News and Notes - Sept. 26, 2008

Feature Article

Iogen begins delivery of Shell’s 180,000 litre purchase of cellulosic ethanol
http://www.iogen.ca/news_events/press_releases/2008_10_25.html

Iogen is shipping over 26,000 gallons to Shell for fuel applications and research. It’s not everyday that you hear about the shipment of cellulosic ethanol!

US News

Renewable Energy Tops 10% of U.S. Energy Production
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/infocus/story?id=53684

Forests may yield fuel alternatives, WVU researchers say
http://bioenergy.checkbiotech.org/news/2008-09-26/Forests_may_yield_fuel_alternatives,_WVU_researchers_say/

Researchers develop cellulose conversion catalyst
http://www.biomassmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=2073

Range Fuels receives fuels technology award
http://www.ethanolproducer.com/article.jsp?article_id=4808

McCain, Obama, Clinton share stage, focus on alternative energy
http://biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2008/09/25/mccain-obama-clinton-share-stage-focus-on-alternative-energy/

Thune Hosts Ethanol Meeting
http://www.aberdeennews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080926/NEWS10/809260428

Senate Passes Renewable Extensions (a good summary)
http://www.lawofrenewableenergy.com/2008/09/articles/renewable/senate-passes-renewable-extensions/

Forest products industry studies biomass impact
http://www.biomassmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=2074

Nobel Prize winner speaks of biofuels' potential
http://www.capitalpress.info/main.asp?SectionID=94&SubSectionID=801&ArticleID=44749&TM=57270.11

New (US) bill to expand promotion of biofuels is a welcome boost for U.S.-Brazil relations according to Brazilian sugarcane industry
http://bioenergy.checkbiotech.org/news/2008-09-24/New_bill_to_expand_promotion_of_biofuels_is_a_welcome_boost_for_U.S.-Brazil_relations_according_to_Brazilian_sugarcane_industry/

PGE aims to turn Boardman coal-plant pollution into biofuel
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1222401314139020.xml&coll=7

Poet Looking to Buy Privately Held Ethanol Plants, CEO Says
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601072&sid=aCn4NfZ_L7tk

Poet CEO sings of greater ethanol potential
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/big-ethanol-maker-poet-ramping/story.aspx?guid={459318FD-DFED-4844-BE4D-7C2E7F034ECA}&dist=TNMostMailed&print=true&dist=printMidSection

Remarks of POET CEO Jeff Broin to the United Nations on 9/24/08 - “I’m confident that what POET has achieved in rural America can happen all over the world.”
http://www.rhapsodyingreen.com/rhapsody_in_green/files/jeff_broin_un_remarks.pdf

Ethanol use fuels fire worries
http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-b1_5buckeye-5r.6603661sep25,0,965807.story

Steelman rejects state loan for ethanol plant with connections to Andy Blunt (Show Me Ethanol)
http://primebuzz.kcstar.com/?q=node/14628

Access Dr. John R. Benemann’s New White Paper 'Opportunities & Challenges in Algae Biofuels Production' for FREE!
http://www.futureenergyevents.com/algae/whitepaper/

Boeing Joins Aviation, Energy and Academic Leaders to Accelerate Development and Availability of Sustainable Biofuels – Initial research includes assessment of jatropha and algae
http://biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2008/09/26/boeing-joins-aviation-energy-and-academic-leaders-to-accelerate-development-and-availability-of-sustainable-biofuels/

International News

Brazil plans $25 bn ethanol investment
http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/1903317/

Tata Chemicals’ ethanol plant validates claims on sorghum
http://www.livemint.com/2008/09/24220413/Tata-Chemicals8217-ethanol.html

What Makes Large Scale Jatropha Projects Tick? Three Industry Experts Offer Insights
http://www.prweb.com/releases/jatropha/free-webinar/prweb1379384.htm