Entrepreneurs
US To Spend $600 Million Advancing Renewable Fuels
Monday, August 18th, 2008
Birmingham Star:
The United States plans to spend $600 million in coming years to propel development of renewable fuels and other new energy solutions.
The funding goes along with millions that private investors are spending to find ways to cut the nation’s dependence on oil.
The future of alternative energy appears to be rich, whether it is […]
Bill Gates Ditches Ethanol Investment
Friday, June 6th, 2008Seattle Post Intelligencer:
Slowly but surely, Bill Gates has been liquidating his stake in Pacific Ethanol.
Earth2Tech reports that Gates’ investment firm, Cascade Investment, has been selling off large chunks of stock at a big loss in recent weeks. And Neil Koehler, Pacific Ethanol’s chief executive, tells the Sacramento Bee that he is not concerned that the […]
Lowndes Student Finds Fuel Alternative
Friday, April 18th, 2008WALB-TV:
Georgia forests produce millions of tons of biomass every year.
It’s regarded as useless, but one South Georgia student thinks the waste could be the key to more alternative fuels in the state.
So when Governor Sonny Perdue issued a challenge, Lowndes High Senior Nicholas Worley stepped up.
“It was a challenge to agriculturists to solve the […]
Agri-Business 2100 Speaker Series
Friday, February 1st, 2008Huron Daily Tribune:
The Thumb Area Agri-Business 2100 Project is nearing its first anniversary of service to agricultural-related producers in Huron, Lapeer, Sanilac and Tuscola Counties. Agriculture is Michigan’s largest industry next to the auto industry and adds more than $4 billion annually to Michigan’s economy. It is a high-tech business in today’s vastly competitive markets, […]
Bill Gates’s Investment Fund To Sell Shares In Ethanol Producer
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007International Herald Tribune:
Cascade Investment, a company owned by Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft, is preparing to sell its shares in Pacific Ethanol, which has lost almost two-thirds of its market value this year.
Cascade, which owns a 21 percent stake in the company, will convert its preferred stock to 10.5 million common shares and offer them […]
Farmer-Inventors Create Corn Cob Harvesting Equipment
Wednesday, November 14th, 2007Agri News:
Three Nebraska farmer-inventors have developed equipment to harvest corn cobs and other biomass that will be sought for cellulosic ethanol production.
The inventions were described at last week’s Biobased Industry Outlook Conference at Iowa State University in Ames.
“Just a handful of us are suffering through the challenges to get (a biomass harvesting) system figured out,” […]
Advanced Biofuels Are Closer Than You Think, Says Investor Vinod Khosla
Tuesday, November 6th, 2007CNET News:
Start-up Range Fuels on Tuesday will host a groundbreaking ceremony in Soperton, Ga., where the company will build a plant that will make the fuel ethanol from wood chips.
If successful, the company claims it will be the first to build a commercial cellulosic ethanol plant, using a feedstock that’s cleaner than corn–the primary source […]
USDA: ‘Free’ Money For Green Farmers
Monday, October 1st, 2007Molokai Times:
With all of the recent speculation on what Hawaii would look like under a meter of water, and the negative press the oil industry has received, the move to adopt alternative forms of energy and increase energy efficiency has gained strong momentum.
So much, in fact, that local, state and federal governments are handing out […]
Ethanol Entrepreneurs Making Their Moves
Monday, September 10th, 2007The Associated Press:
The newspaper publisher, the watermelon farmer, the metal fabricator and the housewife gathered about a year ago and decided to take the plunge into the business of biofuels.
Yes, the nearest ethanol pump to their central Georgia town of Dublin was 45 miles away. And yes, they didn’t know much about the ethanol industry. […]