Mascoma: Inside the SunOpta acquisition
In New Hampshire, Mascoma reported yesterday that it had acquired SunOpta BioProcess, a division of SunOpta Inc. (STKL) This combination brings together the fiber preparation and pretreatment technologies of SBI and the consolidated bioprocessing technology of Mascoma, to create a company with comprehensive capabilities for converting non-food cellulose (wood chips, energy crops and organic solid [...]
The lowdown on Enerkem’s landmark Edmonton advanced biofuels project
In Canada, Enerkem broke ground on its 9.5 Mgy (36 million liter), $75M municipal waste-to-biofuels facility with its partners, the City of Edmonton and the Government of Alberta. Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach, Edmonton Mayor Stephen Mandel and Enerkem Chief Executive Officer Vincent Chornet participated in the event.
Enerkem’s advanced biofuels plant, which will be located in [...]
The Missionary Position: The export of carbon guilt to the developing world
The advocates of renewable energy have long chanted a mantra of “green jobs, energy security and lower emissions”, but in country after country we continue to see a fork in the road emerging whereby individual nations are forced to make choices between lowering (global) emissions or developing (local) green jobs.
In Indonesia, the crisis has erupted [...]
$75M secured for KiOR; Is Mississippi the new leader in state-level biofuels development?
In Mississippi, the state legislature approved Governor Haley Barbour’s special session request for a $75 million loan to KiOR for a proposed development of five biofuel plants in Mississippi by the Houston-based pyrolysis group.
The state approved $51 million in new bonds to support a total of $81 million in incentives supporting the project, even as [...]
