BIOFUELS/ETHANOL WORLD MARKET
UPDATE
October 2011
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INDUSTRY NEWS
Biofuel Groups Warn Against RFS Changes
Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces Payments to Producers in 41 States to Expand the Production and Availability of Advanced Biofuels
Next Generation Renewable Fuels to Play Crucial Role in Canada’s Transition to a Bio-Based Economy
DOC Releases Inaugural Quadrennial Technology Review Report
RFA Challenges Completeness of National Academy of Sciences Biofuel Report
An Open Fuel Standard Can Strengthen U.S. Energy Independence
Advanced Biofuels USA Disappointed in White House Plan for National Security Drop-In Biofuels Investment
Fossil Fuel Subsidies to Reach $660 Billion by 2020
RFA Responds to Train Derailment, Underscores Safety Efforts and Record
TECHNOLGY NEWS
DOE Awards $156 Million for Groundbreaking Energy Research Projects
Berkeley Lab Opens Advanced Biofuels Facility
R3 Fusion Receives U.S. Patent on Disruptive Water Purification Technology
Seaweed as Biofuel? Metabolic Engineering Makes it a Viable Option
ArborGen Partners with University of Florida to Advance Pine-based Biofuels as Part of $6.3 Million DOE ARPA-E Grant
ZeaChem and Partners Awarded $40 Million USDA Grant
FEEDSTOCKS
Corn Production Down 1 Percent from September Forecast
Arcadia Receives $950,000 Department of Energy ARPA-E Grant for Development of Plants Engineered to Replace Oil
Ceres Publishes Best Practices on Energy Crop Production
GrassRoots Biotechnology and Monsanto Company Extend Collaboration
FuturaGene and Guangxi Academy of Sciences to Develop Sustainable Biofuel Processes for Yield Enhanced Eucalyptus
Sugarcane Crushing Remains 10.18 Percent below Previous Harvest in South-Central Brazil
CELLULOSIC
Coskata, Inc.’s Semi-Commercial Facility Demonstrates Two Years of Successful Operation
DOE Grants Final Approval on Poet Cellulosic Ethanol Loan Guarantee
Energy Department Finalizes $132 Million Loan Guarantee to Support the Abengoa Bioenergy Project
SarTec Corporation Awarded $500,000 DOE Grant
DOE Awards $5 Million for Advanced Biofuels Technology Project to Topsoe and Partners
Renmatix Reveals Supercritical Hydrolysis as Lowest Cost Pathway to Cellulosic Sugar
COLBIOCEL Selects PROESA™ Technology for Cellulosic Ethanol Production
ALGAE
Algal Biomass Organization Announces Support for Renewable Fuel Parity Act of 2011
OrginOil to Collaborate with DOE to Develop Algae Feedstock Standard
Algae Scale-Up Equipment Speeds Time to Commercialization for Researchers and Biomass Producers
Heliae and SkyNRG Sign MOU to Bring Algae-based Jet Fuel to Market
OriginOil Breakthrough Increases Algal Extraction Efficiency without Using Hazardous Solvents
Algae Farm (USA) Notice of Acceptance of Statement of Use
Blending Algae with Other Feedstocks Can Ease Shortages and Help Develop Advanced Biofuels
BIODIESEL
Biodiesel Tax Incentive Creating Jobs, Economic Productivity
Biodiesel Industry Applauds USDA Advanced Biofuel Payments
Biodiesel Industry Issues Statement on Renewable Fuel Study
Eco Ventures Group Provides Update on Biodiesel Plant Construction Project
Mission Petitions U.S. Regulator for RFS2 Approval of its g-Palm Biodiesel
BIOFUEL USE
Gevo Awarded $5 Million to Develop Cellulosic Jet Fuel
Weyerhaeuser Announces Participation in Jet Biofuel Research
NCGR Partners in $40 Million Biofuels Initiative
Advanced Biofuels for Military Use on a Path to Commercialization, BIO Says
Primus Green Energy Produces Drop-In Fuel with 25 Percent Longer Runtime
U.S. Air Force Research Lab Releases Analytic Test Results for Virent Jet Fuel
COMPANY NEWS
Eco Ventures Group Strategic Partner Converts $15.3 Million Funding From Loan to Equity
GreenShift Files Motion to Amend Complaints
Rentech Announces Final Court Approvals of Settlements of Securities Class Action and Shareholder Derivative Lawsuits
Siluria Technologies Attracts $20 Million for Technology Platform that Puts Methane to Use in Production of Fuels and Chemicals
Abengoa Welcomes First Reserve as a New Strategic Shareholder
Imperial Petroleum to Raise $3.1 Million in Institutional Equity Financing
Codexis, Raizen to Develop First Generation Ethanol
Cargill and Grupo USJ Enter Joint Venture and Create SJC Bioenergia
BP Expansion in Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Signals More Consolidation
Waste Management Takes Equity Position in InEnTec through Sale of Its Interest in S4 Energy Solutions
Pacific Ethanol Provides Update on its Senior Convertible Notes
Imperial Announces Fiscal 2011 Earnings
Mascoma Corporation Files Registration Statement for Proposed Initial Public Offering
Fulcrum BioEnergy Files Registration Statement for Proposed Initial Public Offering
M&G Group Partners with TPG to Form BETA RENEWABLES
Terrabon’s Advanced Biorefining Process MixAlco® Voted Most Transformative Technology of 2011
Rosemount Clean Energies Refuels Midwest Bio Market
Eco-Energy to Develop Ethanol Unit Train and Storage Facility in North Carolina
Eco-Energy and Siouxland Energy and Livestock Cooperative Announce Exclusive Marketing Agreement
PROJECT NEWS
Guardian Lima, LLC Celebrates Grand Opening of 54 Million Gallon Ethanol Plant
Greenleaf Biofuels Announces Closing of Full Project Funding
Governor Corbett Announces 150 New Jobs in the Philadelphia Region
Neste Oil Starts up Europe’s Largest Renewable Diesel Plant in Rotterdam
Chemtex and GraalBio Announce Plan to Establish a Second Generation Biofuels and Biochemicals Project in Brazil