California voters made a historic vote Nov. 2 to retain the state's Global Warming Solutions Act, also known at AB 32. A proposition included on the state ballot sought to delay implementation of the program, which includes California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard, until the in-state unemployment rate dropped to 5.
California voters made a historic vote Nov. 2 to retain the state's Global Warming Solutions Act, also known at AB 32. A proposition included on the state ballot sought to delay implementation of the program, which includes California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard, until the in-state unemployment rate dropped to 5.
North American snack food manufacturer Boulder Canyon Natural Foods has introduced a renewable and fully compostable package comprised of Innovia Films' branded NatureFlex film in its line of All Natural Kettle Cooked Potato Chips bags.
The pulp and paper industry is not what it used to be. That is what Jeff Ross, process engineer for the Washington State-based sulfite pulp and tissue mill, Kimberly Clark, says.
When people think of biofuels, the first thing that usually comes to mind is ethanol and, perhaps with it, a roll of the eyes. Mention a chemical like biobased levulinic acid and one may expect a reaction of puzzlement with raised eyebrows.
Tax credit programs have long supported the biofuels industry. The massive build-out of first generation ethanol and biodiesel plants in the past 20 years can be largely attributed to tax incentives that helped these industries stand toe-to-toe with their petroleum counterparts.
Here is what we know about algae: it's often green and always loaded with potential. Its growth rate of 30 to 100 times that of terrestrial plants is alarming.
You may begin to notice large oil companies like Exxon Mobil and Shell advertising alternative sources of energy such as algae. Make no mistake, these public relations expenditures are serious commitments.
For ages it seems, ethanol groups have been pushing for the U.S. EPA to authorize higher blends of ethanol. When I was senior writer for Ethanol Producer Magazine nearly two years ago, I followed this issue pretty closely.
Last month I mentioned the importance November has to the advanced biofuels industry. As I write this, we are just days from a national election that holds far-reaching implications not only for the future of our nation, but for our industry as well.
Water is the most critical limiting resource throughout the world. Sustainable supplies of good-quality water are needed for energy production, growing and processing high-value crops, industrial manufacturing and expanding populations.
In recent months, the U.S. Supreme Court, a U.S. District Court from the Northern District of California and the European Commission have had their say about how genetically modified organisms (GMOs) should be regulated.
1. Chinese industrial investment conglomerate Henan Investment Group and biorefining technology company Chempolis Ltd. signed an agreement to conduct a feasibility study on developing a biorefinery pulp mill project together.
Take a look at Neste Oil's list of accomplishments, and you'll see what it takes to succeed in the renewable energy industry. Develop a biobased diesel fuel from vegetable oil and waste food chemically similar to existing diesel-done.
The pursuit for the perfect mix of enzymes and microorganisms is far from over. Steen Riisgard, head of the Danish superpower Novozymes Inc., the enzyme producer that has made several corn and cellulosic ethanol producers' dreams come true, recently told European policymakers that technology (Novozymes' in particular) is past the research stage and ready for deployment.
Upgrading, even replacing, its first-gen biodiesel plant with advanced processing is on the minds of executives at Dexter, Mo.-based Global Fuels LLC, a 3 MMgy continuous flow biodiesel refinery.
Conversion of biomass to biofuels and biobased chemicals often requires using strong acids or other harsh and expensive compounds, but a team of Iowa State University researchers discovered a simple yet effective technique to produce high-value saleable biobased chemicals that can have many applications.
What does a recently passed U.S. House of Representatives bill mean for algae? Parity, for one thing-or at least the allusion of it. The bill, the Algae-based Renewable Fuel Promotion Act cosponsored by Rep.
Terms like “guarantees,” “performance” and “return on investment” are just a few watchwords the investment community adheres to when it comes to financing biorefinery projects.
A group of major airline companies, airports and Rolls Royce have joined Sustainable Use of Renewable Fuels, a consortium that says it intends to develop a microalgae-to-fuel process and have a commercial production facility up and running in only three years.
During a milestone announcement, U.S. EPA Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation Gina McCarthy stressed that the agency is not requiring the use of E15, rather it is opening up the possibility for fuel retailers to begin offering the fuel.
With $1 million from the New Zealand Ministry's Waste Minimisation Fund, Crown Research Institute Scion plans to build a pilot plant to demonstrate its biosolids conversion technology.
Despite billions of dollars in financing, countless government incentives and a graveyard of failed startups, increased volumes of biobased fuels and biomaterials are expected to flood the marketplace in the next five years, according to a report published by Lux Research titled “Biobased Fuels and Materials Through 2015: Growing Capacity Past a Drop in the Bucket.
Imagine standing on a rocky shoreline, high cliffs littered with pine trees jut toward the sky, waves are crashing in, seagulls fly overhead and at your feet you find a piece of algae, a microorganism that come to find out is 60 percent more efficient for biofuel production than most other strains.
Former hippy counterculture haven Berkeley, Calif., is home to Bio Architecture Lab Inc., a company working to convert weed-seaweed, that is-into second-generation biofuels and chemicals.
Consumer product manufacturers are discovering that the time is right to capitalize on existing manufacturing technologies while using available supplies of biomass like soybeans and corn to replace current petroleum-based products, or to reduce demand on resources such as wood.
Eastern Kentucky University has officially opened a facility for advanced biofuel research. The facility, called the Center for Renewable and Alternative Fuel Technologies, is roughly three years in the making.
Enerkem Corp., a wholly-owned U.S. affiliate of Montreal-based Enerkem Inc., successfully completed the federal environmental assessment requirements necessary to proceed with its proposed cellulosic waste-to-ethanol project in Pontotoc, Miss.
The biorefining track at BBI International's Southeast Biomass Conference & Trade Show got off to a strong start with a panel titled, "Southern Energy Crops: Optimizing Regional Crops to Feed the Growing Biomass-Derived Energy Industry.
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