Today on Twitter: Breitbart News Inhofe Blasts Obama’s $170 Million Military Biofuels Giveaway: On Sunday, Ranking member of the Armed Services… SmartPlanet Food fight: White Castle vs biofuels Christina Martin @EthanolT Galva, Iowa, plant takes different path to cellulosic #ethanol
In Massachusetts, researchers at MIT have developed a new technique to make cost-effective renewable gamma-valerolactone (GVL). The molecule has more energy density than ethanol and can be used as a fuel both in drop-in form and as an additive for other fuels. The MIT team also said that renewable GVL can be used as a […]
In Washington, the US Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office (has issued a request for information (RFI) regarding waste- to-energy (WTE) technologies. Waste Applications for Sustainable Technologies for Energy seeks feedback from stakeholders on the state of technology and commercial readiness of WTE. This RFI seeks input from industry, academia, research laboratories, government agencies, and […]
You chose — here are the winners in this year’s poll. In Florida, Biofuels Digest announced that POET and DSM were among the biggest winners in the annual Hot Partners poll. Voting was open to Digest subscribers at more than 25,000 organization in every country around the globe, and recognizes the hottest supply chain partners […]
In France, the Paris Air Show kicks off this week with a special aviation biofuels exhibition coordinated by CAAFI, the Civil Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative, that has attracted companies such as Amyris, Lanzatech, Sapphire Energy, Solena Fuels, and TOTAL, as well as a group from Washington State University. Among the presenters in a robust program: […]
In Washington, Renewable Fuels Association CEO Bob Dinneen poured cold water on an attempt by the American Petroleum Institute’s to convince the Obama Administration to waive the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) and end E15. “It’s ironic that the industry that brought us MTBE, benzene, tar sands, fracking chemicals, Deepwater Horizon, Exxon Valdez, and other environmental […]
In Florida, Algenol CEO Paul Woods told NBC that he plans to switch a $500M advanced biofuels project to Texas, New Mexico and Arizona — among other possible sites, after Governor Rick Scott signed a bill to repeal the state’s E10 ethanol mandate. Woods noted that his current 30-acre R&D facility in Lee County, Florida now […]
In Massachusetts, Myriant is expected to announce a major milestone this morning involving its new flagship bio-succinic acid plant in Lake Providence, Louisiana. Myriant’s plant is the world’s largest bio-succinic acid manufacturing facility — and the first commercial scale plant in the U.S. It was also partially funded through a $50 million cost sharing cooperative […]
In Illinois, LanzaTech made the Sustainia 100 and received the Observer Ethical Award in partnership with Virgin Atlantic. From Canada to Kenya, Guatemala to the Philippines, Sustainia100 chooses the 100 most innovative and impactful solutions out of 500+ nominated projects and technologies. Overall, Sustainia100 maps sustainable solutions successfully deployed in 128 countries. Sustainia100 is a […]
In the Netherlands, BTG announced that it has developed a process to produce a renewable diesel from second-generation biomass. Henk Kamp, the Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs, took a ride in BTG’s 4-wheel drive vehicle, traveling on wood-based pyrolysis-diesel during a visit to Enschede on last week. This program is financed by the private sector […]
