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Special Digest Update on biofuels made from municipal solid waste

In a recent poll, Digest readers identified “waste biomass” as the hottest feedstock – and companies using agricultural, forest, animal and municipal residues have been receiving much support in the “50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy” voting, underway this week. Before voting closes, it’s well worth a special look at companies that are utilizing municipal solid [...]

Bioenergy PROFITS Principals: Obtaining Vital Information, and Verenium, Dyadic, Coskata

INFORMATION OVERLOAD – What’s the Solution to my Problem?
Obtaining Vital Information – Part III
How do you sift all the available information to find only what you need to help you make sound decisions?  It is worthwhile to know the best sources of information for your business.  Many industries have websites, research reports or other sources [...]

50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy: Amyris takes leads in selector balloting as 11/23 vote deadline nears

All this week, subscribers are casting their ballots for the 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy.
Balloting will be open to the registered subscribers of the Biofuels Digest, Geothermal Digest and Biomass Digest e-newsletters, through Monday November 23rd at 5pm EST. To cast your vote, click here.
To download your free copy of the Selectors Data Book for [...]

GEM Biofuels: 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy candidate profile

GEM Biofuels
Based in: Madagascar
2008-09 ranking: 47

Business: GEM BioFuels is initially focusing on the establishment of ‘company managed’ plantations of Jatropha trees in Madagascar and the extraction of the vegetable oil that is produced from its seeds as this oil is well suited to use in the production of biodiesel.
GEM BioFuels has been established to supply jatropha-based [...]

Inbicon opens 1.4 Mgy demonstration cellulosic ethanol plant in Denmark

In Denmark, Prince Joachim inaugurated the 1.4 Mgy, demonstration-scale Inbicon cellulosic ethanol plant in Kalundborg, which is utilizing wheat straw as its initial feedstock. The plant is the largest cellulosic ethanol facility in Europe, and second globally only to the KL Energy project in Upton, WY.
Inbicon and its parent company DONG Energy, the state oil, [...]

POET drops cost of cellulosic ethanol to $2.35 per gallon; will reach $2 by 25 Mgy plant opening

In South Dakota, POET announced today that cost reductions achieved over the past year of operating their cellulosic ethanol pilot plant have “exceeded expectation – and the company is now projecting a per-gallon cost of $2.35, down from $4.13 at this time last year.
The company said that it expects to reach its $2 per gallon [...]

ZeaChem commences construction of 250,000 gallon cellulosic ethanol facility: next step, full commercial scale

In Colorado, ZeaChem announced that it has commenced construction of its 250,000 gallons semi-cellulsoic ethanol and chemicals facility that will be located Boardman, Oregon. The company tapped Hazen Research of Golden, Colorado to construct the critical first step of the biorefinery fermentation process. Hazen Research, an industrial research and development firm, will construct and host [...]

Osage Bioenergy: 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy candidate profile

Osage Bioenergy
Based in: Virginia
2008-09 rank: 40
Business: Barley ethanol producer
Model: Owner-operator
Past milestones:
Osage Bio Energy (OBE) was formed in January 2007 to build market- based ethanol plants on the East Coast.  Each plant will employ proven bio-processing technologies and carries a capital investment of over $150 million.
OBE plants will be optimized around local, winter [...]

POET, BP, Coskata and Sapphire among early contenders in 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy underway

All this week, subscribers are casting their ballots for the 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy.
Balloting will be open to the registered subscribers of the Biofuels Digest, Geothermal Digest and Biomass Digest e-newsletters, through Monday November 23rd at 5pm EST.  The link to the ballot will be distributed this week in every edition of the Digest [...]

Bioenergy Profits Principles: Obtaining Vital Information, and cellulosic ethanol

What is it I was Looking For?: PROFITS Principle, Obtaining Vital Information – Part II
Over the next few weeks, Dr. Rosalie Lober, highlights (from her newly released book, Run Your Business like a Fortune 100: 7 Principles for Boosting PROFITS), proven principles to running your business more effectively and illustrates best practices of currently successful [...]