In Kansas, a federal judge has ruled that Abengoa Bioenergy, that owns Abengoa of Kansas that in turn owns Abengoa of Nebraska, won’t move money out of either state until the $3.1 million petition brought by three large grain companies for back payments on corn deliveries is settled. Company officials told the grain companies in […]
The company is active in three areas in biofuels: a. Traditional fermentation of cereal grains and sugar cane for the commercial production of bioethanol b. Traditional transesterification for the production of biodiesel from cereal and vegetable oils. c. Commercial scale cellulosic fuel production. Overall, the company has €7256 in sales, 24,000 employees and €1.365 in […]
Today, we look at the 10 Hottest Waste to fuels companies, their prospects and their projects. So you’ve heard the bad news: climate change is here. The economy is too weak to do anything about it, they say. Natural gas is transformationally cheap, but try filling your car with it. Meanwhile, temperatures are rising, storms […]
Biofuels Digest has released the next wave of its 5-Minute Guides – a “news you can use” digest on the leading companies in biofuels. Each 5-Minute Guide provides a company description, 3 top milestones for 2010-12 and projected for 2012-14, description of the business model; plus project info (location, feedstocks, product set, processing technology, capacity, […]
In Nebraska, The JournalStar.com is reporting that York County may be either on a short list or at the top of a list for a second Abengoa Bioenergy cellulosic ethanol plant, using cornstalk, as well as other plant residues for feedstock. York County Development Corporation executive director, Cassie Seagren is listed as confirming that the […]
In Washington, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced that the Department finalized a $132.4 million loan guarantee to Abengoa Bioenergy Biomass of Kansas to support the development of a 23 million gallon cellulosic ethanol plant. Abengoa Bioenergy estimates the project will fund approximately 300 construction jobs and 65 permanent jobs. The project will be located […]
In Kansas, the US Department of Energy has offered Abengoa Bioenergy a conditional commitment for a $133.9 million federal loan guarantee for the construction of its “first of a kind” commercial scale biorefinery facility to produce renewable liquid fuel from earth’s most abundant organic feedstock source – plant fiber, or cellulosic biomass. With the offer […]
Background: This is a second round, International Regional match-up between #6 seed Enerkem and #14 seed Abengoa Bioenergy, in the 2011 Transformative Technologies tourney, from Biofuels Digest. Voting: Open to all Biofuels Digest subscribers. Voting links are in the Biofuels Digest daily newsletter. To subscribe (free), visit here. The winner gets: Most votes advances to the […]
Background: This is a first round, International Regional match-up between #3 seed Raizen and #14 seed Abengoa Bioenergy in the 2011 Transformative Technologies tourney, from Biofuels Digest. Voting: Open to all Biofuels Digest subscribers. Voting links are in the Biofuels Digest daily newsletter. To subscribe (free), visit here. The winner gets: Most votes advances to […]
The Latest News: In October, Abengoa revealed that it is exploring the installation of a second ethanol plant in the Madison area following the launch of its $250 million ethanol plant there last week. The new plant would be second-generation using corn stalks or prairie grass as feedstock whereas the new plant will use 32 […]
