Archive for October, 2008
GreenHunter Energy to Buy L and L Holdings for $27.5M Cash
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
GreenHunter Energy Inc. will buy Louisiana based-diesel fuel, methanol and lubricant distributor L&L Holdings, LLC for $27.5 million in an all-cash transaction, expected to close prior to year-end. L&L’s customer base is approximately 1,000 and is predominately the Gulf of Mexico offshore oil and gas industry.
Upcoming Changes in Calif. Questioned
Ethanol Makers [...]
Upcoming Changes in Calif. Questioned
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
Ethanol supporters have expressed concern that considering indirect land use effects when deciding whether using ethanol helps reduce greenhouse gas emissions could harm investments in second-generation ethanol.
Ethanol Makers Seek Mid-Level Blends
Houston Company Designs Cellulosic Ethanol Processor
USDA, Industry Reps Discuss Rural Aid
Suncor Energy Funds Cellulosic Ethanol Plant in Colorado
Gulf Oil Opens E85 [...]
Canada’s biofuels promise
Submitted by BIOconversion Blog
An article giving an overview of Canada’s bioenergy potential has been published on the Renewable Energy World.com website.
The author, Douglas Bradley, is president of the Canadian Bioenergy Association (CANBIO) a national, industry-driven, non-profit organization supporting promotion and use of bioenergy.
If possessing sustainable quantities of biomass alone is the measure of bioenergy potential [...]
Suncor Energy Funds Cellulosic Ethanol Plant in Colorado
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
Two Canadian companies have agreed to develop a technology that would help refine on a commercial basis cellulosic ethanol through a plant to be built in Colorado.
Gulf Oil Opens E85 Outlet at Boston’s Logan Airport
Ag Groups Pan Ethanol Industry Loans
AE Biofuels to Acquire Bankrupt Renova Energy
GreenHunter Biofuels to Lease Site for [...]
Cobalt Biofuels Raises $25M for Biobutanol Development
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
Cobalt Biofuels said in a news release that it raised $25 million in equity to accelerate the commercialization of biobutanol, an advanced biofuel. The Series C equity round was co-led by LSP and Pinnacle Ventures and included both new and existing investors.
Renewable Energy Projects Threatened by Credit Crisis
Focus on Fuels 10-20-08
Greater [...]
Focus on Fuels 10-20-08
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
Many analysts see crude eventually going back toward its high, but not with U.S. gas use down 10 percent. The question is, when will we return to out touring ways?
Greater Ohio Ethanol Files for Chap 11
Kinder Morgan Energy Says Ethanol Pipeline Test Successful
NGA Brokers Deal to Increase E85 Use, Flex Fuel [...]
Greater Ohio Ethanol Files for Chap 11
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
Greater Ohio Ethanol LLC has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, according to court documents. This is the latest bankruptcy in a string of financial troubles reported by ethanol companies.
Kinder Morgan Energy Says Ethanol Pipeline Test Successful
NGA Brokers Deal to Increase E85 Use, Flex Fuel Cars
Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc. Completes [...]
Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc. Completes Merger
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc. announced Wednesday that it has completed the previously-announced merger with VBV LLC and its subsidiaries, according to a news release from the company
Renew Expects Output from NYC Biodiesel Plant by Mid-2009
ASTM Publishes Specifications for Three Biodiesel Blends
DuPont Cellulosic Ethanol to Locate Headquarters Near Chicago
East Coast Ethanol [...]
BNSF Rail Expands Ethanol Express to Dallas/Fort Worth
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Co. has announced it will begin delivering unit trains to Musket Corp.’s newest ethanol storage terminal in the Dallas/Fort Worth area on Nov. 1.
New Generation Inks Biofuel Contract with Mass. Hospital
Focus on Fuels 10-13-08
Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc. Shareholders Approve Merger
VBV LLC, Subsidiaries Approve Merger With [...]
Focus on Fuels 10-13-08
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
Know your investments in ethanol or the energy-generating projects. Studies show many ethanol plants built in the last ten years are under-capitalized. Endangered investments along with diving prices and high input costs are a deadly combination.
Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc. Shareholders Approve Merger
VBV LLC, Subsidiaries Approve Merger With Green Plains Renewable [...]
Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc. Shareholders Approve Merger
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc. announced Friday that its shareholders approved a merger with VBV LLC and its majority-owned subsidiaries Indiana Bio-Energy, LLC and Ethanol Grain Processors LLC, according to a news release from Green Plains.
VBV LLC, Subsidiaries Approve Merger With Green Plains Renewable Energy
KL Process Design Group Changes Name to [...]
ALL Fuels and Energy Partners to Develop Biofuels Pipeline
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
ALL Fuels and Energy said in a news release that it has entered into agreements with two privately-held infrastructure technology firms with the goal of constructing multi-purpose pipelines capable of transporting all forms of alternative fuels, including ethanol.
Gateway Ethanol Files Chapter 11
Focus on Fuels 10-6-08
Tesoro Sues California to Block Increased Ethanol [...]
Gateway Ethanol Files Chapter 11
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
Gateway Ethanol has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. DTN has found just five ethanol bankruptcies documented in the media and/or in court records since 2007.
Focus on Fuels 10-6-08
Tesoro Sues California to Block Increased Ethanol Mandate
EIA: US Ethanol Stocks Up, Production Higher in July
New E85 Fuel Station to Sell VeraSun Fuel [...]
Focus on Fuels 10-6-08
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
DTN’s Man on the Floor of the CBOT and CME Gary Wilhelmi says his sources look for $80 to $90 crude, and maybe even $75.
Tesoro Sues California to Block Increased Ethanol Mandate
EIA: US Ethanol Stocks Up, Production Higher in July
New E85 Fuel Station to Sell VeraSun Fuel in Maryland
FESI Committed to [...]
Tesoro Sues California to Block Increased Ethanol Mandate
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
Tesoro Corp.’s operating subsidiary, Tesoro Refining and Marketing Co., has filed a lawsuit against the California Air Resources Board to prevent the implementation of a new regulation which would mandate the amount of ethanol in gasoline from 5.7 percent to 10 percent by Dec. 31, 2009.
EIA: US Ethanol Stocks Up, Production [...]
