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/