by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...There’s a rumor going around the biofuels and biomaterials business that today represents one of
Sweet sorghum
Back TO HOMEMonsanto Sorghum Seeds to Yield Brazil Ethanol During Cane Break
by Stephan Nielsen (Bloomberg) Monsanto Co., the world’s largest seed company, will sell enough sweet sorghum for 20,000 hectares (49,400
October 17, 2011 Read Full Article
Uganda: Planned Sweet Sorghum Project to Create 250 Jobs
by Dennis Picco (Esse Community) Up to 250 jobs are expected to be created in Kayunga District, Uganda, after the launch
October 14, 2011 Read Full Article
Pinal Energy Explores Sweet Sorghum Ethanol Production
by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Pinal Energy LLC has constructed a pilot plant next to its 50 MMgy corn/milo
October 05, 2011 Read Full Article
PHL May Produce Sweet Sorghum Bioethanol by 2013
(GMA News) By 2013, the country may start producing the first sweet sorghum-based bioethanol, the Bureau of Agricultural Research (BAR)
September 27, 2011 Read Full Article
How To Choose What To Plant For Biofuel
By: Sarah Zielinski (Smithsonian Magazine) If one of the goals of growing plants for biofuel is to be kinder to the environment
September 16, 2011 Read Full Article
China’s Vision for Renewable Energy: The Status of Bioenergy and Bioproduct Research and Commercialization
Elizabeth R. Nesbitt, Paul Thiers, Johnway Gao, Sharon Shoemaker, Manuel Garcia-Perez, Julie Carrier, Joy Doran-Peterson, John Morgan, Guangyi Wang, Pierre Christian Wensel, Shulin Chen (Journal of International Commerce and Economics)
August 30, 2011 Read Full Article
A Sweet Opportunity for Biofuels
by Florentino Lopez (United Sorghum Checkoff Program/Ethanol Producer Magazine) ...Just like our dedication in promoting grain sorghum for biofuels production,
August 25, 2011 Read Full Article
Sweet Sorghum Boosts the Efficiency of Ethanol
by Benjamin Burroughs (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Ethanol has some distinct advantages as a fuel, and sweet sorghum promises even better input/output
August 23, 2011 Read Full Article
Louisiana Biofuels Plan Would Decentralize Production
by Michael K. Bullard (Ethanol Producer Magazine) How the 2008 Recession Halted the Progress of Louisiana’s Advanced Biofuel Industry Development
August 23, 2011 Read Full Article
Catching the Sugar Wave
by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Not content to let Brazil hog all the glory, three development-stage companies eye sugar-based
August 23, 2011 Read Full Article
Nigerian, Chinese Firms to Float N27.4b Biofuel Projects across West Africa
by Sulaimon Salau (The Guardian Nigeria) Renewable energy projects in West African sub-region are set for a new shift,
August 01, 2011 Read Full Article
Missouri University Professor Helps to Plant Seeds for an Advanced Biofuel Economy
by Megan Cassidy (Columbia Missourian) Shibu Jose and his team believe that today’s soggy river bottoms could be untapped grounds
August 01, 2011 Read Full Article
Sweet Sorghum Boosts the Efficiency of Ethanol
by Benjamin Burroughs (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Ethanol has some distinct advantages as a fuel, and sweet sorghum promises even better
July 25, 2011 Read Full Article
$70M Approved for Ethanol Plant
by Bob Moser (The Advertiser) Lacassine Syrup Mill will be joined by nation's first sugar-to-ethanol facility Bonds worth $70 million to
July 14, 2011 Read Full Article
New Sorghum Ideotypes to Meet the Increasing Demand of Biofuels
(IEA Bioenergy Task 39 Newsletter) Geopolitical tensions in some oil producing regions and the uncertainties surrounding the future availability of
July 06, 2011 Read Full Article
Southeast US Offers Huge Energy Crop Potential
by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine) The U.S. Southeast is ripe for energy crop development, according to several panelists who
June 30, 2011 Read Full Article
Ceres Files $100M IPO – The Complete Digest Analysis
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...In California, energy crop breeder Ceres has filed for a $100 million IPO on Nasdaq,
May 25, 2011 Read Full Article
Ethanol Potential in Giant Sweet Potatoes
by Cindy Zimmerman (DomesticFuel.com) At the International Biomass Conference and Expo last week, Dr. Janice Ryan-Bohac attracted a lot of
May 11, 2011 Read Full Article
Dedini Developing Machinery to Convert Sweet Sorghum to Ethanol
by Stephan Nielsen (Bloomberg) Dedini SA Industrias de Base, a Brazilian maker of ethanol-production machinery, is developing systems that will process
May 06, 2011 Read Full Article
USDA and DOE Award Biomass Research and Development Grants to Reduce America's Reliance on Imported Oil
Projects will help develop sustainable, renewable biofuels in the U.S. As part of the Obama Administration's comprehensive plan to address rising
May 06, 2011 Read Full Article
Cabiao, Candaba Set to Grow Sweet Sorghum for Food, Fuel
by Tonette Orejas (Business.Inquirer.net) Test farming of sweet sorghum in the last six years showed crop production in the Philippines
April 29, 2011 Read Full Article
Chromatin Announces Dual-Purpose Hybrid Sorghum for Sugar and Bioenergy Production
(Chromatin) Chromatin Inc. announced its dual-purpose SweetFuel™ sorghum hybrids, which combine high yields of both fermentable sugar and biomass per
March 15, 2011 Read Full Article
Chromatin’s Sorghum Hybrids Top in Biomass Yield, Energy and Sugar Content
(Chromatin/BusinessWire) Chromatin, Inc., announced that its sorghum hybrids showed top performance in its 2010 biomass and sugar testing programs
February 22, 2011 Read Full Article
Regents Give LSU AgCenter 5-year Extension on Biofuels Institute
(Louisiana State University) The LSU AgCenter has received a five-year extension from the Louisiana Board of Regents to continue with
February 01, 2011 Read Full Article
Crops to Be Turned into Fuel on Big Island
by Mark Niesse (AP/Washington Examiner) Crops grown on Hawaii's Big Island will be converted into liquid fuel as part of
January 07, 2011 Read Full Article
National Sorghum Producers Teams Up with Sweet Sorghum Ethanol Association
(National Sorghum Producers) National Sorghum Producers and the Sweet Sorghum Ethanol Association (SSEA) are happy to announce a formal collaborative
December 22, 2010 Read Full Article
Sweet Sorghum for Ethanol Collaboration Announced
by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel.com) Two major organizations have announced that they will collaborate on key issues moving forward. The National Sorghum
November 22, 2010 Read Full Article
US to Develop Sugarcane Ethanol Industry
(ITS International) The first major sugarcane ethanol refinery in the continental United States will be built in the Imperial Valley of
November 09, 2010 Read Full Article
Valley Company to Test New Crop for Biofuel
(The Business Journal) A $2-million grant from the California Energy Commission (CEC) will help to install a testing facility in Hanford
November 08, 2010 Read Full Article
REVIVAL! Hawai’i Bi-O Style: Elite Squad of Scientists Aim to Boost Hawaii via Bioenergy
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...Hawaii is a code word meaning “paradise” not only to sun-starved tourists, but to bioenergy
October 26, 2010 Read Full Article
Biofuel Battles
by Michael Stein (Maui Magazine) Advocates say biofuels could save big agriculture in the Islands, and reduce Hawaii’s unsustainable dependence
September 07, 2010 Read Full Article
Zero Discharge Sweet Sorghum Ethanol Process Development
(PRNewsWire) AdvanceBio LLC, a Cincinnati-based advanced biofuel technology company, today announced the development of its next generation, sugar-based fuel ethanol process. The
August 31, 2010 Read Full Article
Chromosome Designer Moves Into Biofuels
by Michael Kanellos (GreenTechMedia) Chromatin says sorghum is the ideal crop. The company, which designs chromosomes and tools for genetically modifying agricultural
August 26, 2010 Read Full Article
Ceres Opens Brazil Subsidiary To Develop Sweet Sorghum Crop Business
(Green Car Congress/FavStocks) Ceres, Inc. earlier this month established a subsidiary in Brasil focused on developing sweet sorghum as a
August 25, 2010 Read Full Article
Ceres Opens a Subsidiary in Brazil to Develop the Business of Sweet Sorghum
(Ceres) Ceres , Inc., a leader in developing cultivars for bioenergy created a subsidiary in Brazil. The announcement marks an expansion
August 03, 2010 Read Full Article
Company Says Biofuel Can Replace Off-Shore Oil
(Tampa Bay Online) Low carbon ethanol and renewable power produced from Florida grown sugar - biomass crops can help displace off-shore
June 14, 2010 Read Full Article
Chromatin Opts for Sorghum as Key Advantaged Biofuel Feedstock; Acquires Sorghum Partners, Milo Genetics
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) At the Advanced Biofuels Leadership Conference in Washington, Chromatin CEO Daphne Preuss announced that the
May 03, 2010 Read Full Article
Bio-Based Potential for Delta Ag
by Hembree Brandon (Delta Farm Press) As Mid-South states continue to lose much of the traditional manufacturing-based industries that migrated
April 12, 2010 Read Full Article
Company Promotes In-Field Production of “Sorganol”
by Cindy Zimmerman (DomesticFuel.com) An Iowa inventor and entrepreneur is promoting a harvester he developed that can produce ethanol from
April 05, 2010 Read Full Article
Highlands County, FL, Still Waiting for Biofuels
by Gary Pinnell (Highlands Today) In April 2008, Congressman Tim Mahoney told county commissioners that Highlands was poised to become
March 24, 2010 Read Full Article
Sorghum Poised for Bigger Role in Ethanol Production
by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel.com) Today, about 1/3 of the sorghum crop goes into ethanol production. An interesting little piece of
March 23, 2010 Read Full Article
Kentucky Awards a Combined $530,000 to Develop Alternative Fuels and Renewable Energy Technologies
(MFRTech) Two Kentucky companies have been awarded a combined $530,000 in funding from the Kentucky New Energy Ventures Fund. The
March 15, 2010 Read Full Article
Eco-Biofuels from the Tropics
Palm oil from South-East Asia, sugarcane from Brazil and sweet sorghum in China are the most sustainable energy crops at
February 22, 2010 Read Full Article
Miscanthus, Sweet Sorghum, Energy Cane Advancing at SERC
Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Mississippi, MSU professor Brian Baldwin provided an update on feedstock research at the MSU’s Sustainable
February 18, 2010 Read Full Article
Sweet Sorghum to Ethanol: Technology, Plant & Machinery
PRAJ, through its Development Center (Matrix- the Innovation Center), conducted studies and evaluated options for optimizing sweet sorghum based alcohol
February 10, 2010 Read Full Article
Algae-Powered Vehicles within Five Years
Alan Fischer (University of Arizona and Western Farm Press) University of Arizona (UA) researchers believe the microscopic organism algae will
February 02, 2010 Read Full Article
Florida Sugar-Based Ethanol Company Projects 80 Percent Lower Greenhouse Gas Emissions than Gasoline
Highlands EnviroFuels LLC has completed a life-cycle analysis of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that demonstrates that the company’s planned sugar–based
September 09, 2009 Read Full Article
Nigerian,Oni, Donates Land for Chinese Ethanol Project
by Toba Suleiman (This Day) Ekiti State Governor, Segun Oni, has donated 15,000 hectares of land to Chinese investors handling the
August 21, 2009 Read Full Article
Potential for Sweet Sorghum Ethanol is Very Sweet, Indeed
by Barney DuBois (BioBasedNews.com) ... Sorghum – and particularly sweet sorghum – seems finally prepared to emerge from behind the
August 20, 2009 Read Full Article
US/India Cooperative Agreements for 2nd Generation Biofuel Production
Indian government-owned Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) is tying up with US-based National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) for a pilot project to
May 13, 2009 Read Full Article
Industrial Biotechnology in China Amidst Changing Market Conditions
by Elizabeth Nesbitt (Journal of International Commerce and Economics) The increasing use of industrial biotechnology by the Chinese liquid biofuels and
February 27, 2009 Read Full Article
'Sweet' Biofuels Research Goes Down On The Farm
(Science Daily) Oklahoma State University’s sorghum-related biofuels research is taking a localized approach, with the aim of making possible the