In California, Calysta Energy has been awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase 1 grant from the National Science Foundation. The grant supports development of a production platform for a new class of modified lipids (fats) with applications in a range of industrial products including plastics, detergents, and cosmetics. In particular, the research will […]
Today on Twitter. EcologicalQ: #Agriculture Photovoltaics beat biofuels at converting sun’s energy to miles driven UCSRachel: Better #biofuels on the move: MT @epareporter: Abengoa officials say company to start cellulosic ethanol production in Hugoton, KS this year CanGreenfuels: GRFA: Biofuels Support Rural Communities: http://t.co/K2ITVgfo Sean_OHanlon: ‘Eureka moment’ leads to researching local #Algae for Advanced #Biofuels […]
In Washington, a study published in Nature found that successional herbaceous vegetation, once well established, could provide up to 5.55 billion gallons of ethanol towards the US Renewable Fuel Stadnard mandates. The researchers performed quantitative modelling of successional vegetation on marginal lands, constrained by the requirement that each modelled location be within 80 kilometres of […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, gained 0.18 percent to 66.77 as ethanol equities recovered. For the day, Amyris (AMRS) plunged 6.61 percent to $3.53, while Solazyme (SZYM) plummeted 8.84 percent to $6.91. Among other equities, Gevo (GEVO) jumped 6.91 percent to $2.01. Overall, advances led declines 3 to 1 […]
The long and sometimes perilous journey to financing Enerkem’s first commercial project appears to have reached the sunny shores of Completionland. We look at what it took. In Canada, Enerkem announced that it has closed a $37.5 million financing with Waste Management of Canada Corporation, a subsidiary of Waste Management, and EB Investments for Enerkem […]
In Washington, the American Petroleum Institute announced a new advertising campaign with the central element being a full repeal of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Following the announcement of the API campaign to attack the RFS, Tom Buis CEO of Growth Energy released the following statement: “The lengths to which Big Oil will go to […]
In Washington, the Energy Information Administration reports that ethanol production averaged 784,000 barrels per day (b/d) — or 32.93 million gallons daily. That is down 42,000 b/d from the week before. The four week average for ethanol production stood at 813,000 b/d for an annualized rate of 12.46 billion gallons. On the co-products side, ethanol producers […]
OXFORD, N.C.—As a chief component of its 2012-2013 grants award process targeting biofuels development in the western part of the state, the Biofuels Center of North Carolina will award $766,256 to a consortium of partners led by AdvantageWest Economic Development Group to fortify the biofuels sector and trigger its expansion in the region. The project, […]
In Germany, “Supportive government policies will see Germany continue to dominate global biogas energy generation for the foreseeable future, said research and consulting firm GlobalData in releasing their latest biogas report. According to the report, biogas power generation is forecast to increase from 18,244 Gigawatt hours (GWh) in 2012 to 28,265 GWh in 2025, representing […]
In Canada, researchers are developing economic models that aim to reduce the economic costs associated with implementing policies to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and encourage low-carbon innovation. “The idea is to try to develop some models regarding carbon policy that can tell a story from a sound academic basis rather than the extreme views on both […]
