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.
A study published by researchers at the University of Texas, Austin asserts that the crux of algae's case as an economically feasible oil feedstock and energy source rests not in its processing but in the ability to affordably grow and harvest it.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the addition of six states and four new projects under the USDA's Biomass Crop Assistance Program. Project areas will be set aside in California, Montana, Washington, Oregon, Kansas and Oklahoma.
The Biotechnology Industry Organization applauded Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack's announcement on July 26 of four new BCAP project areas in six states that are expected to generate as many as 3,400 jobs in rural areas.
The EERC's Biomass '11: Renewable Power, Fuels, and Chemicals Conference welcomed over 250 attendees from 28 states, Washington, D.C., and 11 foreign countries, to discuss bioenergy trends, opportunities, economics and technological developments.
Dow and Japan-based Mitsui & Co. formed a joint venture and execution of an MoU to provide innovative, sustainable biopolymers, made from sugarcane-based ethanol, for use in the high-performance flexible packaging, hygiene and medical markets.
Gevo Inc. has partnered with a Texas-based petrochemical company to build a demo hydrocarbon processing plant in Silsbee, Texas. South Hampton Resources will build and operate the 10,000 gallon a month demonstration-scale plant.
USDA announced the creation of four new BCAP project areas to expand the availability of feedstock for biofuels. The new project areas set aside acres in California, Kansas, Montana, Oklahoma, Oregon and Washington for production of energy crops.
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