News and Notes - July 25, 2008

Feature Article

With this week’s announcement of the partnership between UT/Genera Energy, I have received several questions regarding the partnership, biorefinery details, and about Mascoma. I would like to refer everyone to the Genera Energy website (www.generaenergy.net) where they have posted a list of FAQs that will address many of these details.

UTBI-related News

As you can imagine, this is a big week for the UTBI with the announcement of the partnership with Dupont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol. Here is a sampling of news articles related to the event. I’ll just list links as most of the titles are similar.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/governmentFilingsNews/idUKN2344239220080723

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2008/07/23/ap5246862.html

http://www.reuters.com/article/innovationNews/idUSN1447001120080514

http://ethanolproducer.com/article.jsp?article_id=4512

http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080724/BUSINESS01/807240340/1003/NEWS01

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2008/jul/24/new-partner-for-ut-refinery/

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2008/jul/23/dupont-danisco-partner-ut-project/

http://www.utk.edu/tntoday/article.php?pk=937

http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200807240128DOWJONESDJONLINE000242_FORTUNE5.htm

http://www.wate.com/global/story.asp?s=8726297

http://www.wate.com/global/story.asp?s=8723131

http://timesfreepress.com/news/2008/jul/23/ut-dupont-form-joint-biorefineryethanol-project/

http://www.volunteertv.com/home/headlines/25814214.html

http://www.foodproductiondaily.com/news/ng.asp?id=85272-dupont-danisco-ethanol-biofuels-food-prices

http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/1777573/

http://thedailytimes.com/article/20080724/NEWS/15274057

http://advocateanddemocrat.com/story/14962

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/story?id=53153

US News

Ethanol 'concerns' Big Oil
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080725/BUSINESS/807250357/1029

Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman and Secretary of Agriculture Ed Shaefer response letter to Senator Bingaman of New Mexico in regards to his questions about ethanol and food prices (interesting read)
http://www.ethanol.org/pdf/contentmgmt/USDA_DOE_biofuels_letter_61208.pdf

Restrictive language threatens cellulosic ethanol growth (Energy Bill)
http://www.brownfieldnetwork.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=56F63A11-BDB2-E2C5-86B2634EC3AE46D5

Harkin: Gas cheaper because of ethanol
http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/harkin-gas-cheaper-because-of-ethanol-2008-07-24.html

Agribusiness Group Forms To Protect Ethanol Subsidies (Dupont, John Deere, Monsanto, etc)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121694492314783063.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Company makes, sells biodiesel at Va. truck stop
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2008/07/24/ap5250951.html

Uprising Against the Ethanol Mandate
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/23/business/23ethanol.html?_r=1&em&ex=1216958400&en=6e824834a4b001dd&ei=5087%0A&oref=slogin

Los Angeles County approves commercial ethanol plant (BlueFire Ethanol)
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/07/24/business/NA-US-Ethanol-Plant.php

Primafuel to Install Industry-Leading SMAART™Oil Solution at Amaizing Energy Ethanol Facility
http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2008/7/prweb1136094.htm

Ethanol whining from Kansas
http://voices.kansascity.com/node/1724

What’s Driving Food Prices? A Farm Foundation Report
http://farmfoundation.org/news/articlefiles/404-ExecSum8.5x11.pdf

EESI releases new cellulosic factsheets
http://www.eesi.org/publications/Fact%20Sheets/factsheets.htm

The Ethanol Trap: Why Policies to Promote Ethanol as Fuel Need Rethinking (a CD Howe Institute Report)
http://www.cdhowe.org/pdf/commentary_268.pdf
And the Canadian Biofuels Association response to the report
http://www.greenfuels.org/files/CDHowe_OConnorResponse.pdf

Gassing up with garbage
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/07/24/business/24fuel.php

Athenix raises $10M for biofuels and specialty chemicals
http://venturebeat.com/2008/07/23/athenix-raises-10m-for-biofuels/