The fiscal year 2012 budget was released by President Obama today, calling for an end to $4 billion worth of oil, gas and other fossil fuel-based subsidies. He proposes cutting the inefficient oil subsidies that impede clean energy investment.
Farmers in the Pacific Northwest may benefit from growing their own oilseed crops for potential biofuel applications, according to ongoing research by USDA Agricultural Research Service microbiologist Hal Collins and agronomist Rick Boydston.
Waste Management and Genomatica have forged a strategic joint development agreement to research and advance Genomatica's technology and manufacturing processes for production of biobased intermediate and platform chemicals from MSW-derived syngas.
Seattle-based Blue Marble Energy managed to raise $1.3 million in a Series A-1 round by selling convertible debt into preferred stock. A significant portion of the proceeds will be disbursed to its subsidiary, Blue Marble Biomaterials.
Forty-one years ago, Gary Anderson created the iconic recycle symbol that can be seen on most recycling locations and recyclable products today. Cereplast Inc. is accepting submissions for the next symbol that will indicate a product is biobased.
I just returned from the 8th Annual National Biodiesel Conference & Expo in Phoenix, and I'd like to take the opportunity to share some interesting information presented by Jim Rutherford of Chevron, regarding various fuel testing that was conducted.
Ineos Bio JV got the gold shovels out today and broke ground at the future home of a first-of-its kind facility that will produce 8 MMgy of cellulosic ethanol and 6 megawatts of electricity.
Novozymes is now officially in the biofertility business. In December, Novozymes acquired a Milwaukee-based biofertility solutions company, EMD/Merck Crop Bioscience Inc. for $283 million, and now the takeover is complete.
The Swedish Energy Agency believes in Chemrec AB's biorefinery technology used in Sweden, and now the European Commission does too. After the Energy Agency awarded the company a $75 million grant, the EU commission stated it supports the decision.
Houston-based KiOR Inc. received a term sheet for a loan guarantee from the U.S. DOE supporting a $1 billion-plus biofuels project. If approved, the company said it plans to use the funds to build four bio-oil plants.
The idea of a forward-looking statement has been put to good use by oil giant BP. The company has released a global energy outlook through the year 2030. In 1956, BP first started using statistical data to analyze global energy needs.
The U.S. DOE's Biomass Program kicked off its biennial peer review process for biomass and biorefining projects receiving federal grants and loan guarantees.
Novamont is officially coming to Connecticut and the company is bringing its novel Mater-Bi bioplastic material with. The developer and manufacturer of renewable bioplastics based in Italy already distributes the bioplastic to several countries.
Accenture, a global consulting company, recently released a study comparing the U.S. and Chinese alternative fuel markets. It states that China may beat the U.S. in the race to bring electric vehicle technologies and biofuels to market.
Biorefining leaders convene in Washington
February 01, 2011
Leading U.S. biorefinery developers met today in Washington for the U.S. DOE Biomass Program's biennial 2011 peer review meetings, specifically to discuss integrated biorefineries and infrastructure platforms.
In the next one to two years, Novozymes believes biobusiness sales will undergo double-digit growth, said Poul Ruben Andersen, global marketing director. This growth will be supported in particular, he said, by strong microorganism sales.
The business potential of biorefining nonwood raw materials into biobased chemicals is huge in China, and through a joint venture with Henan Yinge Industrial Investment Co., Chempolis plans to build a biorefinery built on its 3G formicobio platform.
Metabolix Oilseeds Inc. was awarded $203,000 in funding by the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture through its Agriculture Development Fund to accelerate development of oilseeds, particularly camelina, as potential source of biobased plastics.
U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu hosted an online town hall meeting Jan. 26 as a follow up to President Obama's State of the Union address. During the event, Chu discussed the administration's clean energy agenda and answered questions.
A report recently released by nonprofit research organization RAND Corp., which states that the military should discontinue its alternative fuels programs, is drawing criticism from both industry and the military itself.
The Bioindustrial Innovation Center and the Institute for Chemicals and Fuels from Alternative Resources have forged an agreement to accelerate commercialization of biofuels, renewable chemicals and coproducts in the Canadian market.
Houston-based bioenergy technology firm Terrabon Inc. achieved a significant milestone this week by exceeding its target yield threshold of 70 gallons of renewable cellulosic gasoline from a ton of waste feedstock at its demo plant in Bryan, Texas.
I posted this on Biodiesel Magazine's F.A.M.E. Forum blog found on www.biodieselmagazine.com/fameforum yesterday. A reader called me and commented on it. First, here's the entry I posted, after which I'll tell you what they said in reply.
A group of companies that includes Honeywell's UOP and Boeing recently announced completion of a sustainability assessment for an integrated seawater agricultural system using salt-tolerant succulents as biofuel feedstock.
Two leading California-based cellulosic ethanol and biobased chemical firms, BlueFire Renewables Inc. and Fulcrum BioEnergy Inc., have secured additional funding that will be put towards furthering their respective project development efforts.
U.S. President Barack Obama delivered the 2011 State of the Union Address telling Congress and those invited for the yearly speech that “this is our generation’s Sputnik moment.”
USDA to fund bioenergy education projects
January 25, 2011
The USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture will provide two grants totaling nearly $10 million for educational opportunities to help students interested in bioenergy compete in the market place, or assist in their own research.
Thailand’s largest petrochemical producer has made a $60 million strategic equity investment in Quincy, Mass.-based biochemical company Myriant Technologies Inc. The companies also signed an agreement to develop a project in Southeast Asia.
On Jan. 21, the U.S. EPA waived a limitation on selling gasoline that contains more than 10 percent ethanol for model year (MY) 2001 through 2006 passenger vehicles, including cars, SUVs, and light pickup trucks.
A team of Sandia National Laboratory researchers are conducting a fungi-based project that aims to end the “throw it over the fence” approach, meaning more closely linking combustion behavior with fuel development.
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