During the Southeast Biomass Conference in Atlanta this week, Kate Bechen, an attorney with Michael Best & Friedrich LLP's Energy & Sustainability Industry Group, outlined what investors and creditors look for when considering project investments.
Synthetic Genomics enters biofuel feedstock market
November 03, 2011
Synthetic Genomics teamed up with Plenus S.A. de C.V. to form a new agribusiness company that will focus on developing and commercializing products to sustainably improve crop production efficiency using new advances in genomics and plant breeding.
Two sides of the biofuel tax credit and RFS2 debate
Chris Tindal, director of operational energy for the U.S. Navy, spoke about the military's goals and biomass energy and fuels initiatives at the Southeast Biomass Conference. Tindal's presentation was part of the general session military panel.
Tests recently conducted by Briggs & Stratton Corp. to evaluate the effects of isobutanol on small engines suggest that isobutanol can be used in those small engines without any of the problems associated with ethanol-blended fuel.
Jill Stuckey, director of the Center of Innovation for Energy at the Georgia Environmental and Finance Authority, opened the Southeast Biomass Conference today with a keynote address focused on Georgia's biomass potential, and its economic benefits.
Culturing Solutions will host the grand opening of its algae-to-biofuel demonstration plant in New Port Richey, Fla., Nov. 17. The company says it will produce transportation fuel, energy, nutritional products, cosmetics and other items from algae.
Great Lakes ports to prepare for biomass exports.
Industry experts discuss wood's role in U.S. energy policy
INL explores challenges of transforming biomass into a feedstock commodity.
Aloterra's BCAP project areas are promoting job growth and helping set the stage for a major miscanthus presence in the biopellet industry.
With the availability of agricultural biomass, North American companies are promoting the benefits of converting grass into energy in an effort to spur the industry.
The 2011 U.S. Billion-Ton Update enhances its 2005 predecessor and finds potential for dedicated energy crops through direct inventory analysis and rigorous sustainability modeling.
New EU sustainability criteria for biofuels and other bioliquids must be complied with and verified by an independent third party at every stage of the production process.
Longtime corn-ethanol process technology provider Vogelbusch USA Inc. has been awarded a contract to supply ethanol distillation and dehydration equipment for Ineos New Planet BioEnergy's future demo-scale cellulosic biorefinery.
Clayton Wheeler, associate professor at the University of Maine, and his colleagues have developed a novel mixed-carboxylate platform that can convert a range of cellulosic materials into a high-energy, versatile hydrocarbon bio-oil.
The House and Senate agriculture committees are scheduled to deliver a legislative package to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction on Nov. 1, outlining suggestions to cut $23 billion from agriculture programs as part of the 2012 Farm Bill.
"I'm here to provide the state of synthetic biology. We are kidding ourselves as an industry if we think that we will actually have commercially deployable, economically competitive solutions that will be based on naturally occurring algae."
North Carolina is seeking RFPs for grant funding under its Advanced Biofuels Commercialization program.
Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., announced that she will introduce new legislation that aims to advance the biobased manufacturing industry. The bill would provide a 30 percent tax cut for new, expanded or re-equipped biomanufacturing projects.
Debra Guerin Beresini, CEO of Invencor Inc., a company that manages a debt and equity fund and also acts as a consultant to the cleantech sector, has a simple message for algae project developers seeking investment funding: "Go back to the basics."
Algenol has broken ground on its pilot integrated biorefinery, the first large-scale deployment of its patented Direct To Ethanol technology, which produces ethanol directly from carbon dioxide, sunlight and salt water using blue-green algae in PBRs.
Secretary Tom Vilsack outlined USDA priorities for the 2012 Farm Bill during a speech at the John Deere Des Moines Works. Vilsack noted the U.S. has gone from importing 60 percent of its oil to 52 percent due to biofuels expansion.
Secretary Tom Vilsack outlined USDA priorities for the 2012 Farm Bill during a speech at the John Deere Des Moines Works. Vilsack noted the U.S. has gone from importing 60 percent of its oil to 52 percent due to biofuels expansion.
Following the humorous speech given by Sen. Al Franken could have been difficult for a group of high-ranking algae executives chosen to update a room of nearly 1,000 people on the state of the industry, but it wasn't hard for these professionals.
David Nelson, a graduate student at the University of Minnesota, was not present at the 2011 Algae Biomass Summit's preconference workshop, but those who were there still learned of Nelson's algae discovery on the snowy slopes of Breckenridge, Colo.
The Best Algae Story
October 25, 2011
A bus ride with more than fifty people you've never met can be a quiet, awkward experience. Unless however, algae is involved.
Amyis subsidiary Amyris Brasil S.A. signed a joint venture production agreement with ETH Bioenergia (controlled by Odebrecht S.A.), a leading producer of ethanol, electric energy and sugar, to produce Amyris' biobased farnesene, Biofene.
David Nelson, a graduate student at the University of Minnesota, was not present at the 2011 Algae Biomass Summit's preconference workshop, but those who were there still learned of Nelson's algae discovery on the snowy slopes of Breckenridge, Colo.
The St. Anthony Falls Laboratory in downtown Minneapolis originally formed to study hydroelectric energy, but today the research team at St. Anthony is working on projects that range from wind energy to the swimming patterns of algae.
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