On ABLC’s opening morning, here were some top slides from the company presentations on the topic of global green growth. 1. Inbicon’s biomass refineries. Inbicon was touting the flexibility of its cellulosic ethanol and power production system,. We found this one particularly poignant, given that Nature published a study critiquing the emissions associated with cellulosic […]
As ABLC opens, industry association executives rally the troops to fight the EPA’s slashed advanced biofuels targets, get pathway approvals faster, and to buzz about chemicals, chemicals, chemicals. Also, the industry buzzed about a weird study on cellulosic biofuels emissions, and how much Administration bashing is a good idea. In Washington, top bioeconomy trade groups predicted […]
Produces More Than One Metric Ton of Bio-Based Dodecanedioic Acid, Expediting Path to Commercialization In California, Verdezyne announced that it has produced more than one metric ton of bio-based dodecanedioic acid (DDDA) using its proprietary yeast platform and downstream process. The Michigan Biotechnology Institute (MBI) and the Michigan State University (MSU) Bioeconomy Institute (BEI) worked with […]
By Brian Carey, Cleantech Advisory Leader, Alex Payne, Director, Deepak Dugar, Senior Associate, PwC Special to the Digest and ABLC 2014 Aviation industry trends Aviation is projected to have a faster growth rate than other modes of transport, with demand expected to grow at 4.5% annually to 2050. Asia and the Middle East, both with a growing middle […]
In Washington, Biofuels Digest announced that LanzaTech and Cool Plant took two awards each to lead the winners of the 2014 Transformative Technologies competition. The competition, held over the past two months, is the only set of awards entirely decided by the Digest’s online readers, who voted using social media. The winners are: Transformation of […]
This morning in Washington the 5th annual Advanced Biofuels Leadership Conference — ABLC 2014 — opens for business and networking like crazy. Our delegates this year come from 35 US states and 19 countries this year — the US, Canada, Panama, Venezuela, Brazil and Argentina, France, Germany, Italy, the UK, Denmark, the Netherlands, and Switzerland, […]
On Friday April 18, 2014, American Process shipped its second commercial ethanol cargo and sold the first cellulosic ethanol RINs from its Alpena Biorefinery. These are the first cellulosic ethanol RINs generated since the beginning of 2013. These are also the first ever commercial cellulosic ethanol RINS generated from woody biomass in in the US. […]
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, climbed 0.68 percent to 78.10 as ethanol equities rallied. For the day, Biofuel Energy (BIOF) soared 27.39 percent to $7.72, while Gevo (GEVO) rebounded 12.45 percent to $0.93. Among other equities, Ceres (CERE) slumped 10/15 percent to $0.61. Overall, advances led declines 7 to […]
After the inter-harvest season — what’s up in the Big South? Brazil’s on the move on a number of fronts — sales, diversification of products and feedstocks, and even in engine development. Let’s look at the Top 10 Trends. 1. Feedstock diversification. If you thought it was all cane, cane, cane, think again. There’s a lot […]
Liquid Light develops electrocatalytic technology to make major chemicals from low-cost, globally abundant carbon dioxide (CO2). Licensees benefit from a lower cost of production and can reduce their carbon footprint. Liquid Light is funded by BP Ventures, Redpoint, Osage University, VantagePoint and Chrysalix, and now coming out of stealth after six years of developing a […]
