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U.S. EPA issued a direct final rule regarding pathways for four new biofuel feedstocks under the renewable fuel standard (RFS2), including camelina oil, energy cane, giant reed and napiergrass, the latter three apply to ethanol and drop-in biofuels.
The Israel-U.S. Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Foundation has brought together a major U.S.-based biomass power entity and an Israeli-based advanced defense systems developer to partner on a biomass-to-fuel mobile system.
Advanced plant genetic supplier DuPont has partnered up with biomass feedstock developer NexSteppe to develop new sweet sorghum and high biomass sorghum hybrids for biofuels, biopower and biobased products.
Germany-based market research institute Ceresana Research recently announced it expects significant growth to characterize the bioplastics industry over the next few years, particularly within the emerging South American and Asia-Pacific markets.
Sweetwater uses a patent-pending process technology that efficiently breaks down a variety cellulosic biomass, such as agricultural and wood residues, within a contained, water-based solution to produce concentrated C5 and C6 sugar streams.
Rematix Inc. employs a patented two-step supercritical fluid hydrolysis technology platform, trademarked the Plantrose process, that can efficiently extract and solubilize C5 and C6 sugars from a variety of nonfood-based lignocellulosic biomass.
A research project underway in collaboration with BioTork, Rivertop Solutions and the USDA Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center has successfully demonstrated a method to turn Hawaiian papaya waste into renewable oil for conversion to biofuels.
Making the obvious case for biorefining, once again.
Three of the patents cover the production of various liquid fuels and chemicals related to its recently announced partnership with Coca-Cola and its ongoing partnership with Royal Dutch Shell. The other two involve the registered BioForming process.
Lakewood, Colo.-based ZeaChem Inc. has achieved a significant milestone by completing on schedule and under budget the construction and installation of the core process technology for its 250,000 gallon integrated biorefinery in Boardman, Ore.
DuPont and California-based feedstock development company NexSteppe have entered into a collaboration to develop new sweet and high-biomass sorghum hybrids in Brazil and the U.S., for use in the biofuels, biopower and biobased products industries.
The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany is leading a project that will focus on converting biomass into engine fuels and chemicals, as well as heat and electricity.
A new biofuel initiative in the EU is set to kick off on the first of the year. The project, referred to as BioBoost, aims to convert residual biomass into intermediates, such as biocrude, for the production of drop-in biobased fuels and chemicals.
New Zealand-based technology developer LanzaTech became the new owner of the former Range Fuels Inc. cellulosic biofuels plant in Soperton, Ga., on Jan. 3, paying just $5.1 million for the site during a foreclosure sale held in Soperton.
Chromatin Inc., a developer of energy crop feedstock solutions, announced Jan. 4 the award of a $5.7 million contract under the PETRO (Plants Engineered to Replace Oil) program of the U.S. DOE's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E).
On Dec. 29, Judge Lawrence O'Neill of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California issued a ruling preventing the California Air Resources Board from enforcing the state's low carbon fuels standard (LCFS) during pending litigation.
For two days in February, Alternative Energy Solutions International Inc. (AESI) will open the doors to its Kansas Biomass Research Institute (BRI), providing tours of a fully functional biomass power and testing facility.
While most members of the biorefining sector think biofuels when they think about algae, a group of students in Singapore is showing that the photosynthetic organisms might also serve as a renewable component of some concretes.
Michigan Molecular Institute announced it will participate in two new biobased chemistry projects, one on biopolymers and the other on propylene glycol. MMI recently began its expansion into the biobased segment and is dedicated to polymer research.
While most of the festive greeting cards and wrapping paper used this holiday season will end up in the landfill, a group of researchers in the U.K. has shown that these materials could serve as feedstock to produce a significant amount of biofuel.
Lux interviewed between 120 and 150 companies, including more than 450 interviews with key stakeholders, analyzing and ranking each based on a range of specific metrics such as IPO score, partnership score, employee count, revenue cash and so forth.
The new year brings new alternative fuel projects for the world's largest biodiesel consulting group, which is expanding to include consulting in ethanol, biomass, wind, solar and geothermal.
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