Nov 1, 2013
Chickens to benefit from bioethanol by-product research
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Oct 31, 2013
Commodity trading company Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) has reported financial results for the quarter ending 30 September 2013.
It reported adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.46 (€0.33), down from $0.53 in the same period last year. ADM put this adjusted EPS decrease primarily due to lower agricultural services operating profit.
Net earnings for the quarter were... [Read More]
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Oct 31, 2013
The Arkansas county, US community of Dewitt was the location for the launch of the first Farm to Fuel project in October, which aims to bring jobs and energy independence to the Arkansas Delta region.
The Advanced Energy Foundation (AAEF), which promotes public understanding of advanced energy in Arkansas, and Alt Consulting, a non-profit community... [Read More]
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Oct 30, 2013
Butamax Advanced Biofuels, a biobutanol technology company, has met with officials of the US Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to discuss the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) 2014 RVO targets this October.
This comes after recent news reports have claimed industry stakeholders and market participants were concerned over a potential lowering of cellulosic... [Read More]
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Oct 30, 2013
Austria-based Vogelbusch Biocommodities has announced the opening of a bioethanol plant in Alejandro Roca, Argentina this October.
The plant, owned by producing company Promaíz, has a capacity of 420,000 litres per day which makes it the largest of its kind in the country. The facility uses ethanol technology licensed by Vogelbusch designed for both high performance... [Read More]
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Oct 29, 2013
Renewable energy company Darling International has completed the purchase of the rendering and biodiesel division of Maple Leaf Foods.
In a statement, Darling says it acquired Rothsay for approximately $645 million (€467.7 million) in cash.
Darling CEO Randall Stuewe believes the addition ‘will bring new solutions and opportunities to our many customers across... [Read More]
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Oct 28, 2013
Scientists at the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology have acquired 200 hectares of coastal land in the Western Region to set up a demonstration farm with aims to start producing sustainable jet fuel from plants.
The Integrated Seawater Energy and Agriculture System Project plans to be 100% sustainable once operational, using aquaculture to eventually produce biofuels.
The... [Read More]
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Oct 28, 2013
US-based technology provider Monsanto and plant genomics company Evogene are to extend and expand a research and development collaboration involving biofuels feedstocks up to August 2016.
The collaboration, initially signed in 2008, has focused on identifying key plant genes related to yield, environmental stress and fertiliser use in corn, soyabean, canola and also... [Read More]
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Oct 25, 2013
The first biodiesel pump in the state of Maharashtra, India is set to arrive by the end of the year.
It will be operated by My Eco Energy in the city of Pimpri-Chinchwad and the biodiesel is set to be produced via treated waste materials, including vegetable oils and animal fats.
Santosh Verma, a director of My Eco Energy, said during a media address: ‘A biodiesel... [Read More]
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Oct 25, 2013
Gol airlines reports one of its planes covered the Sao Paulo-Brasilia route using biofuel, a first for Brazil's aviation industry.
The flight took place on 23 October to mark Day of the Aviator in the South American country.
The Boeing plane flew from Sao Paulo's Congonhas Airport to Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek Airport in the country's capital.
Bio-kerosene, the fuel... [Read More]
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Oct 24, 2013
In Thailand, the ministries of Commerce and Energy are reportedly set to cooperate to develop a strategy to promote the production of ethanol from cassava.
Energy minister Pongsak Raktapongpaisarn is believed to have been tasked with overseeing the country’s production of cassava as an energy and food crop, with one objective being to prevent a price drop.
Raktapongpaisarn... [Read More]
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Oct 24, 2013
Pinto Energy, a developer of gas-to-liquids (GTL) facilities, is set to build a new plant on its site in Ohio, US.
The 2,800 barrel per day (bpd) plant will be built at Pinto’s 80-acre industrial site and will convert low-cost natural gas from the Utica and Marcellus shale region into ultra clean transportation fuels and other products like solvents,... [Read More]
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Oct 23, 2013
Maverick Biofuels, a provider of biofuels production technology, has been awarded three US patents for producing a mixed-alcohol fuel from synthesis gas (syngas) via a methanol intermediate.
Maverick develops and commercialises technology for producing renewable clean transportation fuels and bio-based chemicals using combinations of proven technologies to produce high-value... [Read More]
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Oct 23, 2013
Plant and crop improvement business Syngenta has signed a contract with Arkalon Ethanol in Kansas for the plant to start using corn which features its Enogen trait technology.
Syngenta claims Enogen, a field-to-fuel system, will help deliver alpha amylase enzyme directly in corn grain thus saving the costs of adding liquid enzymes and improving process efficiency.
The... [Read More]
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Oct 23, 2013
University of Arizona (UA) researchers have been granted $8 million (€5.8 million) by the US Department of Energy to continue researching how to use algae to make biofuel, animal feed and plastics over the next four years.
'Our goal is to provide algal biofuel at a production cost equal to the cost of petroleum,' says Randy Ryan, assistant director of the Arizona... [Read More]
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Oct 22, 2013
It is believed the Ukraine may not be able to rely on its molasses feedstock to produce enough bioethanol for 2014.
Mykola Tychenko, a director at Ukrprodspilka, was quoted as saying the country’s molasses harvest forecast amounts to around 400,000-500,000 tonnes.
‘If all of this was used to produce bioethanol we’d only make 100,000 tonnes,’ he... [Read More]
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Oct 22, 2013
Research from the Public University of Navarre in Europe has reportedly shown that genetically modified tobacco plants are viable as raw material for producing biofuels.
Ruth Sanz-Barrio, an agricultural engineer of the NUP/UPNA-Public University of Navarre and a researcher at the Institute of Biotechnology, has demonstrated the viability of using specific tobacco proteins... [Read More]
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