An afternoon breakout session at BBI International's Southeast Biomass Conference & Trade Show featured a panel focused exclusively on technological pathways to renewable hydrocarbons.
Ineos Bio's joint venture, Ineos New Planet BioEnergy, has signed an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract with AMEC, to build Ineos Bio's first commercial scale facility.
A chemist at the Ontario-based University of Guelph has developed a technique to use red mud as a catalyst to reduce the acid level in bio oil, making it more amenable to use as heating oil or as an input into the refining sector.
A research team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has won a $50,000 ConocoPhillips Energy Prize to support the development of a carbohydrate-to-biodiesel process.
For biomass and biorefinery developers in the Northwest, finding much-needed capital to build a project can be a daunting task. At the Pacific West Biomass Conference & Trade Show Jan.
A blend of cellulosic ethanol is making its premiere at 100 filling stations in Denmark Oct. 28 thanks to Statoil, DONG Inbicon and Novozymes. The fuel is called Bio95, a mixture of 95 percent gasoline and 5 percent ethanol from wheat straw collected in Denmark, produced by DONG Inbicon with enzyme technology from Novozymes.
The USDA finalized its BioPreferred program Round 6 item designation with the addition of eight new biobased product categories, which will consist of more than 600 individual biobased products.
Bolingbrook, Ill.-based Elevance Renewable Sciences Inc. has entered into a joint development agreement with Northfield, Ill.-based Stepan Co. to evaluate and commercialize novel surfactants, antimicrobials and polyurethane polyols.
A proposition up for vote in California could suspend the state's Global Warming Solutions Act (AB 32) until in-state unemployment drops to 5.5 percent for less for a full year.
Rentech Inc. and ClearFuels Technology Inc. jointly signed a cooperative agreement with the U.S. DOE to draw from the remaining $19.7 million of a $23 million grant, which will be used to facilitate the installation of ClearFuels' biomass gasification system into Rentech's existing product demonstration unit located within its Energy Technology Center in Commerce City, Colo.
Enzyme developer Verenium has renewed and extended for five years its joint marketing agreement with Alfa Laval, the heat transfer, separation and fluid handling company, for its patented Purifine PLC enzyme.
In the face of petroleum scarcity, increasing oil prices, market volatility and climate change, leaders in government and industry are looking to renewable fuel sources such as algae-based biofuels to reduce expenses and mitigate their acute vulnerability to petroleum supply chains.
Aurora Algae Inc. is in the process of constructing a demonstration-scale facility in northwestern Australia, which is expected to be operational by the end of the year.
The search for more efficient enzymes used for biofuel production continues in Europe. The EU is funding a project called DISCO to develop, research and find more effective enzymes to produce cellulosic ethanol.
Avantium, a Netherlands-based technology company, has begun construction on a pilot-scale facility that will convert carbohydrate feedstock into biobased chemicals.
A renewable diesel fuel of the future is on tour today. Rentech Inc., the producer of a synthetic diesel fuel coined RenDiesel, which is made using a biomass gasification system that creates syngas for both renewable fuel and power, provided fuel for a 1,000-mile tour.
The Virginia-based Advanced Learning and Research Center recently broke ground on its new Sustainable Energy Technology Center (SEnTeC), an advanced research and development complex that aims to develop enhanced biobased fuels and new opportunities for the regional agricultural community.
As part of the Obama Administration's effort to promote production of fuel from renewable sources, create jobs and mitigate the effects of climate change, USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced a series of measures during a speech to the National Press Club in Washington.
Only days after attending an EU commissioned conference on cellulosic ethanol, enzyme company Novozymes has announced it will partner with Brazilian-based Petrobras on cellulosic ethanol production.
Pennsylvania-based Helios Scientific, a sister company to Illinois-based Axion Analytical Laboratories Inc., is proposing cellulosic biomass demonstration project in Curwensville, Pa.
North Carolina-based Maverick Biofuels Inc. has announced plans to build a pilot-scale biorefinery that will convert biomass and municipal solid waste (MSW) into a mixed-alcohol biofuel.
The U.S. EPA has approved a fuel waiver allowing the use of E15 in model year 2007 and newer cars and light-duty trucks. A second ruling determining the use of E15 in model year 2001 through 2006 cars and light-duty trucks is expected to be released in late 2010 or early 2011, after additional testing data is received from the U.
Texas-based Glycos Biotechnologies Inc. became the 14th member of the National Science Foundation's Engineering Research Center for Biorenewable Chemicals (CBiRC).
San Francisco-based advanced biofuel outfit Solazyme signed its third development agreement with Colombian oil giant Ecopetrol to “analyze manufacturing viability of algae-based diesel fuel using renewable Colombian feedstocks such as sugarcane and byproduct glycerol,” Solazyme stated in a press release.
Ceres Inc., an energy crop developer, has published crop management guides for switchgrass and high-biomass sorghum. The guides provide information to both growers and bioenergy companies on current recommendations of the establishment, management and harvest of the crops.
BBI International announced today that it has officially changed the name of Biomass Magazine--the world's leading biomass industry trade publication--to Biomass Power & Thermal, a move that characterizes the magazine's heightened focus on biobased electricity and heat.
BBI International announced today that it has officially changed the name of Biomass Magazine--the world's leading biomass industry trade publication--to Biomass Power & Thermal, a move that characterizes the magazine's heightened focus on biobased electricity and heat.
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