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BIO Announces Jay Keasling its 2013 George Washington Carver Award Winner for Innovation in Industrial Biotechnology  

BIO Announces Jay Keasling its 2013 George Washington Carver Award Winner for Innovation in Industrial Biotechnology  

April 18, 2013 |

In Washington, the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) named Dr. Jay Keasling as the recipient of its 2013 George Washington Carver Award for innovation in industrial biotechnology. A panel selected Keasling, a professor of biochemical engineering at University of California, Berkeley; associate laboratory director at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; CEO of the Joint BioEnergy Institute; and […]

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TMO and Usina Santa Maria to launch first 2G commercial cellulosic ethanol production plant

TMO and Usina Santa Maria to launch first 2G commercial cellulosic ethanol production plant

April 18, 2013 |

In the United Kingdom and Brazil, TMO Renewables and Usina Santa Maria Ltda have entered into an agreement to form a joint venture to build the first commercial production plant in Brazil to convert sugar cane waste to ethanol. Under the MOU, TMO in joint venture with Usina, will build, own and operate a 10 […]

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EnWave Signs commercial license and equipment service agreement with an unnamed North American Enzyme Company

EnWave Signs commercial license and equipment service agreement with an unnamed North American Enzyme Company

April 18, 2013 |

In Canada, EnWave announced that it has signed a royalty-bearing commercial license and equipment service agreement with an as yet unnamed North American enzyme producer. Under the terms of the equipment agreement EnWave is committed to supplying two commercial powderREV machines for the production of several dehydrated enzymes used in a number of food related […]

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“What investors got wrong in advanced biofuels.”

“What investors got wrong in advanced biofuels.”

April 18, 2013 |

Today on Twitter RL_Miller: as a Cal native, I am FURIOUS at @CHEVRON for lying to us about biofuels. Stop defying state law! tommy_whitmore Oil Firms Break Promise On Biofuels As Chevron Defies California greenBizWorld What investors got wrong in advanced biofuels npecom: Biofuels research in the bedroom? Dedication pays off.

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Carbios signs a €7 million strategic collaboration with INRA

Carbios signs a €7 million strategic collaboration with INRA

April 18, 2013 |

In France, Carbios, a green chemistry company that specializes in innovative biological and industrial processes for recovering plastic waste and is developing competitive production processes for biosourced plastics and biopolymers, today announced the signature of a pivotal €7-million collaboration with the French National Institute for Agricultural Research at the Toulouse White Biotechnology research center. The […]

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Florida Legislation considering repealing the RFS

Florida Legislation considering repealing the RFS

April 18, 2013 |

In Florida, the Florida Legislature is considering HB4001, which, if adopted would repeal the Renewable Fuels Standard set in 2008. With a federal mandate for 10 percent ethanol in gasoline, this legislation will have no material impact on the makeup of gasoline in Florida.  Just as our economy is starting to recover and just as […]

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Biofuels Digest Index reaches 66.68 as large caps advance

Biofuels Digest Index reaches 66.68 as large caps advance

April 18, 2013 |

The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, edged up 0.32 percent to 66.68 as large caps recovered. For the day, BP was up 2.14 percent to $41.09, KiOR (KIOR) jumped 3.99 percent to $4.17. Among other equities, Renewable Energy Group (REGI) gained 3.41 percent to $9.10. Overall, advances led declines 2 […]

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Looking back at ABLC 2013

Looking back at ABLC 2013

April 18, 2013 |

As ABLC 2013 closes, we look back at 10 slides that caught our eye. ABLC 2013 has closed, and the delegates are now departing until May 18-20, 2014 when the latest in advanced biofuels goes again on display and under the microscope at ABLC 2014. After three intense days of activity, with two cabinet secretaries, […]

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BioGasol delivers first CarboFrac units to Sweetwater Energy

BioGasol delivers first CarboFrac units to Sweetwater Energy

April 18, 2013 |

In Washington DC, at the Advanced Biofuels Leadership Conference, Sweetwater Energy announed that BioGasol completed delivery of its first commercial biomass pretreatment system. The cellulosic sugar producer will use the unit, a Carbofrac 10, in its demonstration facility to produce pretreated biomass for use in downstream processes. BioGasol’s reactor design allows for the cost efficient […]

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LS9 expands operations in Florida

LS9 expands operations in Florida

April 18, 2013 |

In Washington DC, at the Advanced Biofuels Leadership Conference, LS9 CEO Tjerk de Ruiter announced the expansion of its operations at the Company’s Okeechobee, Florida demonstration facility with a successful customer trial. The Florida facility was initially designed, and has been used, to scale-up LS9’s fermentation technology and generate large commercial samples for testing and […]

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