“Biofuel” pays big: Canadian filly wins $150,000 in Mazarine Stakes

In a year not noted for stunning returns from biofuels investments, Biofuel paid off big in Ontario. In this case, the filly Biofuel, who paid $48.20 to punters and $150,000 for her owners in winning the $241,200 Mazarine Stakes at Woodbine, by 4-1/2 lengths. The filly, who ran fourth in her most recent outing at [...]

October 12, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 0

Kansas Wheat Commission seeks research proposals to expand uses, profitability of wheat production

In Kansas, the state’s Wheat Commission has issued a call for research proposals to increase the profitability of wheat cultivation. Two-page preliminary proposals are due October 30th, with “wheat and wheat bi-products for use in biofuel applications, including on-farm fuel production” among the specific areas of interest indicated by the Commission.
A research review committee will [...]

October 07, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 0

German researchers target winter sugar beet as biofuel feedstock

In Germany, researchers from Christian-Albrecht University in Kiel have commenced a project, titled “Bioenergy 2021: winter sugar beet as energy crop”, to improve breeding of winter sugar beet as a biofuel feedstock.
The Institute of Plant Production and Plant Breeding said that, so far, the winter sugar beet is producing up to 30 percent more biomass, [...]

September 08, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 0

LS9 passes ASTM specs for its drop-in UltraClean diesel biofuel

In California, LS9 announced that its UltraClean Diesel product exceeds American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) D6751 and Brazilian National Agency of Petroleum ANP-7 specifications. According to third-party testing, LS9 UltraClean Diesel provides an 85% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions when compared to conventional fuel production, contains no carcinogens such as benzene, and trace [...]

July 21, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 0

Chemrec seeks Georgia sites from black liquor gasification biofuels projects

In Georgia, Chemrec said that it is evaluating mill sites for integrated black liquor gasification biorefineries at pulp and paper mills. Chemrec biorefineries transform mills into producers of biofuels or biochemicals or even green electricity and power. Georgia has more than 24 million acres of forestland – second only to the state of Oregon.
Chemrec’s technology [...]

July 10, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 0

Today in Biofuels Opinion: “It should be obvious to everyone but a few misguided advocates that ILUC (indirect land use change) is not ready for prime time.”

Marc Gunther, In search of the perfect biofuel : “Not all feedstocks are created equal. I knew that, of course, but the variations in productivity are dramatic. In terms of gallons of fuel that can be produced per acre, according to Aristides Patrinos, the president of a company called Synthetic Genomics, sugar cane and switch [...]

May 26, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 0

Japan Airlines biofuels flight test a success; camelina, algae, jatropha used in B50 biofuel mix; fuel economy higher than Jet-A

In Japan, Japan Airlines became the fourth airline to successfully flight test biofuels in the past year, and the first to successfully demonstrate camelina as a biofuel feedstock.
The airline conducted a one-hour 747-300 flight test using a B50 blend of camelina, jatropha and algae based biofuel in the number 3 engine.
The jatropha was supplied by [...]

January 30, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 6

Continental Airlines tests aviation biofuel; first use of algae; first US biofuel test flight; first two-engine flight

In Texas, Continental Airlines successfully demonstrated the use of algae as an aviation fuel yesterday in a two-hour test flight at George Bush International Airport in Houston. The flight was the first test of biofuels by a North American airline; the first to utilize algae as a biofuel feedstock; and the first biofuels test flight [...]

January 08, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 3

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