Bioenergy PROFITS Principle, Position Only For Growth by Digest columnist Dr. Rosalie Lober All companies are scrambling for the small pool of funds that exist in our current economy. For many in the biofuels industry, the high costs of commercialization include building expensive plants with costly machinery and chemical processes. How can you prioritize and […]
In Brazil, Braskem commenced production at a 57 Mgy ethanol to ethylene conversion plant at Triunfo, in the state of Rio Grande. Project cost was $278 million, and produces polyethylene resisn through a polymerization process that will supply green polyethylene to Tetra Pak, Toyota Tsusho, Shiseido, Natura, Acinplas, Johnson & Johnson, Procter & Gamble and […]
In Taiwan, the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) debuted its technology for processing microalgae into biodiesel, and reported that it had invented multi-layer filters that boosted the concentration of algae in seawater to between 120 and 150 grams per liter. The research team said that the production costs were higher than the point of commercial […]
tlaskawy: Whew! Pres’ Weekly Address on clean energy projects doesn’t mention “ethanol” or “biofuels.” FoothillsHVAC: USDA report highlights increased energy efficiency for corn-based ethanol JoeKenHa: I hate Ethanol. It totally ruined my MPG. So much for being green, you liberal morons! soulfulmess: ✁ Blue Northern Energy Acquires Biodiesel Production Process Technology. NewsOnGreen: Political Climate Change: […]
In Washington, Friends of the Earth released a report “Synthetic Solutions to the Climate Crisis: The Dangers of Synthetic Biology for Biofuels Production,” concluding that synthetic biology projects including the creation of algae with synthetic DNA to produce fuels or synthetic yeast to break down biomass could have potentially devastating results if these organisms were […]
In Utah, Governor Herbert has assembled an energy task force to develop a strategic plan to enhance Utah’s energy economy. As part of this effort, the Developing and Applying Technology and Science Subcommittee has been asked to provide baseline data on the development and application of energy technologies by universities, industry and other organizations. To […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, reached a five-month high of 69.20, up 0.83 percent. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) was flat at $31.92, while BlueFire Renewables (BFRE.OB) gained 28.00 percent to $0.64 on the fourth day of a big rally following news of a new feedstock contract. […]
In Arizona, the 4th annual Algal Biomass Summit finished, with plenary panelists from Boeing, Phycal, UOP, BIO and NREL opining that, despite the challenges of creating the technologies, financing, policy and infrastructure for algal biomass, the platform continues to draw the attention of top companies and individuals. Why? For the panelists, it remains the most […]
In part VIII of our series, as we reduce the carbon intensity in every aspect of our process, we start to have options to reintroduce some lower-cost feedstocks into our process, even if in some cases they cause an increase in emissions. We’ll find that lowering our carbon intensity has given us a lot of […]
In Florida, Foster Wheeler (FWLT) announced that its Global Engineering and Construction Group has completed its initial testing of PetroAlgae’s biomass. According to Foster Wheeler, “initial test results demonstrate that biomass, mixed with vacuum residue, yields additional valuable hydrocarbons as a result of biomass carbohydrate and lipid decomposition. Further testing and engineering development is underway […]
