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.
Thirty seconds into his address to the crowd at the 2011 Algae Biomass Summit in Minneapolis, Senator Al Franken, D-Minn., had the entire room chuckling, but his overall message on algae was serious.
Diversified inputs in novel thermochem platform drive commercialization
A new analysis completed by Lux Research shows venture funding is slowing in the biochemical and biomaterials market. However, the reduced level of venture capital investments is not bad for the industry. Rather, it shows that the sector is maturing.
Shell's collaboration with Virent Energy Systems is propelling the firm to new heights in biorefining
The BP Biofuels Story
October 24, 2011
Perspectives from the president on RFS2, Florida and green beginnings
Minneapolis-based BioAmber Inc. and German specialty chemicals company Lanxess have formed a strategic partnership to produce and market biosuccinic acid-based phthalate plasticizers that are renewable, petroleum-free replacements.
Valero Energy Corp.'s investment in the advanced biofuels sector benefits startups and lends an increased aura of confidence to the industry
Vehicles get greener with biobased components
Project Financing: the Insured Way
October 24, 2011
Insurance packages could be the next tool to mitigate technology risk
How a BP-sponsored grant will optimize biomass use
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