Feed operations could help commercialize algae
December 28, 2010
Confined Animal Feeding Operations and algal biomass may have a unique link that could help move algae-to-energy developments closer to commercialization. Why? CAFOs offer a rich source of nutrients that can be used as a feedstock to grow algae.
Detailed planning is required to fund projects successfully
With eight trade groups, too many voices may prove to be a liability the industry can't afford
Taking a company public may be a viable finance vehicle for some, but not all
Breakout Potential
December 27, 2010
There's more than one way to grow a company, and in the end there can be more than one winner
Celebrating the long-awaited passing of U.S. biofuels tax credits
Helpful hints for business growth in the bioenergy sectors
Chapel Hill, N.C.-based Maverick Biofuels Inc. recently announced it is collaborating with Raleigh, N.C.-based Professional Project Services to develop engineering designs for a proposed pilot-scale biorefinery.
Arlington, Va.-based Logos Technologies Inc. has been awarded the second phase of BioJET from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to produce cellulosic jet fuel.
Chicago, Ill.-based TetraVitae Bioscience successful completed the demonstration of its process to produce biobased n-butanol (normal butanol) in a corn dry-mill pilot plant.
Elevance, LS9 prove investor confidence
December 23, 2010
Elevance Renewable Sciences Inc. and LS9 Inc. land major funding from investors, a strong display of confidence in their technologies as well as the future of biorefining.
Happy Holidays from the team here at Biorefining magazine. Our office is closed tomorrow for the Holiday but we’ll be back at it first thing Monday morning.
The concept of using renewable energy sources, such as woody biomass, for heat and power generation garners support from the majority of communities in the Pacific Northwest. But it also attracts opposition.
Chempolis Ltd. recently announced it is looking to form joint ventures for the production of advanced biofuels and pulp.
conomic opportunity in the clean power sector abounds, according to Phyllis Cuttino, director of the Pew Climate and Energy program.
Novozymes acquires biofertility solutions provider
December 22, 2010
Novozymes’ agricultural biotechnology division just got bigger. The enzyme giant has acquired EMD/Merck Crop BioScience Inc., a Milwaukee-based biofertility solutions provider that operates in the U.S., Canada, Argentina and Brazil.
Biodiesel, renewable diesel tax credits are back
December 17, 2010
By a vote of 277 to 148, the U.S. House of Representatives extended tax cuts, continued unemployment benefits and brought the year-long struggle of the biodiesel tax credit to a positive end.
A study recently published by the Australian government’s Rural Industries Research and Development Corp. has determined that perennial plant Arundo donax, also known as giant reed, offers great potential.
Leaders in the biomass industry are urging others to contact state legislators to bring to their attention the dramatic repercussions a section of the near 2,000-page, $1.1 trillion 2011 Omnibus Appropriations Act would have on the industry.
On Dec. 16 Butamax Advanced Biofuels announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted a patent number 7851188 encompassing Butamax’s isobutanol-producing biocatalyst.
A researcher at the University of Arkansas has created the first methane-producing microorganism that can metabolize complex carbon structures.
San Francisco, Calif.-based SynGest Inc. has been approved to receive $2.5 million from the Iowa Power Fund and Iowa Office of Energy Independence for the design and engineering stage of a biomass-to-ammonia production facility in Menlo, Iowa.
As part of the Obama Administration’s continuing commitment to accelerating R&D to develop a more sustainable transportation system, the U.S. DOE is accepting applications for up to $30 mill . . .
The U.S. DOE is accepting applications for up to $30 million in total funding for small-scale process integration projects that support the development of advanced biofuels.
The big news in the biofuel world is the Senate’s passage of the tax bill in which the ethanol, renewable diesel, biodiesel and other tax incentives managed to survive.
Bolingbrook, Ill.-based Elevance Renewable Sciences Inc. and Dow Corning Corp. have introduced a new biobased home-care product, Dow Corning HY-3200 Emulsifying Soy Wax.
Aquaflow Bionomic Corp., a New Zealand-based algae technology company, recently announced its progress in developing a range of 20 high-value biobased chemicals from wild algae.
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