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