Biome Technologies experienced a 132 percent sales revenue growth within its U.K. bioplastics division, Biome Bioplastics, making the division profitable for the first time. The entire Biome group revenue increased by 55 percent during the period.
The link between algae and solar
September 06, 2011
The solar industry has hit hard times. How will bad news in the solar industry affect the algae industry?
Tom Vilsack spoke about the U.S. biofuels industry on Platts Energy Week Aug. 28. While Vilsack did briefly discuss subsidies for ethanol production, the bulk of his talk focused on our nation's developing cellulosic and drop-in biofuels industries.
If you're not in this space yet, what are you waiting for?
A team of researchers at Tulane University have discovered a unique bacterial strain of clostridia, coined TU-103, that has the ability to convert cellulosic materials into biobased normal butyl alcohol, or n-butanol, in the presence of oxygen.
Biomass leaching paired with torrefaction yields a densified biomass fuel ideally suited in many ways for biopower production, according to Luis Cerezo of the Electric Power Research Institute, who participated in a DOE webinar on Aug. 30.
Using a $25 million U.S. DOE award, UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced Aug. 30 that it has begun construction in Hawaii of a biofuels demo unit to convert forest residuals, algae and other cellulosic biomass into green transportation fuels.
Through subsidiary Bluewater Biochemicals, BioAmber has identified Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, as the site for its first North American biobased succinic acid production facility. The facility will have an initial annual capacity of 17,000 metric tons.
Navy Secretary Ray Maybus held a press conference to inform the private sector that a request for information has been issued on how to leverage capital markets to establish a commercially viable drop-in biofuels national market. They want ideas.
Aquaflow Bionomic, a New Zealand-based algae technology developer, is taking a broad approach to algae-to-fuel development, one the company's director says may include nonalgae feedstocks. It's now working with CRI Catalyst Co. on the IH2 process.
The visit aimed to highlight the Obama Administration's efforts to support the creation and production of biobased products in order to create jobs, add value to agricultural commodities, and reduce America's dependence on foreign oil.
Monticello said while ethanol may not be a focus of the collaboration, the alcohol acts as a viable springboard for getting to the basic building blocks of producing chemicals such as isoprene, which is of specific interest to GlycosBio.
Vertically-integrated algae developer Aurora Algae has received $22 million in funding in a round led by Oak Investment Partners and other existing investors, along with an undisclosed foreign strategic investor. To date it has raised $72 million.
Ineos announced this month that its joint-venture project, Ineos New Planet BioEnergy, finalized $75 million in private financing utilizing the USDA loan guarantee program for its new Indian River BioEnergy Center located in Vero Beach, Fla.
Is it too early to include algae in the billion-ton update, or is there something more nefarious going on?
Sustainable Development Technology Canada issued its annual call for applications under the $500 million NextGen Biofuels Fund created by the government to support the establishment of innovative demonstration-scale biorefining facilities.
The company has formed several partnerships or JVs with the likes of Novamont, Tate & Lyle, Mitsubishi Corp, M&G and even Waste Management. Today, Genomatica officially announced that it has filed a registration statement with the SEC for its IPO.
A $5,000 research grant was awarded to undergraduate students from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign by British Petroleum. The purpose of the grant is for students to learn the engineering properties of biomass.
The two companies have formed a joint-venture to build an industrial biorefinery to produce Genomatica's butanediol (BDO) for use in Novamont's bioplastic products.
The U.S. DOE has announced a team of researchers in its BioEnergy Science Center have pinpointed the gene that controls ethanol production capacity in a microorganism.
The U.S. DOE's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy targets the “white space� of existing energy research
The Bio-Academic Entrepreneurs
August 22, 2011
Intellect, experience and business sense make them the industry's dream
Royal DSM is making significant inroads in the biorefining sector, and it shows no signs of slowing down
SDSU researchers evaluate use of biochar as a soil amendment
Vault.com's Top 10 Clean Energy Law Firms
August 22, 2011
Clean technology firms with strong energy practices
Mirel bioplastic selected for a new line of film products
Software Every Bioenergy Firm Needs
August 22, 2011
A synthetic biologist engineers program to test DNA sequences in superbugs
Why Cloud Computing and Biofuels Make Sense
August 22, 2011
The Kbase will reveal relationships between microbes and environments
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