Biofuels Market News for July 09
Here are the headlines for the month of July '09 in the Updates to Biofuels
World Markets. For more information, click on Biofuels World Markets and
Projects http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/energy.html#47ai
BIOFUELS / ETHANOL
UPDATE
July 2009
TABLE OF CONTENTS
OVERVIEW
U.S. House Passes Climate Bill with Important Corrections to Biofuels Carbon
Footprint Calculation
DOE Approves 16 State Energy Spending Plans as Part of Stimulus Push
April Ethanol Production Remains Unchanged from March
Comment Period for Proposed Changes to Renewable Fuel Standard Extended
ALLSAFE Raises Safety and Regulatory Concerns over EPA's Consideration of
Partial Fuel Waiver
Boaters Urged to Speak Up on Ethanol Increases before the Deadline
USW Opposes Senate Attempt to Repeal Black Liquor Biofuel Tax Credit
PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS
TRI Successfully Launches Operation of its New Thermochemical Biorefinery
Demonstration Unit
Analysis of Dynamotive Upgraded BioOil® Confirms, Gasoline, Jet, Diesel and
Vacuum Gasoil, Fractions
Biofuels Studies to Benefit from Better Lab Test
Independent Lab Results Confirm GAEC Ethanol Process
White Energy Invests in Performance Improvement with Pavilion Technologies'
Ethanol Solution
Envergent Technologies Pyrolysis Oil Meets ASTM Standard for Renewable Fuel in
Industrial Burners
FEEDSTOCKS
Corn and Soybean Acres Up
Knee High by the 4th of July and Then Some
NSP Secures $1 Million in Research Funding for Sorghum
Abundent Biofuels Offers Low Cost, Long Term Contracts to Supply Jatropha Oil to
U.S. Refiners with Under Capacity Production Problems
Sustainable Oils Building Markets for Camelina Oil and Meal
Myrant Technologies Announces Next Generation Cellulosic Biorefinery Pilot Plant
VIASPACE Discusses Giant King Grass at Biofuels Conference in Jakarta, Indonesia
Verenium and BP Invited to Begin Negotiations for Next Phase of DOE Loan
Guarantee Program
ALGAE
ExxonMobil to Launch Biofuels Program
Algenol Biofuels Announces Plan to Build and Operate a Pilot Scale Algae Based
Integrated Biorefinery
Thomson Reuters Analysis of World Patent Activity Identifies Technology Areas
Showing Sharpest Growth
SAFETY
Ethanol Emergency Response Training Now Available
Railroad Required to perform Environmental Cleanup Following Fiery Derailment
that Caused an Ethanol Spill from Overturned Tank Cars
BIODIESEL
Changes Made to NBAC's Standards Development Activities
New Companies Join the Elite in Biodiesel Quality Assurance
SWBA Supports Interim EPA Rule on Biodiesel Standards
Bayside Biofuels to Open Biodiesel Terminal in Massachusetts
BIOFUEL USE
Scania Delivering 85 Ethanol Buses to Stockholm Suburbs
Politicians to Drive on Straw Based Bioethanol at the Climate Change Conference
Boeing and Leading Airlines Announce New Members Added to Sustainable Aviation
Fuel Users Group
Rentech Announces Achievement of Critical Milestone in Synthetic Jet Fuel
Certification
XcelPlus Global Holdings Reports First Deliveries for Freedom Fuels and Pending
Operations Agreement with Gen-X Energies
New Generation Biofuels Successfully Tests in Cleaver-Brooks Boiler
Axial Vector Energy Announces Successful Demonstration of Engine Running
Non-Fossil Fuel
DDGS
U.S. DDGS Demand in Canada on the Rise
COMPANY NEWS
Lignol Reports Fiscal 2009 Financial Results
XcelPlus Global Holdings Announces Financial Results
Riverstone Acquires Babcock & Brown's North American Energy Group
China Clean Energy Provides Business Update
Verenium Completes Amendment to Eight Percent Senior Convertible Notes
Vega Issues Current Status Report
Rentech Completes Acquisition of SilvaGas
Mansfield Oil Acquires C&N Companies
China Bio Energy Approved for NASDAQ Listing
New Generation Biofuels Signs Letter of Intent with Instituto Costarricense de
Electricidad (ICE) of Costa Rica
Enerkem Announces World-Class Advanced Energy Research Center in Edmonton,
Alberta, Canada
Verenium and Add Food Service GmbH Announce Commercial Distribution Partnership
for Fuelzyme® and Veretase™ Enzymes
Poet Announces New Division Devoted to the Biofuels Feedstocks of the Future
XcelPlus Global Holdings Selects GEN-X Energy Group as Strategic Partner for
Operations Management
Kent BioEnergy Announces Formation of South Carolina Division
Amyris Opens Renewable Products Demonstration Facility in Brazil
New Generation Biofuels Announces Receipt of a Firm Purchase Order from Fenix
Energy to Supply Biofuel
Four Rivers BioEnergy Aligns Management Expertise with Corporate Objectives
Through Executive Reorganization
Green Star Alternative Energy Announces Investigation into Caveat Emptor Warning
GreenHunter BioFuels Executes Amendment to Credit Agreement on Biodiesel
Refinery with Senior Secured Lender
Innovation Fuels Consolidates NY Offices into Centralized Syracuse Location
PROJECT NEWS
Green Pains Renewable Energy Commences Operations at Ord NE Plant
USDA Approves Guaranteed Loan for Commercial Scale Biodiesel Production Plant
Verenium and BP Invited to Begin Negotiations for Next Phase of Loan Guarantee
Program
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