Volume 6, Issue 6
Published: July 23, 2012
Staying positive
A pessimist would say if it wasn’t for bad luck some people would have no luck at all. Good then that the US biodiesel industry remains an assembly of optimists, with the hard times of 2010 no doubt...
E15 finish line on US horizon
The approval means US retailers and producers will be able to sell fuel consisting 85% petrol and 15% ethanol, up-scaling from the current E10 model allowed throughout the country. The EPA, which first...
The road ahead for E15 implementation
A few years ago when the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) granted partial waivers for E15 use in vehicle model years 2001 and newer, many wondered what this new fuel would mean for the retail motor...
Farm bill battle ends
The US biofuels industry is rejoicing after several potentially harmful amendments were dismissed by the Senate as it completed work on the 2012 Farm Bill in June. Senators filed hundreds of suggested...
China: why the sudden interest?
This year is a big one for China as a new generation of leadership prepares to move into key government and communist party positions. The new generation of leadership will be making all key decisions...
India battles the biofuels blend
On 2 September 2002, over 2,000 people gathered in remote Monroe, Wisconsin to celebrate the opening of Badger State Ethanol, built by the design-build team of Fagen Witchita Falls, Wisconsin, and ICM...
Crore blimey!
Ethanol is big business in India and is set to become an even more desirable product before the end of this decade. After a hesitant start, when the Indian government withdrew an initial mandatory 5% ethanol...
Ready and waiting
India, in terms of biofuels, is very much like Europe, the managing partner of software solutions provider Implico, Michael Martens, observes. Back in 2011 Germany implemented an E10 blend at the...
Coming to fruition
The number of motorists on China’s roads are to increase dramatically from today’s 130 million to more than 200 million in 2020. This substantial growth will lead to a rise in demand for transportation...
Palm oil billionaires
The biofuels sector rarely has a public offering that grabs the world’s attention the way Malaysia’s Federal Land Development Authority did in June. Felda was a market star in early summer,...
Averting jatastrophe
It can be difficult when your stock falls in other people’s eyes: the once bright, young thing full of hope and promise that doesn’t deliver expected results; the new kid on the block, full...
BP at the Olympics: giving it 124%
BP, ahead of the start of the 2012 Olympic Games in London, announced it will use its position as event partner to springboard its latest advance in biofuels technology. As the official supplier...
Butanolâ
On 2 September 2002, over 2,000 people gathered in remote Monroe, Wisconsin to celebrate the opening of Badger State Ethanol, built by the design-build team of Fagen Witchita Falls, Wisconsin, and ICM,...
Dealing with the badly behaved
According to the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD), US companies spent over $171.5 billion (€136 billion) on learning and development programmes for employees in 2010, the latest...
Thinking outside the box
While many biofuel companies in the Western world speak of helping third world countries grow their economies, many are in fact doing the opposite. Instead of establishing a local supply chain,...
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