Houston-based biochemical firm Glycos Biotechnologies Inc. has selected Toyo Engineering & Construction Sdn Bhd to provide engineering, procurement and construction services for its future commercial-scale industrial biochemical plant in Malaysia.
DuPont recently held its 2011 Investor Day event during which company Chair and CEO Ellen Kullman and its senior leaders detailed the global growth strategy of DuPont and its business segments. The Industrial Biosciences segment is doing well.
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Blue Marble Biomaterials is committed to the age-old philosophy of "using the whole animal" as evidenced by its newly formed private/public research partnership with the University of Montana aimed at optimizing algal biomass utilization.
As many key biofuel tax incentives near expiration at the end of this year, several biofuel organizations and companies submitted written or verbal testimony on Capitol Hill today to a Senate Finance Subcommittee pushing for their extension.
Repreve Renewables will hold its second annual Giant Miscanthus Field Day Jan. 10-11 at its farm near Soperton, Ga.
Global private equity firm Warburg Pincus commits $355 million to the formation of a new investment company called First Green Partners to commercialize early-stage companies that convert renewable carbon, such as biomass, into fuels and chemicals.
Mascoma announced that it has entered into definitive agreements with Valero to develop and operate its 20 MMgy cellulosic ethanol facility in Kinross, Mich. The cost to construct, commission and start-up the plant is estimated at $232 million.
The second annual U.K. Biomass Directory has been released, and it indicates that the country is in line to meet its goal of producing 10 percent of its energy with biomass by 2050.
The U.K. Committee on Climate Change has released its Bioenergy Review, which finds that without bioenergy the country is not likely to meet its long-term emissions goals.
Canada-based FSI Inc. has devised a novel route for producing biobased aspartic acid from plant sugars rather than oil. Aspartic acid is, together with glutamic acid, classified as an acidic amino acid, and aspartate is pervasive in biosynthesis.
Lux Research projects that by 2015, 3.2 billion gallons of next-gen biofuels will be produced globally.
The Federal Aviation Administration has awarded $7.7 million in contracts to eight companies, including UOP, LanzaTech, Virent and Imperium Renewables, to help accelerate the development and commercialization of advanced drop-in aviation fuels.
Algarythm Pty. Ltd., the operating company of Darke Peak Algae Biofuel Commercialization project, and Fishace Pty Ltd., trading as Fishace Ecological Engineering, recently announced the development of a new method to commercially produce algae.
Missoula, Mont.-based Rivertop Renewables was recently awarded a contract from the Montana Department of Transportation to supply 110,000 gallons of biobased corrosion inhibitor for use with liquid deicers on the state's roads this winter.
Sapphire Energy published a scientific paper in Nucleic Acids Research Journal outlining the methodology for the design, construction, modification and cellular introduction of the chloroplast genome from the green algae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.
A free training program in California is offering valuable continuing education training to retrain displaced workers.
After nearly five years with cellulosic ethanol developer Coskata, Wes Bolsen has left to serve as vice president and chief marketing officer for biotech outfit Codexis. Bolsen is now responsible for Codexis' corporate marketing and communications.
The Defense Logistics Agency will purchase 450,000 gallons of advanced drop-in biofuels for the U.S. Navy from Dynamic Fuels LLC and Solazyme Inc. in May 2012, making it the largest biofuel purchase in government history to date.
Cereplast announced a three-year distribution agreement with GAMA Plastik AS to supply bioplastic resin in Turkey. GAMA Plastik plans to purchase 200 metric tons a month of the biobased resin next year, with a significant increase in 2013.
Most recently Thomas H. Ulrich was an INL advisory scientist working with OriginOil to create a strategic partnership between the two, and he launched the first Cooperative Research and Development Agreement between OriginOil and INL.
Algae systems provider Algae.Tec Ltd. has signed a collaboration contract to build its first algae biofuels production facility in Asia. The facility will be built in Sri Lanka in conjunction with cement and building materials company Holcim Lanka.
Butamax Advanced Biofuels signed on its first early adopter, Highwater Ethanol, a 50 MMgy corn ethanol plant in Minnesota, to incorporate its isobutanol production technology.
Toronto-based CORE BioFuel, with contract partner RECAT Technologies, successfully completed testing the final stage of its wood-to-biogasoline process via catalytic conversion of dimethyl ether into benzene-free, 94-octane green gasoline.
Honeywell will invest in the company via the supply of engineering services and equipment. AliphaJet will use Honeywell controls, instrumentation and advanced solutions, including its Experion Process Knowledge Systems and UniSim process simulations.
The staff at East Kentucky Power Co-op's Dale Power Station in Winchester, Ky., is excited about a new project led by the University of Kentucky's Center for Applied Energy Research that will bring algae photobioreactors to the co-op's power station.
Cobalt Technologies appointed Bob Mayer as chairman of its Board of Directors and CEO. With more than 30 years of experience in the chemicals and biotech sectors, he joins Cobalt to lead its global development of commercial bio n-butanol facilities.
Working closely with the Iowa Economic Development Authority and the Nevada Economic Development Council, Thesis Chemistry has selected a 40-acre site within the West Industrial Park of Nevada, Iowa, for a proposed biorefinery center.
Butamax Advanced Biofuels LLC commented on the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's reexamination decisions regarding two of the company's foundational patents. Previously, Butamax filed suit against Gevo for infringement of the '188 and '889 patents.
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