Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack visited a waste-to-energy bioprocessing facility under construction in Florida on Aug. 11 to announce that the USDA and U.S. DOE have awarded 10 grants totaling $12.2 million to spur research into biofuel and bioenergy crops.
Butamax Advanced Biofuels has expanded its intellectual property with the award of a new patent addressing foundational methods in making biobutanol. The company is also continuing to pursue legal action against Gevo in a second lawsuit.
After six years, an update to the much-referenced Billion-Ton Study is here.
California-based algae oil extraction technology developer OriginOil Inc. has developed a real-time control network to supervise continuous algae harvesting operations at large-scale algae production sites. The network is codenamed "Green Stick."
The Senate Aviation Operations, Safety and Security Subcommittee recently listened to alternative aviation fuels experts on the state of biobased jet fuel. It was mentioned that biojet is being held back by feedstock constraints among other things.
Biorefining Magazine speaks with Mark Riedy, partner for Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC, about how the credit downgrade might affect biorefining projects, particularly those that are receiving bond financing under the 9003 program.
A follow-up report to the Billion-Ton Study has found consistency with the original in terms of magnitude of resource potential under the same assumptions. But the follow up finds differences in specific feedstock availability.
The Renewable Energy Finance Tracking Initiative questionnaire was first released in December 2009 by NREL. The current version aims to "collect and share quantitative data on renewable energy financing terms and to assess barriers" that exist.
The Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands recently published a thesis on pyrolysis research written by ERC researcher Paul de Wild. The paper, titled "Biomass Pyrolysis for Chemicals," compares a variety of pyrolysis techniques.
Viral Genetics Inc. hosted recently hosted a conference call to update investors and other interested parties on the progress the company has made. This included information on its VG Energy subsidiary, which is working in the algae biofuels sector.
The Agricultural Utilization Research Institute recently published a report, titled "Biobased Products: Focus on Bioplastics, Minnesota's Opportunity & Challenge," that outlines the potential role of biobased products in the Minnesota economy.
The EurObserv'ER has published its annual Biofuels Barometer, which measures progress made by the industry in the past year. Results show an increase in biofuel use in the E.U. over the past 12 months.
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Purac, a subsidiary of global bakery ingredients supplier CSM, and chemical company BASF are leaning toward taking their two-year joint development agreement further with the possible formation of a joint venture to produce biobased succinic acid.
The coupling of biomass technologies with carbon capture and storage yields negative carbon dioxide emissions and the global potential is enormous, according to a study recently released by Ecofys and IEA Greenhouse Gas.
After nearly five years of research and development, the work of Pacific Renewable Fuels and Chemicals, and Red Lion Bio-Energy, has turned into a new biorefining company: SynTerra Energy. Its technology produces renewable diesel and biochemicals.
Research efforts will provide a technology to help with issues NASA has identified as space and energy storage, as well as the human health, life support and habitation systems the agency believes must be addressed for future space exploration.
Global oil and gas executive with deep international experience in the sugar, oil and biofuel industry, to lead global commercialization of Solazyme's tailored oil platform. He spent 28 years at Petrobras and has keen knowledge of Brazil's markets.
Cereplast Inc. is hosting an online forum allowing members of the public to engage in the development of proposed usage guidelines for its new bioplastics symbol, which was selected this spring via the company's "Make Your Mark" competition.
A team of researchers at Glassboro, N.J.-based Rowan University's College of Engineering has been awarded a $750,000 grant from the U.S. DOE to support an algae project titled "Algae-Derived Biofuels." The study will be conducted in two parts.
The Sustainable Development Technology Canada's SD Tech Fund invested $53 million in 17 new clean technology projects across Canada in the areas of agriculture, transportation, mining and energy, four of which involved biodiesel and biorefining.
Amyris Inc. has signed a collaboration agreement with Japan-based resin and polymer manufacturer Kuraray Co. Ltd. to develop innovative polymers made from Amyris' biobased farnesene, Biofene, for production of high-performance polymers.
Codexis and technology and engineering firm Chemtex have forged a broad collaboration to develop and produce sustainable alcohols derived from cellulosic biomass for use in the household products market. Detergent alcohols is a $6 billion market.
There's more to be said for the record number of algae abstracts received for the biggest algae event of the year than the time spent reviewing and reading through the abstracts.
John Hurley with the EERC explained at the Biomass '11: Renewable Power, Fuels and Chemicals Conference in Grand Forks, N.D., how distributed or even portable energy and fuels production is one strategy to overcome biomass transport costs.
Elsevier has announced the launch of a new online search and discovery tool that aims to provide those in the biobased industry with instant access to the highest level of scientific, industrial and commercial information to spur innovation.
Terrabon has been awarded a $9.6 million, 18-month contract by Logos Technologies to design a renewable, more economical jet fuel production solution for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. This represents phase two of their relationship.
The liquid ammonia pretreatment process helps to break down the biomass when used at the right temperatures, allowing the enzymes used in the cellulosic ethanol process to be up to five times more effective, according to a recent paper published.
An agreement to develop and commercialize high-value applications for the cellulose produced in Lignol's biorefining process.
Germany-based international specialty chemicals company Sud-Chemie AG held a groundbreaking July 26 for a 1,000 ton-per-year demonstration-scale cellulosic ethanol plant in Straubing, located in the Lower Bavaria region, using wheat straw feedstock.
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