News and Notes - July 1, 2008

US News

Promise of Biofuel Clouded by Weather Risks
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/01/business/01weather.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&ref=business&adxnnlx=1214920420-QRVAgLPG30JcHRCK7PjfeA

GOP lawmakers want ethanol requirements reduced
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iybC7Vg-hYUTo1JObqHB1KvS0ZpwD91KJ3KO0

Syntec Hits a High of 110 GPT of Fuel Alcohols
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/marketwire/0411909.htm

Metro (Atlanta) ethanol sales accelerate slowly in test
http://atlanta.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2008/06/30/story13.html?jst=pn_pn_lk

West Biofuels, U.C. partner to make ethanol (CA Pilot Plant)
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20080630/BUSINESSJOURNAL/437743617/1206/BUSINESS0110&title=West_Biofuels__U_C__partner_to_make_ethanol

World’s largest biodiesel fueling station and concept park, Willie’s Place, to open this week in Texas; Willie Nelson concerts, events planned
http://www.news8austin.com/content/your_news/default.asp?ArID=213036

Scum Power (inlcudes interesting video on algae biofuels)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121432266999600187.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Renewable Energy Group®’s acquisition of U.S. Biodiesel Group complete
http://www.renewable-energy-group.com/pdfs/REG%20finalizes%20Houston,%20California%20acquisition.pdf

Research yields pricey chemicals from biodiesel waste
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-06/ru-ryp063008.php

Pioneering a new agricultural revolution
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/07/01/2290426.htm

Ethanol interest lags as corn prices rise
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080630/NEWS/80630022

Abandoned Farmlands Are Key to Sustainable Bioenergy
http://www.ciw.edu/news/abandoned_farmlands_are_key_sustainable_bioenergy

Restore wetlands, shift to prairie for energy crops
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080629/OPINION01/806290311/-1/NEWS04

Biofuels & Greenhouse Gas Emissions (New report available for purchase)
http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/da2d0c/biofuels_greenho

International News

Shell Considers Investing In Brazilian Ethanol
http://cattlenetwork.com/Content.asp?ContentID=233252

Brazilians to buy Jamaica's sugar company, invest in ethanol
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/06/28/business/CB-FIN-Jamaica-Brazil-Ethanol.php

Brazil's Ethanol Consumption Grows In New States
http://www.cattlenetwork.com/Content.asp?ContentID=233370

Gushan Environmental Energy Limited Opens Shanghai Biodiesel Plant
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/gushan-environmental-energy-limited-opens-shanghai-biodiesel-plant,452105.shtml

Bio-fuel board to promote, monitor industry on cards (India)
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/Economy/Policy/Bio-fuel_board_to_promote_monitor_industry_on_cards/articleshow/3182367.cms

Prince Charles' car runs on wine
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/07/01/royal.wine/index.html