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Greenpeace protests against Neste's palm biofuel plans

Greenpeace is objecting to Neste's plans to become the world's largest consumer of plam oil as it ramps up biofuels production, according to a report on ICIS news. Disclosure (I work for ICIS. About ICIS ) Neste disputes the pressure group's...

Published 14 May 2009 16:20 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: biofuel, Agriculture, biofuels, Environment, Trade, Oil, Greenpeace, Companies, palm, Neste, protest
Novozymes in China biofuel project.

Novozymes and China National Cereals, China Oil & Foodstuff Corp (COFCO) and Asian refiner China Petroleum and Chemical Corp (Sinopec) in February to develop an industry chain to collect agricultural waste, process it into bioethanol and distribute...

Published 27 Apr 2009 12:34 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: China, Agriculture, biofuels, National, Oil, Companies, Sinopec, Reuters, Foodstuf, Cereals, Novozymes
Verenium and Aventine in difficulties: Reuters

Verenium could have difficulty continuing as a company, its auditors say in a report from Reuters yesterday and carried in the UK's Guardian Business Feed .The same report says Aventine may need to take Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Key points...

Published 17 Mar 2009 15:16 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: America, USA, US, ethanol, Agriculture, biofuels, technology, Science, BP, Companies, cellulosic, Verenium, Aventine
More on Michigan State's big cellulosic ethanol drive

I wrote a couple of days ago about a company called Frontier Renewable Resources, a joint venture between JM Longyear and Mascoma that is planning to convert trees in Michigan into ethanol for biofuel. There has been a follow up story in the Michigan...

Published 10 Mar 2009 14:31 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: ethanol, Agriculture, Companies, Mascoma, Trees, Bioethanol, Equipment, Longyear, Messenger, Michigan
Syngenta and Proteus in biofuel joint venture

I notice that Syngenta and Proteus have formed a joint venture to create enzymes to help make second generation biofuels. This is not Syngenta's first jv in this area. It would be intetresting to know how the different techologies complement each...

Published 16 Jan 2009 13:29 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: ethanol, Agriculture, biofuels, generation, technology, Science, Companies, Syngenta, enzymes, second, Proteus
VeraSun outlines process for farmers to sell corn elsewhere

VeraSun has outlined a process for farmers to be able to tell if their corn will be available for sale elsewhere, according to the Des Moines Register. Read More...

Published 3 Dec 2008 11:54 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: Agriculture, Corn, Companies, bankruptcy, farm, Verasun
Verasun goes to court today to cancel corn purchse contracts

VeraSun, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection recently is planning to go to court in Delaware to cancel a number of corn purchase contracts. Much to the chagrin of farmers in Iowa who planned to sell the corn to the firm. Read More...

Published 2 Dec 2008 9:47 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: USA, US, Agriculture, Corn, Companies, bankruptcy, Verasun, American, Delaware, court
Dynamotive in stover to biofuel process in China

A Dynamotive press release today says that Dynamotive is involved in a project to use pyrolysis to convert corn stover into liquid biofuels in China. .. I've said it before that this kind of pyrolysis could prove to be the wayahead in converting corn...

Published 2 Dec 2008 9:07 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: biofuel, China, Agriculture, technology, pyrolysis, Companies, Dyamotive

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