As Senator Barbara Boxer nixes action on Renewable Fuel Standard reform legislation through the Environment and Public Works committee, Senator Dianne Feinstein co-sponsors a bill to strip corn ethanol out of the RFS altogether. Just as the EPA issues a report showing that the US is turning the corner on reducing dependency on imported oil. […]
In Washington, the US Department of Energy Loan Program Office (DOE) has announced the Final Advanced Fossil Energy Projects Solicitation, which is a new $8 billion loan guarantee program under Section 1703 of Title XVII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005. The Solicitation would work also with a biomass/hydrocarbon fuels blend according to DOE. […]
In Indiana, Dow AgroSciences announced the issuance of U.S. Patent Number 8,598,413 for the company’s lead 2,4-D herbicide tolerance event in corn. The corn event is based on one of Dow AgroSciences’ highly anticipated Enlist herbicide-tolerant traits, and provides robust tolerance to broadleaf and grass herbicides, including 2,4-D and the FOP family of herbicides. Pending […]
In Minnesota and Ireland, NatureWorks and 3Dom Filament Limited, a new technology startup with extensive Ingeo PLA technical experience, are supporting the rapidly growing 3D printing industry by combining the latest NatureWorks’ Ingeo PLA resins with 3Dom’s state-of-the-art filament manufacturing processes. Ireland based 3DOM Filament Limited is an independent company newly formed to supply Ingeo […]
In Canada, Peat Resources announced it has secured new exploration rights for 36,075 hectares of peatlands in central and western Newfoundland. Twelve exploration licences were awarded by the Newfoundland Department of natural Resources for exploration and evaluation of prospective peatlands in the Botwood and Stephenville-St. Georges regions. Peat Resources Limited was formed to explore, develop […]
In Canada, the anaerobic digestion facility at Growing Power Hairy Hill is utilizing Himark BioGas International’s patented IMUS technology to digest 73,000 Tons/Year of municipal solid waste and organics from residences and businesses in the metropolitan Edmonton region for conversion into renewable energy. “Today the organic material that GPHH is handling is being diverted from […]
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, shed 0.80 percent to 62.51 as enzymes fell. For the day, Novozymes dropped 2.78 percent to $39.56, while Sacom (SAM.MI) rebounded 3.06 percent to $8.09. Among other equities, Biofuel Energy (BIOF) lost 4.19 percent to $1.83. Overall, declines led advances 3 to 1 for […]
Traveling through the seasons with Calysta Energy chairman and CEO Alan Shaw, from the summer of IPOs with Codexis — and now back into springtime, courtesy of a technology that plays cheap natural gas. For eight o’clock in the morning on the last day of a long BIO Pac Rim conference, Alan Shaw was looking […]
In Washington, USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack announced a public-private partnership to rapidly advance the development of the first U.S. commercial facility producing cellulosic nanomaterial, a wood fiber broken down to the nanoscale. The partnership is between the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities and the U.S. Forest Service. The three-year partnership will promote cellulosic nanomaterial […]
In the United Kingdom, The Centre for Process Innovation announced a collaboration with INVISTA for the development of new technologies to enable gas-fermentation-based processes for the production of industrial chemicals. The collaboration will leverage INVISTA’s capabilities in biotechnology and catalysis, and knowledge of the chemicals industry, along with CPI’s applied knowledge in science and engineering […]
