In Washington, data from the DOE shows that there are twice as many electric vehicle charging stations across the country than E85 pumps. There are currently 4,448 charging stations and about 16,500 ‘highway worthy’ electric vehicles nationwide. On the other hand, there are 2,468 E85 pumps and 7.6 million vehicles that can run on the […]
In California, BlueFire Renewables has formed SucreSource, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary that will manufacture cellulosic sugars from biomass for Biofuel, Bioplastic and Specialty Chemical markets. Established in November 2011, SucreSource will utilize BlueFire’s proven and patented high yield process of economically unlocking cellulosic sugars from biomass to produce multiple sugar streams for these growing […]
In Tennessee, Moeller Plastics has developed a new system for waste oil collection specifically targeted at biodiesel production that includes a waste oil shuttle to drain fryolators and transport grease, a small transport caddy, grease carts designed to fit into tight spaces, an array of waste vegetable oil collection bins (100, 125, 150, 225 and […]
In the Netherlands, Vertis Environmental Finance and Nordic Green signed agency agreements with BioMCN for the representation and sales of bio- methanol in Europe. Vertis will exclusively sell BioMCN’s bio-methanol product in Croatia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovenia and Slovakia. Nordic green has signed for representation and sales of bio-methanol in the Nordic (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, […]
In Thailand, Netherland’s based-SkyNRG supplied Thai Airways for the first passenger biofuel flight in Asia. The special flight TG8421 departed from Bangkok Suvarnabhumi International Airport on Wednesday December 21 and returned 20 minutes later without mishap. The first commercial flight will be Thursday with TG Flight 104 from Bangkok to Chiang Mai in northern Thailand. […]
In Massachusetts, ThermoEnergy Corp reports they have successfully completed field and laboratory tests to prove that the company’s Thermo ARP system can efficiently recycle the wastewater from agricultural anaerobic digester biogas plants into valuable fertilizers and chemicals. The tests were conducted on behalf of major biogas developers in the U.S. Currently, ammonia is made using […]
In Finland, researchers at Aalto University have discovered a method to produce butanol from wood biomass using microbes. The university says that when wood biomass is boiled in a mixture of water, alcohol and sulphur dioxide, all parts of the wood – cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin – are separated into clean fractions. The cellulose can […]
In South Dakota, a state legislative panel voted 5-0 to set up a $3.5 million fund over the next five years that will help gas station owners install blender pumps, reimbursing them $25,000 for the first pump and $10,000 for the second pump. The money for the fund will come from the state’s existing ethanol […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, slipped 0.36 percent to close at 69.39 as biodiesel tumbled. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) rose 1.13 percent to $28.67, while KiOR (KIOR) plunged 8.12 percent to $10.19 . Among other equities, Green Plains Renewable Energy (GPRE) fell 4.94 percent to $9.82. […]
Holy Capex, Batman! The race to commercial-scale adipic acid is on. Does it matter? You bet your green nylons it does, Robin. Here’s why. Myself, the only five syllable word I have learned to use reliably is “Philadelphia”, but there’s this seven-syllable doozy going around you might as well know something about: renewablechemicals. It is […]
