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
Powerful Names Unite
October 24, 2011
USESC urges support for alternative fuels, stronger infrastructure
Establishing a uniform intermediate feedstock standard for algae
Inbicon, Metso to mesh technologies, design second-gen equipment
Virent's renewable gasoline successfully completes road trial
Professor formulates plan using flood plains for biomass production
Specialty chemical firm to introduce world's first biobased EPDM rubber
People, Partnerships & Deals
Envergent Technologies LLC has signed a memorandum of understanding with Finland-based Green Fuel Nordic Oy. Under the agreement, the companies will collaborate on projects to convert biomass into renewable fuel for use in district heating systems.
Legal considerations in moving product
The many benefits of accurate, detailed books
Flawed RFS2 report may send inaccurate assumptions to policymakers
Waste Management Inc. has exchanged its equity interest in S4 Solutions LLC, formerly a joint venture between Waste Management and Bend, Ore.-based plasma arc gasification technology company InEnTec, for an equity position solely in InEnTec.
The research involves the development of suspended, ultra-thin zeolite nanosheets that enable higher throughput of alcohols, such as ethanol or butanol, and subsequent dehydration of water that occur during the separation process on the backend.
The project, led by Research Geneticist George Chuck, involves the introduction of the gene corngrass1 into the genetic makeup of switchgrass. It began six years ago when he was working on a maize variant known as corngrass.
Cobalt and Rhodia will initially identify and develop options for deploying Cobalt's technology at a sugar mill. Following this step, the partners will jointly develop a demonstration-scale facility using the technology in Brazil, at a TBD location.
According the Brazilian sugarcane industry trade association UNICA, as of the beginning of October, 107 Brazilian sugarcane processing facilities have been registered with U.S. EPA as an advanced biofuel. In February, that number was only 55.
With 107 sugarcane ethanol producers registering their fuel as an advanced biofuel under RFS2, there are some things to think about in the coming year.
Houston-based Accelergy Corp. will provide the Yankuang Group with its trademarked TerraSync terrestrial sequestration system to capture carbon dioxide from the future coal-to-liquid facility in Erdos, an area in China's Inner Mongolia Province.
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