by Mark J. Riedy and Ben Snowden, Kilpatrick Townsend The USDA has completely overhauled what used to be known as Biorefinery Assistance Program and now is called the Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and Biobased Product Manufacturing Assistance Program. The Program provides loan guarantees of up to $250 million of senior debt for the development, construction, and […]
Tell us about your company and it’s role in the Advanced Bioeconomy. Leaf Resources is a process technology company, providing economical biobased solutions for commercial production of cellulosic sugars and other lignocellulosic platforms derived from biomass. Our technology, combines crude glycerine and process integration for improving biomass pretreatment efficiency upstream and opening downstream opportunities Tell […]
In Washington, according to EIA data as analyzed by the Renewable Fuels Association, ethanol production averaged 984,000 barrels per day (b/d)—or 41.33 million gallons daily. That is down 3,000 b/d from the week before. The four-week average for ethanol production stood at 983,000 b/d for an annualized rate of 15.07 billion gallons. Stocks of ethanol […]
In New York, Clean Energy Pipeline reported that new investment in the global clean energy sector totaled $74.9 billion in Q2 15, a 2% decrease on Q2 14 ($76.5 billion). Despite the annual decrease, investment was still 11% above the average quarterly volume of investment during the past three years ($67.2 billion). New investment was […]
In Canada, the Global Renewable Fuels Alliance announced that the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA) has joined as its latest member. (UNICA) is the largest organization in Brazil representing sugar, ethanol and bioelectricity producers. It was created in 1997, following a consolidation process involving regional organizations in the State of São Paulo after government deregulation […]
In Washington, Advanced Ethanol Council, founded in 2011 to represent advanced and cellulosic ethanol producers and technology providers, is expanding its organizational charter to include other types of advanced biofuels. The new group, called the Advanced Biofuels Business Council (ABBC), which now jumps to the head of any alphabetically-arranged collection of renewable fuel associations, also […]
In the “Player to be Named Later” Department, from California comes new that Amyris announced a multi-year, multi-million-dollar collaboration agreement with a “global food ingredients supplier”. Under the terms of the agreement, the company is unable to disclose details of the collaboration, but the company noted that “this agreement marks Amyris’s first collaboration in the growing food […]
In England, Johnson Matthey Process Technologies and Rennovia announced that they have successfully started-up a mini-plant for production of glucaric acid from glucose. In March 2014, Johnson Matthey and Rennovia announced their collaboration to develop and commercialize production technology for bio-based glucaric acid and adipic acid. Adipic acid, an industrial chemical conventionally derived from petroleum, […]
In Illinois, Renewable Energy Group announced that it will invest $31 million to upgrade and enhance the Company’s Danville, Illinois biodiesel refinery, and broke ground on the improvement project. Construction work already under way at Renewable Energy Group’s 45-million gallon biodiesel refinery in Danville, Illinois. The improvements will include distillation capabilities along with storage, logistics […]
In Washington, a group of biofuel trade organizations sent a letter to Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) encouraging extension of critical advanced biofuel tax incentives — the Second Generation Biofuel Producer Tax Credit, the Special Depreciation Allowance for Second Generation Biofuel Plant Property, the Biodiesel and Renewable […]
