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Benefuel, Flint Hills form Duonix joint venture for biodiesel
Tweet In Texas, Benefuel has completed agreements with Flint Hills Resources Renewables to develop biodiesel refineries in the United States using Benefuel’s patented ENSEL refining technology, which can improve profitability while also reducing resource consumption and waste. Benefuel and FHR have an exclusive agreement to develop and operate US-based biodiesel projects. The joint venture, named [...]
US ethanol production edges up
Tweet In Washington, the EIA reports that ethanol production averaged 875,000 barrels per day (b/d) — or 36.75 million gallons daily. That is up 18,000 b/d from the week before, the highest weekly average since the week ended 6/22/2012. Stocks of ethanol stood at 16.2 million barrels. That is a 1.5% decrease from last week. [...]
Doing it in the Dark: Fuel from thin air, and beyond light
Tweet Beyond fossil fuels, beyond light itself. And now, the direct production of drop-in biofuel blendstocks. All available from a microbial “cow”. This week in California, a research team from Shota Atsumi’s lab at the University of California, Davis have reported that they engineered Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942, a strain of photosynthetic cyanobacteria, to grow without [...]
“How often do you get to see a fuel-efficient #Batmobile?!?”
Tweet Today on Twitter: mncorn How often do you get to see a fuel-efficient #Batmobile?!? #biofuels jbei_ JBEI develops enzyme-free pre-treatment process for cellulosic biomass Amyris MT @annelizabeth18: Scoop: #Pentagon considering shelving embattled biofuels Domestic Production program. ($)
Go Bionic: Top 10 Bolt-ons, retrofits adding power, performance to the first-gen biofuels fleet
Tweet 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 [...]
California legislator proposes dropping ethanol mandate from RFS
Tweet In California, Assemblymember Kristin Olsen (R- Modesto) introduced AJR 21, which would urge Congress to swiftly enact House Resolution 1462, the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Reform Act of 2013, to revise the requirements of the Renewable Standard program in order to alleviate the impact of rising feed costs. The RFS Reform Act will eliminate corn-based [...]
Poet halts corn deliveries at Indiana plant but continues ethanol production
Tweet In Indiana, Poet halted corn deliveries last week at its plant in Alexandria as it dealt with a maintenance issue but is expected to start receiving corn again this week. Despite the halt in corn deliveries, it continued to produce ethanol at the 68 million gallon facility. Reuters reported the story in response to [...]
The Farm Bill: Biofuels Digest’s 5-Minute Guide to the Energy Title
Tweet What’s in that Durn-tootin’ US Farm Bill, anyhow? For the harried taxpayer, some relief. For energy security and rural economic development, targeted investments that now head to the legislative floor. Here are the need-to-knows. In Washington, the House and Senate Agricultural committees have now passed their respective versions of the proposed 2013 farm bill, which [...]
Edeniq crosses the 1,000 hour mark at CellEth demo
Tweet In California, Edeniq announced the company’s first demonstration plant, located at its Visalia, CA headquarters, has completed a successful “performance test” that exceeded the benchmark of 1,000 hours of continuous operation. The Corn-to-Cellulosic Migration plant utilizes Edeniq’s proprietary technology to process over one metric ton of cellulosic feedstock per day to cellulosic ethanol, exceeding the [...]
US ethanol production rises
Tweet In Washington, US ethanol production averaged 857,000 barrels per day (b/d) — or 35.99 million gallons daily. That is up 14,000 b/d from the week before and tied for highest of the year. The four-week average for ethanol production stood at 853,000 b/d for an annualized rate of 13.08 billion gallons. Stocks of ethanol [...]
