In Canada, the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency will put in $340,512 for the Atlantec BioEnergy Corp. proposed sugarbeet-to-ethanol facility in Prince Edward Island while the Innovation PEI agency will provide loans, grants and labor rebates worth $1.8 million. The demonstration-scale facility will be finished in late January.
In Washington, the USDA has partially deregulated the planting of GMO sugarbeet for this spring, going against a previous federal district court order. The new policy is effective until the agency completes a full Environmental Impact Statement is completed and a final policy decision is made. More on the story. The USDA is also expected […]
In the Czech Republic, sugarbeet is regaining popularity as a feedstock for ethanol. About half a million metric tons of beet was used for ethanol during the 2010 crop, which ended in January, up from 446,950 tons and 461,471 tons during 2009 and 2008. The record was in 2007 with 566,166 tons. More on the […]
In Denmark, Novasep Process and Danisco announced the scale-up of an innovative process for the production of natural betaine. The plant will be the first to exploit a new extraction process using vinasse, a byproduct of sugar-beet-derived bioethanol. Its use will enable Danisco to substantially increase the availability of natural betaine, which is globally used […]
In North Dakota, Green Vision Groups says it is developing a $6 million, 3.5 million gallon demonstration plant to produce ethanol from energy sugarbeets. The facility is set to open in 2012 and the company plans to open another dozen processing facilities throughout the state capable of producing 20 million gallons each. It would take […]
In California, Mendota Bioenergy’s grant application that BioFuels Digest reported September 15 has been approved. The California Energy Commission awarded a $1.5 million grant. The IR1 Group and UC Davis are working with Mendota as engineering consultants and project developers. The three organizations will add just under $1.58 million in matching funds as they work […]
The birds are singing at dawn, across the forest of Compiègne, and it is morning in the bioeconomy here in the heart of agricultural France. The rapeseed is in its flashing golden bloom to the east of the forest, next to the green shoots of the sugarbeets now just emerging from the soil, and small […]
In Belgium, Euractiv reports that Europe’s starch industry, represented by Cofalec, has said the policy to make molasses an emission-free biofuel feedstock is a “nightmare” for beer and wine producers. The bloc’s sugarbeet industry has long sought the designation of molasses as a residue so that it could be used as an advanced biofuel feedstock […]
News has arrived from Washington that the U.S. Department of Agriculture is investing up to $2.8 billion in 70 projects under the first pool of the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities funding opportunity. It’s become the US Department of Action, as it turns out, the grand ol’ USDA. Big wins for industrials include: $5M for Scaling Up the […]
They got the beets, They got the beets, They got the beets, Yeah, they got the beets! From the Netherlands comes news that Avantium and Cosun Beet Company have joined forces to construct and operate the first commercial plant for the production of plant-based glycols, using Avantium’s Ray Technology. This converts sugars, like those in […]
