ICIS Blogs : plausability

Peru eyes US for ethanol exports... perhaps

The Big Biofuels Blog — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 10:46:26 GMT

Greentech Media has a story about sugar cane ethanol from Peru , potentially being exported to the US. I think it is doubtful for a number of reasons... The delivered cost to a coastal blending plant in the US,would have to be competitive with home grown...(read more)

The Global Justice Ecology Project doesn't like biofuels

The Big Biofuels Blog — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 09:29:20 GMT

The ethanol battle has been joined again now that a new Administration is due to take over the White House. The flurry started late yesterday UK time (for me at any rate) with an email from The Global Justice Ecology Project with a letter (that's...(read more)

US DOE updates E85 portal page

The Big Biofuels Blog — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:20:06 GMT

The US Department of Energy's Alternative Fuels & Advanced Vehicles Data Center has updated its portal for ethanol . With hints on how to succeed with E85 and Business cases for E85 retailers. Read More......(read more)

US ethanol replaced about 2.6% of gasoline demand

The Big Biofuels Blog — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:48:34 GMT

US this year diverted 24.5% of its corn crop into ethanol production and replaced 2.65% of the total US demand for road transportation fuels -- assuming that the 2007 figures for fuel use will be around the same as 2006, according to figures from the...(read more)

Biofuels drive up food prices: Bodman and Scafer

The Big Biofuels Blog — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:16:26 GMT

There's been a definitive piece of work on biofuels and food prices presented to the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on 11 June chaired by Jeff Bingaman . Two secretaries of state Samuel W. Bodman (energy) and Edward T. Schafer (agriculture...(read more)

Two US associations react to rising food prices

The Big Biofuels Blog — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:59:34 GMT

The National Biodiesel Board and the Renewable Fuels Associatio n have issued statements refuting the position of many of the US food sales companies that rising food costs are being caused by rising crop prices. They may have a point in the US which...(read more)

Lying biodiesel pumps

The Big Biofuels Blog — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:15:16 GMT

By Jimminy, the US Biodiesel business needs to react to this post about lying biodiesel pumps quickly and make sure it can repair the damage. Read More......(read more)

US ethanol demand for corn 2008

The Big Biofuels Blog — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:03:32 GMT

There was an interesting speech, the other day by Joseph Glauber, the US Department of Agriculture's cheif economist . The key passage for us is: The U.S. corn market will continue to be dominated by ethanol production in the coming year. Ethanol...(read more)