SAO PAULO -(Dow Jones)- Archer Daniels Midland Co. (ADM) on Tuesday plans to build in Brazil a second biodiesel plant, which is expected to produce 164,000 metric tons a year.

The new plant will be built in Joacaba, Santa Catarina, next to existing ADM soybean-crushing and -refining facilities, ADM said in a statement.

ADM spokesman Roman Blahoski said the company wouldn’t disclose how much the new plant will cost to build. Leer más »

* USDA to help fund five biorefineries, bioenergy plants

* Subsidizes 10,000 blender pumps and storage tanks

* Also helps pay to produce, store, ship new crops

* Vilsack to Congress: renew industry tax credits (Updates with quote, additional details.)

WASHINGTON, Oct 21 (Reuters) – The U.S. Agriculture Department will provide new subsidies to increase production, storage and distribution of biofuels Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said on Thursday. Leer más »

Illinois biodiesel producer BN National Trail announced this morning that it has secured a purchase agreement of all biodiesel process equipment from Kreido Biofuels.

I-Newswire) United States, October 19, 2010 – Illinois biodiesel producer BN National Trail announced this morning that it has secured a purchase agreement of all biodiesel process equipment ( http://bluenorthernenergy.com/distributors.php ) from Kreido Biofuels. The shipment of the equipment is now underway from Houston, TX and is expected to arrive in Newton, IL by October Leer más »

15 September 2010. In an effort to reduce carbon emissions and further renewable energy solutions, the Canadian government is to invest up to CA$18.79 million (€14 million) in Biocardel Quebec, a biofuels plant producing biodiesel and glycerol located in Richmond, Quebec, through its ecoENERGY for biofuels programme. Leer más »

Argentina is one of world’s top biodiesel suppliers.

SAN NICOLAS, Argentina, Aug 27 (Reuters) – An Argentine company opened on Friday the country’s first factory to make biodiesel from algae, hoping to use pond scum as a replacement for soy in making biodiesel as part of a push for renewable energy. Leer más »

BUENOS AIRES – Agribusiness giant Cargill said Thursday it was investing $113.6 million to build a biodiesel plant and an electricity generator in Argentina, where the U.S.-based company is the largest soy exporter.

Both projects will be carried out in the central province of Santa Fe and are due to come online in September 2011, the general manager of Cargill Argentina, Hugo Kranjc, told reporters after submitting the company’s plans to President Cristina Fernandez. Leer más »

The Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has recently released a new report that champions jatropha as a promising biodiesel crop especially for global rural farmers. The report, “Jatropha: A Smallholder Bioenergy Crop, the Potential for Pro-Poor Development,” set out to examine the potential for jatropha as a sustainable biodiesel crop and has been in development since 2008. Leer más »

Skies may be filled with algae.Bilal Bomani and salicornia in the Green Lab at NASA Glenn Research Center  In The Region: Scientists at NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland may have tied the future of space exploration to sub-aquatic life. 

When it comes to energy, there’s always something new under the sun.  Except for solar power, which has always been under the sun.  NASA Glenn Researcher Bilal Bomani has been working on a process to use biofuel as an alternative energy source for commercial aviation. Leer más »

By Sorrel Moseley-Williams/Herald staff.Although renewable energy sources haven’t hit the mainstream just yet in Argentina, “the biofuels industry is finally coming together,” according to Carlos St. James, president and founder of the Argentine Renewable Energies Chamber (ATEC).

Although biofuels currently supply just one percent of all energy to the domestic market, according to St. James, legislation will require them to provide eight percent by 2016. In addition, the government recently upped the blend of biodiesel with regular diesel from five percent to seven, an important move in a world increasingly reluctant to be fossil fuel-dependent. Leer más »

Molinos, Vicentin and Oleaginosa Moreno Hermanos will invest $350 million to build a soy-processing plant in Argentina, the companies said in a statement late on Wednesday.

The grain-processing plant will be located just north of Rosario, the main agro-industrial hub in Argentina, which is the world’s largest supplier of soymeal and soyoil. Leer más »