Ethanol Week - May 16, 2011

Vilsack visits home of the GreenGenes Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack visited Medford, Mass., on May 13 to tour Agrivida Inc.'s laboratory and draw attention to the company's innovative approach to produce advanced biofuels, renewable chemicals and other bio-based products READ MORE SHARE
Abengoa sues over failed boiler, countersues in second case Abengoa Bioenergy has two lawsuits filed regarding events at its ethanol plants in Colwich, Kan., and Ravenna, Neb. In the first lawsuit, the company is suing a vendor over a boiler explosion; in the second it is countersuing a trucking firm. READ MORE SHARE
	Verdezyne acquires strategic investments from BP, DSM Verdezyne Inc., an industrial biotechnology company developing yeast platforms, has received strategic investments from BP Alternative Energy Ventures and Dutch chemical firm DSM Venturing BV. READ MORE SHARE
Texas plant asks bankruptcy court to approve tolling agreement If approved in bankruptcy court, a tolling agreement with Tenaska BioFuels LLC may help the 40 MMgy Levelland Hockley County Ethanol LLC in Texas start production again after sitting idle since December. READ MORE SHARE
ADM's Rice considers ethanol 'most competitive fuel in the world' Archer Daniels Midland Co. executives painted a good-news/bad-news situation for ethanol during a May 3 conference call on the company's third quarter results. READ MORE SHARE
IPCC report highlights policy's role in advancing renewables The IPCC is preparing to release an exhaustive, 1,000-page report on May 31 that will highlight the significant global role renewables can play in providing sustainable energy and reducing GHG emissions over the next 40 years. READ MORE SHARE
G2BioChem enters race to commercialize cellulosic ethanol Backed by GreenField Ethanol, Novozymes and others, the newly launched, Ontario-based G2BioChem plans to begin construction on a cellulosic ethanol demonstration plant in July and reach start up a year later. READ MORE SHARE
ICM debuts commercial-scale biomass gasifier ICM Inc. has announced the availability of a commercial-scale biomass gasification system that can be used as a cogeneration unit or to completely eliminate fossil fuel intake at various facilities, including ethanol plants. READ MORE SHARE