Lignol Innovations Inc. has reached an agreement with the DOE to discontinue work of a proposed 2.5 MMgy cellulosic ethanol demonstration-scale project in Grand Junction, Colo., and will pursue commercial development without government assistance.
Codexis wants to be ready when the demand for cellulosic biofuels truly ramps up. The company scaled up production of its cellulase enzymes at a contract fermentation and synthesis production facility in Mexico City, where the CodeXporter is at work.
BIO sent a letter to Sens. Dianne Feinstein, Amy Klobuchar and John Thune, thanking them for supportive, stable policies for advanced biofuels included in the announced deal on the repeal of VEETC, but it noted small changes are still necessary.
A team of students at Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute has been awarded first place in the 2011 Renewable Energy Challenge Competition with its algae biofuel project. The Bureau of Indian Affairs and Argonne lab sponsored the competition.
It's a one-step catalytic (not Fischer-Tropsch) process that's capable of converting MSW and syngas into liquid hydrocarbon fuels and chemicals. The technology evolved from collaborative research by MSU's SERC and chemical engineering department.
The combined $175 million in investment funds will enable Sundrop to expand its operations and begin construction next year of a commercial demonstration facility to produce 40 MMgy of cellulosic gasoline, with production expected for 2014.
The companies are joining Clariant's market knowledge and formulation development capabilities with Elevance's unique renewable products and patented process technology in order to commercialize renewable additives for plastics.
The Wayne County Airport Authority is the operator of the Detroit Metropolitan Airport and the Willow Run Airport, each using more than 1 million gallons of fuel daily in planes and ground equipment. On 1,700 acres, the authority plans to grow fuel.
Ionic liquids may be more efficient in treating biomass than dilute acids or bases used in the pulp and paper industry, but they can reduce cellulases' ability to produce sugars after pretreatment by interfering with enzymes that treat polypeptides.
Amyris Inc., a renewable chemicals and fuels company, is the newest member of the Diesel Technology Forum, a nonprofit organization that promotes the use of the latest clean diesel technologies in the United States.
San Francisco-based synthetic biology technology developer LS9 Inc. deepened its presence in Brazil when it entered into a collaboration with MAN Latin America, a leading Brazilian engineering and vehicles manufacturing firm.
The link between increased insecticide use and landscape simplification has now been documented by a team of researchers from the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center. The team has released a study it completed using publicly available data.
Botryococcus braunii, an ancient strain of algae that researchers say is responsible for creating oil and coal shale deposits, may not grow fast enough for advanced biofuels consideration, but its genetic blueprints still have high value.
For those who don't recognize how big the biorefining industry will be in just a few short years, here are some items to consider.
President Barack Obama addressed the need to expedite the development of new, more efficient second-generation biofuel technologies during a recent town hall meeting held via Twitter. The event was hosted by Twitter's Jack Dorsey.
Executives of the nation's top advanced biofuels companies met on Capitol Hill today for the summer board of directors meeting of the Advanced Biofuels Association (ABFA). The meeting was held in the Capitol complex.
University of Western Ontario scientists have discovered that exposing microalgae to static magnetic fields could be viable route for optimizing the growth rate and lipid production of microalgae.
OPX Biotechnologies Inc. raised $36.5 million in a Series C round of private equity financing to accelerate the development and commercialization of its first target product offering, a biobased alternative to acrylic acid, BioAcrylic.
Delving into termite guts to find the best cellulases or lignocellulases to efficiently convert cellulose and hemicelluloses, even lignin, into advanced biofuels isn't a new concept, but researchers at Purdue say they've made a recent breakthrough.
AE Biofuels Inc. bolstered its technology portfolio by acquiring Zymetis Inc., a privately-owned biobased chemical and fuel developer headquartered in College Park, Md. Zymetis holds four granted patents and more than 10 pending patents.
A microbe found in a Nevada hot springs pool can not only eat cellulose at temperatures above the boiling point of water, but the team of researchers who found the super-bug believe it might be well-suited for extreme industrial production processes.
EdeniQ Inc. and IKA Works Inc., a subsidiary of German firm IKA Werke GmbH Co. KG, have agreed on a mutually exclusive global agreement for the supply of biomass mixing and milling technology for the advanced biofuels and biochemical markets.
The U.S. DOE has finally made its first conditional commitment for a loan guarantee for cellulosic ethanol. Poet's Project Liberty received a conditional commitment for a $105 million loan guarantee to for its 25 MMgy corn cob-to-ethanol facility.
To let tax credits expire is one thing, to repeal them prematurely is another.
The new annex will set fuel properties for what's called "Hydroprocessed Esters and Fatty Acids" (HEFA) fuel derived from biomass feedstocks such as camelina, jatropha or algae, as well as production control criteria of the fuel for aviation use.
Evodos BV, an algae technology developer based in Netherlands, believes the company's spiral plate centrifuge created for the harvesting of algae will give algae harvesting a positive energy balance. MBD Energy is already using Evodos' system.
In South Carolina and Queensland, Australia, researchers are hoping to push the boundaries of biofuels research. The scope of the research will range from cellulosic ethanol optimization to algae-based biodiesel production.
World Health Energy Holdings Inc. announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for a joint venture algae project with India-based SHK Energy Products Private Ltd. on June 24.
From corn to ethanol, biodiesel, cellulosic biofuel, zein, high-protein feed and who knows, the kitchen sink? Maybe one day we'll find our own universe locked in a kernel of corn.
Royal DSM may have the tests to prove that the company's yeast technology can convert 90 percent of hydrolyzed biomass in the cellulosic ethanol process, but that hasn't stopped the life sciences company from buying a yeast technology company.
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