In California, Cool Planet Biofuels reports that BP Technology Ventures has made an investment in the company’s C Round along with follow on investments by the company’s current investors, General Electric, Google Ventures, ConocoPhillips, NRG and North Bridge Venture Partners. The C Round was led by Shea Ventures. Cool Planet is developing bio based renewable, […]
In Tennessee, Altgen is in the process of negotiating with two cities in Hardeman county – Middleton and Bolivar – to invest as much as $35 million in each city. According to the article, Altgen reports that they are still deciding whether to build a scrap tire to biodiesel plant, a waste to electricity plant […]
In the United Kingdom, Black Pearl Capital Partners announced that it has acquired a 118 acre infrastructure site near Blackburn. The site which formerly operated as the Sappi Paper Mill is BPCP’s latest UK acquisition in its strategy to develop renewable energy parks that focus on biomass power, water treatment and bio-fuels production.
In Canada, Nova Scotia CleanTech Open has chosen their list of clean technology start-ups moving on to round two of the competition. Two of those that made the list are: Marine Arctic & Antarctic Technologies of Nova Scotia for their micro-algal bioreactor which effectively produces micro-algal biomass at an industrial level, while minimizing waste, costs […]
In the Philippines, Alta Vista Securities announced they have closed a $7M joint venture for three biofuel plants with Pacific Biofuels. Each plant will have a capacity to process 80,000 tons of agricultural waste per year, which will then produce about 37,800,000 liters of total biofuels products comprising of 30,240,000 liters of mixed alcohol and […]
In Japan, Sony displayed a bio-battery at the Eco-Products exhibition in Tokyo. The battery used shredded paper or cardboard, dropped into a water based solution with specific enzymes that released sugar from the paper. Additional enzymes and oxygen were used to develop current and hydrogen, along with gluconolactone. At the show, the battery powered a […]
In Washington, the DOE announced that their Joint BioEnergy Institute has achieved a major breakthrough in engineering systems of RNA molecules through computer-assisted design, which could lead to important improvements across a range of industries, including the development of cheaper advanced biofuels. Scientists will use these new “RNA machines”, to adjust genetic expression in the […]
In Washington, the DOE announced that their Joint BioEnergy Institute has achieved a major breakthrough in engineering systems of RNA molecules through computer-assisted design, which could lead to important improvements across a range of industries, including the development of cheaper advanced biofuels. Scientists will use these new “RNA machines”, to adjust genetic expression in the […]
In Washington, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has deregulated MON 87460, Monsanto’s first-generation drought-tolerant trait for corn. Drought-tolerant corn is projected to be introduced as part of an overall system that would offer farmers improved genetics, agronomic practices and the drought trait. Monsanto plans to conduct on-farm trials in 2012 to give farmers experience with […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, jumped 1.02 percent to 70.02 as advanced biofuels recovered. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) rose 1.30 percent to $28.74, while KiOR (KIOR) regained 3.62 percent to $9.17. Among other equities, Solazyme (SZYM) added 3.15 percent to $11.46. Overall, advances led declines 2 […]
