All those worries about the impact of biofuels on food prices, deforestation, Gulf hypoxia? The hard data is in – and looks good – and lots more too. In Washington, the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 turned six this past week. The centerpiece of EISA was a greatly expanded Renewable Fuel Standard — […]
In Illinois, Underwriters Laboratories announced a joint research program has determined that gasoline fuel storage and dispensing equipment meeting latest UL standards can safely and successfully use blends of up to 16% biobutanol. This is the first time that UL has made such a determination. According to UL: “fuel storage and dispensing products intended to […]
In New York, MakerBot is introducing six new MakerBot PLA filament colors this week to expand its selection of colors to 23 PLA filament options. The new MakerBot colors are True Green, Neon Green, Neon Pink, Neon Orange, Sparkly Dark Blue and Sparkly Dark Black. MakerBot PLA Filament is a bioplastic derived from corn. Every […]
In Florida, Eurosport Active World Corporation Technologies’s Research Centre is on the verge of concluding US$200 Million-worth of contracts to supply power plants that run on liquid and solid waste. EAWC has received Letters of Intent the Punjabi State Government as well as from several textile and waste-management companies for the provision of Waste to […]
In Brazil, Bloomberg reports that Tractebel Energia is planning on acquiring a 65.5MWe power plant, paying as much as $74 million. The article states that Tractebel may invest over $34 million to expand the plant’s capacity an additional 15MWe, for a total capacity of 80.5MWe. The plant is located in Pirassununga, and if Tractebel is […]
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, jumped 1.62 percent to 65.83 as 2013’s Santa Claus rally continued. For the day, Solazyme (SZYM) jumped 5.48 percent to $10.01 whole Syntroleum (SYNM) was up 5.73 percent to $3.32 . Among other equities, Amyris (AMRS) surged 5.56 percent to $3.42. Overall, advances led […]
To match progress on building capacity in Iowa and elsewhere: in DC, there’s been some action on long-term energy policy for energy. A new, technology-neutral tax credit for the domestic production of clean transportation fuel? Read on. In Washington, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) unveiled the latest package in a series of proposals […]
In Iowa, POET-DSM reports that Project Liberty, the cellulosic bioethanol plant currently under construction in Emmetsburg, is on schedule and they look forward to start-up and commercial production of cellulosic ethanol from corn crop residue “in early 2014”. Click here to download the company’s quarterly biomass newsletter titled, “THE HARVEST” sent out to area farmers […]
In France, DEINOVE announced the signing of a License Option Agreement with Génoplante Valor via INRA Transfert, a research enhancement subsidiary of the French National Institute in Agronomic Research that will cover the improvement of isoprenoid biosynthetic pathways. DEINOVE shall implement this technology in the DEINOCHEM programme to strengthen the Deinococcus bacterium’s capacity to produce […]
In California, Marrone Bio Innovations announced FMC, the exclusive Latin America distributor for its Regalia Maxx Biofungicide, has received new product registrations in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. These countries join Panama and Mexico in approving the use of Regalia Maxx in Latin America to control a wide variety of bacterial and fungal diseases across […]
