In South Dakota, 25 of POET’s biorefineries have installed the company’s corn oil technology as a protection against challenging ethanol margins, accordion to CEO Jeff Lautt. The company’s total corn oil capacity now sits at 250,000 tons per year, enough feedstock to produce 68m gallons of biodiesel per year. More on the story.
In Missouri, Applied Research Associates and Blue Sun Energy have announced a partnership to build a biofuels isoconversion process demonstration system to produce drop-in renewable jet fuel, diesel, and gasoline. The demonstration facility is scheduled to break ground in St. Joseph, Mo, in Q1 of 2013 and will be operational by Q3 of 2013. More […]
In Zimbabwe, the Green Fuel Chisumbanje plant is finally set to reopen, amidst social controversy with the villagers forced the plant to shut down earlier last year. Company spokesperson Lillian Muungani indicated that the compromise included releasing farmers arrested over land issues from prison immediately. In addition to the contention regarding this plant, Green Fuel […]
In Brazil, Adecoagro SA has just secured a $238M loan from Brazil’s development bank to construct a sugar-ethanol mill in Ivinhema, Mato Grosso do Sul. The plant will have a capacity of 4.1m tonnes and will also include a cogen power plant and transmission line to export surplus power. More on the story.
In the EU, the Register of Biofuels Origination (RBO) was launched on the 16th of January as a permanent system to identify the origins of biofuels used in the EU, under an initiative launched by the European Biodiesel Board. The registry will support the continuation of biofuels-friendly policies as the European Parliament and Council look […]
In Illinois, “nanobowls” that enable inorganic catalysts to operate selectively may hold the key to improved catalyst performance that can be tailored to accept certain molecules and reject others, demonstrates a joint project by Northwestern University and the DOE’s Argonne National Laboratory. The processing techniques used to develop these flexible nano bowls is scalable and […]
In Germany, the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture will occur this week, and the Global Renewable Fuels Alliance (GRFA) is urging the world’s Agriculture Ministers to include biofuels in their strategies to foster the agricultural economy and improve food security around the world. Bliss Baker, spokesperson for the GRFA, cited recent case studies in […]
In Colorado, Eco-Energy has raised $25m through an equity offering after Copersucar agreed in November to acquire a majority stake in the company. Eco-Energy is currently focusing on infrastructure expansion as Copersucar attempts to increase its ethanol exports to Europe. This announcement comes after the company recently announced a long-term deal between Corn Plus Ethanols […]
In Texas, BenchMark Energy Corporation has launched a new division named Energy Partners Logistics and Transportation Management to assist in supplying crude glycerin as a BTU enhancement and alternative energy source as it expands into the glycerin market. Energy Partners Logistics and Management’s mandate will be to provide cost effective solutions in an expanding and […]
In Pennsylvania, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack toured King of Prussia last week to attend the opening of a new industrial sugars production facility, a new unit at Renmatix. The new BioFlex Conversion Unit (BCU) at Renmatix’s Pennsylvania facility builds on the company’s experience with hardwood biomass at its pilot facility in Georgia and will […]
