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Brazil S Granbio Open Us Operations
Published: Friday April 26th 11AM
Link: http://domesticfuel.com/2013/04/26/brazils-granbio-open-us-operations/
Description: Brazil-based GranBio has announced plans to expand to the U.S. with an office in San Francisco and has name Vonnie Estes as the managing director. In this new role, Ms. Estes will lead GranBio s efforts to access new technologies and establish key public and private collaborations for the company s continued global expansion in advanced biorefinery development. Ms. Estes joins GranBio from Codexis, a developer of engineered enzymes for pharmaceutical, biofuel and chemical production, where she m... read more »
Amyris Ships First Product
Published: Friday February 1st 9AM
Link: http://domesticfuel.com/2013/02/01/amyris-ships-first-product/
Description: Amyris has shipped it first commercial product from its plant in Brazil. The facility was the company’s first purpose-built industrial fermentation facility and produces Biofene, the company’s brand of renewable farnesene, to be used in a range of specialty chemical and fuel applications. “This initial shipment marks the successful completion of our start-up activities. We have operated multiple tanks without contamination or surprises through several production runs during the... read more »
Amyris Begins Biofene Production In Brazil
Published: Thursday December 27th 11AM
Link: http://domesticfuel.com/2012/12/27...-begins-biofene-production-in-brazil/
Description: Amyris has announced that it has completed a 42.25 million private placement of its common stock. The company has also begun production of its industrial fermentation facility in Brazil and is producing Biofene, its brand of renewable farnesene, a fragrant oil chemical. When adding a hydrogen molecule to farnesene, you get farnesane, which is the foundation molecule for renewable diesel. “We are encouraged by the continued, strong commitment from our major investors, particularly as we sta... read more »
Edeniq Expands Into Brazil
Published: Tuesday November 20th 7AM
Link: http://domesticfuel.com/2012/11/20/edeniq-expands-into-brazil/
Description: Edeniq, with its partner Usina Vale, a Brazilian sugar and ethanol producer, has begun to engineer and construct a bagasse to sugars demonstration-scale plant. The biorefinery will produce cellulosic sugars from sugarcane bagasse and then convert it into ethanol. The plant will handle up to 20 tons per day of bagasse and will be co-located at Usina Vale s ethanol and sugar production site in S o Paulo State, Brazil. One goal of the project is to demonstrate how sugarcane mills can economically i... read more »
Rfa Calls For Removal Of Trade Distorting Policies
Published: Tuesday November 20th 6AM
Link: http://domesticfuel.com/2012/11/20...removal-of-trade-distorting-policies/
Description: The Renewable Fuels Association RFA is calling on the Obama Administration to help remove certain trade distorting policies in Brazil that they say have contributed to the dramatic decline in exports of ethanol to Brazil. The organization’s President and CEO, Bob Dinneen, sent a letter to US Trade Ambassador Ron Kirk asking for assistance on the matter. The letter seeks assistance from the USTR in convincing Brazil to reverse its decision to reduce blend volumes from 25 percent to 18 perce... read more »
Bunge Becomes Cobalt Investor
Published: Tuesday October 30th 11PM
Link: http://domesticfuel.com/2012/10/30/bunge-becomes-cobalt-investor/
Description: The Advanced Biofuels Markets conference is underway in San Francisco and many advanced biofuels companies have been making announcements. One of these companies is Cobalt Technologies who has announced that Bunge Global Innovation has joined its Cobalt’s Series E Preferred Stock round an a strategic investor. The investment comes on the heels of Cobalt s agreement with Bunge and specialty chemicals company Rhodia Poliamida e Especialidades Ltda. Rhodia to operate a pilot plant demonstrati... read more »
Cobalt & Rhodia To Build Biobutanol Plant
Published: Friday August 3rd 9AM
Link: http://domesticfuel.com/2012/08/03/cobalt-rhodia-to-build-biobutanol-plant/
Description: Cobalt Technologies and Rhodia, a member of the Solvay Group, is partnering to develop and operate a biobutanol demonstration facility in Brazil. The plant will use Cobalt’s technology to convert bagasse sugarcane by-product and other local feedstock into bio n-butanol, which can be used as both a transportation fuel or industrial chemical. This agreement puts us on a clear path towards commercialization, which will result in the development of the first commercial-scale biorefinery using ... read more »
Solazyme & Bunge Break Ground On Facility In Brazil
Published: Wednesday June 27th 4PM
Link: http://domesticfuel.com/2012/06/27...e-break-ground-on-facility-in-brazil/
Description: Renewable oil producer Solazyme, Inc. and agribusiness and food company Bunge Limited broke ground on a 100,000 metric ton renewable oil facility right next to Bunge’s Moema sugarcane mill in Brazil. This press release says that the companies have also brought on as general manager Hildo Henz, an experienced engineer who has led major refinery projects during his career, to run the joint venture known as Solazyme Bunge Produtos Renov veis Ltda. Mr. Henz brings over 20 years of experience i... read more »
Unicadata Goes Live Providing Cane Industry Data
Published: Wednesday June 6th 9AM
Link: http://domesticfuel.com/2012/06/06...es-live-providing-cane-industry-data/
Description: The Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association UNICA has unveiled new industry data and statistics. UnicaData is a customizable tool designed to provide detailed industry information focused on the cane industry in Brazil. The free data is derived from third party institutions and features information on areas such as: Sugarcane harvest Quality of harvested cane Harvest projections Sugarcane production and processing Sugarcane acreage Consumption Exports and imports Luciano Rodrigues, manag... read more »
Unica Announces Interim Ceo
Published: Tuesday April 24th 3PM
Link: http://domesticfuel.com/2012/04/24/unica-announces-interim-ceo/
Description: The Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association UNICA today announced the appointment of an interim CEO to replace Marcos Jank, who announced his resignation on March 27th. UNICA’s Board of Directors has named the organization’s Technical Director, Antonio de Padua Rodrigues, to serve as interim CEO during the selection process, now underway, for a new chief executive. A member of the executive team at UNICA since 1990, Rodrigues has been in the sugar-energy industry for more than 30 ye... read more »
Brazil Expects More Cane And More Ethanol In 2012
Published: Monday April 16th 11AM
Link: http://domesticfuel.com/2012/04/16...s-more-cane-and-more-ethanol-in-2012/
Description: Brazil is expecting more sugarcane and more ethanol production in 2012. According to the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association UNICA , the forecast for the 2012/2013 sugarcane harvest calls for 509 million tons, up 3.19 compared to the total amount of sugarcane processed in the previous harvest, which totalled 493.26 million tons. Data collected by UNICA, together with satellite image mapping of the South-Central region obtained from the National Institute for Space Research CANASAT-INPE , in... read more »
Rabobank Studies Future Of Ethanol For Brazil And U.s.
Published: Friday March 2nd 11AM
Link: http://domesticfuel.com/2012/03/02...future-of-ethanol-for-brazil-and-u-s/
Description: A report from Rabobank s global Food & Agribusiness Research and Advisory department is looking at the future of ethanol from the perspectives of both Brazilian and United States markets. Rabobank first points out significant changes in U.S. ethanol policy starting in 2012. The VEETC blending credit and a tax on ethanol imports both expired in December 2011 and U.S. ethanol industry groups have shifted their political weight toward initiatives like E15 and advanced biofuels. Although these ... read more »
Brazil To Invest 38 Billion In Pumping Up Ethanol
Published: Monday February 27th 11AM
Link: http://domesticfuel.com/2012/02/27...est-38-billion-in-pumping-up-ethanol/
Description: Brazil is reportedly planning to pump 38 billion into its ethanol sector to help increase production. A statement from Brazil’s Ministry of Agriculture said the purpose of the government plan is to “meet growing national demand and the potential of the foreign market for ethanol” by stimulating private sector investments in the production of ethanol, which have declined due to market conditions. In response, Growth Energy CEO Tom Buis noted that since both the Volumetric Ethano... read more »
Brazil Ethanol Sales Down
Published: Thursday February 16th 2PM
Link: http://domesticfuel.com/2012/02/16/brazil-ethanol-sales-down/
Description: A lower percentage of ethanol required to be blended with gasoline in Brazil is resulting in lower ethanol sales, according to the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association UNICA . UNICA reports that ethanol sales by mills in the South-Central region totaled 1.29 billion liters in January, a drop of 32.32 compared to the 1.90 billion liters sold during the same period in 2011. Of this year’s total for January, 1.24 billion liters remained in the domestic market and only 42.44 million liters... read more »
Sao Paulo Ethanol Import Tax Could Violate Gatt
Published: Thursday February 2nd 10PM
Link: http://domesticfuel.com/2012/02/02...thanol-import-tax-could-violate-gatt/
Description: Updated with clarification comments from UNICA The president of the Renewable Fuels Association RFA this week wrote a letter to the U.S. Trade Ambassador asking for an investigation into news that the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo was imposing a 25 tax on all imported ethanol. Because ethanol produced in Sao Paulo is tax exempt, ethanol imported into Sao Paulo from the United States and other areas is at a substantial economic disadvantage, wrote RFA President and CEO Bob Dinneen to Ambassador Ro... read more »
Researchers Find More Pollution From Sugarcane Ethanol
Published: Thursday December 15th 2PM
Link: http://domesticfuel.com/2011/12/15...ore-pollution-from-sugarcane-ethanol/
Description: University researchers from California, Iowa and Chile have found that sugarcane ethanol production creates up to seven times more air pollutants than previously estimated, according to news from the University of Iowa. The research team used agricultural survey data from Brazil to calculate emissions of air pollutants and greenhouse gases from the entire production, distribution, and lifecycle of sugarcane ethanol from 2000 to 2008. The estimated pollutants were 1.5 to 7.3 times higher than tho... read more »
Doing The Ethanol Shuffle
Published: Tuesday December 13th 7PM
Link: http://domesticfuel.com/2011/12/13/doing-the-ethanol-shuffle/
Description: There s a hot new craze called the Ethanol Shuffle that s sweeping seaports from Sao Paulo to Los Angeles. No, it s not a new dance, this shuffle is all about the “confounded realignment of the global ethanol trade.” Renewable Fuels Association RFA Vice President of Research and Analysis Geoff Cooper wrote about the “Ethanol Shuffle” this week on the RFA E-xchange Blog. Basically, it’s about the shuffling of sugarcane ethanol from Brazil to California to meet that s... read more »
Us And Brazil Spar Over Ethanol Trade Policy
Published: Thursday December 8th 6PM
Link: http://domesticfuel.com/2011/12/08...razil-spar-over-ethanol-trade-policy/
Description: Brazilian and U.S. ethanol interests are challenging each other over ethanol trade policy. The U.S./Brazil Council and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce wrote a joint letter to Congress last week asking that the U.S. secondary tariff on imported ethanol be allowed to expire as scheduled at the end of the year, together with the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit VEETC . Meanwhile, Congressman Charles Rangel D-NY introduced legislation last Friday that would extend the 54-cent per gallon ethanol imp... read more »
Ethanol Supporting Former Brazilian President Honored For Hunger Efforts
Published: Friday October 14th 3PM
Link: http://domesticfuel.com/2011/10/14...president-honored-for-hunger-efforts/
Description: A strong supporter of ethanol was honored this week for his efforts to fight hunger and poverty in Brazil. Former Brazilian President Lula da Silva was recognized with the 2011 World Food Prize for his Zero Hunger strategy, which resulted in Brazil reducing by half its proportion of hungry people with 93 percent of children and 82 percent of adults eating three meals a day and also reduced the percentage of Brazilians living in extreme poverty, from 12 percent in 2003 down to 4.8 percent in 2009... read more »
Joint Deal To Improve First Generation Ethanol
Published: Tuesday September 27th 10AM
Link: http://domesticfuel.com/2011/09/27...-to-improve-first-generation-ethanol/
Description: Two companies have signed a joint agreement to develop an improved first generation ethanol process with enhanced performance economics. The agreement between Codexis and Raizen Energia S.A. announced today focuses on a range of targets, including improving performance of yeasts now used in ethanol production. Codexis is an industrial biotechnology company and Raizen is Brazil’s largest sugar and ethanol producer. Under the terms of the agreement, Raizen and Codexis will deploy the Codexis... read more »
Buses In S O Paulo To Use Sugarcane Diesel
Published: Thursday July 21st 8AM
Link: http://domesticfuel.com/2011/07/21...in-sao-paulo-to-use-sugarcane-diesel/
Description: Sugarcane is not just for ethanol. Amryis Brasil S.A., the Brazilian arm of Amyris, has announced that it will be supplying 160 city buses in S o Paulo with its Diesel de Cana, or renewable diesel produced from sugarcane. Beginning this August and expiring at the end of 2012, buses operated by the Via o Santa Br gida will run on a blend of 10 percent Diesel de Cana, with the remaining fuel blend comprised of biodiesel and petroleum diesel supplied by Petrobr s Distribuidora. Following the succes... read more »
Brazil Reduces Ethanol Fuel Requirements
Published: Wednesday July 20th 8PM
Link: http://domesticfuel.com/2011/07/20...il-reduces-ethanol-fuel-requirements/
Description: There has been speculation for several months that Brazil might reduce its country-wide ethanol fuel requirement. This has now become official. Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has announced that in an effort to subdue inflation, the ethanol mandate will be reduced from the current blend level of 25 percent to either 18 percent or 20 percent and the final decision on the blend level will be made before the end of the month. Implementation would occur in August. The action is a direct result of... read more »
Ethanol Summit Available Online
Published: Wednesday July 20th 6PM
Link: http://domesticfuel.com/2011/07/20/ethanol-summit-available-online/
Description: If you missed the Ethanol Summit this year, no worries. It is now available online via a dedicated YouTube channel. Sessions available online include all panels, plenary sessions and ceremonies from the event held this past June 6 & 7 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The summit was hosted by UNICA, the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association and as the keynote speaker featured former U.S. President Bill Clinton. Here is a little navigational help: all specific sessions can be accessed from the ”... read more »
Ls9 To Test Ultraclean Diesel, May Open Brazil Biodiesel Plant
Published: Tuesday July 12th 8AM
Link: http://domesticfuel.com/2011/07/12...esel-may-open-brazil-biodiesel-plant/
Description: LS9 has been making news with the announcement that they will collaborate with MAN Latin America to test their renewable diesel in both stationary engines and operational fleet vehicles in Brazil. The testing will cover performance, emissions, fuel consumption, and engine durability testing, as well as field testing of the company’s biofuel in Volkswagen trucks and buses. “Our collaboration with MAN Latin America reinforces our commitment to producing cost-effective, high-quality bio... read more »
Unica Supports End Of Ethanol Tariff
Published: Friday July 8th 4PM
Link: http://domesticfuel.com/2011/07/08/unica-supports-end-of-ethanol-tariff/
Description: Earlier this week, the Senate compromised on some ethanol legislation that would eliminate the ethanol blenders tax credit VEETC at the end of this month. The agreement also eliminates the ethanol tariff on July 31, 2011, five months ahead of the original expiration date of December 31, 2011. The bipartisan Ethanol Reform and Deficit Reduction Act was submitted by U.S. Senators John Thune R-SD and Amy Kobuchar D-MN and sought to transition to a more sustainable model of renewable fuel incentives... read more »
Unica Launches Sugarcane Website
Published: Monday June 20th 11AM
Link: http://domesticfuel.com/2011/06/20/unica-launches-sugarcane-website/
Description: The Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association UNICA recently launched a new website to promote “clean solutions from sugarcane.” SugarCane.org was launched during the 2011 Ethanol Summit in S o Paulo, Brazil. “We decided to launch this new site to share knowledge and information with a growing global community of people who want to know how their food and energy choices affect our environment and people worldwide,” said UNICA’s President and CEO, Marcos Jank. “... read more »
Amyris Expands Into Asia, Forms Novvi S.a.
Published: Thursday June 16th 1PM
Link: http://domesticfuel.com/2011/06/16...is-expands-into-asia-forms-novvi-s-a/
Description: Amyris is on the move the week announcing today that the company is expanding into Asia via a collaboration with Wilmer International Limited. The partnership will focus on the development and worldwide commercialization of a family of surfactants derived from Amyris Biofene for use in a multitude of products including personal care and consumer packaged goods. Biofene will be designed as a replacement for nonylphenol ethoxylate surfactants NPEs , a 1 billion per year market. The chemical is bec... read more »
Brazil Exports Ethanol, Struggles To Meet Its Ethanol Demand
Published: Monday June 13th 9PM
Link: http://domesticfuel.com/2011/06/13...struggles-to-meet-its-ethanol-demand/
Description: This month, Brazil has resumed exporting ethanol to the United States, at the same time the country is struggling to meet its own country’s demand for ethanol to fuel is flex fuel vehicles FFVs . Ethanol producers in the country have expanded exponentially – there are more than 115 ethanol plants many of which have come online since 2005. However, despite massive investments by foreign companies into the country’s biofuels industry, nary a five new ethanol plants are expected t... read more »
Cosan And Shell Partner Form Raizen
Published: Friday June 3rd 5PM
Link: http://domesticfuel.com/2011/06/03/cosan-and-shell-partner-form-raizen/
Description: Regulatory approvals have come through for Shell and Cosan’s partnership to called Raizen. The new company’s goal is to produce low-carbon biofuels from sugarcane. This Brazil-based multi-billion dollar venture is one of the largest to date. Raizen will produce and sell over 2 billion litres per year of ethanol produced from Brazilian sugarcane through the more than 4,500 Shell stations throughout the country. As part of this new venture, Shell has transferred its shares in biofuel c... read more »
Bi-fuel Ethanol-diesel Vehicle Debuts In Brazil
Published: Thursday June 2nd 10AM
Link: http://domesticfuel.com/2011/06/02...anol-diesel-vehicle-debuts-in-brazil/
Description: Typically flex fuel vehicles are a combination of ethanol and gasoline or diesel and biodiesel. But inroads have been made to create flex fuel vehicles that use a combination of ethanol and diesel fuels. Iveco, FPT Industrial and Bosch officially debuted the Iveco Trakker Bi-Fuel Ethanol-Diesel vehicle at Agrishow last week in Ribeir o Preto, the country’s largest agricultural show. The Takker contains an FPT Industrial Cursor 9 engine that can run on an ethanol and diesel mixture and is g... read more »