The U.S. EPA has published a new final rule, qualifying additional fuel pathways under the renewable fuel standard (RFS). The rulemaking covers two new feedstocks, camelina and energy cane. It also qualifies new renewable gasoline pathways.
A 32-page report by Lux Research picks winners and losers in 2012 among alternative fuel developers. The state of the market report, which is provided only to clients, also predicts that many companies will generate real revenue in 2013.
A termite's own biology with help from microorganisms called protists, are keys to the insect's digestion of woody material, according to a Purdue University scientist.
Nominations are now open for 2013 International Biomass Conference & Expo Bioenergy Awards. The awards will be presented during the opening general session at the sixth annual International Biomass Conference & Expo in April.
Stanford University's Global Climate and Energy Project has released a report highlighting the potential to combine bioenergy production with carbon capture and storage techniques to enable carbon-negative energy production.
BioNitrogen Corp. has announced that it has received approval from the Florida governor to issue up to $175 million of tax exempt bonds. The bond offering is slated for completion in early 2013.
MIT chemical engineers and biologists have devised a way to dramatically boost isobutanol production in yeast, which naturally make it in small amounts. They engineered yeast so that isobutanol synthesis takes place entirely within mitochondria.
Pending legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives aims to limit the ability of the U.S. EPA to increase the cellulosic biofuel requirements its sets each year under the renewable fuel standard (RFS).
The Algae Biomass Organization has announced that the 2013 Annual Algae Biomass Summit will take place Sept. 30 - Oct. 3 at the Hilton Orlando in Florida. Proposals and abstracts for speaking and poster opportunities are currently being accepted.
The American Petroleum Institute is once again misleading Congress and the general public about the renewable fuel standard (RFS); this time, as it pertains to a January 2012 ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
The Canadian government has announced investments in two projects that will benefit the biofuel and biorefining industries, including one to expand the use of beets as feedstock, and one to install pilot-scale short path distillation equipment.
Scientists made a major step forward recently towards transforming biomass-derived molecules into fuels. The team elucidated the chemical mechanism of the critical steps, which can be performed under relatively mild, energy-efficient conditions.
The Federal Aviation Administration and the Spanish Aviation Safety and Security Agency signed a Declaration of Cooperation to promote the development and use of sustainable alternative aviation fuels in the United States and Spain.
Legislation pending in the Washington State Legislature aims to extend the existing sales and use tax exemption for wood waste and residue used to produce electricity, steam, heat or biofuel through June 30, 2024.
Energy and climate change were two areas of focus in President Barack Obama's State of the Union address on Feb. 12. “Today, no area holds more promise than our investments in American energy,� he said.
The USDA has released two reports that outline the impact of climate change on agriculture and forestry. The reports provide a framework for understanding how climate change could affect the ability to meet demands for food, feed, fiber and fuel.
German researchers extract hydrogen from wet biomass
By Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg
February 12, 2013
German researchers are developing a process to extract hydrogen from wet biomass using aqueous phase reforming. In this method, the wet biomass comes into contact with a catalyst, and chemical reactions break down the material to release hydrogen.
The U.S. EPA 2012 Landfill Methane Outreach Program awarded St. Landry Solid Waste Disposal District the Project of the Year Award for using compressed natural gas (CNG) to power 13 vehicles for the sheriff's department in St. Landry Parish, La.
A new initiative in Europe, Leaders of Sustainable Biofuels, aims to expedite deployment of advanced biofuel technologies. In February, chief executive officers of seven European biofuel producers and airlines met in Brussels form the group.
Scientists studying an enzyme that naturally produces alkanes, long carbon-chain molecules that could be a direct replacement for the hydrocarbons in gasoline, have figured out why the natural reaction typically stops after three to five cycles.
When Li Tan approached his colleagues at the University of Georgia with some unusual data he had collected, they initially seemed convinced that his experiment had become contaminated; what he was seeing simply didn't make any sense.
On February 1, Amyris Inc. shipped the first commercial order of Biofene from its production facility in Brotas, Brazil. Biofene is Amyris's brand of renewable farnesene, which is processed into drop-in biofuels.
Israel-based Rosetta Green has entered into an agreement to sell most of its assets to Monsanto Co. for $35 million. According Rosetta Green, its core technology centers on MicroRNAs, which are short RNA molecules that regulate gene expression.
On Feb. 6 Rep. Gregg Harper, R-Miss., introduced legislation that aims to amend the Clean Air Act to require the U.S. EPA to based its cellulosic biofuel targets under the renewable fuel standard (RFS) on actual production.
Driven by aggressive biofuel mandates, rapid growth will cause great strain on biomass by 2030, according to Lux Research. Feedstock innovation will be needed to keep growing biomass's market share.
California is home to nearly 30 advanced biofuel companies, but dozens of other states from coast to coast also are beginning to realize the economic benefits of this emerging industry, according to analysis by Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2).
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