News and Notes - Oct. 22, 2008

UTBI-Related News

UT, Genera Energy, and Dupont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol break ground on pilot cellulosic biorefinery
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2008/oct/15/building-begins-at-biofuel-refinery/
http://www.wate.com/Global/story.asp?S=9176674&nav=menu7_2
http://www.wbir.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=66606&catid=2&GID=VezJarCy82I2RsGvHZNOASzGZQU0nSjxQzE1Nj6TUmw%3D
http://www.thedailytimes.com/article/20081015/NEWS/310159972
http://advocateanddemocrat.com/story/15681
http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_137094.asp
http://www.biofuelsjournal.com/articles/DuPont_Celebrates_Groundbreaking_at_DuPont_Danisco_Cellulosic_Ethanol_LLC_Pilot_Plant_in_Vonore__TN-64627.html
http://www.newsbull.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=70087&pollresults=1 (Lamar Alexander comments)
http://support.tnanytime.org/node/402
http://www.volunteertv.com/home/headlines/30994234.html
http://www.azom.com/news.asp?newsID=14114
http://www.agweb.com/FarmJournal/Article.aspx?src=farmjournal&sigcat=farmjournal&id=146413
http://vocuspr.vocus.com/VocusPR30/Publish/520381/Forward_520381_587626.htm

DuPont Accent herbicide to protect switchgrass in Tennessee
http://deltafarmpress.com/biofuels/accent-herbicide-1016/

Presidential race: Energy, environment key on both sides
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2008/oct/21/energy-environment-key-on-both-sides/

US News

University of Florida opens ethanol-fuel production plant
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/local/newsletter/orl-biznews-ethanol101408,0,7255288.story

Iowa’s Ethanol Plants Create 15 Percent of its Emissions
http://gas2.org/2008/10/21/iowas-ethanol-plants-create-15-percent-of-its-emissions/

Alternative Energy Suddenly Faces Headwinds
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/21/business/21energy.html?_r=1&th=&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&emc=th&adxnnlx=1224684196-mxa3cki/llSiv9oV4/R1DA)

Credit crunch boost for US Combined Heat and Power
http://www.cospp.com/display_article/341780/122/ARTCL/none/NEWS/1/Credit-crunch-boost-for-US-CHP/?dcmp=COSPP_NEWS

Wood as a power source may be making comeback
http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2008/10/09/wood_as_a_power_source_may_be_making_comeback_1223527063/

Biofuel Makers Push to Boost the Amount of Ethanol Allowed in Gasoline to 20 Percent
http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/national/2008/10/17/biofuel-makers-push-to-boost-the-amount-of-ethanol-allowed-in-gasoline-to-20-percent.html

Clemson University to build cellulosic pilot plant
http://www.biomassmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=2113

Shell quadruples renewable energy project spending
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/6061497.html

U.S. slow on goals for more, greener biofuel
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27222314/

In Pictures: Eight Promising Alternative Energy Companies
http://www.forbes.com/2008/10/09/walmart-exxon-energy_leadership_clayton_in_mm_1009claytonchristensen_inl_slide_8.html?thisSpeed=15000

Clean Energy from Biomass Shows Promise (MI)
http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/545459/?sc=swhr;xy=5047780

As oil prices fall, push for alternatives may ease
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27271928/from/ET/

Cobalt Biofuels Raises $25 Million to Commercialize Next Generation Biofuel — Biobutanol
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/cobalt-biofuels-raises-25-million/story.aspx?guid=%7BA7445DBE-2175-4F6E-9E32-9AE7989820BD%7D&dist=hppr

Fiscal hawks say no new US aid to ethanol makers
http://www.reuters.com/article/bondsNews/idUSN2132525620081021

MIT recommends steps to slash gasoline use by 2035
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/cars2035-0805.html

Can E. Coli Help Make Biofuel Production More Efficient?
http://gas2.org/2008/10/20/can-e-coli-help-make-biofuel-production-more-efficient/

Coskata to Sell Ethanol Product in China
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122449786998649719.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

USGC: U.S. Ethanol Production Grows, Increasing Supply Of Livestock Feed
http://www.cattlenetwork.com/Content.asp?ContentID=261796

Brasher: Biofuel rules could chill future projects
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20081019/BUSINESS01/810190324/-1/BUSINESS04

Alternative Energy: New Sugarcanes To Deliver One-Two Energy Punch
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081013194043.htm

Obama to Declare Carbon Dioxide Dangerous Pollutant
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601082&sid=alHWVvGnkcd4&refer=canada#

GreenFuel Tech opens algae-growing greenhouse
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10070678-54.html

Residents decry MPCA info on proposed ethanol plant (MN)
http://news.postbulletin.com/newsmanager/templates/localnews_story.asp?z=2&a=367354

International News

China to Miss its 2010 Ethanol Target
http://ecoworldly.com/2008/10/22/china-to-miss-its-2010-ethanol-target/

Nandan to increase jatropha cultivation (800,000 hectares)
http://www.business-standard.com/india/storypage.php?autono=337978

Clear policy lines required for biofuel markets: Browne
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/business/story/0,28124,24522806-5018001,00.html

India’s economic strength is good news for biofuels, a Biofuels Digest special report
http://biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2008/10/21/india’s-economic-strength-is-good-news-for-biofuels-a-biofuels-digest-special-report/

MILENA Green Gas
http://www.ecn.nl/en/bkm/news/milena-groen-gas

News and Notes - Oct. 10, 2008

UTBI-related News

Switchgrass season: Farmers harvest plant that will power Tennessee Biofuels Initiative
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2008/oct/10/switchgrass-season-Farmers-harvest-plant/

Groundbreaking set for Tennessee cellulosic pilot plant
http://www.ethanolproducer.com/article.jsp?article_id=4907

DuPont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol LLC Sets Up Headquarters in Ithica, IL and Names Members of Management Team
http://www.biofuelsjournal.com/articles/DuPont_Danisco_Cellulosic_Ethanol_LLC_Sets_Up_Headquarters_in_Ithica__IL_and_Names_Members_of_Management_Team-64386.html

US News

Continuing Resolution Includes $25 Billion in Automakers Loans (and forest hazardous fuels reduction for use in biomass energy)
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/vehiclesandfuels/news/news_detail.html?news_id=12028

U.S. Universities: Fertile Ground for Leading Biofuels and Bioenergy Developments
http://www.biobasednews.com/node/18514

Ethanol could be key to Iowans on the fence (Election 2008)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-10-09-50states-Iowa_N.htm

WASDE: Corn supply increased
http://www.ethanolproducer.com/article.jsp?article_id=4908

IRFA: Iowa E85 Sales in First Half of 2008 Exceed Total 2007 Sales
http://www.biofuelsjournal.com/articles/IRFA__Iowa_E85_Sales_in_First_Half_of_2008_Exceed_Total_2007_Sales-64474.html

Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne partner with ExxonMobil
http://www.biomassmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=2099

WASDE: More harvested soybean acres boost supply
http://www.biodieselmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=2831

U.S. ethanol profits stay weak on poor fuel demand
http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssIndustryMaterialsUtilitiesNews/idUSN1055086920081010

IDEM Says Air Quality will Benefit from Completed Biofuels Corridor
http://www.hoosieragtoday.com/wire/news/5279988_idemE85_215826.php

Pratt ethanol plant files for bankruptcy
http://www.nebraska.tv/Global/story.asp?S=9137975&nav=menu605_1

EERC, Great Plains to produce camelina jet fuel
http://www.biomassmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=2101

Ethanol firms cheap, but not cheap enough
http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssHealthcareNews/idUSN0748463120081008

Robeson (NC cellulosic) ethanol project advances
http://www.fayobserver.com/article?id=306976

The Bailout Bill, Biofuels and You: good news for renewables hidden in the pork
http://biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2008/10/10/the-bailout-bill-biofuels-and-you-good-news-for-renewables-hidden-in-the-pork/

VBV LLC and Its Subsidiaries Approve Merger With Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc.
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Vbv-Llc-NASDAQ-GPRE-907873.html

Unity Biofuels Developing Self-Blending Ethanol Fuel Dispensers
http://www.redorbit.com/news/business/1532272/unity_biofuels_developing_selfblending_ethanol_fuel_dispensers/

ARS Scientists Produce Oil From Multiple Crops for Potential Biofuel Production at Pilot Plant in Peoria, IL, and Study Rotation Plans to Include Grasses for Cellulosic Ethanol Productio
http://www.biofuelsjournal.com/articles/ARS_Scientists_Produce_Oil_From_Multiple_Crops_for_Potential_Biofuel_Production_at_Pilot_Plant_in_Peoria__IL__and_Study_Rotation_Plans_to_Include_Grasses_for_Cellulosic_Ethanol_Production-64440.html

Bug-Powered Fuel Cells Could Run on Waste
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/10/09/fuel-cell-waste.html

Venture capital looks to new sources of biofuels
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/feedarticle/7847690

International News

Troubled Times for Tata: a Biofuels Digest special report on India
http://biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2008/10/10/troubled-times-for-tata-a-biofuels-digest-special-report-on-india/

A new approach to use hydrogen as an alternative fuel source has been discovered
http://www.alphagalileo.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=readrelease&releaseid=532723

India can't use own biodiesel
http://www.cleantech.com/news/3661/india-already-shipping-biodiesel-us-eu

Argentina Biodiesel Sector Seeing Exponential Growth
http://www.cattlenetwork.com/Content.asp?ContentID=259266

Plant officials say they were 'blindsided' (Collingwood Ontario)
http://www.theenterprisebulletin.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1241378

Brazil to have 7 mln more hectares of land for sugarcane production
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-10/09/content_10169744.htm

Govt Partners Chinese Firm for $115m Ethanol Factory (Nigeria)
http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=124665

News and Notes - Oct. 8, 2008

UTBI-related News

Biofuels Initiative Excites State Expert
http://www.greenevillesun.com/story/298374

Commissioner Nicely: Green Islands Growing In Tennessee
http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_136623.asp

Groundbreaking looms for DuPont Danisco, UT cellulosic ethanol pilot project; corn cobs for first year, then switching to switchgrass
http://biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2008/10/07/groundbreaking-looms-for-dupont-danisco-ut-cellulosic-ethanol-pilot-project-corn-cobs-for-first-year-then-switching-to-switchgrass/
and http://deltafarmpress.com/news/switchgrass-plant-1008/
And http://capitalcomments.typepad.com/capital_comments/2008/10/tennessee-begin.html

Presidential debate triggers seminars, musical events (UTBI)
http://nashvillecitypaper.com/news.php?viewStory=63184

DuPont meeting significant 2008 milestones in progressing advanced biofuels
http://bioenergy.checkbiotech.org/news/2008-10-07/DuPont_meeting_significant_2008_milestones_in_progressing_advanced_biofuels/

US News

The US Department of Agriculture and Department of Energy jointly released the National Biofuels Action Plan
http://www.energy.gov/news/6634.htm

U.N. Report: Ethanol creating corn and oil price link
http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=99973

Commercial biobutanol operation by 2010, says DuPont
http://www.biofuelreview.com/content/view/1736/1/

Wood fiber supplies increase, prices decrease
http://www.biomassmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=2093

Mandate for biofuels production requires science-based policy and global perspective
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-10/uoia-mfb100208.php

Governor’s coalition changes name to focus on biofuels
http://www.ethanolproducer.com/article.jsp?article_id=4885

Ethanol Tariff to Be Discussed in Trade Talks
http://www.farmfutures.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=CD26BEDECA4A4946A1283CC7786AEB5A&nm=News&type=news&mod=News&mid=9A02E3B96F2A415ABC72CB5F516B4C10&tier=3&nid=FCACA3E641BB427D9DF4888FD11378DF

Effects of Intermediate Ethanol Blendson Legacy Vehicles and Small Non-Road Engines report released by ORNL/NREL
http://feerc.ornl.gov/publications/Int_blends_Rpt_1.pdf

Ethanol companies fall with broader market
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2008/10/06/ap5513915.html

Credit crisis has had little direct impact – ADM
http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssConsumerGoodsAndRetailNews/idUSN0745001920081007

NCGA: Economic Stabilization Act Includes Biofuels Incentives, Disaster Relief
http://www.cattlenetwork.com/Content.asp?ContentID=257933

New Legislation Includes Incentives for Biomass, Waste-to-Energy
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/081008/ukw007.html?.v=101

Dynamic Fuels breaks ground on Louisiana plant
http://www.biodieselmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=2827

Feeding the Future: The Role of the US Ethanol Industry in Food and Feed Production report released
http://www.ethanolrfa.org/objects/documents/1913/feed_co-products.pdf

Energy: The Price of Being Green
http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?parm1=3&docID=weeklyreport-000002971121

Poet say removing cobs for fuel helps corn grow
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE4918KM20081002

US Chamber Of Commerce: US Should Reconsider Ethanol Tariffs
http://www.cattlenetwork.com/Content.asp?ContentID=257931

DOE Awards Novozymes $12.3 Contract to Improve Enzymes for Cellulosic Ethanol Production
http://www.biofuelsjournal.com/articles/DOE_Awards_Novozymes__12_3_Contract_to_Improve_Enzymes_for_Cellulosic_Ethanol_Production_-64304.html

Cellulosic ethanol (wood) plant proposed in Colorado
http://www.examiner.com/a-1622854~Cellulosic_ethanol_plant_proposed_in_Colo_.html

Lignol, Weyerhaeuser explore lignin-based products
http://www.biomassmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=2089

Study: Higher ethanol blends don't boost emissions
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20081007/BUSINESS01/81007020/-1/ENT05

Alterra turns to fuel additive after biodiesel problems arise
http://www.macon.com/198/story/482997.html

Experts say more research needed to make good on biofuel promise
http://7thspace.com/headlines/294577/experts_say_more_research_needed_to_make_good_on_biofuel_promise.html

Interstate 65 Is America's First Biofuels Corridor
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/story?id=53773

Discovering drugs, biofuels in tropical seas
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-10/ohs-ddb100608.php#

Feds give Poet $76.3 million for biomass plant
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20081008/BUSINESS/810080342/1029

Mascoma Corporation Announces $49.5 Million in DOE and State of Michigan Funding for Cellulosic Fuel Facility
http://www.mascoma.com/news/pdf/Mascoma%20DOE-Michigan%20funding%20announcement%20joint%20release%20FINAL%2010%207%2008.pdf

KL Process Design Group Goes Public and Changes Name to KL Energy Corp.
http://www.biofuelsjournal.com/articles/KL_Process_Design_Group_Goes_Public_and_Changes_Name_to_KL_Energy_Corp_-64324.html

ARS Scientists Study Environmentally Friendly Methods to Pretreat Solid Waste and Crop Residue for Cellulosic Ethanol Production
http://www.biofuelsjournal.com/articles/ARS_Scientists_Study_Environmentally_Friendly_Methods_to_Pretreat_Solid_Waste_and_Crop_Residue_for_Cellulosic_Ethanol_Production_-64240.html

Virginia governor Kaine, ex-governor Allen, to debate energy policy as surrogates for McCain, Obama
http://biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2008/10/07/virginia-governor-kaine-ex-governor-allen-to-debate-energy-policy-as-surrogates-for-mccain-obama/

International News

EU, Brazil at Odds Over Biofuel Cooperation, Says Official
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3687906,00.html

Brazil overtakes US as top destination for investment in biofuels
http://bioenergy.checkbiotech.org/news/2008-10-07/Brazil_overtakes_US_as_top_destination_for_investment_in_biofuels/

China's Faltering Oil Appetite
http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/postglobal/energywire/2008/10/chinas_motor_fuel_syndrome.html

China grim on prospects for climate pact
http://www.reuters.com/article/GlobalEnvironment08/idUSTRE4951P720081006

Infinity, Jamaica strike 25-year deal on cane lands
http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20081005/business/business3.html

UK Renewable Fuels Agency First Interim Quarterly Report Shows Biofuels Amount and Carbon Reduction Both Greater Than Targeted
http://www.biofuelsjournal.com/articles/UK_Renewable_Fuels_Agency_First_Interim_Quarterly_Report_Shows_Biofuels_Amount_and_Carbon_Reduction_Both_Greater_Than_Targeted-64216.html

D1 Oils reports progress in slimmed-down energy crop business
http://newenergyfocus.com/do/ecco.py/view_item?listid=1&listcatid=32&listitemid=1756&section=Bioenergy%20%26%20Waste#

Southridge Enterprises Signs Letter of Intent to Acquire Ethanol Plant in Brazil
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/southridge-enterprises-signs-letter-intent/story.aspx?guid=%7BDF152C5B-5C65-4039-A526-916F1714B6BA%7D&dist=hppr

Indian companies exporting biodiesel
http://www.business-standard.com/india/storypage.php?autono=336646

Germany cuts 2009 biodiesel blending target
http://www.forbes.com/afxnewslimited/feeds/afx/2008/10/06/afx5513425.html

News and Notes - Oct. 2, 2008

**Note: Bionews will not be published Friday, Oct. 3 or Monday-Tuesday, Oct. 6-7, 2008**

UTBI-related News

DuPont Biofuels Programs Making Significant Progress With Biobutanol Commercialization and Economic Conversion of Cellulosic Feedstocks for Biofuels
http://www.biofuelsjournal.com/articles/DuPont_Biofuels_Programs_Making_Significant_Progress_With_Biobutanol_Commercialization_and_Economic_Conversion_of_Cellulosic_Feedstocks_for_Biofuels-64041.html

US News

How Washington Cripples The Energy Industry
http://www.forbes.com/business/2008/10/01/energy-congress-washington-biz-energy-cx_jz_1001energy08_changes.html

Scientists on Cellulosic Fuel: Avoid Mistakes Before They Happen
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/01/scientists-on-cellulosic-fuel-avoid-mistakes-before-they-happen/?hp

N.Y. Times is wrong says cellulosic industry
http://www.ethanolproducer.com/article.jsp?article_id=4821

Biofuels Center of North Carolina Expands Board of Director
http://carolinanewswire.com/news/News.cgi?database=001news.db&command=viewone&id=2371&op=t

Energy firms would form 'closed-loop' system of power, fuel
http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/1916348/

EIA: Biomass, biofuels are largest renewable energy source
http://www.biomassmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=2083

The 'Clean Coal' Myth
http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/postglobal/energywire/2008/10/the_clean_coal_myth.html#more

Ethanol Buzz Fuels Planning by Colonial Pipeline Company
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/10/prweb1391454.htm

Des Moines Ethanol Plant a No-Go
http://www.whotv.com/Global/story.asp?S=9104641

Nova Biosource Fuels Announces Credit Facility Amendment for Its Seneca Biodiesel Refinery
http://www.yourrenewablenews.com/news_item.php?newsID=11852

How Biofuels Can Help the UN
http://www.agweb.com/Blogs/BlogPost.aspx?src=BiofuelsUpdate&PID=12308279-1d2b-473c-9ce0-1152b88209f3

University of Illinois Soil Scientist: Best Management Approaches Necessary for Sustainable Cellulosic and Grain-Based Biofuels Production
http://www.biofuelsjournal.com/articles/University_of_Illinois_Soil_Scientist__Best_Management_Approaches_Necessary_for_Sustainable_Cellulosic_and_Grain_Based_Biofuels_Production-64043.html

ICM CEO Dave Vander Griend: To Break Dependence on Foreign Oil, America Needs More Flex-Fuel Cars and More Available Ethanol Blends
http://www.biofuelsjournal.com/articles/ICM_CEO_Dave_Vander_Griend__To_Break_Dependence_on_Foreign_Oil__America_Needs_More_Flex_Fuel_Cars_and_More_Available_Ethanol_Blends-63988.html

Corn tumbles as inventories rise, dollar rallies
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/corn-tumbles-inventories-rise-dollar/story.aspx?guid=%7BCE70CA4B-4709-4BB8-B48C-D0853AEB2E8C%7D&dist=msr_21

King: Tax breaks will boost bailout bill
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081001/BUSINESS/81001024/-1/ENT06

New Fuels Alliance Blasts Ethanol Lawsuit Filed Today by Tesoro Corporation; Calls Lawsuit Frivolous
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/new-fuels-alliance-blasts-ethanol/story.aspx?guid=%7BB2E84A89-45A3-4F1D-834C-D9436CFA4BD2%7D&dist=hppr

Palin not lock step with McCain on energy policy
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/energy/6035372.html

New Sugarcanes to Deliver One-Two Energy Punch
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2008/081002.htm

Pacific Ethanol, VeraSun Energy open to takeover, management says; Pacific CEO says industry needs to consolidate
http://www.reuters.com/article/mergersNews/idUSN0152423920081001

International News

Ontario won't increase ethanol targets for gas
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20081002.WHBRIEFS02-1/TPStory/National

Brazil’s sugar co-op giant, Copersucar, converts to company; Brazil’s largest producer now aims for 200 percent growth
http://biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2008/10/02/brazils-sugar-co-op-giant-copersucar-converts-to-company-brazils-largest-producer-now-aims-for-200-percent-growth/

RWE Innogy announces biomass, biogas plant projects
http://www.biomassmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=2082

News and Notes - Oct. 1, 2008

Feature Article

Feeding a Cellulosic Ethanol Plant May Be a Tall Order, but It Might Pay Off
http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews+articleid_2664970.html

A good look from a midwestern economist on the return from cellulosic ethanol.

US News

U.S. will have largest biodiesel market by 2012, research group says
http://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/stories/2008/09/29/daily21.html

USDA Sees No Sugar-for-Ethanol Sales in FY 2009
http://www.flex-news-food.com/pages/19447/Sugar/USDA/usda-no-sugar-ethanol-sales-fy-2009.html

Tesoro sues California air quality regulators over ethanol rule
http://sanantonio.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/stories/2008/09/29/daily20.html

Construction to begin on new ethanol plant (Osage Energy in VA)
http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/1913728/

Stalled tax relief bill threatens biodiesel, wind
http://www.agriculture.com/ag/story.jhtml?storyid=/templatedata/ag/story/data/1222823455300.xml

Biomass company, PSNH broker deal (NH)
http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081001/NEWS01/810010345

Record capital again flows to clean tech
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/30/BU6U138UDF.DTL

VeraSun Energy:Buyout Candidate, If Obama Wins
http://seekingalpha.com/article/97107-verasun-energy-buyout-candidate-if-obama-wins

ARS Research Shows Manure Could be Useful for Syngas Production for Electricity, Heating, and Biofuels
http://www.biofuelsjournal.com/articles/ARS_Research_Shows_Manure_Could_be_Useful_for_Syngas_Production_for_Electricity__Heating__and_Biofuels-63911.html

Report Shows Ethanol Efficiency Gains (13% reduction in electricity consumption)
http://www.agweb.com/get_article.aspx?pageid=146011

Ronn Motor Co. Begins Research and Development Program to Study More Efficient Use of Ethanol and Hydrogen Blended Fuels in Scorpion™ Hybrid
http://www.biofuelsjournal.com/articles/Ronn_Motor_Co__Begins_Research_and_Development_Program_to_Study_More_Efficient_Use_of_Ethanol_and_Hydrogen_Blended_Fuels_in_Scorpion_trade__Hybrid-63962.html

International News

Cracking wood gently
http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2008/September/30090801.asp

Jim Jordan & Associates "Global Market Analysis of Fuel Ethanol" Study Assembles Highly Detailed Picture of Ethanol Industry
http://www.biofuelsjournal.com/articles/Jim_Jordan___Associates__Global_Market_Analysis_of_Fuel_Ethanol__Study_Assembles_Highly_Detailed_Picture_of_Ethanol_Industry-63907.html

Brazil's ALL to ship Cosan ethanol to port by rail
http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN0150292820081001

French biofuel tax revision threatens jobs –makers
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/feedarticle/7840048

India’s biofuel drive continues despite global economic turmoil
http://biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2008/10/01/india’s-biofuel-drive-continues-despite-global-economic-turmoil-a-biofuels-digest-special-report/

Biodiesel breakthrough comes at £13m cost to BP-backed firm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/oct/01/biofuels.energy

Brazil's ethanol industry attracting outside investment
http://www.biofuelreview.com/content/view/1734/1/