BIOFUELS/ETHANOL WORLD
MARKET UPDATE
September 2011
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INDUSTRY NEWS
Another Record Month for U.S. Ethanol and Feed Exports
USDA and Departments of Energy and Navy Seek Input from Industry to Advance Biofuels for Military and Commercial Transportation
Energy Commission Awards Over $29 Million for Biofuel and Natural Gas Technology
House Hearing Ignores Critical Facts about America’s Ethanol Industry
Major Oil Discoveries “Will Not Change” Brazil’s Clean Energy Agenda
TECHNOLOGY NEWS
USDA Scientists Use Commercial Enzyme to Improve Grain Ethanol Production
Making Tomorrow’s Bioenergy Yeasts Strong
AliphaJet Announces Technology for Making Advanced Renewable Drop-In Jet Biofuels
SwRI Launches International Alternative Fuel Technology Center
Dynamotive Announces that GE Joined Consortium Established to Develop Australian Biofuel
China Clean Energy Announces a Research and Development Agreement with Fuzhou University
FEEDSTOCKS
Corn Production Forecast is Lowered
A Quick Way to Grade Gasses for Ethanol Yields has Been Developed
CELLULOSIC
Abengoa Announces DOE Offer of Conditional Commitment for $133.9 Million Loan Guarantee to Build Inaugural Biomass Plant in United States
Honeywell’s UOP Breaks Ground on Facility to Convert Biomass to Green Transportation Fuels
Sugarcane Ethanol Performs at or Beyond Level Expected from Second Generation Biofuels
Virent Receives $4 Million DOE Award to Progress Innovations in Drop-In Fuels and Chemicals
ALGAE
National Algae Association Announces Completion of New Commercial Scale Pilot PBR
Neste Oil and the Finnish Environment Institute to Begin Joint Algae Research
Aquaflow Signs Cooperation Agreement with CRI Catalyst Company to Develop Renewable Fuels
HDS International Comments on Versatility and Reach of Intellectual Property
BIODIESEL
Imperial Announces Record Biodiesel Sales of $106 Million
Imperial Petroleum Announces Supply Agreement for Biodiesel Production
BIOFUEL USE
Second Quarter Iowa E85 Sales Set All Time Record
Ford F-250 and Hajek Motorsports Set New Records with B20 Biodiesel
Virent’s Biogasoline Passes First Test in European Auto Fleet Trial
Alternative Jet Fuels Will Soon Be Sprouting at Metro Detroit’s Airports
COMPANY NEWS
BP Buying Out Remaining Shares in Brazil’s Tropical Bioenergia S.A.
Great Plains Renewable Energy Repurchases 3.5 Million Shares of Common Stock from Largest Shareholder, NTR plc
Metso and Inbicon Sign Strategic Equipment Supplier Agreement for Biomass Refineries
Pacific Ethanol Extends Ethanol Marketing Agreement with AE Keyes
New Minnesota Clean Energy Company, Rosemount Clean Energies, Refuels Midwest Bio Market
Coskata Completes First Close of Series D Financing Round
Mazuma Capital Funds Million Dollar Transaction for Biofuel Company
REX American Resources’ EPS Rose 108 Percent Reflecting Contributions from Unconsolidated Ethanol Companies and Synthetic Fuel Gain
DDGS
POET Selling Certified Antibiotic-Free Distillers Grains
PROJECT NEWS
USDA Guarantees Loan to Florida Biofuels Facility Capable of Creating Energy and Hundreds of Jobs from Citrus and Yard Waste
Gavilon Enters into Multiservice Commercial Agreement with Heron Lake BioEnergy
BlueFire Renewables Completes Site Preparation for Fulton Project
Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings Delays Start-Up of Canton, IL Ethanol Facility
State OKs POET Plan to Recycle Storm Water at South Dakota Plant
Eco-Energy Extends Marketing Contract for Two Years
Air Products to Supply Industrial Gases to INEOS Bioenergy Plant
Enerkem Secures Offtake Agreement with Methanex Corporation
GTL Resources’ Illinois River Energy Achieves Safety Milestone at Rochelle, IL Biorefinery Complex
NEDAK Ethanol to Pay $3,600 Penalty, Purchase Radios, Install Leak Sensors, for Failure to Develop Risk Management Plant