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The old saying is that "cellulosic ethanol is always and forever five years away." If that's true, then it's time to party like its 2014, because commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol is just now upon us.Companies that have been in the R&D

Today's column, Should I position for this or maybe I should position for that....? continues the exploration of the Bioenergy PROFITS Principle, Position Only for Growth. This principle is highlighted in Dr. Rosalie Lober's, newly released book, Run Your Business

POET Based in: South Dakota2009-10 ranking: #2Business: Largest private first generation ethanol producer; developer of cellulosic ethanol technology (using corn cobs as a feedstock).??Model: Owner-operator, holding minority stakes in most of its plants, with local investors.Past milestones:1. Opening of the

In Arizona, Verde Biofuel, is completing what is believed to be the first mobile biodiesel processing plant, for Southeastern Community College in North Carolina.Project "F2F" (field-to-fuel), as it is called by the guys at Verde Biofuel who built it, will

Richard J. LeBlanc, CEO of Chemrec: "A forestry waste BioDME [dimethyl ester] biorefinery integrated with a pulp mill in Michigan or Wisconsin, for instance, would generate enough clean-burning, low-CO2 DME in a year to replace the diesel fuel to power

In the Netherlands, World Biofuels Markets announced that Ruud Lubbers, former Prime Minister of the Netherlands, will appear as a keynote speaker at next year's congress. Speakers this year include two former Prime Ministers, the head of the International Energy

In Brazil, sugar and ethanol giant Cosan purchased 83 service stations from Petrosul, as a part of the group expansion effort into retail distribution of fuels. CNN said that the purchase price, which was not disclosed, was in the $70

In the UK, Principle Capital said that it will not support a D1 Oils capital raise unless the company responds positively to its proposal to cease investment in jatropha biofuels and devote the remaining capital in the company to an