Advanced Biofuels Leadership ConferenceBiofuels Digest's Advanced Biofuels Leadership Conference will be held on April 27-28, 2010 at the Hilton Embassy Row in Washington DC; the CEOs of 69 percent of planned advanced biofuels capacity will be, for the first time,

30 Oil? Natural gas analyst says oil price crash may be in sight. An analysis published in Ground Report suggests that oil prices are ready to crash to as low as $30 - undercutting the floor of first-generation biofuels pricing

In Florida, a new master's thesis from Josh Berger at the University of South Florida provides the most comprehensive examination to date of the views of stakeholders on the development of sugarcane as an ethanol feedstock in the US. "The

In Texas, Zenergy International announced that it will expand its recently acquired 5 Mgy Greenlight Biofuels plant in Littlefield to 10 Mgy. Zenergy is engaged in the development and acquisition of biofuel sites, including constructing, acquiring existing facilities and operating

CoskataBased in: Illinois2009-10 ranking: #6 Business: The company's process heats raw materials to 17800 degrees fahrenheit, then releases the material into a bioreactor where microbes convert the gas into ethanol, with a yield of 100 gallons per ton of feedstock

U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock, R-Peoria, in a letter to EAP Administrator Lisa Jackson: "There has been no evidence to demonstrate that the switch to the E-l5 blend will cause damage to vehicles, regardless of the vintage. Further, changing to a

In China, the Foreign Ministry announced that ethanol import tariffs will be lowered from 30 percent to 5 percent, effective January 1. The Ministry also said that a 5 percent consumption tax may be imposed on top of the reduced

In Tanzania, Emmanuel Sulle and Fred Nelson have prepared the most comprehensive report yet published on biofuels opportunities and challenges in Tanzania, with a focus on policy development as well as case studies of the 23 existing and proposed projects

In Poland, Unicorn Chemical announced the development of a technological park GreenZone in SW Poland, close to the German and Czech borders. The Park has over 70 acres of full-infrastructure industrial land. Unicorn is seeking proposals from algae technology companies

Copenhagen Accord The Heads of State, Heads of Government, Ministers, and other heads of delegation present at the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 in Copenhagen, In pursuit of the ultimate objective of the Convention as stated in its Article

Advanced Biofuels Leadership ConferenceBiofuels Digest's Advanced Biofuels Leadership Conference will be held on April 27-28, 2010 at the Hilton Embassy Row in Washington DC; the CEOs of 69 percent of planned advanced biofuels capacity will be, for the first time,

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The Digest has prepared several maps which help to visualize the distribution in the US of advanced biofuels development. Maps include:1. Locations of the companies in the 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy. Free download.2. Locations of pilot-scale projects of the

In Iowa, details emerged on the proposed $15 million renewable diesel and renewable jet fuel pilot facility that Elevance Renewable Sciences will add onto the Central Iowa Energy biodiesel plant managed by Renewable Energy Groups. Elevance, which received a supporting

In Texas, Sustainable Power announced that David Mager, one of the organizers of the first Earth Day and an advisor to the current administration's USDA Transition Team, will join its to its scientific and technical advisory team headed by Dr.

In California, Mendel Biotechnology announced an agreement with Speedling to jointly research, develop, and commercialize a cost-effective propagation and production system for Mendel's advanced Miscanthus product candidates. Speedling will apply its proprietary propagation methods to optimize the production of field-ready

Sapphire EnergyBased in: San Diego, CA.Year Founded: 2007Technology: Sapphire Energy is focused on the entire "pond to pump" value chain with over 230 patents or applications spanning the entire algae-to-fuel process. They are developing industrial algae strains through synthetic biology

EURActiv: "EU rules for calculating indirect land-use changes caused by biofuel production would not be legitimate without an internationally-accepted methodology, a group of developing countries has told the European Commission...The signatories range from Brazil and Argentina to Indonesia and Mozambique,

In Canada, GV Energy has proposed to construct a dimethyl ether plant in Terrance, British Columbia using 2,100 metric tons per day of wood fiber. The company, which has signed an MOU with Terrance to acquire a 247-acre site for