In Texas, KiOR announced the initial shipments of cellulosic diesel from its first commercial-scale facility in Columbus, Mississippi. KiOR’s facility uses pine wood chips previously feeding a shut down paper mill at Columbus and produces gasoline and diesel, the first renewable hydrocarbon fuels in the U.S. manufactured at commercial scale and derived solely from non-food […]
In Colorado, ZEAL Optics introduced the world’s first and only plant-based lens, at the International Vision Expo in New York City. ZEAL’s sunglass lens uses a plant-based bonding agent, thus replacing the petroleum-based bonder. Currently ZEAL produces all their sunglass frames with Z-resin, a plant-based material that uses castor oil, eliminating crude oil from the […]
Today on Twitter: KiORFuels KiOR announces that it has now shipped cellulosic diesel product from Columbus, Miss. plant. sungateenergy Clean Edge estimates that the global wind, solar and biofuels market will grow from $248.7 billion in 2012 ArielBrunner Interesting IEEP analysis of organic waste as potential source for more sustainable #biofuels that won’t cause #ILUC GroenWerkt #ea energy Biofuels […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, slipped 0.11 percent to 70.84 despite an advanced biofuels recovery. For the day, Gevo (GEVO) jumped 6.74 percent to $2.06, while Syntroleum (SYNM) shed 5.00 percent to $0.38. Among other equities, Amyris (AMRS) lost 5.76 percent to $2.78 . Overall, advances led declines 7 […]
Read any stories about renewable fuels lately in mainstream media? Bet they’re bad ones. Here we look at the latest chapter in the “death to all renewables” propaganda war. If you are a reader of the New York Times, you might have noticed this story recently, leading with “A glut of ethanol in the gasoline supply […]
MOSCOW — It was the evening of the day in 1990 that Saddam Hussein rolled his tanks into Kuwait, igniting the First Gulf War. I was camped out in the cafeteria at the Cosmos Hotel, north of Moscow’s center, watching the one working television and waiting for Gorbachev to make a statement on the invasion. […]
In Florida, the Cleantech Open, which has helped startups raise $800 million for over 700 alumni since its inception in 2006, announced that it is expanding to South Florida to attract the best and brightest cleantech entrepreneurs, technologists, and researchers from Florida, the Caribbean, and Latin America. The launch event will be held on March […]
In Ohio, Momentive Specialty Chemicals is now offering the Axilat™ RH 8100 family of bio-based xanthan gums, which they state will allow mortar manufacturers to improve rheological properties and environmental profile of their products. The new line is produced using a patented process of bacterial fermentation in a vegetable-based medium, making the product 100% bio-based. […]
Today on Twitter: Earth2Tech Next-gen biofuels making slow, slow, slow progress in 2013 greencarcongres: NRC: US LDVs could cut oil use and GHGs by 80% by 2050 via plug-ins, biofuels, H2 and robust policies. AviationTweet1: Aviation industry takes flight on biofuels path – renewable_nergy Danforth scientists open algae farm for biofuels research: E.B. Solomont Reporter- St. Louis […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, fell 0.99 percent to 70.92 as advanced biofuels slumped. For the day, Ceres (CERE) dropped 3.07 percent to $3.47, while Syntroleum (SYNM) dumped 13.04 percent to $0.40. Among other equities, Gevo (GEVO) recovered 2.12 percent to $1.93. Overall, declines led advances 4 to 1 […]
