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
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
August 22, 2011
Clean technology firms with strong energy practices
Mirel bioplastic selected for a new line of film products
August 22, 2011
A synthetic biologist engineers program to test DNA sequences in superbugs
August 22, 2011
The Kbase will reveal relationships between microbes and environments
USDA announces more BCAP project areas, but the program's fate is unclear
Ineos Bio makes progress on nation's first cellulosic biorefinery project
How MSW will be efficiently, economically utilized in the Tar Heel State
NatureWorks to broaden biopolymer portfolio with new Ingeo lactide
August 22, 2011
Danish city to test Dong Energy/Inbicon-inspired MSW-to-bioliquid process
The U.S. military still sees benefits in biofuels
People, Partnerships & Deals
What biofuel companies need to know about the FCPA
The U.S. must establish itself now as a center of excellence in biomaterial supply before it's too late
Can America afford to stick around for the second act?
Pennsylvania-based fuel dealer AMERIgreen Energy Inc. is hosting its Energy Independence Convoy on Aug. 25. The event, modeled after the signing of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, aims to raise awareness about our dependence on foreign oil.
Emeryville, Calif.-based Amyris Inc. has signed a multi-year supply agreement for several hundred tons of its renewable squalane with Nikko Chemicals Co. Ltd. for distribution in the Japanese market.
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