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Alterna, Eco Technologies rounding up biochar supporters for Copenhagen presence
In Canada, Alterna Energy is seeking to “to recruit and coordinate a presence in Copenhagen for industry to show support for the Biochar initiatives.” Erich Knight of Eco technologies circulated this note round the industry this week:
“Dear North American Biochar Producers & Supporters: Hugh McLaughlin of Alterna Energy wishes to recruit and coordinate a presence [...]
American Coalition for Ethanol elects Lars Herseth as president
The American Coalition for Ethanol elected Lars Herseth, a farmer from South Dakota famer, as president of the Coalition. Hanseth is the father of and South Dakota Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin – Herseth himself was for 20 years a South Dakota state kegislator.
Biofuels Digest Index falls 1.02 percent to 65.81 on oil, grains decline
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, fell 1.02 percent to 65.81 on oil and grains declines. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) fell 1.10 percent to $31.57, while BP dropped 1.03 percent to $58.63. Among smaller caps, Verenium (VRNM) gained 7.09 percent to $4.38. Overall, declines led advances 3 [...]
POET drops cost of cellulosic ethanol to $2.35 per gallon; will reach $2 by 25 Mgy plant opening
In South Dakota, POET announced today that cost reductions achieved over the past year of operating their cellulosic ethanol pilot plant have “exceeded expectation – and the company is now projecting a per-gallon cost of $2.35, down from $4.13 at this time last year.
The company said that it expects to reach its $2 per gallon [...]
ZeaChem commences construction of 250,000 gallon cellulosic ethanol facility: next step, full commercial scale
In Colorado, ZeaChem announced that it has commenced construction of its 250,000 gallons semi-cellulsoic ethanol and chemicals facility that will be located Boardman, Oregon. The company tapped Hazen Research of Golden, Colorado to construct the critical first step of the biorefinery fermentation process. Hazen Research, an industrial research and development firm, will construct and host [...]
Osage Bioenergy: 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy candidate profile
Osage Bioenergy
Based in: Virginia
2008-09 rank: 40
Business: Barley ethanol producer
Model: Owner-operator
Past milestones:
Osage Bio Energy (OBE) was formed in January 2007 to build market- based ethanol plants on the East Coast. Each plant will employ proven bio-processing technologies and carries a capital investment of over $150 million.
OBE plants will be optimized around local, winter [...]
Today in Biofuels Opinion: “Algae commercially grown in the ocean on specialized platforms could reduce the high costs.”
Manning Feraci, NBB’s Vice President of Federal Affairs: “The biodiesel tax incentive is working. Since its enactment in 2004, U.S. biodiesel production has reached commercial scale, and the nation has realized the job creation, environmental and energy security benefits that come with the expanded production and use of biodiesel. Biodiesel use is consistent with a [...]
Braskem announces sugarcane ethanol-based polyethylene deal with Argentina’s Petropack
In Argentina, Braskem announced that it has signed an agreement to supply sugarcane ethanol-based polyethylene to Argentine plastic packager Petropack. Braskem noted that, after signing agreements with Japanese and European partners, this was the first partnership it had signed in Argentina, or any Latin country outside of Brazil. Overall, Braskem has signed offtake contracts for [...]
Roxas to commence production at 7 Mgy sugarcane ethanol plant in Philippines in February
In the Philippines, Roxas & Co. announced that it will commence production during the month of February at its $34 million, 7 Mgy sugarcane ethanol plant in La Carlota. The company will be aided by a recent government decision to place a 20 percent tariff on imported ethanol in order to protect local producers.
The plant [...]
China Integrated Energy completes IPO, expects to have 100% biodiesel offtake
In China, China Integrated Energy received an “outperform” rating from Cowen and Company after concluding that the company would sell its entire biodiesel production from its 100,000 tonne biodiesel plant, thereby expanding overall margins. The company, which completed a successful IPO last month of 5,000,000 shares, realized $26.9 million from the offering.
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The 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy - Sponsored by Core Informatics
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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 -
