Algae-based biofuel got a big boost from the U.S. House of Representatives before the November elections. The Algae-based Renewable Fuel Promotion Act, a bill co-sponsored by Rep.
Think like they think, talk like they talk-that's what John McCarthy Jr., president and CEO of Qteros, says tech companies in the licensing business have to do if they hope to be successful.
My father, a fixture in Texas politics, would often tell me while growing up there is too much hurry up and wait in Washington for anything to get done, and even today Congress is proving him right.
The American landscape is littered with biorefineries: the cattle rancher that converts low-value hay to protein for steaks and burgers; the pharmaceutical company that makes sugar into exotic and remarkable prescription drugs to save lives; corn wet millers that take simple corn and make corn oil, ethanol, corn germ, enzymes, lysine and other great products for the food and feed industry.
Forming a joint venture or strategic alliance in the international marketplace adds an array of factors that complicate the issues normally encountered in such relationships.
1. Industrial microalgae biotech company Solazyme Inc. announced that the global agribusiness and food company Bunge Ltd. has joined its Series D round as a strategic investor.
Sugar is sweet and everything is nice for The Procter & Gamble Co. as the global consumer products manufacturer recently announced plans to use sugarcane-derived plastic on select packages for its Pantene Pro-V, Covergirl and Max Factor brands.
Although the U.S. economy remains largely depressed, market demand for biobased plastics is on the rise. This is driven by consumer pressure on the retail community and municipal regulations requiring food service packaging materials to be recyclable or compostable.
In a recorded interview posted to E&E Publishing LLC's website, Advanced Biofuels Association Chairman Lee Edwards says that the playing field is starting to level between advanced biofuels and traditional transportation fuels, noting the industry has been focused on producing energy dense, drop-in substitutes.
The U.S. Department of Defense uses a lot of fossil fuels-almost 2 percent of what yearly enters U.S. markets. By working to increase use of renewable fuels and energy, the nation's armed forces are not only helping to increase energy security, but also provide a market opportunity and infrastructure development for new biobased and renewable fuels coming into the marketplace.
Having already demonstrated its ability to effectively produce a suite of green chemicals from cellulosic and other nonfood-based biomass at its one-ton-per-day pilot facility in Seattle, Blue Marble Biomaterials intends to build on that success by repurposing a 40,000-square-foot facility into a 100 metric-ton-per-month biobased chemical plant in Corvallis, Mt.
Poultry feathers aren't the first thing that comes to mind when thinking of feedstock for renewable thermoplastics, but executives with Mt. Crawford, Va.
Increased use and production of biobased succinic acid as a viable alternative to conventional, expensive petrochemicals is anticipated to fuel global market growth in the next five years, according to a report released by Global Industry Analysts Inc.
Corn's versatility and man's innovation have led to production of feed, food, chemicals and fuel such as ethanol. Now, the collection of corn is drawing interest from several companies more interested in the cobs than the corn itself.
Student A (as in, anybody from anywhere) is interested in all things bio, everything from biobased chemicals to biorefining. Student A is not alone. A growing number of high school, undergraduate and graduate level individuals are pursuing an education in bioenergy and biomaterials just like Student A, and the evidence is in the classroom.
For 18 of the top 20 groundwater contaminants found at hazardous waste sites, there's a new biodegradable, renewable product to clean up the mess.
Royalties, milestones and process design packages, up-front and back-end payments and equity stakes: for anyone who's committed long hours to testing and retesting, tuning or tweaking their advanced biorefining process and feels ready to bring it to the masses, there's only one thing to know-the language of licensing.
Under certain conditions almost anything is possible-just ask Compact Contractors of America LLC. The Utah-based company has developed a process that, at the right temperatures, dries an algal feedstock resulting in a powdered algae-based fuel.
The Velocys Inc. microchannel reactor features 900 microchannels-and none of these channels have anything to do with cooking, sports or news. The people of Gussing, Austria, a town known for its pioneering spirit on renewable energy production, are still watching, though.
In March, the USDA issued a request for eligible advanced biofuel producers, offering funding under the Advanced Biofuel Payment Program. The initial request said “eligible advanced biofuels must have been produced in a biofuel facility located in a rural area and whose owners met U.
Japan-based NEC Corp. has developed a biobased plastic manufactured by bonding cellulose with cardanol, an oil-like material derived from the shells of cashew nuts.
While most are well aware that volatility, price spikes and overall price increases have characterized the U.S. transportation fuel market over the past decade, the effect these factors have had on the domestic petrochemical industry may be less clear.
From a business standpoint, it's a match made in heaven: an idled, financially distressed industrial manufacturing facility devoid of working capital with a depleted workforce and depreciating assets teams up with an emerging advanced biofuel and green chemical technology firm eager to use the host facility to deploy its new platforms while leveraging existing infrastructure.
The Inbicon Biomass Technology Campus doesn't look like a campus. Instead of ivy-covered walls, a gray steel skin and Danish-modern design disguise the growth of scientific knowledge going on inside.
Montana State University researchers have discovered a new way to increase lipid-production in various algal strains by introducing bicarbonate, a low-cost and easy-to-use chemical similar to common stomach antacids.
Iowa State University's Christopher Williams was just trying to see if adding bio-oil to asphalt would improve the hot- and cold-weather performance of pavements.
Despite billions of dollars in financing, countless government incentives, and a graveyard of failed startups, global biofuel capacity represents only 3 percent of petroleum fuels, while biobased materials have only captured 1 percent of the market from plastics.
Nicholasville, Ky.-based global animal nutrition supplier Alltech Inc. acquired a state-of-the-art fermentation facility in Winchester, Ky., from Martek Bioscience Corp.
University of California Riverside's Center for Environmental Research and Technology is hosting a series of free events Oct. 14 to highlight the future of renewable energy and serve as a launch pad for its new Alternative Transportation Fuels Research Center of Excellence.
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