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Research team publishes the completed corn genome; genome data available
A team of scientists led by The Genome Center at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis published the completed corn genome in the Nov. 20 journal Science. The corn genome is a hodgepodge of some 32,000 genes crammed into just 10 chromosomes. In comparison, humans have 20,000 genes dispersed among 23 chromosomes. The [...]
Algenol, Linde Group partner to optimize CO2, oxygen in algal fuel production
In Florida, Algenol Biofuels and the international gases and engineering giant The Linde Group have inked a joint development project to develop cost-efficient technologies that capture, store, transport and supply CO2 for Algenol’s proprietary process for the production of third-generation (3G) biofuels out of carbon dioxide, salt water and algae, as well as remove oxygen [...]
REG releases 36-feedstock biodiesel characteristic study – largest feedstock set yet analyzed
In California, Renewable Energy Group released results from a 36 feedstock study — the biodiesel industry’s largest feedstock comparison research report at the Next Generation Biofuels conference in San Francisco yesterday.
The “Biodiesel and Feedstock Characteristics Report” showcases benchmarks for traditional and unique oils and fats as well as resulting biodiesel characteristics for 36 feedstock including [...]
Subscriber voting opens in 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy; UOP, Amyris, Coskata lead in early-stage balloting
Today, subscribers can begin to cast 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.
All subscribers to Biofuels Digest, Biomass Digest and Geothernmal Digest e-newsletters are eligible to vote. (Subscriptions are [...]
U of Illinois team finds that wet fractionation leads to highest ethanol, co-product yields
In Illinois, researchers from the University of Illinois are reporting that the wet ethanol production process yields more ethanol, and higher value co-products. The wet ethanol process consists of soaking rather than grinding corn. The team found that wet fractionation produces higher ethanol concentrations, as well as higher value DDGs, germ and fiber. The study [...]
USDA, DOE announce $24 million in bioenergy, bio-based products R&D grants: Gevo, Velocys, GE, Agrivida among awardees for ethanol, biobutanol, drop-in fuels
In Washington, the US Departments of Agriculture and Energy today announced $24 million in R&D grants for biofuels, bioenergy and high-value biobased products. Of the $24.4 million announced today, DOE plans to invest up to $4.9 million with USDA contributing up to $19.5 million.
Projects announced today will contribute a minimum of 20 percent of matching [...]
Research team produces steady supply of hydrogen from algae coupled with platinum catalyst
In Tennessee, a team of researchers from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory have found that photosynthesis – the process by which plants regenerate using energy from the sun – may function as that clean, sustainable source of hydrogen.
The team, led by Barry Bruce, a professor of biochemistry and cellular and [...]
IEA releases annual World Energy Outlook; download available on new forecasts through 2030; low-carbon fuel development a must, agency says
In Canada, the International Energy Agency (IEA) today released its annual World Energy Outlook, confirming a growing need for low carbon fuels to increase global energy security and reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) relative to petroleum.
“Energy needs to be used more efficiently and the carbon content of the energy we consume must be reduced, by [...]
BIomass Digest launches today with 4,500 registered subscribers – focus on power, feed and food from biomass
In Florida, Biomass Digest — a new newsletter and website dedicated to condensing and covering news about power, feed and food from biomass — launches today at BiomassDigest.net.
Today’s lead article: Biomass at the Crossroads: as Copenhagen looms – can biomass keep up with demand?”.
Unique and new features in the Biomass Digest newsletter — which debuts [...]
Researchers turn to leafcutter ants to understand complex enzyme, fungal systems for cellulosic conversion
In Wisconsin, researchers at the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center have focused on a cocktail of enzymes generated by leafcutter ants for opportunities to improve cellulosic ethanol yields. Leafcutter ants live in tropical gardens and have developed a sophisticated fungal system – with the ants and fungi being completely interdependent for survival.
Garret Suen, a post [...]
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1. Coskata
2. Sapphire Energy
3. Virent Energy Systems
4. POET
5. Range Fuels
6. Solazyme
7. Amyris Biotechnologies
8. Mascoma
9. DuPont Danisco
10. UOP
11. ZeaChem
12. Aquaflow Bionomic
13. Bluefire Ethanol
14. Novozymes
15. Qteros
16. Petrobras
17. Cobalt Biofuels
18. Iogen
19. Synthetic Genomics
20. Abengoa Bioenergy
21. KL Energy
22. Ineos
23. GreenFuel
24. Vital Renewable Energy
25. LS9
26. Raven Biofuels
27. Gevo
28. St.1 Biofuels Oy
29. Primafuel
30. Taurus Energy
31. Ceres
32. Syngenta
33. Aurora Biofuels
34. Bionavitas
35. Algenol
36. Verenium
37. Simply Green
38. Carbon Green
39. SEKAB
40. Osage Bioenergy
41. Dynamotive
42. Sustainable Power
43. ETH Bioenergia
44. Choren
45. OriginOil
46. Propel Fuels
47. GEM Biofuels
48. Lake Erie Biofuels
49. Cavitation Technologies
50. Lotus/Jaguar – Omnivore -
