Thursday, January 12, 2012

20120112 1002 Biofuel Related News.

CAMCO CALIFORNIA CO2 CREDIT ISSUANCE UP 27 PCT
LONDON, Jan 10 (Reuters) - Camco International  saw a 27 percent rise in the number of California carbon credits issued in the second half of last year as participants geared up for the start of the U.S. state's emissions trading scheme, the low-carbon project developer said in a trading update on Tuesday.
As of Jan. 6, Camco had 356,061 California carbon credits under management, compared to 281,061 on July 28, 2011.

LUFTHANSA ENDS BIOFUEL TRIAL WITH U.S. FLIGHT
FRANKFURT, Jan 9 (Reuters) - German carrier Lufthansa  is ending the trial use of a biofuel mix for its planes because it has used up stocks of certified biofuel and no other reliable supplies are available.
The trial, which ran on flights between Frankfurt and Hamburg, will end Jan. 12 on a flight from Frankfurt to Washington.

US ETHANOL WEEKLY OUTPUT HITS RECORD 963,000 BPD
Jan 5 (Reuters) - U.S. ethanol production hit another  record high in the latest week as the industry sought every last drop of benefit out of the blender's tax credit that expired on Dec. 31, 2011.
Output hit 963,000 barrels per day for the week ended Dec. 30, up from the previous record of 962,000 barrels a day notched a week earlier, the Energy Information Administration reported on Thursday.

ZEACHEM SEES CELLULOSIC ETHANOL STARTING TO FLOW
Jan 4 (Reuters) - It's been a "bumpy ride" for efforts to develop cellulosic ethanol as a viable alternative to corn ethanol, but several projects are moving forward and the biofuel should be flowing later this year and next, a leading industry executive said.
ZeaChem Inc CEO Jim Imbler said in a telephone interview on Wednesday that investor skepticism and technology complexities are among many factors keeping the cellulosic side of the U.S. biofuels business from taking off.

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