The Advanced Ethanol Coalition (AEC) this week issued an industry progress report for cellulosic biofuels that shows "a detailed look at the progress made towards the commercial deployment of advanced biofuels. According to the report:
The cellulosic biofuels industry has reached the commercial deployment phase; however, "high capital risk from OPEC-induced price distortions, constrained blending markets and policy uncertainty continued to slow the rate of deployment." Enzyme costs for cellulosic production are down 80 percent in the last decade and cellulosic biofuels are today being produced for $2.00 per gallon or less. According to Sandia National Lab, the U.S. could produce 75 billion gallons per year of cellulosic biofuels wit...
Yesterday, Alberta held a referendum on whether to begin the process toward independence from Canada. With more than one million votes counted as of early Tuesday morning, around 77 percent supported remaining in Canada, and 23 percent voted to start the process of separation, according to unof...
Mediterranean/Middle East/North Africa/Africa – MEA Region Pakistan’s smaller wheat farmers have been holding protests to complain about the lack of a support price for wheat and the potential expansion of GMO crop production. They also want the reinstatement of PASSCO, the governme...
What You Need to Know Today: Harvest pressure in the U.S. sent corn and soybeans lower as supplies increased and there were signs USDA’s upward revisions to yields in the October WASDE could be close to right. The conflict between Russia and Ukraine escalated over the weekend, with Ukrai...
