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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
Business Wire:
Xethanol Corporation, a renewable energy company, has announced a $500,000 investment in Consus Ethanol, LLC of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania pursuant to a convertible promissory note. Consus has a permitted site in western Pennsylvania, where it plans to build the first of several ethanol plants. Its business model calls for a cogeneration plant using waste […]
British Company Plans To Invest In Ethanol Production
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007Macauhub:
Principle Energy, a UK-based company specialized in renewable energy, plans to invest US$250 million in Mozambique on sugar cane crop for ethanol production, Mozambican newspaper Notícias reported.
The newspaper cited the Agricultural director of Manica province, Dinis Lissave, saying that the project, which will be implemented along the basins of the Lucite and Buzi rivers, is […]
Corn-Based Ethanol Burns US Investors
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007Even Bill Gates is feeling pain as prices for the biofuel have fallen 55% in a year.
Ottawa Citizen:
Ethanol, the centrepiece of President George W. Bush’s plan to wean the U.S. from oil, is 2007’s worst energy investment.
The corn-based fuel tumbled 55 per cent from last year’s record of $4.33 U.S. a gallon and drove crop […]
Ethanol A Losing Proposition For Investors
Wednesday, November 21st, 2007International Herald Tribune:
Ethanol, the centerpiece of President George W. Bush’s plan to reduce U.S. dependence on oil, is the worst energy investment of 2007.
Ethanol, a corn-based fuel, tumbled 57 percent from last year’s record of $4.33 a gallon, or $1.14 a liter, and drove crop prices to a 10-year high. Production in the United States […]
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 […]
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 […]
Financing Available For Innovative Ethanol Plants
Tuesday, November 6th, 2007Grainnet:
Myth: With cash corn prices hovering near $3.60 a bushel and the price of ethanol down to $1.70 a gallon, financial institutions are shying away from financing new ethanol plants.
Fact: John May, Vice President of Stern Brothers and Co., St. Louis, a financial services company which acts as financial advisor to producers and developers of […]
Winning Ethanol Investment Strategies
Monday, November 5th, 2007Use Corn:
Everywhere I go and everything I read seems to relate to the impending oil crisis. Most of the opinions and articles written seem to agree that we are in a lose, lose situation with regards to our dependency on oil. They state that we can’t change because we don’t have a viable alternative to […]
Ethanol Stocks To Know (AVR, PEIX, VSE)
Monday, November 5th, 2007Investopedia Advisor Commentary:
With oil prices above $90 a barrel, the prospects for alternative energy are looking better and better.
The leading alternative is Ethanol, an alcohol-based fuel derived from corn, sugar cane and other feedstock. It is being used in some parts of the country in the form of E85 ethanol, which is made of 85% […]
Rex Invests $51M In Ethanol Plant
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007Bizjournals:
Rex Stores Corp. has invested $50.8 million for the construction of an ethanol plant now underway in Gibson City, Ill., Rex announced Wednesday.
In June, Rex (NYSE: RSC) reported it had entered into an agreement with One Earth Energy LLC, of Gibson City, to build the facility. Rex’s funding gives it about 74 percent equity ownership […]
The Inventory Code: New Ways Investors Can Cash In On Volatile Commodities
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007Knowledge@Wharton:
Oil is marching toward $100 a barrel, largely due to China’s boom. Demand for ethanol is pushing corn prices up. Soybean prices are rising because so many bean fields have been switched to corn. In short, prices of commodities worldwide are soaring, making for frenzied action in commodities futures markets, where traders buy and sell […]
Odebrecht’s Ethanol Group To Pump $581 Million In Brazil State
Thursday, October 25th, 2007CNNMoney:
ETH Bioenergia, the energy unit of Brazilian conglomerate Odebrecht, will invest 1.05 billion Brazilian reals ($581 million) in three new sugar and ethanol mills in the central-west state of Mato Grosso do Sul, the company’s press office said Wednesday.
The three mills are expected to have the capacity to process 5 million metric tons of sugarcane […]
RPT-Iowa Venture Capitalist Sours On Ethanol
Thursday, October 25th, 2007Reuters UK:
A venture capitalist in Iowa has scrapped plans to consolidate several farmer-owned ethanol plants amid a dramatic drop in profits throughout the industry, said one of his executives on Wednesday.
“We’ve concluded that in the current environment, the economics of each plant are so uncertain that it’s going to very difficult to value them and […]
BullMarket.com Offers Investment Opinions on Seed Companies
Wednesday, October 17th, 2007Trading Markets:
Bullmarket.com, an online investment newsletter focused on long-term growth and income-generating stocks, announced today that it has provided subscribers with a detailed report on seed companies, including Monsanto, Syngenta, and Origin Agritech.
All paid and trial subscribers to BullMarket.com can now receive immediate access to the newsletter’s exclusive daily reports. As a subscriber, you’ll also […]
Biofuels Get Funding As An Ethanol Plant Gets Cancelled
Tuesday, October 16th, 2007Biofuel Energy calls off a planned ethanol plant while PetroSun says it will begin producing algal oil for biodiesel next year and Pennsylvania awards $10M in biofuels grants.
Greentech Media:
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger isn’t the only head of a U.S. state to support the funding of biofuels with taxpayer dollars.
On Tuesday, Pennsylvania Gov. Edward Rendell announced […]
Understanding The Full Costs Of Corn Ethanol
Monday, October 15th, 2007The New Daedalus:
Combining Sugar Protectionism with Corn subsidy created a product searching for a use. Corn syrup came out of nowhere to replace sucrose in thousands of products. Because it is metabolized differently than sucrose, its pervasive use is suspected by many to be a contributor to the diabetes epidemic.
Now this subsidized corn syrup is […]
Long-Term Investors In Brazil Ethanol Unfazed By Dollar Crash
Thursday, October 11th, 2007CNNMoney:
The dollar broke the 1.80 Brazilian real mark on Thursday for the first time in seven years, but Brazil ethanol investors are relatively unfazed and said the sector’s expansion will continue, weak dollar or not.
“The dollar decline really doesn’t concern us, or affect our investments,” said Aureo Luiz de Castro, president of Etanalc SA, a […]
Govt’s New Ethanol Policy Lifts Sugar Stocks
Wednesday, October 10th, 2007Analysts feel the rally will be only for short-term
Hindu Business Line:
Sugar stocks on the BSE made a sweet recovery after the Government rolled out new ethanol policy.
Apart from making 5 per cent ethanol blending with petrol mandatory, the Government has allowed sugar mills to produce ethanol directly from sugarcane juice rather than the conventional method […]
Sempra Commodities Signs 20 Year Ethanol Marketing Agreement With Etanalc S.A.
Tuesday, October 9th, 2007Trading Markets:
Sempra Commodities, the commodity-marketing unit of Sempra Energy, an energy services holding company, reported on 8 October thatit has signed a 20-year marketing agreement with Etanalc S.A for the ethanol produced from Etanalc’s three new ethanol distilleries under development.
Ethanol is a non-toxic, water-soluble and quickly biodegradable fuel that, when blended into gasoline, is effective […]
Ethanol Investment Faces Bumpy Ride
Friday, October 5th, 2007Reuters:
Investment opportunities in green fuel ethanol are clouded by falling prices, rising costs and excess capacity, but prospects will improve on expectations for high oil prices, consultant Jonathan Kingsman said on Thursday.
Lausanne-based Kingsman said the media had turned against biofuel investments because of a growing perception that increasing use of staple foodstuffs as feedstock for […]