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_/