Feature Article
Biofuels and Commodity Turbulence
http://www.climatechangecentral.com/publications/c3-views/october-2008/biofuels-and-commodity-turbulence
Agriculture, food prices, and ethanol.....
US News
If a Tree Falls in the Forest, Are Biofuels To Blame? It's Not Easy Being Green
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122636711059015989.html?mod=dist_smartbrief
Ethanol start-up Mascoma sheds staffers (inc. Its President)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10097227-54.html
Reaping a new harvest (POET)
http://www.argusleader.com/article/20081113/NEWS/811130311/1001
Are alternative fuels reliving the 1980s?
http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2008/11/06/are-alternative-fuels-reliving-the-1980s/
EPA Must Propose a Science-Based Fuel Rule That Advances Innovation and Protects the Environment, Groups Say
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/EPA-Must-Propose-a-Science/story.aspx?guid=%7BC27A23AD-CAB3-4ED6-A73E-23D0918BFD63%7D
David C. Aldous to Join Range Fuels as CEO
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/David-C-Aldous-Join-Range/story.aspx?guid=%7BC4DD5E2C-9E09-4426-BDD3-7388976B3C36%7D
Canola still a bit player in U.S. Biodiesel
http://www.country-guide.ca/west/issues/ISArticle.asp?id=92295&issue=11142008&story_id=&PC=FBC
Company introduces dual-auger grain cart for moving corn, cobs or mix for cellulosic ethanol
http://www.agriculture.com/ag/story.jhtml?storyid=/templatedata/ag/story/data/1226594666017.xml
Obama likely to tackle energy early on
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/energy/6102884.html
Obama's Energy Department
http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/postglobal/energywire/2008/11/obamas_energy_department.html#more
Is Ethanol Dead? Not So Fast
http://seekingalpha.com/article/104940-is-ethanol-dead-not-so-fast
Getting the Blend Truth: Does Ethanol Hurt Your Car's Performance?
http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews+articleid_2781105.html
Forget Corn: Mushrooms May Hold Key to Energy Crisis
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601202&sid=aIyXpm.N6zW4&refer=healthcare
Understanding land use change and U.S. ethanol expansion: A Report
http://www.ethanolrfa.org/objects/documents/2041/final_land_use_1110_w_execsumm.pdf
Pacific Ethanol Q3 loss reaches $54.9M, shares tumble 16 percent
http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/stories/2008/11/10/daily11.html
(Algae) Biodiesel plant with Binghamton roots rejects $1M Pennsylvania grant (Could not meet production goals)
http://www.pressconnects.com/article/20081110/BUSINESS/811100413
Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc. Announces First Grind at Ethanol Plant Near Obion, Tennessee
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Green-Plains-Renewable-Energy-Inc/story.aspx?guid=%7B091F405E-A465-460C-9685-CD27DCA5BF0F%7D
Long Corn? Former Iowa Governor In Lead For Agriculture Secretary
http://clusterstock.alleyinsider.com/2008/11/long-corn-former-iowa-governor-in-lead-for-agriculture-secretary-
The search for alternative aviation fuels: understanding the challenge
http://www.greenaironline.com/news.php?viewStory=308
Ethanol makers push U.S. to boost fuel blend rate
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE4AA7IW20081111
The Behind-the-Scenes Struggle Over Ethanol
http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/national/2008/11/11/the-behind-the-scenes-struggle-over-ethanol.html
USDA Crops Harvest Estimates
http://www.forbes.com/markets/2008/11/10/usda-corn-soybeans-markets-commodities-cx_mp_1110markets33.html
Predicting U.S.-Brazil Ethanol Policy
http://www.as-coa.org/article.php?id=1335
Researchers push butanol as biofuel answer
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D94CU6V80.htm
Winn Ranger District uses wood for electricity
http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20081107/NEWS01/811070337
$40M going into ethanol project (Kinder Morgan pipeline project)
http://orlando.bizjournals.com/orlando/stories/2008/11/10/story6.html?b=1226293200%5E1728900
VeraSun forecasts drastically higher 3Q loss
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/11/13/business/NA-US-VeraSun-Outlook.php
World Ethanol Market to Reach 27.7 Billion Gallons by 2012, According to New Report by Global Industry Analysts
http://www.prweb.com/releases/ethanol/fuel/prweb1584644.htm
Raven Biofuels and Price BioStock Target Mississippi Site for Cellulosic Ethanol Biorefinery
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Raven-Biofuels-Price-BioStock-Target/story.aspx?guid=%7B17727342-414C-4AEF-887B-28CF88CC602C%7D
Raven Biofuels Signs MOU With Kamloops Indian Band for Feedstock and Biorefinery Development
http://www.ravenbiofuels.com/investors/release.asp?numb=270
Purdue: More Research Needed To Make Good On Biofuel Promise
http://www.cattlenetwork.com/Content.asp?ContentID=268428
IEA Says Fading Oil Production Threatens Supply
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122653421496622523.html?mod=dist_smartbrief
Noble Foundation receives funds to study switchgrass
http://www.ethanolproducer.com/article.jsp?article_id=5056
Pickens sees government move on his energy plan soon
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081112/ts_nm/us_pickens_1
Oil Majors Await Obama's Plan
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122601818295907041.html?mod=dist_smartbrief
Poet’s first commercial corn cob harvest set for 2009
http://www.ethanolproducer.com/article.jsp?article_id=5051
Firefighters learn how to strike ethanol fires
http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/local/local_story_314215113.html
The Future of Midlevel Blends
http://www.ethanolproducer.com/article.jsp?article_id=5009
Virent announces new board appointments and future CEO
http://www.virent.com/News/press/11-13-08_Virent_Announces_New_Board_Appointments_and_Future_CEO.pdf
UI economist predicts agricultural recession
http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2008/11/13/3786569.htm
Ethanol producer Aventine Renewable Energy hangs on, hopes for a market turn
http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=105377
International News
Air New Zealand to test biofuel on flight (Dec. 7)
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-11/12/content_10344419.htm
Eight nations warn EU over biofuel barriers
http://in.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idINIndia-36366820081106?sp=true
Creating an International Renewable Energy Agency
http://www.irena.org/
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Thursday, November 6, 2008
News and Notes - Nov. 6, 2008
Feature Article
National Biofuels Action Plan released
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/biomass/pdfs/nbap.pdf
The 2008 National Biofuels Action Plan was developed by the interagency Biomass Research and Development Board. The plan seeks to coordinate Federal agency involvement in biomass research and development, demonstrations and implementation.
US News
Critical Bio Mass: Memphis organizations focus on turning green business into greenbacks
http://businesstn.com/content/200810/critical-bio-mass
With the Grain (Ethanol Grain Producers in Obion County)
http://businesstn.com/content/200810/grain
Obama to Back Ailing Ethanol Makers, Follow Failed Bush Policy
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=a2QOK2ttty_I&refer=us
U.S. biofuels sector sees ally in Obama
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N05312949.htm
How Will Renewables Fare in the New Political Environment?
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/story?id=54014
Changes in Congress related to Ag and Biofuels
http://bioenergy.checkbiotech.org/news/2008-11-06/Mike_Johanns,_once_USDA_chief,_now_senator/
U.S. Biofuels Industry Ready to Take Off
http://en.epochtimes.com/n2/business/biofuels-6697.html
House farm chief backs higher bio-blend
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-BusinessofGreen/idUSTRE4A53VX20081106
Bioheat Fires Up Homes in New England
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/story?id=54006
Fluctuating Food Commodity Prices: A Complex Issue With No Easy Answers
http://www.ers.usda.gov/AmberWaves/November08/Features/FoodPrices.htm
The Biofuel Debate: Good, Bad or Too Soon to Tell?
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/03/the-biofuel-debate-good-bad-or-too-soon-to-tell/
Biofuels Debate: Point, Counterpoint
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/04/biofuels-debate-point-counterpoint/
BIO addresses EPA indirect land use proposal
http://www.biodieselmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=2923
VeraSun Energy halts 110 Mgy corn ethanol plant in Minnesota “indefinitely”, stock trading halted
http://biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2008/11/06/verasun-energy-halts-110-mgy-corn-ethanol-plant-in-minnesota-indefinitely-stock-trading-halted/
J.D. Irving Gets $19.5M In Loans To Make 2 Mills Eco-Friendlier
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=3739
Pellet plant announced for Georgia
http://bioenergy.checkbiotech.org/news/2008-11-05/Pellet_plant_announced_for_Georgia/
Researchers turn biomass into energy
http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2008/11/06/Researchers_turn_biomass_into_energy/UPI-60601225998334/
Fungal diesel could be new fuel source
http://www.edie.net/news/news_story.asp?id=15544&channel=0&title=Fungal+diesel+could+be+new+fuel+source
The Andersons, Inc. Reports Third Quarter Results (Ohio Ethanol Plants)
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/The-Andersons-Inc-Reports-Third/story.aspx?guid=%7BF9E79882-B267-4294-8473-55DD4875C388%7D
$18 Million Biodiesel Manufacturing Plant May be Coming to Southwest Kentucky
http://mfrtech.com/articles/1483.html
First Ethanol Distribution Hub Built & Now Operating At Baltimore Facility
http://www.cattlenetwork.com/Content.asp?ContentID=266150
International News
China Mobilizes Methanol While the U.S. Remains Mired in Oil (highlights Eastman Chemical in Tennessee)
http://www.thecuttingedgenews.com/index.php?article=881&pageid=21&pagename=Energy
Oxford University discovers new methanol process
http://www.biofuelreview.com/content/view/1770/1/
B.C. vitamin maker's ethanol plans on hold
http://www.country-guide.ca/West/issues/ISArticle.asp?id=91845&PC=FBC&issue=11052008
Viaspace Inc. to Commercially Farm Hybrid Grass in China for Animal Feed and Cellulosic Ethanol Production
http://www.biofuelsjournal.com/articles/Viaspace_Inc__to_Commercially_Farm_Hybrid_Grass_in_China_for_Animal_Feed_and_Cellulosic_Ethanol_Production-65777.html
National Biofuels Action Plan released
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/biomass/pdfs/nbap.pdf
The 2008 National Biofuels Action Plan was developed by the interagency Biomass Research and Development Board. The plan seeks to coordinate Federal agency involvement in biomass research and development, demonstrations and implementation.
US News
Critical Bio Mass: Memphis organizations focus on turning green business into greenbacks
http://businesstn.com/content/200810/critical-bio-mass
With the Grain (Ethanol Grain Producers in Obion County)
http://businesstn.com/content/200810/grain
Obama to Back Ailing Ethanol Makers, Follow Failed Bush Policy
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=a2QOK2ttty_I&refer=us
U.S. biofuels sector sees ally in Obama
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N05312949.htm
How Will Renewables Fare in the New Political Environment?
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/story?id=54014
Changes in Congress related to Ag and Biofuels
http://bioenergy.checkbiotech.org/news/2008-11-06/Mike_Johanns,_once_USDA_chief,_now_senator/
U.S. Biofuels Industry Ready to Take Off
http://en.epochtimes.com/n2/business/biofuels-6697.html
House farm chief backs higher bio-blend
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-BusinessofGreen/idUSTRE4A53VX20081106
Bioheat Fires Up Homes in New England
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/story?id=54006
Fluctuating Food Commodity Prices: A Complex Issue With No Easy Answers
http://www.ers.usda.gov/AmberWaves/November08/Features/FoodPrices.htm
The Biofuel Debate: Good, Bad or Too Soon to Tell?
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/03/the-biofuel-debate-good-bad-or-too-soon-to-tell/
Biofuels Debate: Point, Counterpoint
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/04/biofuels-debate-point-counterpoint/
BIO addresses EPA indirect land use proposal
http://www.biodieselmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=2923
VeraSun Energy halts 110 Mgy corn ethanol plant in Minnesota “indefinitely”, stock trading halted
http://biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2008/11/06/verasun-energy-halts-110-mgy-corn-ethanol-plant-in-minnesota-indefinitely-stock-trading-halted/
J.D. Irving Gets $19.5M In Loans To Make 2 Mills Eco-Friendlier
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=3739
Pellet plant announced for Georgia
http://bioenergy.checkbiotech.org/news/2008-11-05/Pellet_plant_announced_for_Georgia/
Researchers turn biomass into energy
http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2008/11/06/Researchers_turn_biomass_into_energy/UPI-60601225998334/
Fungal diesel could be new fuel source
http://www.edie.net/news/news_story.asp?id=15544&channel=0&title=Fungal+diesel+could+be+new+fuel+source
The Andersons, Inc. Reports Third Quarter Results (Ohio Ethanol Plants)
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/The-Andersons-Inc-Reports-Third/story.aspx?guid=%7BF9E79882-B267-4294-8473-55DD4875C388%7D
$18 Million Biodiesel Manufacturing Plant May be Coming to Southwest Kentucky
http://mfrtech.com/articles/1483.html
First Ethanol Distribution Hub Built & Now Operating At Baltimore Facility
http://www.cattlenetwork.com/Content.asp?ContentID=266150
International News
China Mobilizes Methanol While the U.S. Remains Mired in Oil (highlights Eastman Chemical in Tennessee)
http://www.thecuttingedgenews.com/index.php?article=881&pageid=21&pagename=Energy
Oxford University discovers new methanol process
http://www.biofuelreview.com/content/view/1770/1/
B.C. vitamin maker's ethanol plans on hold
http://www.country-guide.ca/West/issues/ISArticle.asp?id=91845&PC=FBC&issue=11052008
Viaspace Inc. to Commercially Farm Hybrid Grass in China for Animal Feed and Cellulosic Ethanol Production
http://www.biofuelsjournal.com/articles/Viaspace_Inc__to_Commercially_Farm_Hybrid_Grass_in_China_for_Animal_Feed_and_Cellulosic_Ethanol_Production-65777.html
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
News and Notes - Nov. 4, 2008
Feature Article
Sen. Grassley asks the Grocery Manufacturers Association to lower foods costs since corn prices have declined
http://grassley.senate.gov/private/upload/10312008.pdf
Finally! Someone seeks accountability from those who have accused ethanol of being the source of many problems! I am glad to see Sen. Grassley using the GMA’s own figures and quotes to beat them at their own game. I have a slide from a powerpoint presentation hanging in my office. In a typical 18-ounce box of Corn Flakes, there is approximately 12.9 ounces (1.44% of a bushel) of corn. At $3 a bushel, that corn cost 4.3 cents. At $6 a bushel, it costs 8.6 cents. Tell me, how does a box of corn flakes increase 21 cents (Fall 2007) and that entire increase be blamed on ethanol? Hmmm.....does it take oil to produce, harvest, ship, and process the corn?
US News
Presidential Candidate Energy Information – A Comprehensive Look
http://www.garbrook.com/welcome/presidentupdate08/index.html
From a strange brew, cheaper fuel (Mascoma)
http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2008/11/03/from_a_strange_brew_cheaper_fuel/
The Death of Ethanol: One Thing Wall Street Saw Coming
http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2008/11/03/the-death-of-ethanol-one-thing-wall-street-saw-coming/
Don’t Put on the Black Dress The Patient Isn’t Dead
http://www.hoosieragtoday.com/wire/comments/00142_death_of_ethanol_192221.php
Self-Digesting Plants? - Potential Key to Biofuel Production from Plant Biomass
http://howplantswork.wordpress.com/2008/11/02/self-digesting-plants-potential-key-to-biofuel-production-from-plant-biomass/
VeraSun files for Chapter 11 protection
http://www.biofuelreview.com/content/view/1765/1/
Judge approves VeraSun's rare bankruptcy financing
http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN0342766020081104
VeraSun Energy Corp. Receives Commitments For Up to $215 Million in Debtor-In-Possession Financing
http://www.biofuelsjournal.com/articles/VeraSun_Energy_Corp__Receives_Commitments_For_Up_to__215_Million_in_Debtor_In_Possession_Financing-65669.html
VeraSun Indefinitely Delays Startup of 110-MMGY Ethanol Plant in Janesville, MN
http://www.biofuelsjournal.com/articles/VeraSun_Indefinitely_Delays_Startup_of_110_MMGY_Ethanol_Plant_in_Janesville__MN_-65708.html
Avery Needs to Connect the Dots on Biotech’s Connection to Ethanol
http://www.ncga.com/news/OurView/2008/103108.asp
Money, research spur race for algae as fuel source
http://www.katu.com/news/tech/33729044.html
Florida’s My Dream Fuels aims to plant 900,000 jatropha trees
http://biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2008/11/04/floridas-my-dream-fuels-aims-to-plant-900000-jatropha-trees/
RFA Comments on August Ethanol Production and Demand
http://www.biofuelsjournal.com/articles/RFA_Comments_on_August_Ethanol_Production_and_Demand-65684.html
Energy independence an old vow
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2008/11/02/20081102promises1102.html
Schwartznegger cancelled plans to call for Renewable Fuel Standard waiver at 11th hour
http://biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2008/11/04/schwartznegger-cancelled-plans-to-call-for-renewable-fuel-standard-waiver-at-11th-hour/
Ethanol sourced carbon dioxide and the energy sector: a Biofuels Digest special report
http://biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2008/11/03/ethanol-sourced-carbon-dioxide-and-the-energy-sector-a-biofuels-digest-special-report/
Fuel study also considers pheasants
http://www.argusleader.com/article/20081102/NEWS/811020338/1001
Cardinal Ethanol starts up (Indiana)
http://www.thestarpress.com/article/20081102/NEWS01/811020359
International News
Monsanto to buy Aly Participacoes for $290 million (Brazilian Ethanol Producer)
http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2008/11/03/daily6.html
ADM Forms Joint Venture With Grupo Cabrera to Construct Two Sugarcane Ethanol Processing Complexes
http://www.biofuelsjournal.com/articles/ADM_Forms_Joint_Venture_With_Grupo_Cabrera_to_Construct_Two_Sugarcane_Ethanol_Processing_Complexes-65704.html
Brazil Ethanol Mills Cancel 22% Of Equipment Orders
http://www.cattlenetwork.com/Content.asp?ContentID=265593
Japanese shipping industry set up to handle biofuels sector
http://www.biofuelreview.com/content/view/1767/1/
Ethanol producers' unworthy heyday finally over
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20081103.IBREGULY03/TPStory/Business
Oil Creation Theory Challenged by Fuel-Making Fungus
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20081104/sc_livescience/oilcreationtheorychallengedbyfuelmakingfungus
Scientists discover Patagonian diesel that grows on trees
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/nov/04/biofuel-plants-biochemistry-science
Mission NewEnergy Announces Bio-ethanol Breakthrough
http://www.missionbiofuels.com/uploads/Announcement-Ligno-cellulosic%20Ethanol-31108(final).pdf
PM refers bio-fuel policy to Pawar panel for a relook (India)
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/PM_refers_bio-fuel_policy_to_Pawar_panel_for_a_relook/articleshow/3666580.cms
Sen. Grassley asks the Grocery Manufacturers Association to lower foods costs since corn prices have declined
http://grassley.senate.gov/private/upload/10312008.pdf
Finally! Someone seeks accountability from those who have accused ethanol of being the source of many problems! I am glad to see Sen. Grassley using the GMA’s own figures and quotes to beat them at their own game. I have a slide from a powerpoint presentation hanging in my office. In a typical 18-ounce box of Corn Flakes, there is approximately 12.9 ounces (1.44% of a bushel) of corn. At $3 a bushel, that corn cost 4.3 cents. At $6 a bushel, it costs 8.6 cents. Tell me, how does a box of corn flakes increase 21 cents (Fall 2007) and that entire increase be blamed on ethanol? Hmmm.....does it take oil to produce, harvest, ship, and process the corn?
US News
Presidential Candidate Energy Information – A Comprehensive Look
http://www.garbrook.com/welcome/presidentupdate08/index.html
From a strange brew, cheaper fuel (Mascoma)
http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2008/11/03/from_a_strange_brew_cheaper_fuel/
The Death of Ethanol: One Thing Wall Street Saw Coming
http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2008/11/03/the-death-of-ethanol-one-thing-wall-street-saw-coming/
Don’t Put on the Black Dress The Patient Isn’t Dead
http://www.hoosieragtoday.com/wire/comments/00142_death_of_ethanol_192221.php
Self-Digesting Plants? - Potential Key to Biofuel Production from Plant Biomass
http://howplantswork.wordpress.com/2008/11/02/self-digesting-plants-potential-key-to-biofuel-production-from-plant-biomass/
VeraSun files for Chapter 11 protection
http://www.biofuelreview.com/content/view/1765/1/
Judge approves VeraSun's rare bankruptcy financing
http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN0342766020081104
VeraSun Energy Corp. Receives Commitments For Up to $215 Million in Debtor-In-Possession Financing
http://www.biofuelsjournal.com/articles/VeraSun_Energy_Corp__Receives_Commitments_For_Up_to__215_Million_in_Debtor_In_Possession_Financing-65669.html
VeraSun Indefinitely Delays Startup of 110-MMGY Ethanol Plant in Janesville, MN
http://www.biofuelsjournal.com/articles/VeraSun_Indefinitely_Delays_Startup_of_110_MMGY_Ethanol_Plant_in_Janesville__MN_-65708.html
Avery Needs to Connect the Dots on Biotech’s Connection to Ethanol
http://www.ncga.com/news/OurView/2008/103108.asp
Money, research spur race for algae as fuel source
http://www.katu.com/news/tech/33729044.html
Florida’s My Dream Fuels aims to plant 900,000 jatropha trees
http://biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2008/11/04/floridas-my-dream-fuels-aims-to-plant-900000-jatropha-trees/
RFA Comments on August Ethanol Production and Demand
http://www.biofuelsjournal.com/articles/RFA_Comments_on_August_Ethanol_Production_and_Demand-65684.html
Energy independence an old vow
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2008/11/02/20081102promises1102.html
Schwartznegger cancelled plans to call for Renewable Fuel Standard waiver at 11th hour
http://biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2008/11/04/schwartznegger-cancelled-plans-to-call-for-renewable-fuel-standard-waiver-at-11th-hour/
Ethanol sourced carbon dioxide and the energy sector: a Biofuels Digest special report
http://biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2008/11/03/ethanol-sourced-carbon-dioxide-and-the-energy-sector-a-biofuels-digest-special-report/
Fuel study also considers pheasants
http://www.argusleader.com/article/20081102/NEWS/811020338/1001
Cardinal Ethanol starts up (Indiana)
http://www.thestarpress.com/article/20081102/NEWS01/811020359
International News
Monsanto to buy Aly Participacoes for $290 million (Brazilian Ethanol Producer)
http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2008/11/03/daily6.html
ADM Forms Joint Venture With Grupo Cabrera to Construct Two Sugarcane Ethanol Processing Complexes
http://www.biofuelsjournal.com/articles/ADM_Forms_Joint_Venture_With_Grupo_Cabrera_to_Construct_Two_Sugarcane_Ethanol_Processing_Complexes-65704.html
Brazil Ethanol Mills Cancel 22% Of Equipment Orders
http://www.cattlenetwork.com/Content.asp?ContentID=265593
Japanese shipping industry set up to handle biofuels sector
http://www.biofuelreview.com/content/view/1767/1/
Ethanol producers' unworthy heyday finally over
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20081103.IBREGULY03/TPStory/Business
Oil Creation Theory Challenged by Fuel-Making Fungus
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20081104/sc_livescience/oilcreationtheorychallengedbyfuelmakingfungus
Scientists discover Patagonian diesel that grows on trees
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/nov/04/biofuel-plants-biochemistry-science
Mission NewEnergy Announces Bio-ethanol Breakthrough
http://www.missionbiofuels.com/uploads/Announcement-Ligno-cellulosic%20Ethanol-31108(final).pdf
PM refers bio-fuel policy to Pawar panel for a relook (India)
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/PM_refers_bio-fuel_policy_to_Pawar_panel_for_a_relook/articleshow/3666580.cms
Friday, October 31, 2008
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
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_/
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_/
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