Convivium Renewable Energy is a group of 13 professionals in the wind energy consulting business led by professional engineer Terry Meyer, who has experience in more than 100 renewable energy projects. The news follows the addition of solar experts.
Algae tech company Heliae announced a capital raise of $15 million in funding from international conglomerate Salim Group's agribusiness company, PT. PP London Sumatra Indonesia Tbk, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Agri Investments Pte. Ltd.
The University of Queensland has announced its researchers have planted 5 hectares of pongamia trees at Hope Vale in northern Queensland. The project aims to create a commercially viable plantation for sustainable regional development and biofuels.
Inventure Renewables and sister company Inventure Int'l have closed a $5 million round of financing with an option to increase funding in a second tranche to a total of $12 million. Lead investor Wilmar Int'l has taken an equity stake in both firms.
Global consulting and engineering company Poyry PLC recently announced it has been awarded a contract for detail engineering of UPM's proposed biorefinery project in Lappeenranta, Finland. The parties agreed not to disclose the value of the contract.
Get in early on Los Angeles' interest in developing algae production demonstrations on Owens Lake far north of the city.
Ag Secretary Vilsack called on petroleum companies to help increase the percentage of ethanol in America's gas tanks to reduce dependence on foreign oil, boost job creation and promote development of renewable energy from farm-produced feedstocks.
Enerkem filed notice to withdraw its registration statement, effectively abandoning plans to pursue an IPO. A few days later, Iogen agreed to a new plan with its owners that will result 150 jobs lost and terminate plans for a biorefinery in Manitoba.
Solazyme and Dow announced they have entered into a contingent offtake agreement in which Dow has agreed to purchase from Solazyme all of its requirements of nonvegetable microbe-based oils for use in dielectric fluid applications through 2015.
Through the Nova Scotia CleanTech Open, SABRTEch Inc. has been awarded $100,000 in cash, a $200,000 negotiable seed investment, mentoring services and in-kind business building services through the program. The company will add three staff members.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit granted motions to allow several biofuel organizations to intervene and address issues that'll be raised during the lawsuit filed against the U.S. EPA by the API regarding 2012 RFS2 volume requirements.
The U.S. DOE recently announced selections for three consortia that will make up the $125 million U.S.-India Joint Clean Energy Research and Development Center. The consortia will bring together U.S., Indian experts from labs, academia and industry.
Butamax, a leading global biobutanol technology development company, announced that two additional ethanol producers have joined its Early Adopters Group and have signed letters of intent to this effect. The EAG was founded in December last year.
White House gathering reaffirms Obama's support for advanced biofuels
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University researcher designs efficient, sustainable biorefinery systems
UMass Amherst researchers improve output from catalytic pyrolysis process
Biobased nylon fiber may soon be found in clothes you're wearing
Purac positioned to become premier global supplier of biobased lactide monomers
The race is on to commercialize low-cost, high-quality sugars from nonfood sources
A new model developed by University of Illinois researchers can help increase biomass supply chain efficiencies
The plan represents a comprehensive approach to harnessing innovations in biological research to address national challenges in health, food, energy and the environment. The National Bioeconomy Blueprint describes five main objectives.
Neste Oil and Novozymes make headlines this week
A 180-degree turnaround happened today in Washington as the Senate ag committee passed an amendment offered by Sens. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., and Dick Lugar, R-Ind., that would restore $800 million in mandatory funding to the Farm Bill energy title.
2012 Excellence in Bioenergy Award winner William Strauss shares a glimpse into his trip to a country that is light-years ahead of the U.S. in environmental policy
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