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The world's most widely-read biofuels daily
Go Bionic: Top 10 Bolt-ons, retrofits adding power, performance to the first-gen biofuels fleet
22-May-13 By: Jim Lane
Great Scott! Hot new technologies are turning ethanol plants from beleaguered bastions of first-gen fuels into hot properties for deploying advanced strategies. Who, how, and where? As you likely know, young Superman learned his trade on a Smallville, Kansas corn farm. But these days, first-gen biofuels plants themselves — from the corn belt to Brazil’s [...]
Hot Partners voting underway: Harris Group, Coca-Cola, Chemtex, Novozymes, Waste Management, Propel, NREL among the leaders
22-May-13 By: Jim Lane
In Florida, voting is now underway in the 2013 Hot Partners competition, and will continue through Friday June 14 at 5pm EDT. In the bio-based world, that means partners, and plenty of them. Who are the best? Who’s the hottest? That’s what the Hottest Partners in Bioenergy and Bio-based Products rankings are all about. Voting is open to all [...]
PolyOne announces successful collaboration at Chinaplas 2013
22-May-13 By: Thomas Saidak
In China, PolyOne Corporation announced a successful global collaboration with Xindao and its design studio XD Design at Chinaplas 2013. Working together, they increased the content of renewable resources within the new XD Design Sunshine Solar Charger. Working together at the early stages of the design phase, PolyOne, Xindao and XD Design developed all of [...]
Canadian Wheat Alliance to support R&D projects to develop new wheat varieties
22-May-13 By: Thomas Saidak
In Canada, The Government of Canada, the Government of Saskatchewan and the University of Saskatchewan today announced the creation of a new Canadian Wheat Alliance. This initiative will coordinate research and development projects to improve the yield of Canadian wheat by reducing losses under extreme weather conditions such as drought, heat, cold and diseases. The [...]
Cromex named Ingeo distributor for Brazil
22-May-13 By: Thomas Saidak
In Brazil, Cromex S.A. has signed an agreement with NatureWorks as the Ingeo distributor in Brazil. Cromex will bring Ingeo to its broad customer base of thermoformers, ilm extruders and injection molders. Cromex will distribute the comprehensive suite of Ingeo resins developed for the plastics markets. The company’s employees will provide technical support to converters [...]
“Estimates show just 20% of Agricultural waste could produce 50% of all Advanced Biofuels.”
22-May-13 By: Jim Lane
Today on Twitter: TheOilPalm ILUC could cause negative economic, social, and environmental consequences Sean_OHanlon Estimates show just 20% of Agricultural waste could produce 50% of all Advanced #Biofuels caveMan1m Biofuels a boon for Brazil’s rural poor, but obstacles remain elsewhere | Paige McClanahan
On the Move in Biofuels: Sapphire Energy
22-May-13 By: Jim Lane
In California, Sapphire Energy announced that Dr. Matthew Croughan will join the company as Chief Technology Officer. Dr. Croughan most recently served as Director of the Amgen Bioprocessing Center at Keck Graduate Institute. Previously, Dr. Croughan was the chief scientist for Genentech’s cell culture facility in Vacaville, CA, built for the production of therapeutic antibodies. [...]
Biofuels Digest Index jumps to 76.07 as ethanol equities surge
22-May-13 By: Jim Lane
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, gained 0.32 percent to 76.07 as ethanol equities surged. For the day, Pacific Ethanol (PEIX) rocketed up 17.69 percent to $4.99, while Aemetis (AMTX) fell 7.32 percent to $0.38. Among other equities, Biofuel Energy (BIOF) jumped 10.34 percent to $4.59. Overall, advances led declines [...]
Colorado companies team up for new biodiesel plant in Boulder
21-May-13 By: Meghan Sapp
In Colorado, Bio Plant Technologies LLC and GHP Biodiesel USA Inc. signed an agreement to join forces and are setting up a new biodiesel plant in Boulder. The plant has an annual capacity of 11.5 million gallons and is fully integrated in the joint used cooking oil (UCO) collection business. ClearEcos uses the byproducts of the biodiesel production [...]
Genscape’s QAP-A RIN gets EPA approval to help avoid RIN fraud
21-May-13 By: Meghan Sapp
In Kentucky, Genscape’s QAP-A RIN replacement backstop was reviewed and approved by the EPA for the interim period. Genscape’s QAP-A RIN replacement mechanism is further backed by the company’s multi-billion dollar parent company, Daily Mail and Group Trust (DMGT). As part of the EPA Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for RIN integrity, QAP providers were [...]
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