Tue Aug 31, 2010 04:06 PM CDT
Enerkem Inc. broke ground on a new waste-to-biofuels plant in Edmonton, Alberta, Tuesday, according to a news release from the Canadian Renewable Fuels Association.

Tue Aug 31, 2010 04:13 PM CDT
Canada's Renewable Fuels Regulations will include a provision requiring a 2 percent biodiesel blend ratio in diesel fuel and heating oil.

Wed Sep 1, 2010 08:40 AM CDT
E-biofuels, LLC, a biodiesel producer in Middletown, Ind., generated revenue of $3.5 million in July and expects to be "highly profitable going forward."

Wed Sep 1, 2010 08:45 AM CDT
SunOpta Inc. announced the sale of its fiber-processing and pretreatment technology, SunOpta BioProcess Inc., to cellulosic-ethanol technology developer Mascoma Corp.

Wed Sep 1, 2010 11:33 AM CDT
The Energy Information Administration on Wednesday released data showing that total U.S. ethanol stocks were 17.562 million barrels (bbl) for the week ended Aug. 27, down 296,000 bbl from the previous week's 17.858 million bbl.

Fri Aug 20, 2010 12:15 PM CDT
Madrid, Neb.-based ethanol producer Mid America Bio Energy and Commodities, LLC will be installing a new ethanol system to help the company produce more ethanol with the same amount of corn.

Mon Aug 23, 2010 12:48 PM CDT
Nine months after the $1 biodiesel blenders credit expired, a handful of biodiesel companies reported significant losses and expressed doubts about the future in the latest fiscal quarter, according to documents filed with the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission.

Tue Aug 24, 2010 09:34 AM CDT
KL Energy Corp. has entered into a joint development agreement with Petrobras America to optimize KLE's cellulosic ethanol process technology for sugarcane bagasse feedstock, according to a news release from KL Energy. Bagasse is the fibrous part of the sugarcane plant.

Wed Aug 25, 2010 11:35 AM CDT
Last week, cellulosic ethanol developer Poet announced that it would switch its feedstock to biomass bales and no longer accept cobs-only stocks. Although that move will make biomass harvest easier for growers, Poet will still need biomass from almost every corn acre on two good-sized Iowa counties to feed its prototype ethanol plant year-round.

Wed Aug 25, 2010 02:09 PM CDT
EIA Data Show Ethanol Stocks Plunged in Week-Ended Aug. 20

Fri Aug 27, 2010 02:11 PM CDT
Final regulations for Canada's 5 percent ethanol blend ratio mandate in gasoline are expected to be officially published in September, effectively starting the clock for compliance with the country's first federal mandate for biofuels.

Mon Aug 30, 2010 09:45 AM CDT
Pasadena, Texas-based bio-crude oil developer KiOR, Inc., reached an agreement Monday with the state of Mississippi to build five commercial-scale renewable crude oil production facilities in return for a state assistance package that includes a $75 million loan.

Tue Aug 31, 2010 10:51 AM CDT
The American Petroleum Institute has urged the Environmental Protection Agency to refrain from making a decision on the use of increased levels of ethanol in gasoline until testing on the effects of higher-level blends is complete.