• Capturing Additional Value: Extracting Food Ingredient Proteins from Biofuel Side Streams

• Spot Ethanol: Prices Down First Week of 2010
• Ethanol Equities: ANDE, BG Post Gains, ADM Down

• Study: U.S. Biofuels Policies Flawed
• CARB to Unveil Biodiesel/Renewable Diesel Regulation Jan. 20
• ISO to Develop Standard Addressing Bioenergy Sustainability

• Researchers Find Air-lift Loop Bioreactor Offers Energy-efficient Way to Produce Algal Biofuels
• Spectrometer Detects Biodiesel in Diesel

• US$28.4 Million Tax Credit to Novozymes to Advance Biofuels Production, Create Jobs
• Mascoma Appoints New Chief Executive Officer
• Pacific Ethanol Resumes Production at Magic Valley Facility
• Imperium Renewables Announces Cause of Accident at Biodiesel Plant
• Companies Team Up on Biojet
• Blendstar's Biofuels Blending Terminal Opens in Mississippi
• Grand Opening for Tenn. Cellulosic Ethanol Plant
• Renewable Energy Group to Supply Biodiesel for Hawaiian Electric’s New Campbell Industrial Park Generation Station
• Transport Research Board Seeks Alternative Jet-Fuel Study
• Syntec, EERC Team-up on Biobutanol Scheme
• Alter NRG-Coskata Gasification-Ethanol Project Starts-Up

• Ottawa Orders Study on Environmental, Health Effects of Making Renewable Fuels
• Bunge Ltd. Appoints Pedro Parente as President and CEO, Bunge Brazil
• Brazil Cuts Ethanol Requirement to 20%
• China Clean Energy Announces Launch of Commercial Production at Jiangyin Plant
• Qatari Biojet Fuel Initiative
• Iogen Doubles Cellulosic Ethanol Production
• COFCO Opens 63-Million-Gallon Cassava Ethanol Plant in China
• GEM BioFuels to Ship Crude Jatropha Oil in Mid-January
• Second Generation Biofuel Project Launched in France

Study: U.S. Biofuels Policies Flawed

According to a new policy paper by Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, the United States needs to fundamentally rethink its policy of promoting ethanol to diversify its energy sources and increase energy security.

CARB to Unveil Biodiesel/Renewable Diesel Regulation Jan. 20

California Air Resources Board officials will hold a public workshop in Sacramento on Jan. 20 “to discuss the upcoming biodiesel and renewable diesel regulation.”

ISO to Develop Standard Addressing Bioenergy Sustainability

In response to growing international interest in bioenergy and the current lack of globally harmonized sustainability criteria, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) announced Jan. 7 that it will develop an international standard to address sustainability issues linked to bioenergy.

Researchers Find Air-lift Loop Bioreactor Offers Energy-efficient Way to Produce Algal Biofuels

A team of scientists from the University of Sheffield, Sheffield, England, have developed a device that make the production of algal biofuels more energy efficient.

Spectrometer Detects Biodiesel in Diesel

Wilks Enterprise’s Infraspec VFA-IR spectrometer is now capable of measuring biodiesel in diesel fuel down to 0.05%, company representatives announced Jan. 11.

Spot Ethanol: Prices Down First Week of 2010

Prices were down 4¢ to 6¢ across the ethanol spot market the first week of 2010.

Ethanol Equities: ANDE, BG Post Gains, ADM Down

Archer Daniels Midland saw prices continue to go down the first week of 2010, while The Andersons and Bunge saw upward movement.

Ottawa Orders Study on Environmental, Health Effects of Making Renewable Fuels

The Harper government in Ottawa, Canada, has ordered a study into the environmental and health effects of producing ethanol and biodiesel after other countries found facilities that make renewable fuels could be behind problems with air, water and human health, the Canadian Press (CP) reported Jan. 6.

Bunge Ltd. Appoints Pedro Parente as President and CEO, Bunge Brazil

Bunge Ltd. has appointed Pedro Parente to the newly created position of president and chief executive officer of Bunge Brazil, effective Jan. 11, 2010.

Brazil Cuts Ethanol Requirement to 20%

The Brazilian government Jan. 11 cut the mandatory amount of ethanol mixed into gasoline to 20% from 25%, Bloomberg reported the same day.

China Clean Energy Announces Launch of Commercial Production at Jiangyin Plant

China Clean Energy Inc., a producer of biodiesel fuel in China, announced Jan. 7 that the trial production phase at its Jiangyin plant has been successfully completed and, as of January 2010, the new plant is operating on a commercial basis.

Qatari Biojet Fuel Initiative

Qatar Airways, Qatar Science & Technology Park (QSTP) and Qatar Petroleum (QP) announced Jan. 10 that they will jointly carry out engineering, economic analysis and move into the development of sustainable biojet fuel that will also look into ways for production and supply, with the support of Airbus.

Iogen Doubles Cellulosic Ethanol Production

Iogen Corp.’s cellulosic ethanol production in 2009 was more than double the firm's 2008 fuel production, the company announced Jan. 11

COFCO Opens 63-Million-Gallon Cassava Ethanol Plant in China

The COFCO Group has begun operations at China’s first non-grain ethanol project, a 63 million gallon per year cassava ethanol plant.

GEM BioFuels to Ship Crude Jatropha Oil in Mid-January

GEM BioFuels recently stated it will release its first shipments of crude jatropha oil headed for Australia and Germany by mid-January.

Second Generation Biofuel Project Launched in France

The French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) is launching the first phase of a project to build a biomass-to-liquids (BTL) conversion pilot unit that will transform agricultural and forestry residues into second generation biofuel, in Bure Saudron, France.

US$28.4 Million Tax Credit to Novozymes to Advance Biofuels Production, Create Jobs

Novozymes announced Jan. 11 that the company has received an Advanced Energy Manufacturing Tax Credit of US$28.4 million from the U.S. President Barack Obama administration for the construction of its new enzyme manufacturing facility in Blair, Neb.

Mascoma Appoints New Chief Executive Officer

Representatives with Mascoma Corp. announced Jan. 7 the appointment of William J. Brady as the company’s new chief executive officer, effective immediately.

Pacific Ethanol Resumes Production at Magic Valley Facility

Pacific Ethanol, Inc. has resumed production at its 60-million-gallon-per-year Magic Valley facility located in Burley, Idaho, the company announced Jan. 6.

Imperium Renewables Announces Cause of Accident at Biodiesel Plant

Imperium Renewables recently announced the findings of an investigation into the cause of an accident on Dec. 2, 2009, in which over-pressurization caused a rupture in the glycerin neutralization tank at its Imperium Grays Harbor biodiesel production facility in Hoquiam, Wash.

Companies Team Up on Biojet

BioJet Corp. and Great Plains Oil & Exploration have executed a Teaming Agreement for the purpose of producing renewable jet fuels, the companies announced Jan. 6.

Blendstar's Biofuels Blending Terminal Opens in Mississippi

A new Blendstar terminal has opened in Collins, Miss., Green Plains Renewable Energy Inc. announced Jan. 6.

Grand Opening for Tenn. Cellulosic Ethanol Plant

On Friday, Jan. 29, DuPont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol LLC and University of Tennessee/Genera Energy LLC will hold a grand opening celebration for one of the first cellulosic ethanol demonstration plants in the United States.

Renewable Energy Group to Supply Biodiesel for Hawaiian Electric’s New Campbell Industrial Park Generation Station

Hawaiian Electric Co. has signed a contract with a subsidiary of Iowa-based Renewable Energy Group to supply biodiesel for Hawaiian Electric’s new 110-megaWatt combustion turbine generator unit at Campbell Industrial Park Generating Station, representatives with the companies announced Jan. 5.

Transport Research Board Seeks Alternative Jet-Fuel Study

Washington, D.C.-based Transportation Research Board’s Airport Cooperative Research Program officials announced Jan. 6 that they’ve issued a request for proposals to prepare a handbook on “drop-in” alternative jet fuel production and delivery.

Syntec, EERC Team-up on Biobutanol Scheme

Vancouver, B.C.-based Syntec officials and University of North Dakota Energy and Environmental Research Center announced Jan. 7 a new scheme to convert non-food biomass into bio-butanol, a proposed “green” gasoline blendstock.

Alter NRG-Coskata Gasification-Ethanol Project Starts-Up

Calgary, Alberta-based Alter NRG officials announced Jan. 6 that they’ve started-up a biomass-conversion plasma-gasification system at their Westinghouse Plasma Co. division in Madison, Pa.

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