGold in expanding its operations to the Philippines, the US, and Zimbabwe. ECI is currently negotiating production of aviation […]
