What are angel investors searching for in the cleantech sector? I listened to three unique answers to that question during a panel titled, "Angel Investors and Energy," at the Cleantech Workshop and Action Summit.
The U.S. EPA has issued proposed 2012 volume requirements for all four categories of the RFS2 program, as well as 2013 volume requirements for biomass-based diesel.
Incorporating new technologies into existing facilities can be a path to new revenue streams
A roadmap to successful biorefining project development
How Brazil's milestone can reinvigorate America's quest for energy freedom
Amyris Inc. and agribusiness giant Wilmar International Ltd. intend to develop and commercialize a family of surfactants derived from Amryis' biobased farnesene, Biofene, for use in a range of consumer and industrial products.
The Down-select Debate
June 17, 2011
Three years, six technologies, one consortium to pick the best—will it work?
Production vs. Survival Problem
June 17, 2011
Joint BioEnergy Institute researchers make designer bugs even better
Another Reason to Root for Louisiana
June 17, 2011
A cleantech grant could advance algae oil extraction
MSU study results testify to efficient agricultural practices
A new study outlines an approach for success
Will Cheap Talk on Big Oil Ever Change?
June 17, 2011
A case against two oil speculators for driving up fuel prices
A Tool Every Lab Should Have
June 17, 2011
Labs can be disorganized and slow to progress, so Quartzy may be the answer
BP, Davy use others to commercialize their FT process
House subcommittee moves to eliminate funding for the Biomass Crop Assistance Program
A Successful Startup
June 17, 2011
Agrivida's enzyme approach could forever change cellulosic ethanol
A pilot plant in Canada extracts lignin from black liquor
People, Partnerships & Deals
Redfield Energy is looking to modify its facility to a second-generation biorefinery, and Tom Hitchcock, CEO, has plans to perform the upgrade the 50 MMgy plant with Gevo Development LLC. The two companies have entered into a JV transaction.
University of Warwick professor Timothy Bugg hopes a new lignin-degrading enzyme found in bacteria will help unlock previously unattainable sources of biofuel feedstock. The genome sequencing for the enzyme-carrying bacteria is already complete.
What it takes to prove the feasibility of a process technology
A preview of the July 2011 issue of Biorefining Magazine
Fast-tracking bioenergy development in Holland
While the $5.7 million available to farmers in the counties of Ashtabula, Lake, Geauga and Trumbull might be welcome news to Ohio, the announcement might be more important to the state of the Biomass Crop Assistance Program itself.
EdeniQ Inc. moved one step closer to making cellulosic ethanol a commercial reality when it licensed yeast technology, which can ferment C5 sugars into ethanol, from the USDA Forest Products Laboratory and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation.
The Netherlands-based biotech outfit Avantium obtained the necessary capital to advance its novel and proprietary catalytic process to convert natural sugars into furanic building blocks on the basis of its YXY technology.
Brazilian ethanol giant Cosan S.A. and biotech firm Amyris Inc. have partnered to form Novvi S.A., a joint venture entity aimed to launch the worldwide development, production and commercialization of renewable base oils.
Bolingbrook, Ill-based Elevance Renewable Sciences Inc. has announced the acquisition of an idle biodiesel plant in Natchez, Mississippi. The former Delta Biofuels facility will be converted and retrofitted with Elevance's technology.
U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu today announced up to $36 million to fund six small-scale projects that will advance the technology improvements and process integration needed to produce drop-in advanced biofuels and biobased chemicals.
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