In Malaysia, the country’s National Biomass Strategy 2020 is beginning to unfold, with the launch of National Biomass Strategy 2020 v2.0 at Palmex 2013 in Tawau, and the announcement of Malaysia’s first ligno-cellulosic bio-ethanol pilot plant in Tawau by Teck Guan Group in collaboration with Mitsui and Inbicon. In addition, last week Malaysia launched a […]
In France, Arkema was awarded the EUBIA prize (European Biomass Industry Association) at the 21st Biomass Conference held in Copenhagen. The prize this year rewards Arkema for its various research and development work in the field of bioresources and biosourced materials. Arkema currently markets an extensive range of polyamides (PA11, PA10) derived from castor oil, […]
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In California, the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory highlighted five technologies now available for license. They include: Improving Saccharification Efficiency by Inhibiting a Xylosyltransferase, a technology that increases soluble sugar extraction notably compared to wild type plants, offering a pathway to more efficient saccharification in bioenergy plants. Strengthening Bioenergy Feedstock Plants by Overexpression of Three Rice […]
In Washington, the US Senate Armed Services Committee narrowly voted down amendments aimed at curtailing the military’s biofuels program and lifting a ban on the purchase of carbon-intensive fuels last night. The Truman Project’s Operation Free spokeswoman Stephanie Dreyer commented: “We were initially disappointed to see that House lawmakers chose to launch another attack on DoD’s […]
In California, the California Air Resource Board discussed its proposed new regulations for alternative diesel fuels as well as conventional diesel fuels. There are a wide range of issues on the table which can best be reviewed on the CARB website for the proceeding. Of particular interest to the advanced biofuels community, CARB is proposing a phased […]
In Georgia, Anitox has appointed biofuels industry expert Kevin Mundell to the newly-created position of Biofuels Business Manager. Mundell joins from Hawkeye Energy where he was Senior VP of Operations.
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, dropped 0.54 percent to 73.29 as large caps fell. For the day, Ceres (CERE) retreated 11.74 percent to $3.76 after a big rally in the mid-week, while Codexis (CDXS) soared 25.35 percent to $2.72. Among other equities, The Andersons (ANDE) fell 2,42 percent to […]
Obligated parties are having trouble finding low-cost supplies of renewable fuel credits. Advanced biofuels companies are having trouble finding low-cost supplies of investment capital for their first commercial plants. Why not put those two problems together into one solution like SuperRINs? Of all the nightmare scenarios peddled around in the renewable energy business, nothing is […]
In Florida, voting is now underway in the 2013 Hot Partners competition, and will continue through Friday June 14 at 5pm EDT. As the competition enters its final day of voting, competition remained close in several categories, but no leaders lost their spots. Categories and leaders in voting to date: Engineering, procurement & construction – Harris […]
