News and Notes - Oct. 31, 2008

US News

Ethanol's environmental advantage over petrol confirmed by US study
http://sl.farmonline.com.au/news/nationalrural/agribusiness-and-general/finance/ethanols-environmental-advantage-over-petrol-confirmed-by-us-study/1347304.aspx

Kinder Morgan, Central Florida Pipeline batch ship ethanol
http://www.bizjournals.com/tampabay/stories/2008/11/03/story2.html
   
Biomass conversion technology development
http://bioenergy.checkbiotech.org/news/2008-10-31/Biomass_conversion_technology_development/

Clemson to lead effort to reduce state dependence on oil
http://bioenergy.checkbiotech.org/news/2008-10-31/Clemson_to_lead_effort_to_reduce_state_dependence_on_oil/

Survey Identifies New Media's Influence on Energy & Environmental Reporting: Clean Tech Journalists Unconvinced of US Ability to Reduce Fossil Fuel Use
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Brodeur-Partners-NYSE-OMC-914780.html

Falling gas prices could help economy, but will impact ethanol industry
http://www.theindependent.com/news/x635419903/Falling-gas-prices-could-help-economy-but-will-impact-ethanol-industry

Corn Growers Research Non-Fuel Ethanol Use
http://domesticfuel.com/2008/10/31/corn-growers-research-non-fuel-ethanol-use/

Aventine Reports 3rd Quarter Earnings
http://www.aventinerei.com/pdfs/Aventine%203rd%20Quarter%20Earnings.pdf

Wisconsin undergraduate team tackles biofuels challenges
http://www.news.wisc.edu/15867

First Biofuel Flight Across America
http://www.mmdnewswire.com/first-biofuel-flight-across-america-4072.html

ACE: Ethanol Continues to Help Cut Dependence on Foreign Oil
http://www.biofuelsjournal.com/articles/ACE__Ethanol_Continues_to_Help_Cut_Dependence_on_Foreign_Oil-65513.html

International News

Energy sapped from Brazilian renewables
http://www.climatechangecorp.com/content.asp?contentid=5742

Biofuels a potential tool for social development
http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article.php?a_id=145336

India, Brazil, South Africa turn their attention to renewables
http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article.php?a_id=145797

Grain likely to remain off the biofuels crop list (South Africa)
http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article.php?a_id=145346

Kenya sees $500 mln biofuels investment in 2 years
http://africa.reuters.com/business/news/usnJOE49T0T1.html

News and Notes - Oct. 30, 2008

Feature Article

VeraSun falls on report bankruptcy filing imminent
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2008/10/29/ap5623404.html

One of the nation’s largest ethanol companies is on the brink.

UTBI-related News

DuPont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol LLC Begins Construction at Demonstration Plant in Vonore, TN (a misleading title for an article that covers the groundbreaking)
http://www.biofuelsjournal.com/articles/DuPont_Danisco_Cellulosic_Ethanol_LLC_Begins_Construction_at_Demonstration_Plant_in_Vonore__TN-65426.html

US News

Hawaii as clean energy hub for the U.S.?
http://bioenergy.checkbiotech.org/news/2008-10-30/Hawaii_as_clean_energy_hub_for_the_U.S._/

Cane sorghum latest prospect for creating ethanol or biodiesel
http://bioenergy.checkbiotech.org/news/2008-10-30/Cane_sorghum_latest_prospect_for_creating_ethanol_or_biodeisel/

Gevo and ICM Announce Strategic Alliance to Commercialize Next Generation Biofuels and Hydrocarbons
http://www.gevo.com/news_ICM-pr_102908.php

Betting on Biobricks
http://www.biomassmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=2145

Study to Determine Better Northeast Grasses for Biofuel
http://www.eponline.com/articles/68824/

Cobalt Biofuels changes CEOs
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2008/10/27/daily58.html

International News

The ethics of ethanol: Big Ethanol descends on Africa for land, water, and sympathetic governments
http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2008/10/29/71244/835

EU biofuel data change angers environmentalists
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/feedarticle/7949984

Biofuels in the European Context: Facts and Uncertainties (A report)
http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/jrc/downloads/jrc_biofuels_report.pdf

Chinese Alt-Energy Stock Set to Spike
http://www.thestreet.com/story/10444480/1/chinese-alt-energy-stock-set-to-spike.html?puc=googlefi&cm_ven=GOOGLEFI&cm_cat=FREE&cm_ite=NA

Kiwi company to make algae biofuel
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/536641/2248694

Olive stones could be made into biofuel
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/earth/2008/10/30/sciolives130.xml

Will jatropha invade Mozambique?
http://bioenergy.checkbiotech.org/news/2008-10-30/Will_jatropha_invade_Mozambique_/

News and Notes - Oct. 29, 2008

Feature Article

Lignol signs DOE cooperative agreement
http://www.energycurrent.com/index.php?id=3&storyid=13978

Lignol has formalized its $30 million agreement with DOE for its Colorado cellulosic ethanol facility.

US News

Scientist: California indirect land use policy bad for biofuels (Bruce Dale)
http://www.ethanolproducer.com/article.jsp?article_id=4956

Protecting soils and producing biofuel with corn stover
http://bioenergy.checkbiotech.org/news/2008-10-29/Protecting_soils_and_producing_biofuel_with_corn_stover/

Is the Ethanol Industy Failing or Flourishing?
http://gas2.org/2008/10/28/is-the-ethanol-industy-failing-or-flourishing/

UIUC gets $2M for biofuel infrastructure study
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-il-uofi-biofuelsrese,0,3940462.story

Is the Ethanol Boom Over?
http://www.hoosieragtoday.com/wire/news/01663_Is_the_Ethanol_Boom_Over_170801.php

Ethanol's Short-Term Bottom
http://seekingalpha.com/article/102620-ethanol-s-short-term-bottom

Company wants to plant, harvest plants for electricity in Osceola County (sorghum)
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/features/lifestyle/green/orl-power2908oct29,0,7346070.story

Ethanol production restarts in Linden (Verasun starts back up after odd shutdown)
http://www.jconline.com/article/20081029/BUSINESS/810290341

Wood Heat Solutions: Community Guide to Biomass Thermal Projects
http://ri.uoregon.edu/programs/CCE/biomass.html

Wheat an Important Part of Food vs. Fuel Debate as Producers Plant More Corn and Soybean Acres
http://www.biofuelsjournal.com/articles/Wheat_an_Important_Part_of_Food_vs__Fuel_Debate_as_Producers_Plant_More_Corn_and_Soybean_Acres-65413.html

SMUD Purchases Biomass Energy from Iberdrola (Sacramento purchases 55 MW from Washington biomass cogen plant)
http://www.sustainablebusiness.com/index.cfm/go/news.display/id/17023

U.S. Representative Jay Inslee Calls Clean Energy "Our Generation's Legacy" at 2008 Algal Biomass Summit
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/us-representative-jay-inslee-calls/story.aspx?guid={2F99E3CC-841C-4EF7-A247-B6CC512B23D6}&dist=hppr

Auction of F&S Oil's biodiesel plant attracts just one bid
http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/1976767/

Officials say 23 arrested at ethanol plant
http://www.in-forum.com/ap/index.cfm?page=view&id=D943QMH01

GreenHunter Energy Inc. Acquires L & L Holdings LLC, Including Strategic Facilities and Deepwater Terminals Along Gulf Coast
http://www.biofuelsjournal.com/articles/GreenHunter_Energy_Inc__Acquires_L___L_Holdings_LLC__Including_Strategic_Facilities_and_Deepwater_Terminals_Along_Gulf_Coast-65412.html

Tri-Rail to fuel locomotives with biodiesel (FL)
http://www.progressiverailroading.com/news/article.asp?id=18439

International News

Petrobras signs memoranda of understanding with Portuguese companies
http://www.edubourse.com/finance/actualites.php?actu=47199

Jatropha’s potential as biofuel crop still being researched
http://thestar.com.my/metro/story.asp?file=/2008/10/29/southneast/2370643&sec=southneast

New bio-ethanol sports car
http://www.newcarnet.co.uk/Auto_news.html?id=8585

News and Notes - Oct. 28, 2008

Feature Article

Ethanol Economics from Ranch to Restaurant
http://www.e85fuel.com/news/2008/102408/cfdc_white_paper100908.pdf

An interesting look at ethanol production, including corn and food prices.

UTBI-related News

UT chief isn't fazed by big budget cuts
http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081026/OPINION03/810260405/1008/OPINION01

Blue Signs Help Motorists Go Green in Tennessee
http://www.biofuelwar.com/2008/10/blue-signs-help-motorists-go-green-in-tennesee/

US News

Xethanol exits cellulosic, moves into methane
http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN2734540020081028

Ag secretary: US must keep pushing new energy
http://www.examiner.com/a-1653411~Ag_secretary__US_must_keep_pushing_new_energy.html

New Method Turns Wood into Sugar for Biofuels
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/story?id=53944

Auburn University to use PureVision biomass fractionation
http://www.biomassmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=2158

Sorghum could be a practical ethanol source
http://bioenergy.checkbiotech.org/news/2008-10-28/Sorghum_could_be_a_practical_ethanol_source/

Will hay be good source for biofuel in the future? Researchers urge thinking through nation’s rush to alternative fuels
http://newsok.com/will-hay-be-good-source-for-biofuel-in-the-future/article/3314903

Scientists ask EPA to delay indirect land use proposal
http://www.ethanolproducer.com/article.jsp?article_id=4953

NCGA: No Good Science Yet on Assessing Possible Land Use Impacts of Biofuels
http://www.ncga.com/news/notd/2008/October/102808.asp

Gulf Ethanol Begins Commercial Design Phase for Biomass Preprocessor System
http://www.biofuelsjournal.com/articles/Gulf_Ethanol_Begins_Commercial_Design_Phase_for_Biomass_Preprocessor_System-65307.html

Study Discredits Food-Fuel Linkage
http://www.imperialvalleynews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3117&Itemid=1

VeraSun's future cloudy
http://www.thepaper24-7.com/main.asp?SectionID=23&SubSectionID=22&ArticleID=18078&TM=9077.606

New Analysis Shows Ethanol Co-Products Dramatically Extend Corn Supplies
http://www.iowarfa.org/nr101408.php

USDA to Meet Dairy and Meat Companies Over Aid to Ethanol, Rural Companies
http://www.flex-news-food.com/pages/20022/Biofuel/Dairy/USDA/usda-meet-dairy-meat-companies-aid-ethanol-rural-companies.html

CO2 emissions booming, shifting east, researchers report
http://www.ornl.gov/info/press_releases/get_press_release.cfm?ReleaseNumber=mr20080924-00

State switching to 10 percent ethanol
http://www.sunjournal.com/story/288909-3/RiverValley/State_switching_to_10_percent_ethanol/

New Illinois Corn Growers Assn. Reports Show Modern Ethanol Industry Has Environmental and Economic Impact Superior to Gasoline
http://www.biofuelsjournal.com/articles/New_Illinois_Corn_Growers_Assn__Reports_Show_Modern_Ethanol_Industry_Has_Environmental_and_Economic_Impact_Superior_to_Gasoline-65312.html

S.D. senators urge more research on ethanol blends
http://www.argusleader.com/article/20081028/UPDATES/81028009/-1/DATAB

Biofuel flying will take off in three years, says Boeing
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/oct/27/biofuel-boeing-carbon-offsetting

POET CEO Jeff Broin: Ethanol Does Not Deserve Blame for High Food Prices
http://www.biofuelsjournal.com/articles/POET_CEO_Jeff_Broin__Ethanol_Does_Not_Deserve_Blame_for_High_Food_Prices-65295.html

CBOT Corn Review: Climbs On End-Users, US Stocks Support
http://www.cattlenetwork.com/Content.asp?ContentID=263735

McCain is in Iowa. No One Bring Up Ethanol
http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2008/10/mccain-is-in-iowa-no-one-bring.html

Palin 2012, One For All And All For Ethanol
http://hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com/archives/2008/10/palin_2012_one_1.html

International News

Brazil ethanol, sugar sector sees hard times ahead
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/feedarticle/7942116

Brazil should give farmers loans for ethanol growth: consultant
http://www.petroleumworld.com/story08102809.htm

French ethanol makers welcome reduction of tax hike
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/feedarticle/7919297

CJP plans for 5 trillion biodiesel tree plantation (jatropha in India)
http://pr-usa.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=140073&Itemid=31

$174m bio-diesel project in pipeline  (Fiji)
http://www.fijilive.com/news_new/index.php/news/show_news/10010

News and Notes - Oct. 24, 2008

Feature Article

New ethanol plant at the ready line (Obion, TN corn plant coming online)
http://www.nwtntoday.com/news.php?viewStory=18319

Ethanol Grain Processors of Obion, TN is preparing to begin ethanol production at the $170 million plant. When operating at capacity, the plant will grind 100,000 bushels a day to produce 100,000,000 gallons of ethanol each year.

US News

Americans Increasingly Concerned about Food Prices, U.S. Ethanol Policy, According to The 2008 Hormel Hunger Survey
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Americans-Increasingly-Concerned-about-Food/story.aspx?guid=%7BA8B79175-29DA-4035-9894-5467D8593C86%7D

Ethanol no longer seen as big driver of food price
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/feedarticle/7914436

Ethanol group's PBS protest may reveal industry panic
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/columnists/chi-fri-greising-ethanol-oct24,0,7054199.column

A New OPEC for (Natural) Gas?
http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/postglobal/energywire/2008/10/a_new_opec_for_gas.html

Leading Advanced Biofuel Companies, Researchers, Investors Call on Air Resources Board to Reconsider Draft Low Carbon Fuel Regulations (CA)
http://sev.prnewswire.com/oil-energy/20081023/LATH53623102008-1.html

POET Opens Marion, Ohio Biorefinery
http://www.poetenergy.com/news/showRelease.asp?id=139

Santee Cooper & Allied Waste Generating 3.2 MW of Bioenergy
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/story?id=53906

Ethanol support irks cattle groups
http://www.kansas.com/business/agriculture/story/571449.html

Pennsylvania experiences delay with B2 mandate
http://www.biodieselmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=2893

Making The Switch
http://www.ethanolproducer.com/article.jsp?article_id=4868&q=&page=1

Surprise: Government Mandates Behind Ethanol ‘Bubble’
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/nathan-burchfiel/2008/10/23/surprise-government-mandates-behind-ethanol-bubble

Camelina crush plant to go on line this month
http://www.biodieselmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=2895

Biofuel investors hot for pond scum
http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/10/23/algae/

Make Your Own Ethanol for $1 Per Gallon with New Microfueler From E-Fuel Corp
http://www.naturalnews.com/024561.html

'Algae Can Be the Solution' States Vinod Khosla at 2008 Algae Biomass Summit
http://www.biobasednews.com/node/18769

International News

Lignol and Suncor Sign Cellulosic Ethanol Project Development Agreement
http://www.foxbusiness.com/story/markets/industries/energy/lignol-suncor-sign-cellulosic-ethanol-project-development-agreement-1454515117/

French ethanol makers welcome reduction of tax hike
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/feedarticle/7919297

Biofuels in the Americas: Driving Farmers off Their Lands
http://us.oneworld.net/article/358142-biofuels-driving-farmers-off-their-land

Biofuel additive makes pigs fly (Austrailia)
http://www.independentweekly.com.au/news/local/news/general/biofuel-additive-makes-pigs-fly/1342898.aspx

DSM launches U.S. Department of Energy-funded research initiative for second generation biofuels (Netherlands)
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/dsm-launches-us-department-energy-funded/story.aspx?guid=%7B63044F6C-B83A-4F31-984A-F6EF5172E1B4%7D&dist=hppr

Algae Biofuels Challenge (UK)
http://www.carbontrust.co.uk/technology/directedresearch/algae.htm

News and Notes - Oct. 23, 2008

Feature Article

Ethanol Subsidies: Are They A Plus Or A Minus?
http://www.cattlenetwork.com/Content.asp?ContentID=261984

Study shows that ethanol subsidies actually save the US Government money, reducing the amount spent on farm program payments and the market disruption those payments may cause.


US News

Increase in percentage of ethanol promoted
http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=1208&u_sid=10466878

"Superenzymes" Could Streamline Biofuels Refining
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2008/081022.htm

Abengoa shuts down temporarily
http://bioenergy.checkbiotech.org/news/2008-10-23/Abengoa_shuts_down_temporarily/

Reaping new energy – Firm to sell biofuel seeds to farmers (Ceres)
http://pacbiztimes.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=382&Itemid=1

POET Employees Call on Presidential Candidates to Support American Ethanol
http://www.poet.com/news/showRelease.asp?id=138

Digesting The Termite Digestome: A Way To Make Biofuels?
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081021190648.htm

Switchgrass: A Bioplastic Factory
http://www.biomassmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=2142

FUEL starts up Georgia ethanol plant
http://www.ethanolproducer.com/article.jsp?article_id=4933

Which grass is greener? Project identifies Northeast grasses that will fuel bioenergy era
http://bioenergy.checkbiotech.org/news/2008-10-23/Which_grass_is_greener_Project_identifies_Northeast_grasses_that_will_fuel_bioenergy_era/

New plant comes on line amid hard times for ethanol
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20081023/BUSINESS/810230397/-1/ENT05

GreenHunter Biofuels LLC Acquires Lease Option for 22 Waterfront Acres in Port Sutton, FL for Biofuels Terminal and Biodiesel Plant
http://www.biofuelsjournal.com/articles/GreenHunter_Biofuels_LLC_Acquires_Lease_Option_for_22_Waterfront_Acres_in_Port_Sutton__FL_for_Biofuels_Terminal_and_Biodiesel_Plant__-65046.html

Strategies For Successful Biomass Removal From Forests
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=3637

Sandia gets $600,000 for biofuels project
http://charlotte.bizjournals.com/albuquerque/stories/2008/10/20/daily23.html

Michigan Utility and MTU Join Forces To Study Biomass-powered Electricity
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/story?id=53915

Ethanol Transportation Update: Supply, Demand, and Rail Transportation Continue to Expand
http://www.biofuelsjournal.com/articles/Ethanol_Transportation_Update__Supply__Demand__and_Rail_Transportation_Continue_to_Expand-65100.html

Cong. Flake blasts proposed ethanol bailout
http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2008/10/20/daily45.html

Livestock, meat groups say aid for ethanol producers is unfair
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20081023/BUSINESS01/810230396/1030/

Gulf Coast Energy to Survey Grayville, IL Site for Potential Cellulosic Ethanol Plant
http://www.carmitimes.com/news/x1261534663/Biofuels-firm-interested-in-former-prison-site

USGC: DDGS Are Equal in Performance and Lower in Cost
http://www.biofuelsjournal.com/articles/USGC__DDGS_Are_Equal_in_Performance_and_Lower_in_Cost_-65114.html

Wood Biomass Market Realities Explode Waste Wood Myth
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=3638

USGC: Mexico Likely To Remain Top DDGS Buyer
http://www.cattlenetwork.com/Content.asp?ContentID=262321

Society of Wood Science and Technology (SWST) Position On Use of Woody Biomass for Bioenergy
http://www.swst.org/PDF%20Files/WoodyBiomassBioEnergyPosition.pdf

International News

Government looks at jump-starting biofuel (South Africa)
http://www.busrep.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=&fArticleId=4673198

German govt cuts 2009 biofuels blending target
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE49L2GW20081022

News and Notes - Oct. 22, 2008

UTBI-Related News

UT, Genera Energy, and Dupont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol break ground on pilot cellulosic biorefinery
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2008/oct/15/building-begins-at-biofuel-refinery/
http://www.wate.com/Global/story.asp?S=9176674&nav=menu7_2
http://www.wbir.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=66606&catid=2&GID=VezJarCy82I2RsGvHZNOASzGZQU0nSjxQzE1Nj6TUmw%3D
http://www.thedailytimes.com/article/20081015/NEWS/310159972
http://advocateanddemocrat.com/story/15681
http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_137094.asp
http://www.biofuelsjournal.com/articles/DuPont_Celebrates_Groundbreaking_at_DuPont_Danisco_Cellulosic_Ethanol_LLC_Pilot_Plant_in_Vonore__TN-64627.html
http://www.newsbull.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=70087&pollresults=1 (Lamar Alexander comments)
http://support.tnanytime.org/node/402
http://www.volunteertv.com/home/headlines/30994234.html
http://www.azom.com/news.asp?newsID=14114
http://www.agweb.com/FarmJournal/Article.aspx?src=farmjournal&sigcat=farmjournal&id=146413
http://vocuspr.vocus.com/VocusPR30/Publish/520381/Forward_520381_587626.htm

DuPont Accent herbicide to protect switchgrass in Tennessee
http://deltafarmpress.com/biofuels/accent-herbicide-1016/

Presidential race: Energy, environment key on both sides
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2008/oct/21/energy-environment-key-on-both-sides/

US News

University of Florida opens ethanol-fuel production plant
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/local/newsletter/orl-biznews-ethanol101408,0,7255288.story

Iowa’s Ethanol Plants Create 15 Percent of its Emissions
http://gas2.org/2008/10/21/iowas-ethanol-plants-create-15-percent-of-its-emissions/

Alternative Energy Suddenly Faces Headwinds
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/21/business/21energy.html?_r=1&th=&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&emc=th&adxnnlx=1224684196-mxa3cki/llSiv9oV4/R1DA)

Credit crunch boost for US Combined Heat and Power
http://www.cospp.com/display_article/341780/122/ARTCL/none/NEWS/1/Credit-crunch-boost-for-US-CHP/?dcmp=COSPP_NEWS

Wood as a power source may be making comeback
http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2008/10/09/wood_as_a_power_source_may_be_making_comeback_1223527063/

Biofuel Makers Push to Boost the Amount of Ethanol Allowed in Gasoline to 20 Percent
http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/national/2008/10/17/biofuel-makers-push-to-boost-the-amount-of-ethanol-allowed-in-gasoline-to-20-percent.html

Clemson University to build cellulosic pilot plant
http://www.biomassmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=2113

Shell quadruples renewable energy project spending
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/6061497.html

U.S. slow on goals for more, greener biofuel
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27222314/

In Pictures: Eight Promising Alternative Energy Companies
http://www.forbes.com/2008/10/09/walmart-exxon-energy_leadership_clayton_in_mm_1009claytonchristensen_inl_slide_8.html?thisSpeed=15000

Clean Energy from Biomass Shows Promise (MI)
http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/545459/?sc=swhr;xy=5047780

As oil prices fall, push for alternatives may ease
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27271928/from/ET/

Cobalt Biofuels Raises $25 Million to Commercialize Next Generation Biofuel — Biobutanol
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/cobalt-biofuels-raises-25-million/story.aspx?guid=%7BA7445DBE-2175-4F6E-9E32-9AE7989820BD%7D&dist=hppr

Fiscal hawks say no new US aid to ethanol makers
http://www.reuters.com/article/bondsNews/idUSN2132525620081021

MIT recommends steps to slash gasoline use by 2035
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/cars2035-0805.html

Can E. Coli Help Make Biofuel Production More Efficient?
http://gas2.org/2008/10/20/can-e-coli-help-make-biofuel-production-more-efficient/

Coskata to Sell Ethanol Product in China
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122449786998649719.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

USGC: U.S. Ethanol Production Grows, Increasing Supply Of Livestock Feed
http://www.cattlenetwork.com/Content.asp?ContentID=261796

Brasher: Biofuel rules could chill future projects
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20081019/BUSINESS01/810190324/-1/BUSINESS04

Alternative Energy: New Sugarcanes To Deliver One-Two Energy Punch
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081013194043.htm

Obama to Declare Carbon Dioxide Dangerous Pollutant
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601082&sid=alHWVvGnkcd4&refer=canada#

GreenFuel Tech opens algae-growing greenhouse
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10070678-54.html

Residents decry MPCA info on proposed ethanol plant (MN)
http://news.postbulletin.com/newsmanager/templates/localnews_story.asp?z=2&a=367354

International News

China to Miss its 2010 Ethanol Target
http://ecoworldly.com/2008/10/22/china-to-miss-its-2010-ethanol-target/

Nandan to increase jatropha cultivation (800,000 hectares)
http://www.business-standard.com/india/storypage.php?autono=337978

Clear policy lines required for biofuel markets: Browne
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/business/story/0,28124,24522806-5018001,00.html

India’s economic strength is good news for biofuels, a Biofuels Digest special report
http://biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2008/10/21/india’s-economic-strength-is-good-news-for-biofuels-a-biofuels-digest-special-report/

MILENA Green Gas
http://www.ecn.nl/en/bkm/news/milena-groen-gas

News and Notes - Oct. 10, 2008

UTBI-related News

Switchgrass season: Farmers harvest plant that will power Tennessee Biofuels Initiative
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2008/oct/10/switchgrass-season-Farmers-harvest-plant/

Groundbreaking set for Tennessee cellulosic pilot plant
http://www.ethanolproducer.com/article.jsp?article_id=4907

DuPont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol LLC Sets Up Headquarters in Ithica, IL and Names Members of Management Team
http://www.biofuelsjournal.com/articles/DuPont_Danisco_Cellulosic_Ethanol_LLC_Sets_Up_Headquarters_in_Ithica__IL_and_Names_Members_of_Management_Team-64386.html

US News

Continuing Resolution Includes $25 Billion in Automakers Loans (and forest hazardous fuels reduction for use in biomass energy)
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/vehiclesandfuels/news/news_detail.html?news_id=12028

U.S. Universities: Fertile Ground for Leading Biofuels and Bioenergy Developments
http://www.biobasednews.com/node/18514

Ethanol could be key to Iowans on the fence (Election 2008)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-10-09-50states-Iowa_N.htm

WASDE: Corn supply increased
http://www.ethanolproducer.com/article.jsp?article_id=4908

IRFA: Iowa E85 Sales in First Half of 2008 Exceed Total 2007 Sales
http://www.biofuelsjournal.com/articles/IRFA__Iowa_E85_Sales_in_First_Half_of_2008_Exceed_Total_2007_Sales-64474.html

Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne partner with ExxonMobil
http://www.biomassmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=2099

WASDE: More harvested soybean acres boost supply
http://www.biodieselmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=2831

U.S. ethanol profits stay weak on poor fuel demand
http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssIndustryMaterialsUtilitiesNews/idUSN1055086920081010

IDEM Says Air Quality will Benefit from Completed Biofuels Corridor
http://www.hoosieragtoday.com/wire/news/5279988_idemE85_215826.php

Pratt ethanol plant files for bankruptcy
http://www.nebraska.tv/Global/story.asp?S=9137975&nav=menu605_1

EERC, Great Plains to produce camelina jet fuel
http://www.biomassmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=2101

Ethanol firms cheap, but not cheap enough
http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssHealthcareNews/idUSN0748463120081008

Robeson (NC cellulosic) ethanol project advances
http://www.fayobserver.com/article?id=306976

The Bailout Bill, Biofuels and You: good news for renewables hidden in the pork
http://biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2008/10/10/the-bailout-bill-biofuels-and-you-good-news-for-renewables-hidden-in-the-pork/

VBV LLC and Its Subsidiaries Approve Merger With Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc.
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Vbv-Llc-NASDAQ-GPRE-907873.html

Unity Biofuels Developing Self-Blending Ethanol Fuel Dispensers
http://www.redorbit.com/news/business/1532272/unity_biofuels_developing_selfblending_ethanol_fuel_dispensers/

ARS Scientists Produce Oil From Multiple Crops for Potential Biofuel Production at Pilot Plant in Peoria, IL, and Study Rotation Plans to Include Grasses for Cellulosic Ethanol Productio
http://www.biofuelsjournal.com/articles/ARS_Scientists_Produce_Oil_From_Multiple_Crops_for_Potential_Biofuel_Production_at_Pilot_Plant_in_Peoria__IL__and_Study_Rotation_Plans_to_Include_Grasses_for_Cellulosic_Ethanol_Production-64440.html

Bug-Powered Fuel Cells Could Run on Waste
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/10/09/fuel-cell-waste.html

Venture capital looks to new sources of biofuels
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/feedarticle/7847690

International News

Troubled Times for Tata: a Biofuels Digest special report on India
http://biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2008/10/10/troubled-times-for-tata-a-biofuels-digest-special-report-on-india/

A new approach to use hydrogen as an alternative fuel source has been discovered
http://www.alphagalileo.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=readrelease&releaseid=532723

India can't use own biodiesel
http://www.cleantech.com/news/3661/india-already-shipping-biodiesel-us-eu

Argentina Biodiesel Sector Seeing Exponential Growth
http://www.cattlenetwork.com/Content.asp?ContentID=259266

Plant officials say they were 'blindsided' (Collingwood Ontario)
http://www.theenterprisebulletin.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1241378

Brazil to have 7 mln more hectares of land for sugarcane production
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-10/09/content_10169744.htm

Govt Partners Chinese Firm for $115m Ethanol Factory (Nigeria)
http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=124665

News and Notes - Oct. 8, 2008

UTBI-related News

Biofuels Initiative Excites State Expert
http://www.greenevillesun.com/story/298374

Commissioner Nicely: Green Islands Growing In Tennessee
http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_136623.asp

Groundbreaking looms for DuPont Danisco, UT cellulosic ethanol pilot project; corn cobs for first year, then switching to switchgrass
http://biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2008/10/07/groundbreaking-looms-for-dupont-danisco-ut-cellulosic-ethanol-pilot-project-corn-cobs-for-first-year-then-switching-to-switchgrass/
and http://deltafarmpress.com/news/switchgrass-plant-1008/
And http://capitalcomments.typepad.com/capital_comments/2008/10/tennessee-begin.html

Presidential debate triggers seminars, musical events (UTBI)
http://nashvillecitypaper.com/news.php?viewStory=63184

DuPont meeting significant 2008 milestones in progressing advanced biofuels
http://bioenergy.checkbiotech.org/news/2008-10-07/DuPont_meeting_significant_2008_milestones_in_progressing_advanced_biofuels/

US News

The US Department of Agriculture and Department of Energy jointly released the National Biofuels Action Plan
http://www.energy.gov/news/6634.htm

U.N. Report: Ethanol creating corn and oil price link
http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=99973

Commercial biobutanol operation by 2010, says DuPont
http://www.biofuelreview.com/content/view/1736/1/

Wood fiber supplies increase, prices decrease
http://www.biomassmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=2093

Mandate for biofuels production requires science-based policy and global perspective
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-10/uoia-mfb100208.php

Governor’s coalition changes name to focus on biofuels
http://www.ethanolproducer.com/article.jsp?article_id=4885

Ethanol Tariff to Be Discussed in Trade Talks
http://www.farmfutures.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=CD26BEDECA4A4946A1283CC7786AEB5A&nm=News&type=news&mod=News&mid=9A02E3B96F2A415ABC72CB5F516B4C10&tier=3&nid=FCACA3E641BB427D9DF4888FD11378DF

Effects of Intermediate Ethanol Blendson Legacy Vehicles and Small Non-Road Engines report released by ORNL/NREL
http://feerc.ornl.gov/publications/Int_blends_Rpt_1.pdf

Ethanol companies fall with broader market
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2008/10/06/ap5513915.html

Credit crisis has had little direct impact – ADM
http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssConsumerGoodsAndRetailNews/idUSN0745001920081007

NCGA: Economic Stabilization Act Includes Biofuels Incentives, Disaster Relief
http://www.cattlenetwork.com/Content.asp?ContentID=257933

New Legislation Includes Incentives for Biomass, Waste-to-Energy
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/081008/ukw007.html?.v=101

Dynamic Fuels breaks ground on Louisiana plant
http://www.biodieselmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=2827

Feeding the Future: The Role of the US Ethanol Industry in Food and Feed Production report released
http://www.ethanolrfa.org/objects/documents/1913/feed_co-products.pdf

Energy: The Price of Being Green
http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?parm1=3&docID=weeklyreport-000002971121

Poet say removing cobs for fuel helps corn grow
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE4918KM20081002

US Chamber Of Commerce: US Should Reconsider Ethanol Tariffs
http://www.cattlenetwork.com/Content.asp?ContentID=257931

DOE Awards Novozymes $12.3 Contract to Improve Enzymes for Cellulosic Ethanol Production
http://www.biofuelsjournal.com/articles/DOE_Awards_Novozymes__12_3_Contract_to_Improve_Enzymes_for_Cellulosic_Ethanol_Production_-64304.html

Cellulosic ethanol (wood) plant proposed in Colorado
http://www.examiner.com/a-1622854~Cellulosic_ethanol_plant_proposed_in_Colo_.html

Lignol, Weyerhaeuser explore lignin-based products
http://www.biomassmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=2089

Study: Higher ethanol blends don't boost emissions
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20081007/BUSINESS01/81007020/-1/ENT05

Alterra turns to fuel additive after biodiesel problems arise
http://www.macon.com/198/story/482997.html

Experts say more research needed to make good on biofuel promise
http://7thspace.com/headlines/294577/experts_say_more_research_needed_to_make_good_on_biofuel_promise.html

Interstate 65 Is America's First Biofuels Corridor
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/story?id=53773

Discovering drugs, biofuels in tropical seas
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-10/ohs-ddb100608.php#

Feds give Poet $76.3 million for biomass plant
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20081008/BUSINESS/810080342/1029

Mascoma Corporation Announces $49.5 Million in DOE and State of Michigan Funding for Cellulosic Fuel Facility
http://www.mascoma.com/news/pdf/Mascoma%20DOE-Michigan%20funding%20announcement%20joint%20release%20FINAL%2010%207%2008.pdf

KL Process Design Group Goes Public and Changes Name to KL Energy Corp.
http://www.biofuelsjournal.com/articles/KL_Process_Design_Group_Goes_Public_and_Changes_Name_to_KL_Energy_Corp_-64324.html

ARS Scientists Study Environmentally Friendly Methods to Pretreat Solid Waste and Crop Residue for Cellulosic Ethanol Production
http://www.biofuelsjournal.com/articles/ARS_Scientists_Study_Environmentally_Friendly_Methods_to_Pretreat_Solid_Waste_and_Crop_Residue_for_Cellulosic_Ethanol_Production_-64240.html

Virginia governor Kaine, ex-governor Allen, to debate energy policy as surrogates for McCain, Obama
http://biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2008/10/07/virginia-governor-kaine-ex-governor-allen-to-debate-energy-policy-as-surrogates-for-mccain-obama/

International News

EU, Brazil at Odds Over Biofuel Cooperation, Says Official
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3687906,00.html

Brazil overtakes US as top destination for investment in biofuels
http://bioenergy.checkbiotech.org/news/2008-10-07/Brazil_overtakes_US_as_top_destination_for_investment_in_biofuels/

China's Faltering Oil Appetite
http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/postglobal/energywire/2008/10/chinas_motor_fuel_syndrome.html

China grim on prospects for climate pact
http://www.reuters.com/article/GlobalEnvironment08/idUSTRE4951P720081006

Infinity, Jamaica strike 25-year deal on cane lands
http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20081005/business/business3.html

UK Renewable Fuels Agency First Interim Quarterly Report Shows Biofuels Amount and Carbon Reduction Both Greater Than Targeted
http://www.biofuelsjournal.com/articles/UK_Renewable_Fuels_Agency_First_Interim_Quarterly_Report_Shows_Biofuels_Amount_and_Carbon_Reduction_Both_Greater_Than_Targeted-64216.html

D1 Oils reports progress in slimmed-down energy crop business
http://newenergyfocus.com/do/ecco.py/view_item?listid=1&listcatid=32&listitemid=1756&section=Bioenergy%20%26%20Waste#

Southridge Enterprises Signs Letter of Intent to Acquire Ethanol Plant in Brazil
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/southridge-enterprises-signs-letter-intent/story.aspx?guid=%7BDF152C5B-5C65-4039-A526-916F1714B6BA%7D&dist=hppr

Indian companies exporting biodiesel
http://www.business-standard.com/india/storypage.php?autono=336646

Germany cuts 2009 biodiesel blending target
http://www.forbes.com/afxnewslimited/feeds/afx/2008/10/06/afx5513425.html

News and Notes - Oct. 2, 2008

**Note: Bionews will not be published Friday, Oct. 3 or Monday-Tuesday, Oct. 6-7, 2008**

UTBI-related News

DuPont Biofuels Programs Making Significant Progress With Biobutanol Commercialization and Economic Conversion of Cellulosic Feedstocks for Biofuels
http://www.biofuelsjournal.com/articles/DuPont_Biofuels_Programs_Making_Significant_Progress_With_Biobutanol_Commercialization_and_Economic_Conversion_of_Cellulosic_Feedstocks_for_Biofuels-64041.html

US News

How Washington Cripples The Energy Industry
http://www.forbes.com/business/2008/10/01/energy-congress-washington-biz-energy-cx_jz_1001energy08_changes.html

Scientists on Cellulosic Fuel: Avoid Mistakes Before They Happen
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/01/scientists-on-cellulosic-fuel-avoid-mistakes-before-they-happen/?hp

N.Y. Times is wrong says cellulosic industry
http://www.ethanolproducer.com/article.jsp?article_id=4821

Biofuels Center of North Carolina Expands Board of Director
http://carolinanewswire.com/news/News.cgi?database=001news.db&command=viewone&id=2371&op=t

Energy firms would form 'closed-loop' system of power, fuel
http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/1916348/

EIA: Biomass, biofuels are largest renewable energy source
http://www.biomassmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=2083

The 'Clean Coal' Myth
http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/postglobal/energywire/2008/10/the_clean_coal_myth.html#more

Ethanol Buzz Fuels Planning by Colonial Pipeline Company
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/10/prweb1391454.htm

Des Moines Ethanol Plant a No-Go
http://www.whotv.com/Global/story.asp?S=9104641

Nova Biosource Fuels Announces Credit Facility Amendment for Its Seneca Biodiesel Refinery
http://www.yourrenewablenews.com/news_item.php?newsID=11852

How Biofuels Can Help the UN
http://www.agweb.com/Blogs/BlogPost.aspx?src=BiofuelsUpdate&PID=12308279-1d2b-473c-9ce0-1152b88209f3

University of Illinois Soil Scientist: Best Management Approaches Necessary for Sustainable Cellulosic and Grain-Based Biofuels Production
http://www.biofuelsjournal.com/articles/University_of_Illinois_Soil_Scientist__Best_Management_Approaches_Necessary_for_Sustainable_Cellulosic_and_Grain_Based_Biofuels_Production-64043.html

ICM CEO Dave Vander Griend: To Break Dependence on Foreign Oil, America Needs More Flex-Fuel Cars and More Available Ethanol Blends
http://www.biofuelsjournal.com/articles/ICM_CEO_Dave_Vander_Griend__To_Break_Dependence_on_Foreign_Oil__America_Needs_More_Flex_Fuel_Cars_and_More_Available_Ethanol_Blends-63988.html

Corn tumbles as inventories rise, dollar rallies
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/corn-tumbles-inventories-rise-dollar/story.aspx?guid=%7BCE70CA4B-4709-4BB8-B48C-D0853AEB2E8C%7D&dist=msr_21

King: Tax breaks will boost bailout bill
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081001/BUSINESS/81001024/-1/ENT06

New Fuels Alliance Blasts Ethanol Lawsuit Filed Today by Tesoro Corporation; Calls Lawsuit Frivolous
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/new-fuels-alliance-blasts-ethanol/story.aspx?guid=%7BB2E84A89-45A3-4F1D-834C-D9436CFA4BD2%7D&dist=hppr

Palin not lock step with McCain on energy policy
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/energy/6035372.html

New Sugarcanes to Deliver One-Two Energy Punch
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2008/081002.htm

Pacific Ethanol, VeraSun Energy open to takeover, management says; Pacific CEO says industry needs to consolidate
http://www.reuters.com/article/mergersNews/idUSN0152423920081001

International News

Ontario won't increase ethanol targets for gas
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20081002.WHBRIEFS02-1/TPStory/National

Brazil’s sugar co-op giant, Copersucar, converts to company; Brazil’s largest producer now aims for 200 percent growth
http://biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2008/10/02/brazils-sugar-co-op-giant-copersucar-converts-to-company-brazils-largest-producer-now-aims-for-200-percent-growth/

RWE Innogy announces biomass, biogas plant projects
http://www.biomassmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=2082

News and Notes - Oct. 1, 2008

Feature Article

Feeding a Cellulosic Ethanol Plant May Be a Tall Order, but It Might Pay Off
http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews+articleid_2664970.html

A good look from a midwestern economist on the return from cellulosic ethanol.

US News

U.S. will have largest biodiesel market by 2012, research group says
http://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/stories/2008/09/29/daily21.html

USDA Sees No Sugar-for-Ethanol Sales in FY 2009
http://www.flex-news-food.com/pages/19447/Sugar/USDA/usda-no-sugar-ethanol-sales-fy-2009.html

Tesoro sues California air quality regulators over ethanol rule
http://sanantonio.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/stories/2008/09/29/daily20.html

Construction to begin on new ethanol plant (Osage Energy in VA)
http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/1913728/

Stalled tax relief bill threatens biodiesel, wind
http://www.agriculture.com/ag/story.jhtml?storyid=/templatedata/ag/story/data/1222823455300.xml

Biomass company, PSNH broker deal (NH)
http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081001/NEWS01/810010345

Record capital again flows to clean tech
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/30/BU6U138UDF.DTL

VeraSun Energy:Buyout Candidate, If Obama Wins
http://seekingalpha.com/article/97107-verasun-energy-buyout-candidate-if-obama-wins

ARS Research Shows Manure Could be Useful for Syngas Production for Electricity, Heating, and Biofuels
http://www.biofuelsjournal.com/articles/ARS_Research_Shows_Manure_Could_be_Useful_for_Syngas_Production_for_Electricity__Heating__and_Biofuels-63911.html

Report Shows Ethanol Efficiency Gains (13% reduction in electricity consumption)
http://www.agweb.com/get_article.aspx?pageid=146011

Ronn Motor Co. Begins Research and Development Program to Study More Efficient Use of Ethanol and Hydrogen Blended Fuels in Scorpion™ Hybrid
http://www.biofuelsjournal.com/articles/Ronn_Motor_Co__Begins_Research_and_Development_Program_to_Study_More_Efficient_Use_of_Ethanol_and_Hydrogen_Blended_Fuels_in_Scorpion_trade__Hybrid-63962.html

International News

Cracking wood gently
http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2008/September/30090801.asp

Jim Jordan & Associates "Global Market Analysis of Fuel Ethanol" Study Assembles Highly Detailed Picture of Ethanol Industry
http://www.biofuelsjournal.com/articles/Jim_Jordan___Associates__Global_Market_Analysis_of_Fuel_Ethanol__Study_Assembles_Highly_Detailed_Picture_of_Ethanol_Industry-63907.html

Brazil's ALL to ship Cosan ethanol to port by rail
http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN0150292820081001

French biofuel tax revision threatens jobs –makers
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/feedarticle/7840048

India’s biofuel drive continues despite global economic turmoil
http://biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2008/10/01/india’s-biofuel-drive-continues-despite-global-economic-turmoil-a-biofuels-digest-special-report/

Biodiesel breakthrough comes at £13m cost to BP-backed firm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/oct/01/biofuels.energy

Brazil's ethanol industry attracting outside investment
http://www.biofuelreview.com/content/view/1734/1/