Enerkem Inc. has filed a registration statement with the U.S. SEC, including a preliminary prospectus with securities regulatory authorities in each of the provinces and territories of Canada, for a proposed initial public offering of common stock.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Feb. 3 the availability of funds this fiscal year for two key programs to encourage the use of renewable biomass and production of advanced biofuels. About $25 million will be allocated for each program.
Several federal lawmakers addressed the issues of renewable energy and advanced biofuels this week. On Jan. 30, U.S. Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Del., spoke at the ACS briefing on advanced biofuels. A day later a senate hearing on energy took place.
BioBased Technologies and Palmer International have joined forces to form a strategic alliance that will focus on the development of a new family of biobased polyols derived from cashew nutshell liquid (CNL) for use in rigid foam applications.
The research team led by chemical and biological engineering professor Will Zimmerman developed an inexpensive method to produce microbubbles that float algae cells to the surface of the solution, which makes harvesting easier, cheaper and faster.
Burlington, Ontario-based EcoSynthetix Inc. has secured a $2.1 million funding award from Sustainable Development Technology Canada to support the development and commercialization of its novel biobased EcoMer monomer technology platform.
Scotland-based Edinburgh Napier University's Biofuels Research Centre has spun out a new company, Celtic Renewables Ltd., that focuses on converting waste products derived from whisky production into biobutanol and other biofuels and chemicals.
Dynamic Fuels LLC entered into a strategic marketing alliance and commercial offtake and supply chain management agreements with Mansfield Oil Co. to jointly market Dynamic Fuels' synthetic renewable diesel to the commercial fleet vehicle market.
After successful trials, BioProcess Algae and Green Plains Renewable Energy announced they are ready to start construction on the five-acre algae production facility in Shenandoah, Iowa.
Toronto-based Pond Biofuels is piloting a unique algae production system at St. Mary's Cement with support of the Ontario government. The system uses LED and solar lighting, and will reduce greenhouse gases by absorbing dirty smokestack emissions.
Algae.Tec Ltd. made several important announcements over the past month, and CEO Peter Hatfull says the cumulative impact of these developments means that his company is making the transition from a development-stage company to a commercial entity.
A phase of water exists beyond liquid, solid and gas, says UW Prof. Gerald Pollack. Biomat has applied this theory to its work in developing shipping container-based algae growth systems. "We focus on the water, not the algae," said CEO Miguel Cizin.
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While the USDA Rural Energy for America Program is not specifically designed to benefit biorefining operations, biodiesel plants and other operations that fit the definition of a rural small business under the program language are eligible to apply.
The extended relationship, building on its agreement last June, offers the partners a unique opportunity to explore a wide range of compositions and applications based on Avantium's YXY (pronounced "icksy") technology in the larger polyamide sector.
Toronto-based CORE BioFuel signed an exclusive agreement with Osprey Capital Partners to secure equity investment capital for financing the completion of construction engineering for its first wood-to-green-gasoline biorefinery in British Columbia.
The U.S. EPA's Science Advisory Board (SAB) has issued a draft report response to the EPA's Accounting Framework for Biogenic CO2 Emissions from Stationary Sources. The framework was first issued by the EPA in September.
USDA approved a conditional commitment in the amount of $232.5 million to ZeaChem Boardman Biorefinery through the Biorefinery Assistance Program. ZeaChem will operate a 25 MMgy biorefinery to be constructed on an industrial site in Boardman, Ore.
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