Coskata Raises Funds for New Ethanol Plant
Warrenville, Ill.-based biofuels producer Coskata Inc. says it has raised $29 million to help develop its first commercial-size ethanol plant.
The privately held company wants to erect a $200 million facility that would produce 50 million gallons of ethanol per year from biomass and agricultural and municipal waste. Coskata began testing its processes at a 40,000 [...]
Brilliance signs up with booze maker to produce engines?
The link up between Brilliance and Wu Liang Ye is quite possibly one of the more bizarre joint ventures in China (apart from the car made by a cellphone company) to date. Initial thoughts would be that Brilliance and Wu Liang Ye were planning to use some of Wu Liang Ye’s surplus crops to produce ethanol engines, but this is not the case.
On the 28th November the leaders of Liaoning Province and Sichuan Province were alongside the leaders of Brilliance Automotive and Wu Liang Ye as the first stone …
Holden committed to E85 for 2010
Commodore to have E85 ethanol capability next year, but no diesel