POET-DSM’s 20 million gallon cellulosic ethanol plant opens with hoopla, and heartfelt messages about the spirit of innovation, and a time for technology change and policy firmness. “Once, we all lived off the land, sun, wind and water and it provided everything we needed,” said DSM CEO Feike Sijbesma, surveying a crowd of more than […]
If you’ve known her as the globe-trotting CEO of LanzaTech — managing an enterprise based in Chicago, with lab operations (and historic ties to) in New Zealand, and progressing towards scale-up in China — well, there’s more to the story. The original GM of Honeywell’s UOP efforts in the biobased space — she won a […]
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, dipped 0.77 percent to 82.56 as advanced biofuels retreated. For the day, Gevo (GEVO) dropped back 7.38 percent to $0.51, while Renewable Energy Group (REGI) fell 4.51 percent to $11.64. Among other equities, Amyris (AMRS) shed 4.67 percent to $4.08. Overall, declines led advances […]
In California, Pacific Ethanol, announced that it has purchased an additional 5% ownership interest in PE Op Co., the owner of the Pacific Ethanol plants, for a total cash purchase price of $6,000,000. The acquisition increased the company’s ownership interest in the Pacific Ethanol plants to 96%. The company is he leading producer and marketer […]
In The Netherlands, group of member companies in Roundtable for Product Social Metrics announced the publication of the Handbook for Product Social Impact Assessment, a practical tool for sustainability professionals. The handbook describes an innovative methodology for assessing a product’s social impacts throughout its life cycle, and is the result of a unique collaborative effort of […]
In Ireland, Research and Markets announced the addition of the “Algae Based Biofuel Technical Material Market Report” report to their offering. The report, according to its authors, provides a technical, analytical and statistical insight into the algae based biofuel market. The market analysis includes volume trends, value trends, price trends, key players, market breakup by […]
In the UK, researchers writing in AMB Express say that “Microbial biomass itself constitutes an obvious but overlooked by-product of existing biofermentation systems,” adding that “Microbial biotechnology and biotransformations promise to diversify the scope of the biorefinery approach for the production of high-value products and biofuels from industrial, rural and municipal waste feedstocks.” Authors Claire […]
In Wisconsin, Jean-Michel Ané, a professor of agronomy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison said that new evidence is mounting that fungi and bacteria are cooperating in a symbiotic relationship in order to unlock the benefits of Mycorrhizae, a beneficial fungi that help virtually all land plants absorb the essential nutrients — phosphorus and nitrogen — […]
In Denmark, Novozymes CEO Peder Holk Nielsen said that the issue facing the advancement of next-generation biofuels is “access to consumers and you see that clearly in the U.S.,” and told Bllomberg that “Oil companies don’t promote this technology and they are the only interface to the consumers as they control gas stations.” Neilsen added […]
They said it couldn’t be done. Repeatedly. Now, King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, USDA Sec. Tom Vilsack, Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, POET chairman Jeff Broin, DSM CEO Feike Sijbesma are on hand to open one of those “fantasy” cellulosic biofuels plants that are always supposed to be 5 years away. How and where to tune in. […]
