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