Archive for December, 2007
Indy 500 to feature ethanol-powered pace car in 2008 race
An ethanol-powered Chevrolet Corvette will serve as the pace car for the 2008 Indianapolis 500.
The pace car will be driven by two-time Formula One champion, Emerson “Emmo” Fittipaldi, who is a part-owner of an ethanol plant in his native Brazil.
The Indy Racing League uses E100 in its race cars.
News Analysis: What Bali means for you; the impact of the UN Climate Change Conference on investors
When we think of visiting Bali, we usually think of pursuing hedonistic rejuvenation in spa palaces littered with Hindu sculpture, sun-drenched beaches, and beautiful people right out of the pages of People magazine.
During two weeks in December, 10,000 delegates from 190 nations have gathered in Bali not to bask in the sun but to come [...]
BiofuelsB2B launches; will provide fuel, feedstock prices; connects buyers and sellers; 20 percent discount through Feb 28, 2008
A Paris-based biofuels network, BiofuelsB2B, launched this week to connect buyers and sellers of fuels, feedstocks, and biofuels technology. The subscription-based service also will provide up-to-date fuel and feedstock pricing. Contractors, consultants, fuel marketers, researchers, and fuel buyers are among those who will benefit from the service.
BiofuelsB2B plans to open offices in Kuala Lumpur and [...]
News Analysis: “Think Sustainable, Not Renewable” is the way forward for biofuels in 2008
We have been trained to think about fuels in terms of fossil fuels and renewable fuels. For a long time, fossil fuels were dirty and dirt cheap; renewable fuels were clean, and could clean you out buying them.
A lot of things have changed. Today, biofuels are generally cost-competitive with $100 oil, and will be a [...]
Today in Biofuels: What the Energy Bill Means to You; ethanol on a comeback in the Midwest
Top Story:Biofuels Digest has published a short report on the Energy Independence Act, titled “What the Energy Bill Means To You”
Producer News:
In Indiana, VeraSun Energy has indicated interest in renewing a development option on a site in Tipton County. The site was previously optioned by ASAlliances, which was acquired by VeraSun in August. The original [...]
Arkansas researchers achieve biodiesel production breakthrough; fast, low-cost process yields over 90 percent from chicken fat, wood pulp by-products
In Arkansas, researchers at the University of Arkansas have developed a new, fast process for biodiesel that has recorded yields of more than 90 percent using chicken fat and converted tall oil fatty acids. The latter is a by-product of the wood-pulping industry.
Use of the low-cost feedstocks had been previously limited by long reaction times, [...]
Citigroup says ethanol margins back on track after recent price surge to $2.31 per gallon
Citigroup says that, with recent rises in ethanol prices, “We firmly believe the new energy bill will serve as a significant catalyst to the ethanol industry, as the higher mandated ethanol levels stipulated by the new renewable fuel standard should serve to bring ethanol supply and demand back into balance, thereby strengthening ethanol’s pricing fundamentals.”
The [...]
News Analysis: What the Energy Bill Means to You
President Bush said last January in the State of the Union speech that the United States was “addicted to oil”, and proposed several remedies. Since then, there has been tremendous activity around a comprehensive Energy Bill that would direct aspects of US energy policy over the next 15 years.
After several months of political squabbling, [...]
Cottage Grove, OR converts city fleet to biodiesel
In Oregon, the city of Cottage Grove is converting its city vehicle fleet to biodiesel. The blend was not specified. The city is also implementing a voluntary program in which residents can purchase their energy from renewable resources.
The conversion follows a string of conversions to biodiesel announced in recent weeks.
Last week in Pennsylvania, five school [...]
Study highlights emission, water consumption problems with ethanol; proposes milo, sorghum, switchgrass alternatives
A study released by Environmental Defense reports on greenhouse gas emission and water consumption problems arising from ethanol production.
The study’s authors suggest the use of milo, sorghum or switchgrass to produce ethanol with less water consumption. The authors cited advanced ethanol plants that use manure, as opposed to coal, or plants that recycle wastewater, as [...]
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1. Coskata
2. Sapphire Energy
3. Virent Energy Systems
4. POET
5. Range Fuels
6. Solazyme
7. Amyris Biotechnologies
8. Mascoma
9. DuPont Danisco
10. UOP
11. ZeaChem
12. Aquaflow Bionomic
13. Bluefire Ethanol
14. Novozymes
15. Qteros
16. Petrobras
17. Cobalt Biofuels
18. Iogen
19. Synthetic Genomics
20. Abengoa Bioenergy
21. KL Energy
22. Ineos
23. GreenFuel
24. Vital Renewable Energy
25. LS9
26. Raven Biofuels
27. Gevo
28. St.1 Biofuels Oy
29. Primafuel
30. Taurus Energy
31. Ceres
32. Syngenta
33. Aurora Biofuels
34. Bionavitas
35. Algenol
36. Verenium
37. Simply Green
38. Carbon Green
39. SEKAB
40. Osage Bioenergy
41. Dynamotive
42. Sustainable Power
43. ETH Bioenergia
44. Choren
45. OriginOil
46. Propel Fuels
47. GEM Biofuels
48. Lake Erie Biofuels
49. Cavitation Technologies
50. Lotus/Jaguar – Omnivore -
