International Air Transport Association Director General and CEO Tony Tyler spoke about environmental concerns and the carbon-reducing role of advanced biofuels in the aviation industry during his address to the IATA Fuel Forum last week in Paris.
Netherlands-based Eindhoven University of Technology recently announced it intends to manufacture advanced biofuels from wood waste. Pumps will be installed on campus eventually so staff can fill up their vehicles with biobased diesel or gasoline.
Genencor Wants a Challenge
November 21, 2011
A new partnering program could help Genencor, and you
UK, India form bioenergy research collaboration
November 21, 2011
Using a $10 million grant, research teams in the U.K. and India will now work together to overcome three areas responsible for slowing the growth of biobased energy: enzyme improvement; microbe and systems development; and algae genomic alteration.
Jan Koninckx, global business director for DuPont Biofuels, wants people to know that DuPont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol didn't just disappear, but instead it has simply dropped the Danisco portion and will now use the name DuPont Cellulosic Ethanol.
Financial services company Raymond James published an industry brief in early November discussing the status and potential of the second-generation biofuels industry. The report is a follow up to a similar analysis published by the company in April.
Rentech says the commissioning, validation and startup of the demo facility are now underway, and the project that will put Rentech's gasification technology to use was completed and ready for startup "within the original budget and and schedule."
Four Days in the Algae Epicenter
November 21, 2011
A review of the Algae Biomass Summit and the state of the industry
Why a surge in demand for bioplastics will drive increased volumes
The biorefining sector is poised for commercial scale-up as funding strategies mature and production capacity grows
Researchers develop a biomass supply chain model
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center adds five new scientists
U.S. Navy Biofuel Trials Go High-Tech
November 21, 2011
Shipping giant Maersk will employ laser emissions testing system
Feedstock company names new investors following ARPA-E announcement
What SRS Energy Wants, Everybody Wants
November 21, 2011
It's 2014 or bust for the algae extraction company
A first-gen ethanol producer helps its second-gen counterpart go commercial
Blue Marble continues to refine the economics of biorefining
Why Biorefining Loan Guarantees Give Back
November 21, 2011
Think money, jobs and military might
People, Partnerships & Deals
How changes to patent law may affect your inventions
Looking to the past can help forecast the future
As it helped build the airline industry, government should also assist advanced biofuels development
The Navy concluded its largest demonstration of shipboard alternative fuel use with the successful arrival of the Self Defense Test Ship to Naval Surface Warfare Center Port Hueneme, Calif., using a 50/50 blend of hydroprocessed algae biofuel.
The Agriculture Energy Coalition today expressed great disappointment Nov. 18 that a deficit reduction proposal unveiled by the House and Senate Agriculture Committees reauthorizes energy programs only at modest levels and without mandatory funding.
Although the numbers show Codexis' revenue is growing from its involvement with the pharmaceutical industry, the company's CEO explained that it hopes to repeat that success as it moves more into advanced biofuels and biobased chemicals.
Deputy Agriculture Undersecretary for Rural Development Doug O'Brien announced Nov. 17 that USDA is funding a series of projects to convert biomass to energy through USDA's Rural Energy for America program.
Commercial production of advanced biofuels is one focus within the biorefining industry, but high conversion rates required with high toxin levels cells are exposed to can affect the operation's economic return. Toxin-resistant organisms may help.
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