Based from the merger of Shell and Cosan, Raízen is now the Brazil’s fifth largest company in terms of billable revenues and the nation’s leading manufacturer of sugarcane ethanol, with production of about 2 billion litres of biofuel per year. This activity also includes the production of 4 million tonnes of sugar and the sale of […]
In Zimbabwe, the national parliament is accusing Green Fuel of polluting local water supplies around its sugarcane mill and as such demanding the company compensate villagers. Though villagers say the effluent causes problems to their eyes and feet, the company says the discharge is vinasse which it uses for fertilizer irrigation on the plantation.
Based from the merger of Shell and Cosan, Raízen is now the Brazil’s fifth largest company in terms of billable revenues and the nation’s leading manufacturer of sugarcane ethanol, with production of about 2 billion litres of biofuel per year. This activity also includes the production of 4 million tonnes of sugar and the sale of […]
By Al Costa, Director, Alkol Special to the Digest I remember having some time ago an interesting conversation with an executive of a leading pro ethanol group in the US. I asked him why, since its organization made such big praises for ethanol (which I share), it only considered ethanol from corn. A first thought […]
Tired of corn, corn, corn or cane, cane, cane? There are 101 feedstocks in the biofuels canon. Here’s what’s up with each of them, and all of them. In Florida, Biofuels Digest released its annual Guide to biofuels feedstocks, tracking 10,658 items published in the Digest in the past 48 months on 101 feedstocks for […]
You’ve heard about it, no doubt, the red light district. Filled with today’s temptations and allure, tomorrow’s regrets and OMGs. Biofuels has its own district, too – but Roxanne, you don’t have to put out the red light. In biofuels, feedstocks come in many shapes, phases, and sizes — but only three colors – red, […]
New technologies and diversified feedstocks are turning biomass power generation from ugly stepchild to star Back in the day, most projects that refined biomass were single feedstock, single product stream monsters. US plants, for example, generally produced ethanol and feed grains from corn, or biodiesel and glycerine from soybeans. When feedstock prices were low, and […]
In our new three-part series, we look at attitudinal changes powering the huge growth in Brazilian renewable energy. In part 3, we look at 12 companies and compare and contrast the Brazilian and US paths to advanced biofuels. Does Brazil have a “must emulate” model? As BP Biofuels chief Phil New put it, “People frequently […]
Will changing economics, yields make sugarbeets a rival to sugarcane for the attention of the hottest companies in biofuels? Sometimes the passenger traffic from the advanced biofuels industry in the US to Brazil gets so heavy that it seems like Brazilian airlines like TAM and Gol will be the primary beneficiaries of the biofuels revolution. […]
Though Carnival has ended, the Brazilian biofuels frenzy continues to accelerate. We look at BP’s latest acquisition, and opportunities for the exotic parade of microbes heading for the Deep South. When traveling to Brazil, it is useful and respectful to pick up as much of the elegant Brazilian Portuguese language as possible. Bom dia – […]
